I found this additional remembrance on page 2 of the same newspaper. Note the difference in the name spelling. The Charleroi Mail Monday, March 18, 1912 Page 2 “PICKED UP IN PASSING’ “The announcement of the death of Pat Bayne (sic), the Greene county giant, will recall the visit to Charleroi of that noted personage, whose stature made him great instead of his name, during the Ringgold Cavalry reunion a few years ago. Bayne stood seven feet four inches in his stocking feet, and weighed 300 pounds. With a white ‘stovepipe’ hat and arrayed in a long blue frock coat with brass buttons, Pat carried the flag at the head of the parade of veterans, and was the center of attraction wherever he went. At the campfire of the reunion, held at the Coyle Theatre, calls were made for Bayne to appear on the stage and make a speech. Talking in public was not Pat’s forte, but the calls were so insistent that comrades pushed him along toward the stage door. In trying to enter the door to go upon the stage Pat nearly knocked his head off, because the door was so low, which created much merriment in the audience. He finally gained the stage, and stretching his immense bulk to its fullest height, he extended his arms and said: ‘Well, here I am. Take a look at me. I would make a speech if I could and tell you something funny if I knew how, but I don’t.’ Then with a modest bow, the good natured giant left the stage, creating more amusement by creeping through the doorway that led to the auditorium, in order to avoid his first catastrophe on entering. It is related of Pat by some of his comrades here that once when the Ringgold Battalion was in a fight, several of the companies which usually scouted and fought alone and independently, happened to be collected. The cavalry was dismounted, and were vigorously defending their position. An officer from another company, seeing the towering form of Pat in the line of battle, thought the man was needlessly exposing himself and called out: ‘Hey, you there! Get down off that stump! You’ll get killed.” Eva in Tallahassee Eva Dayle Zippay Tallahassee, Florida [email protected]