Chambers-Coosa-Tallapoosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....Law, Charles William November 21 1924
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  Chas. W. Law, aged 82 years, pioneer citizen of Milam county (Texas) and 
Confederate soldier, died at his home near Ad Hall on Friday Nov. 21, 1924, fol
lowing a short illness due to declining health and his advanced age. With the 
passing of Chas. W. Law another name is stricken from the ever lessening roll 
of the pioneers.  Taps are sounded for another of the gallent who followed the 
fortunes of the Southland and never forsook its heritage. He was a Confederate 
soldier and until his honest purpose was crossed and it's brave armies 
defeated, he was a gallant figure in the struggle. Chas. W. Law was born in 
Chambers county, Alabama, May 26, 1842. His parents lived there when Georgia 
and Alabama were in a wild state and infested with savages and to him was given 
the spirit of the pioneers who carved from this domain the now matchless 
republic.  They extended the borders
 of civilization, bearing a part in the settlement of the West. He served four 
years in the Confederate army,enlisting in April 1861 as a member of the 
Wetumpka Light Guards and was two years in the infantry under direct command of 
Stonewall Jackson and knew the personal loss of the gallant commander felt by 
thousands who came under his courageous leadership. He took part in all the 
major battles fought by Jackson and was a witness to the battle between the 
Merrimac and the Monitor and later witnessed the blowing up of the Merrimac, 
the first iron clad of naval warfare. During the second two years of the war he 
was under the command of Fighting Joe Wheeler's cavalry. When they learned of 
the surrender of Lee in company with companions he fought his way through the 
country and came to Texas, never surrendering to the union forces. Chas. W. Law 
came to Texas in 1872 and settled near Old Independence in Washington county, 
and moved to Milam county in 1885 and settled near Ad Hall where he died on 
Friday November 21, 1924. He was first married to Miss Sophronia Batchelor and 
to this union 11 children were born, 8 of whom surrive. They are: Mrs. H. C. 
Smith, Witchita Falls; Mrs. Addie Segars, Ranger; Mrs. Texie Daily, Temple; Sam 
W. Law, Cameron; C. W. Law, Jr.,Elgin; Geo. B. Law, Rosebud; and Asa and Clyde 
Law of Killen. His second marriage was to Mary Laferney and to this union was 
born three children, two of whom survive. They are W. H. Law fo Waco and Ed. 
Law of Ad Hall. He was a devout member of the Baptist church for many years. 
The funeral was conducted by Rev. H. R. MacFadyen of Cameron Presbyterian chuch 
and the body was intered in Corinth Cemetery.

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