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Columbus, NC, 28722
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Martin Cornwell ,Polk's last surviving Confederate ,who enlisted in 1862 with the Tryon Mountain boys co i of the 54th nc ,died in 1942 99 years old

February 4, 2021 james metcalf
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← Rev TR Ruppe ,county treasurer ,pastor of Big Level Baptist ,Leader in the Polk temperance movement in the early 20th Century and confederate veteran James Hall of Tryon in a military Hospital in England DURING WW1 →

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