★★★ Poague, Thomas

Thomas Poage​

Born: January 1, 1825

Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia

Father: William Poage 1781 – 1855

(Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia)​

Mother: Margaret Allen 1794 – 1864

(Buried: Newbern Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia)​

Wife: Mary A. Vermillion 1833 – 1908

(Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Children:

Thomas Boyd Poage 1854 – 1874​

(Buried: Newbern Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia)​

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Ella Poage Brown 1857 – 1922​

(Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

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Waller Staples Poage 1859 – 1928​

(Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)

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Robert Lee Poage 1860 – 1920​

(Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Pulaski County, Virginia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain of Company I, 50th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 50th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Killed by a Shell in Kelly's Store, Virginia​

Died: January 30, 1863

Place of Death: Kelly's Store, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 38 years old

Burial Place: Newbern Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia

 

[Dave D]

I visited Col. Poage's grave a few years ago and tried to decifer the long inscription at the bottom of his headstone and couldn't make it out (it's very worn and the sun wasn't shining at a useful angle). Do you have any idea what it says?