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CPT Julius Aytes

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CPT Julius Aytes Veteran

Birth
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
Death
9 Jun 1913 (aged 77)
Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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May be buried as Julius "AYTSE".
ANOTHER VETERAN SUMMONED HOME-By W.F. McCarron
Julius Aytes was born May 1, 1836 in Missouri and died at his home near Athens, McMinn County Tennessee on the morning of June 9, 1913 and was therefore 77 years, one month and eight days of age.
The deceased moved with his parents when a child from Missouri to Cumberland County, Tennessee. When 21 years of age, Julius marrie Jan. 14, 1857 Miss Letitia Kindred, she being three years his senior. To them were born five daughters all but one of whom survive as the devoted wives of highly esteemed citizens as follows: Nora. wife of John Snyder, near Athens; Ida, wife of Rev. W.E. Daugherty, a minister of the Christian Church in GA, but will soon locate in Etowah, McMinn County, Tennessee; Cora, wife of J.D. Ramsay, a merchant living near Athens, Tennessee; Maggie, wife of Geo. M. Daugherty, living at Nonaburg, McMinn County, Tennessee; Tennie, deceased, who was the first wife of Geo. M. Daughtery, and having died August 15, 1902, ( I believe there is more to this article, but this is all I received. VJL)
Julius was elected in 1891 as the republican nominee for the State House of Representatives for Tennessee in the 47th Tennessee General Assembly. His portrait can be found on the first floor of the War Memorial Building connected to the Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee.
Capt. Julius Aytes was a Captain of Famous Company E of Col. Byrd's First Tennessee Regiment.
May be buried as Julius "AYTSE".
ANOTHER VETERAN SUMMONED HOME-By W.F. McCarron
Julius Aytes was born May 1, 1836 in Missouri and died at his home near Athens, McMinn County Tennessee on the morning of June 9, 1913 and was therefore 77 years, one month and eight days of age.
The deceased moved with his parents when a child from Missouri to Cumberland County, Tennessee. When 21 years of age, Julius marrie Jan. 14, 1857 Miss Letitia Kindred, she being three years his senior. To them were born five daughters all but one of whom survive as the devoted wives of highly esteemed citizens as follows: Nora. wife of John Snyder, near Athens; Ida, wife of Rev. W.E. Daugherty, a minister of the Christian Church in GA, but will soon locate in Etowah, McMinn County, Tennessee; Cora, wife of J.D. Ramsay, a merchant living near Athens, Tennessee; Maggie, wife of Geo. M. Daugherty, living at Nonaburg, McMinn County, Tennessee; Tennie, deceased, who was the first wife of Geo. M. Daughtery, and having died August 15, 1902, ( I believe there is more to this article, but this is all I received. VJL)
Julius was elected in 1891 as the republican nominee for the State House of Representatives for Tennessee in the 47th Tennessee General Assembly. His portrait can be found on the first floor of the War Memorial Building connected to the Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee.
Capt. Julius Aytes was a Captain of Famous Company E of Col. Byrd's First Tennessee Regiment.

Inscription

" Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." On the dark part of the monument it reads Father under Julius and Mother under Letitia. per Cheryl Schad

Gravesite Details

Civil War Veteran



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