Dale-Henry County AlArchives Obituaries.....Kirkland, Easter July 20, 1885
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The Southern Star, September 30, 1885
The Southern Star
Ozark, Dale County, Ala.
Wednesday, September 30, 1885
Page Two

Death of a very Old Lady

Mrs. Easter Kirkland, was born Sept. 7th, 1777, and departed this life near the
line of Dale and Henry counties, July 20th, 1885 lacking one month and eighteen
days of being one hundred and eight years old.  Her father was Hezakiah
(Hezekiah?) Kirkland.  Her first husband was William Roebuck.  She had some
property which she inherited from her father, but her faithless husband took
possession of it, and left the wife penniless, in a strange land.  She returned
to her people in Carolina, and subsequently became the wife of Benjamin
Kirkland.  She was the mother of eleven children, three of whom are still
living.  She and her husband, with many relatives of the same name, came to
Henry County about 1820, and settled on the place where J.T. Lock now lives, and
continued to reside there, till the death of her husband.  Many years ago, under
the ministry of Rev. R.E. Brown, she joined the Missionary Baptist Church and
was baptized by Rev. Wm. F. Irwin.  On the 20th of May last she had a fall from
which she never recovered.  For a great many years she lived a peaceable and
quiet life, abiding for the most part with her relatives, but the best of all
is, that she was truly pious, and for many years never entertained a doubt of
her acceptance with God.

We can only realize what a long life she lived, by scanning the past and noting
the great events which transpired during her existence.  She saw the
revolutionary war, the rise and formation of the United States Government, the
great wars which shook all Europe during the life of Napoleon the 1st, the last
war with Great Britain, the invention of steam, its application to steamboats,
the Mexican war, the late civil war, and all the mighty strides which progress
and civilization have made in upwards of a century.  Practically she was more
than twice as old when she died as Methuselah.

She left a large circle of relatives in Henry and Dale counties, mainly among
the Kirklands and Brackins.

Perry




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