October 18, 1904
HONAKER, ON CLINCH VALLEY, BOASTS OF OLDEST CONFEDERATE NOW LIVING
Maithas Lee is Past Centary Mark and Can Read Without Glasses
Russell county, Va., boasts of the oldest Confederate veteran now living. He is Mathas Lee, of Honaker, fifty-seven miles down the Clinch Valley from this city. Mr. Lee is 102 years old, and is remarkably active. He enlisted in Captain Sim Hunt's company, Thirty-seventh Virginia Regiment, in 1861, and served through the war. He was a gallant soldier. Three years ago he attended the reunion at Louisville, Ky., and is making his calculations to attend next year. He can read without the aid of glasses.
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