Madison County AlArchives News.....Various Articles of Genealogical Interest October 5, 1881 ************************************************ 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 Stacy klstacyfamily@aol.com November 7, 2006, 10:14 am The Huntsville Weekly Democrat October 5, 1881 Page 3 IN MEMORY ------------------ ※Asleep in Jesus§ DIED, at her home in Madison County, near Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 15, 1881, Mrs. FANNIE B. NANCE, wife of Robert Nance, aged 29 years. After five weeks of intense suffering, her faint moanings ceased, her hands clasped, her eyes closed, and friends whispered ※She is gone.§ Thus passed away one of earth＊s fairest flowers, leaving him, who loved her more than his own life, desolate, two little girls and a darling baby motherless; the hearts of a devoted mother, relatives, and many friends, crushed under this heavy weight of sorrow. But we mourn not as those who have no hope, for we believe she has received the reward of the true Christian, and is now singing songs of praise with the redeemed in Heaven. It has seldom been our privilege to witness such calm, beautiful resignation as she evinced through her entire illness, speaking of joining her little ones who had gone before. Never can we forget her sweet expression, as she raised her eyes to Heaven, then closed them as if to sleep, murmuring, ※Asleep in Jesus.§ A few short years of married happiness, of sunshine and cloud, this gentle, loving, beautiful woman, in the blended beauty of earth and Heaven, stood on the shores of Time 每 but her pure, gentle, spirit, too pure for the rough ways of the world, is now sleeping under the trees of Paradise, by the crystal river that ※flows fast by the oracles of God.§ ※With Jesus she is reigning now 每 A harp in her hand, A crown is on her radiant brow 每 Around, the elders stand. Why weep ye that she thus went up Into that better land?§ A Good Man Gone. ------------------ BENJAMIN F. STEGER departed this life, Oct. 1, 1881. He was born in the Eastern part of Madison Co., Ala., Sept. 1, 1833. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, South, 18 years. He was a noble, kind-hearted man. The write, to whom he was a fast friend, knew him well, and can truthfully say that he has known none superior to him in those points of character that constitute the true gentleman. From an incredible disease, he was, for years, a great suffered; but he bore it patiently, and even cheerfully, to the last. He was one of the few men of the times, of whom it could be said, ※His word was as good as his bond.§ In every relation of life in which he acted, he filled the measure of true manhood, whether as the devoted husband, the honored father, the true friend, or the public-spirited Christian gentleman. He was a man of deep convictions and strong will 每 his mind being made up to a given course, he was unswerving in its pursuit. In the loss of our noble friend, how palpably are we confronted with the saying, ※The good die first.§ The Republic has been in tears over its fallen President, and too eulogistic of the virtues of Mrs. Garfield. Did the President possess a better heart than ※Benjee§ or a wife more devoted? It is, indeed, a calamity to any neighborhood or people, to lose so good a man. But we, his sorrowing friends, must bow to the stroke that deprives us of his genial presence, and turn for consolation to that Providence upon Whom he leaned with so much fidelity, during life, and in the hour of death. May his four children and grief- stricken widow find; in this moment of greatest bereavement, the consolation which God alone can give! The funeral was had, to-day, from his residence, and the remains deposited, with appropriate ceremonies by the Knights of Honor, in the family burying- ground near by, amid a vast concourse of friends. Peace to his ashes! W. Maysville, Al., Oct 2, 1881. DIED STRUVE 每 In Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 29, 1881. AUGUSTUS F. STRUVE, son of Wm. F. and Sarah C. Struve, aged six months. Another innocent transplanted from the trials, pains, and sorrows of earth to the bliss of Paradise. GOWEN 每 Near Maysville, Ala., Oct. 2, 1881, WILLIAM GOWEN, and old and respected citizen. BONE 每 At the residence of his son, Dr. H. P. Bone, near Maysville, Ala., Oct. 4, 1881, REV. MATHEW H. BONE, a prominent minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and valiant Soldier of the Cross, for many years, at an advanced age. PHILLIPS 每 In this city, Sunday, Oct. 2, 1881, after a protracted illness, MR. JOHN PHILLIPS. PERSONAL Mrs. Thos. Jamar returned form Virginia on Friday last. Mr. Jamar, having sold his town residence on Clinton Street to Geo. P. Landman, has gone back to his mercantile and planting business near Green Grove in this county. Mrs. W. W. Garth left here, on Friday last, on a trip to New York. Geo. P. Landman has removed to the residence he purchased from Thos. Jamar, on Clinton Street. Gen. L. P. Walker and wife returned on Monday last from their trip to New York. Wm. F. Whitman and Dr. P. M. Hall, o New Market, were in town yesterday. Mr. Frank Fickling, son-in-law of Mayor White, has become the Huntsville Depot Agent of the Memphis & Charleston R. R., in place of Paul Jones. We cordially welcome Mr. and Mrs. Fickling to a permanent residence in Huntsville. Our young friend, David N. Teague, returned from a trip to Texas on last Sunday. He would rather