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Lee T BLAKEMORE (VETERAN CSA)

Confederate (Fayetteville) Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

FIRST LIEUTENANT CSA
Company H 7 Tennessee Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
January 25, 1818 - August 21, 1902

*Obituary
Fayetteville Democrat
Thursday, August 21, 1902

BLAKEMORE, Lee T. – Uncle Lee T. Blakemore died this morning after being confined to his room for two weeks. He was not sick and suffered little pain, but had reached that stage of feebleness brought on by the weight of years, when life’s lamp goes out. He was the oldest man in Fayetteville and the oldest citizen with possibly one or two exceptions, having located here in 1831. He was nearly ninety-one years of age.

The time was when he knew every man in Washington county and from his own personal knowledge could relate the history and recite the incidents connected to every important event that had taken place on the county for the past 71 years which is within a half dozen years of the founding of the first settlement. He was a man of resolute purpose and true to his friends. He took an active interest in public affairs and did not hesitate to espouse the cause he believed to be right. Now that his work is done and he has laid down the burden, the people among whom he has lived so long will revere his memory.

The funeral conducted by Rev. J.J. Vaulx, will take place at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Isaac Taylor, at 10 o’clock tomorrow, Thursday morning, interment in the Confederate Cemetery.

*Obituary
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives

Lee T. Blakemore filed Veteran Application # 14732 for a Confederate pension, citing his service in Company H, 7th Tennessee Cavalry in 1861 and 1862.

*Obituary (Article
Fayetteville Democrat
Thursday, July 25, 1901

Lee T. Blakemore of Fayetteville was favorably passed by the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for the sum of $100 per annum.

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Contributed on 12/13/09

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Record #: 268863

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Submitted: 12/13/09 • Approved: 5/18/21 • Last Updated: 5/21/21 • R268863-G0-S3

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