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COL Charles Teed Pollard

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COL Charles Teed Pollard

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
10 Jan 1888 (aged 82)
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Square 6, Scott's Free Burying Ground (Gen. John Scott lot)
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As a founder of Saint John's Episcopal Church, he served its senior warden for 41 years.
He also founded the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee.
He built and served as the first president of the Montgomery Railroad.
When the State Capital building was being built, he was chairman of the building committee.
The town of Pollard in Escambia County, FL is named after him.

Charles Teed Pollard married Edna Matilda Freeman May 29, 1832. She died later the same year. On November 15, 1835 he married Emily Virginia Scott, daughter of General John Scott, one of the founders of Montgomery.
As a founder of Saint John's Episcopal Church, he served its senior warden for 41 years.
He also founded the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee.
He built and served as the first president of the Montgomery Railroad.
When the State Capital building was being built, he was chairman of the building committee.
The town of Pollard in Escambia County, FL is named after him.

Charles Teed Pollard married Edna Matilda Freeman May 29, 1832. She died later the same year. On November 15, 1835 he married Emily Virginia Scott, daughter of General John Scott, one of the founders of Montgomery.


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