live Alabama 每 yes, sir! Mrs. Dr. Greenway and little Miss Susie Beirne Patton went, last week, on a short visit to Abingdon, Va. Wm. L. Clay and wife took a little jaunt into Morgan County on Monday, to be absent two or three days. Mr. Robert E. Coxe has returned from New York. Mr. John W. Nance has removed to town, and is a clerk for Klaus & Co. Chief Justice Brickell expects to go to Montgomery next Monday, to preside in a special term of the Supreme Court, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11. Mr. C. L. Schaudies has returned from an extended trip to the Faderland. We are glad to learn that he is much improved in health and spirits by his trip. He left his wife and daughter in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. S. McCalley, their two sons and daughter, from California, are the guests of Mr. Jas. L. Cooper. A hearty welcome to them! Miss Emma Dill left, on Monday of last week, for Limestone County, to take a position as teacher in the family of Mr. Jas. E. Horton, for which she is eminently qualified. Miss Florence Beauchamp, of this city, has secured a position as teacher in the family of Mr. Gilchrist, near Courtland, for which place she left on Friday, last. Mr. John Varin, the well-known painter of this city, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Theresa Scanlao, in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 28, and reached here with his bride on Thursday last. SHERIFF＊S SALE Mary B. Miller, 庖 Hereford & Timberlake, 岫 vs. Hereford & Timberlake, 岫 Alfred O. F. L. Hammond, Assignee 岫 Willimson Fordyee & Rison, 岫 Johnston & Seats, 彼 TO SATISFY FIVE EXECUTIONS IN my hands from the Circuit Court of Madison County and State of Alabama, in favor of Mary B. Miller, Hereford & Timberlake, F. L. Hammond, Assignee of Fordyee & Rison, and Johnston & Seats, I will offer for sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in the City of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, on the First Monday in November, 1881, the following described real estate, to-wit: ※The east part of the southeast 1/4 of section 13, T. 1, R 1, east; and the west part of the southwest 1/4 of section 18, lying west of Hester＊s Creek, T 1, R 2, east; also the tract beginning at the northwest corner of said Fowler＊s tract where the section line crosses Hester＊s creek, thence down said creek with the middle of the channel to the southern boundary of said tract; also the tract beginning at northwest corner of said Fowler＊s tract where the section line crosses Hester＊s creek, thence down said creek with the middle of the said channel to the southern boundary of said tract (Fowler＊s) lying east of Hester＊s Creek, described as follows: The west 1/2 of the northeast 1/4 of section 19, and east part of the northwest 1/4 of section 19 lying east of Hester＊s Creek and the southeast part of the southwest 1/4 of section 18, lying east of Hester＊s Creek 每 all in T 1, R 2, east, in said County of Madison, State of Alabama.§ Levied on as the property of said Alfred O. Williamson, and will be sold to satisfy said executions and costs. John W. Cooper Sheriff of Madison County Oct 5 每 tds J. J. McDavid, Att＊y for Plaintiffs. CLASSIFIEDS UNDOUBTEDLY CORRECT TIME AT THE SHOP OF ERNEST KARTHAUS Watchmaker, Jeweler & Optician Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, Silver and Plated Ware Repairing promptly done. Stand at Store of T. I. Humphrey & Co. GRANT＊S PRESENTS ------------------------------ EIGHTY TWO CASES OF VALUABLE SOUVENIRS OF PUBLIC AND PERSONAL REGRARDS ------------------------------ NEW YORK, Sept. 28. 每 Mrs. U. S. Grant is in this city, unpacking the numerous crates containing President Grant＊s presents. When Gen. Grant gave up his house in I street, Washington, all the presents he had received up to that time were packed and stored. He has now eighty-two cases of valuables to be unpacked. Mrs. Grant recently said that she did not really know how much the family had. The magnificent service of silver presented by Mexico to General Grant, about the time he became President, and by him transferred to his wife, has been ordered from the vaults of the bank where it is deposited, and will be used for the first time in what is termed ※Grant＊s New York Palace.§ The service of silver is said to be finer than that owned by G. W. Childs. General Grant will have in his new house a side-board that will arouse the envy of all lovers of unique furniture. It is made of Mexican onyx and was presented to him by Mexico. It is the rarest and costliest buffet in New York. The parlors of the new house will be crowded with presents, some of which will be kept in a burglar proof safe. Col. And Mrs. Fred Grant, with their two children, will reside with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Grant, Jr., will reside in the Chaffee mansion. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Grant reside in an elegant flat. Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris and their three children are expected in New York next month, and it is probable they will also make their home here. The value of the presents contained in Gen. Grant＊s treasure box is fixed by the gossips at a fabulous sum. Transcription Notice: Every effort was made to copy the articles exactly as written including errors. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/variousa1159gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.3 Kb