H. R. STROTHER
Wayne Co. WV

PENNILESS, OLD, LAME, AND  ALMOST BLIND, GALLANT 
CONFEDERATE VETERAN WILL END DAYS IN SOLDIER'S HOME


     H. (R?) R.   Strother, who has lived  at Williamson for a number 
of years as a shoe maker,  willleave in a few days for Louisville, 
Kentucky, where he will enter the Confederate Soldier's Home 
situated near that city.
      
Strother served with distinction in the Confederate army, being in 
a number of the fiercest battles of the war  and receiving wounds 
he feels to the present day.  He entered the army as a private in 
the Fifth Kentucky Infantry in 1861 and at the close of the war 
was a first lieutenant.  
     
At the close of the war, he settled in Wayne County and by thrift 
and industry amassed considerable wealth, owning large boundaries of 
real estate in Wayne and Logan Counties and Lawrence County, 
Kentucky.  After a few years, troubles began to descend upon the 
gallant old soldier.  He became estranged from his family,  and 
he lost his property through the failure of a brother, who was 
deputy sheriff in Wayne County,  Mr.  Strother being his surety.
     
Old, lame, and almost blind, Mr.  Strother has,  since he has 
been living at Williamson, managed to make his support by 
repairing shoes, the only property saved from the wreck of his 
former fortune being a small lot and shop in that town.    He has 
willed this property to his grand daughter and will go to 
Louisville to end his days under the charity of the cause for 
which he shed his youthful blood. 

BLUEFIELD DAILY  TELEGRAPH
June 7, 1903
Submitted by June White


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