Calhoun County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for APRIL 1879 April 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net September 9, 2006, 10:29 pm The Jacksonville Republican April 1879 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE JACKSONVILLE REPUBLICAN", Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama for APRIL 1879 NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, April 5, 1879 LOCAL News A letter has been addressed to the Montgomery Advertiser by Mr. James J.M. Smith of Burnet, Texas, asking for information concerning the heirs of Mr. A.B. Brown who is supposed to have once resided in Randolph or Chambers county in this state. Mr. Smith states that there is a large estate, principally in lands in Florida belonging to the heirs of the late Mr. Brown and it is desired that all the heirs make themselves known. One or more of the heirs may have formerly lived in Barbour county. It is suggested that a Mr. James Gay who is believed to have resided in Randolph county may be able to give some information in this matter. Mr. Smith states that a missing child of Mr. Brown is the principal party whose whereabouts is desirable to be ascertained as this child will be entitled to the major portion of the estate left by the deceased. A request is made that the exchanges of the Advertiser be kind enough to copy the above or make such reference as they may see proper to the subject. Mr. Brown was a Confederate soldier and his family became scattered during the war which accounts for the request. Montgomery Advertiser. --- MARTIN'S CROSS ROADS, Ala. Mr. Bazil Calvert died on the 28th inst. after a long illness at a very mature old age. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, April 12, 1879 LOCAL News The return of Mr. Vestal to this county, after some twenty years absence, a wealthy man, bounteous to every relative he left behind, reads like an Arabian Night's story. His old mother had long mourned him dead. He came to her like one risen from the grave and gladdened her old eyes with the blessed sight of him once more, before she died. He was lavish in his gifts to those who had taken care of her during all those weary twenty years and provided for her amply during the remainder of her days. To one who had fought the wolf that comes to the poor man's door for many years, he brought teams of fine mules, wagons, a horse and buggy and gave money enough to start him comfortably in life and to use his word, "make him independent for the rest of his days, without another lick of work." Other relatives were the recipients of like favors at his hands. All were happy and glad of the wanderer's return. Marlon McCullers, the recipient of the four mule team says that he would have been glad to have seen him come as he went, a poor man, but that he is powerful glad to see him as he came, wealthy and fat with fortune. Marion further says that it seems to him now that his step is more elastic than it used to be, that the birds sing sweeter, the sun shines brighter, the breeze blows cooler, the grass looks greener than before, and that all nature wears a comlier aspect. --- ALABAMA News The Athens Post reports that the venerable Thos. Getty, aged 86 years, died at the home of his son, three miles south of this place on last Saturday and was buried here on Sunday evening. --- The following card is published in the Tuscumbia Alabamian: Tuscumbia, Ala., March 31st Editor Democrat: Having been convicted and doomed to State prison for life, I feel like I ought to say something to my fellow men in warning to the cause of my being in such a dreadful scrape. I will first say, all who heard the evidence learned that whiskey, yes, whiskey, was the man who killed the deceased Mr. George Devaney, and locked me into the State prison for life. And now you dram drinkers and whiskey heads, should not this serve to be a warning to you? You know not how soon this essence of hell may derange you and place you and your precious family in the very same condition that myself, wife and six little children are in today. J.M. King --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, April 26, 1879 ALABAMA News Mrs. T.A. Scales of Sumter county fell from a gallery and broke her collar bone. --- E. Owen was killed at Claiborne last Saturday night by a man named Johnson. --- The Tuskegee news reports that Samuel Showers, aged 89 years, recently walked from Livingston to York. --- A MAN 136 YEARS OLD DIED IN JACKSON COUNTY According to the Sand Mountain correspondent of the Citizen, Capt. John Hannah died on the mountain and had reached the wonderful age of 136 years, 1 months and 6 days. He was born Feb. 12, 1743 and died March 20, 1879. He served under Gen. Washington during the French war and obtained the rank of Captain. He knew the great Irish-American orator, Patrick Henry when he was but a mere boy in Virginia. Capt. Hannah had never been ill until he was a century old and his eye sight was perfect at the time of his death. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/newspapers/newspape1090gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb