| BURIED IN THE
CONFEDERATE GRAY |
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| BILLY BRAMBLETT A
FOLLOWER OF THE LATE BOB INGERSOLL DIED AT HIS HOME ON MERRITT'S CREEK-- AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE CHARACTER. |
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| Billy Bramblett is
dead-- Yesterday evening he passed away at his pretty home on Merritt's creek after an illness of only a few days. He was one of the eldest citizens of the county and had passed the three score and ten mark. In the later sixties and during the seventies he was one of the leading school teachers of Cabell county and was known not ony in this immediate vicinity, but in Lincoln and Wayne counties he had many friends. Mr. Bramblett was an eccentric character and never felt better than when arguing matters. In the civil war he fought with the confederacy and re- |
tained his ragged uniform of gray that served him to
be buried in that being his request. He
was until the day of death an unflinching advocate for
what the south fought for. Mr. Bramlett came to town frequently and was a great admirer of Circuit Clerk R. W. McWilliams. He was born in mid-ocean, was of French parentage and a follower of the late Bob Ingersoll. His interment yesterday drew quite a crowd to the pretty and romantic spot where he spent his last days. His wife died fifteen years ago. The deceased leaves quite a family of grown up children -The Herald-Dispatch, Thursday, July 25, 1907 |
