Cullman-Morgan-Winston County AlArchives Obituaries.....Sheats, William Wiley December 2, 1895 ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Sheats csheats@upperspace.net December 7, 2005, 8:23 pm unknown IN MEMORIAL WILLIAM W. SHEATS WAS BORN IN WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 22, 1809, AND DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CULLMAN COUNTY, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 2, 1895; AGED 86 YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 10 DAYS. MR. SHEATS MOVED TO NEAR OAKVILLE, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN 1820. AND FROM THENCE TO THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE, THEN WALKER COUNTY, WHERE HE DIED. THE NAME OF THAT PORTION OF WALKER COUNTY WAS CHANGED TO HANCOCK, THEN TO WINSTON AND THEN TO CULLMAN, MAKING HIM LIVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES WITHOUT CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE. IN 1870 HE WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE THE CENSUS; SERVED AS COMMISSIONER AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF WINSTON, AND IN 1877 WAS ELECTED THE FIRST TAX ASSESSOR OF CULLMAN COUNTY. ALL THESE POSITIONS HE FILLED FAITHFULLY AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE. THE VENERABLE WIFE OF MR. SHEATS WAS BORN IN 1810, AND IS NOW LIVING AND ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH FOR ONE OF HER ADVANCED YEARS. THEY HAD TEN CHILDREN- NINE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. TWO OF THE BOYS DIED IN THE FEDERAL ARMY AND ONE SINCE THE WAR. ONE SON J. A. SHEATS, AND THE DAUGHTER, MRS. E. J. JONES ARE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. BENAJAH, CHRISTOPHER, W. D. AND J. C. SHEATS ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE ONES WHO DIED ARE H.P., J.T. AND N.W. SHEATS. SAMUEL J. SHEATS NOW 40 YEARS OF AGE, IS LIVING ON THE OLD HOMESTEAD WHERE HE WAS BORN. W. W. SHEATS LEFT 45 GRANDCHILDREN AND 62 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ONE OF HIS SONS, C.C. SHEATS OF DECATUR, HAS SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA. INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR OF ALABAMA, MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND COUNSEL TO DENMARK. BENAJAH SHEATS IS AN HONORED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE OTHER SONS ARE TILLERS OF THE SOIL AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. INTELLECTUALLY, MR. SHEATS WAS ABOVE MEDIOCRITY; A MAN OF TRUTH AND STRICT INTEGRITY. POLITICALLY, HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND A STRONG PARTISAN, BUT NEVER LET HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS INTERFERE WITH HIS SOCIAL RELATIONS. HE WAS A GENIAL COMPANION AND A STEADFAST FRIEND. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND DIED IN THAT FAITH, FULLY SATISFIED OF A HAPPY ENTRANCE INTO THAT WORLD WHERE SICKNESS AND SORROW IS FELT AND FEARED NO MORE. "COULD WE LOOK BEYOND THE CLOUD LINE, TO THE SPIRITS LAST RETREAT, LIFT THE VEIL THAT NOW DIVIDES US, FROM THE HEARTS WE LONG TO GREET, LOOKING FAR BEYOND THE SUNSET, WITH OUR EYES UNDIMMED AND CLEAR. WOULD WE CALL AGAIN OUR DEAR ONES, WOULD WE WISH THAT THEY WERE HERE? J.A. J. IN MEMORIAL WILLIAM W. SHEATS WAS BORN IN WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 22, 1809, AND DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CULLMAN COUNTY, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 2, 1895; AGED 86 YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 10 DAYS. MR. SHEATS MOVED TO NEAR OAKVILLE, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN 1820. AND FROM THENCE TO THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE, THEN WALKER COUNTY, WHERE HE DIED. THE NAME OF THAT PORTION OF WALKER COUNTY WAS CHANGED TO HANCOCK, THEN TO WINSTON AND THEN TO CULLMAN, MAKING HIM LIVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES WITHOUT CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE. IN 1870 HE WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE THE CENSUS; SERVED AS COMMISSIONER AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF WINSTON, AND IN 1877 WAS ELECTED THE FIRST TAX ASSESSOR OF CULLMAN COUNTY. ALL THESE POSITIONS HE FILLED FAITHFULLY AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE. THE VENERABLE WIFE OF MR. SHEATS WAS BORN IN 1810, AND IS NOW LIVING AND ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH FOR ONE OF HER ADVANCED YEARS. THEY HAD TEN CHILDREN- NINE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. TWO OF THE BOYS DIED IN THE FEDERAL ARMY AND ONE SINCE THE WAR. ONE SON J. A. SHEATS, AND THE DAUGHTER, MRS. E. J. JONES