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    1. [MDGARRET] Buncutter-obituary
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    3. Last Survivor of Confederate Army in This County Is Dead William Clay Buncutter, aged 89 years, 11 months and 18 days, the last survivor of the Confederate Army in Garrett County, died at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Fulk, Oak Street, Oakland, on Saturday morning about 7:30 o'clock, his death being due to infirmities of advanced years. Mr. Buncutter was born in Winchester, Virginia, August 26, 1844, and had been a resident of Garrett County for more than half a century. he was a faithful member of the Church of Christ. Casting his fortunes with the cause of the South at the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Buncutter joined the Confederate Army and served directly under General Robert E. Lee. As was the case with many on both sides of the conflict, Mr. Buncutter became a prisoner of war and lay in prison at Camp Chase for eighteen months before he was finally exchanged with other prisoners. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. George Fulk, of Oakland; Mrs. Virginia Sanders, Silver Knob, this county; Mrs. Frank Strawser and Mrs. Nellie Feather, of Cumberland. Funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the residence, Rev. Winfield S. Patterson, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment was made in the Union Church cemetery in Gortner. (hand dated July 19, 1934 -probably published in The Republican Newspaper)

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