ARE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. BENAJAH, CHRISTOPHER, W. D. AND J. C. SHEATS ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE ONES WHO DIED ARE H.P., J.T. AND N.W. SHEATS. SAMUEL J. SHEATS NOW 40 YEARS OF AGE, IS LIVING ON THE OLD HOMESTEAD WHERE HE WAS BORN. W. W. SHEATS LEFT 45 GRANDCHILDREN AND 62 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ONE OF HIS SONS, C.C. SHEATS OF DECATUR, HAS SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA. INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR OF ALABAMA, MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND COUNSEL TO DENMARK. BENAJAH SHEATS IS AN HONORED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE OTHER SONS ARE TILLERS OF THE SOIL AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. INTELLECTUALLY, MR. SHEATS WAS ABOVE MEDIOCRITY; A MAN OF TRUTH AND STRICT INTEGRITY. POLITICALLY, HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND A STRONG PARTISAN, BUT NEVER LET HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS INTERFERE WITH HIS SOCIAL RELATIONS. HE WAS A GENIAL COMPANION AND A STEADFAST FRIEND. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND DIED IN THAT FAITH, FULLY SATISFIED OF A HAPPY ENTRANCE INTO THAT WORLD WHERE SICKNESS AND SORROW IS FELT AND FEARED NO MORE. "COULD WE LOOK BEYOND THE CLOUD LINE, TO THE SPIRITS LAST RETREAT, LIFT THE VEIL THAT NOW DIVIDES US, FROM THE HEARTS WE LONG TO GREET, LOOKING FAR BEYOND THE SUNSET, WITH OUR EYES UNDIMMED AND CLEAR. WOULD WE CALL AGAIN OUR DEAR ONES, WOULD WE WISH THAT THEY WERE HERE? J.A. J. IN MEMORIAL WILLIAM W. SHEATS WAS BORN IN WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 22, 1809, AND DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CULLMAN COUNTY, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 2, 1895; AGED 86 YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 10 DAYS. MR. SHEATS MOVED TO NEAR OAKVILLE, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN 1820. AND FROM THENCE TO THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE, THEN WALKER COUNTY, WHERE HE DIED. THE NAME OF THAT PORTION OF WALKER COUNTY WAS CHANGED TO HANCOCK, THEN TO WINSTON AND THEN TO CULLMAN, MAKING HIM LIVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES WITHOUT CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE. IN 1870 HE WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE THE CENSUS; SERVED AS COMMISSIONER AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF WINSTON, AND IN 1877 WAS ELECTED THE FIRST TAX ASSESSOR OF CULLMAN COUNTY. ALL THESE POSITIONS HE FILLED FAITHFULLY AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE. THE VENERABLE WIFE OF MR. SHEATS WAS BORN IN 1810, AND IS NOW LIVING AND ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH FOR ONE OF HER ADVANCED YEARS. THEY HAD TEN CHILDREN- NINE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. TWO OF THE BOYS DIED IN THE FEDERAL ARMY AND ONE SINCE THE WAR. ONE SON J. A. SHEATS, AND THE DAUGHTER, MRS. E. J. JONES ARE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. BENAJAH, CHRISTOPHER, W. D. AND J. C. SHEATS ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE ONES WHO DIED ARE H.P., J.T. AND N.W. SHEATS. SAMUEL J. SHEATS NOW 40 YEARS OF AGE, IS LIVING ON THE OLD HOMESTEAD WHERE HE WAS BORN. W. W. SHEATS LEFT 45 GRANDCHILDREN AND 62 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ONE OF HIS SONS, C.C. SHEATS OF DECATUR, HAS SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA. INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR OF ALABAMA, MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND COUNSEL TO DENMARK. BENAJAH SHEATS IS AN HONORED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE OTHER SONS ARE TILLERS OF THE SOIL AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. INTELLECTUALLY, MR. SHEATS WAS ABOVE MEDIOCRITY; A MAN OF TRUTH AND STRICT INTEGRITY. POLITICALLY, HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND A STRONG PARTISAN, BUT NEVER LET HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS INTERFERE WITH HIS SOCIAL RELATIONS. HE WAS A GENIAL COMPANION AND A STEADFAST FRIEND. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND DIED IN THAT FAITH, FULLY SATISFIED OF A HAPPY ENTRANCE INTO THAT WORLD WHERE SICKNESS AND SORROW IS FELT AND FEARED NO MORE. "COULD WE LOOK BEYOND THE CLOUD LINE, TO THE SPIRITS LAST RETREAT, LIFT THE VEIL THAT NOW DIVIDES US, FROM THE HEARTS WE LONG TO GREET, LOOKING FAR BEYOND THE SUNSET, WITH OUR EYES UNDIMMED AND CLEAR. WOULD WE CALL AGAIN OUR DEAR ONES, WOULD WE WISH THAT THEY WERE HERE? J.A. J. 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