Madison County AlArchives News.....Various Items of Genealogical Interest September 7, 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, 9:33 am The Huntsville Weekly Democrat September 7, 1881 PERSONALS Mrs. Robert E. Coxe, her son, Davies, and daughter, Louise, left for Yellow Sulphur Springs, Va., last week. Mrs. Chas. H. Patton and Gen. Sam’l H. Moore have returned from New York. Henry B. Dillard and Robert H. Wilson have returned from several weeks’ sojourn at Petoskey, in Michigan, on Lake Michigan, opposite the island of Mackinaw. They speak, in rapturous terms, of the climate, fishing, and social enjoyment, they experienced. When we were sweltering with excessive heat, they were enjoying a temperature of 47 degrees, necessitating the use of Winter clothing and fires. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Cruse, of Memphis, are in our city. Mrs. Kate D. Thompson arrived at the house of her brother, Dr. J. J. Dement, a few days ago. She has been heartily welcomed by many of her relatives, friends, and admirers. We omitted, last week, to announce the return of Miss Mary Ann Cruse and Miss Carrington, from Virginia; Misses Kate Erskine and Laura May Wilkinson, from Warm Springs, N.C., and Miss Nannie Seabrook, from Memphis. Many relatives, friends and admirers greeted Miss Rosalie Sheffey on her return home, on Saturday last, after a two years’ sojourn in New York, where, by diligent study, she has made agreeable additions to her many graces and accomplishments, especially in vocal music and the French language. Dr. Greenway purposes to leave Huntsville, to-morrow, to visit relatives and the scenes of his boyhood in dear Old Virginia. We were pleased to see Dr. E. T. Taliaferro, of New Market, in town today, and, especially, to learn from him that the report of his wife’s death was untrue, and her health is somewhat improved. Hon. H. C. Speake is holding the Lauderdale Circuit Court at Florence, this week. Mrs. Brickell, the venerable mother of Chief Justice Brickell, and Miss Eliza Brickell, his sister, have gone to Iuka Springs, in Mississippi. Capt. Curry has gone, or contemplates going soon, to Springfield, Ohio, to superintend the manufacture of his Cotton Choppers, which are destined to work a revolution in cotton culture. He has about 30 already engaged. The price will be, we believe, about $125. He hopes to arrange for their manufacture in Huntsville. Mr. Jas. R. Temple, from Yankee Town, Warrick Co., Ind., is passing through Huntsville on his way to West Florida, with other emigrants, about 30 in number traveling, in wagons. ALABAMA BRIEFS Mr. Henry McCalley, Assistant State Geologist, is here, on a visit of a few days. Miss Lucie R. Lewis will leave Huntsville for Uniontown, Ala., on Saturday next. The Montgomery Advertiser, of Sept. 6, says: Hon. Chas. P. Lane, of Limestone county, passed through the city last night, with the remains of Mr. Luke Matthews, of Athens, who died in Tuskegee of heart disease, Sunday evening. M & C Railroad Major J. F. O’Brien has been appointed General Superintendent of the M. & C. Road, cice Grant, resigned; and Capt. R. B. Pegram has been appointed Assistant Superintendent. Both are excellent appointments. DIED SALE – In Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 5, 1881, MRS. DELLA SALE, sister of the late John J. Coleman, and widow of the late Dudley Sale, aged about 85 years. From her young womanhood, Mrs. Sale has resided in Madison County, the most of the time in Huntsville. She was respected and beloved for her kindness of heart, and her domestic and social virtues. McCALLEY – In Huntsville, Ala., Sept., 5, 1881, MRS. MISSOURI MCCALLEY, nee FORD, widow of the late Wm. J. McCalley, after a third attack of paralysis. Administrator’s Notice --------------------------- LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, upon the estate of Adaline S. Moseley deceased, were granted to the undersigned on the 3d day of September, 1881, by the Hon. William. Richardson, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Madison, State of Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons, holding claims against said estate, are required to present the same within the time required by law, or they will be forever barred. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt payment. James H. Ware Sept.7-3w. Adm’r de bonis non of the estate of Adaline Moseley dec’d. State of Alabama,| Court of Probate, Madison County, | Sept. 3, 1881. ------------- Estate of Adaline S. Moseley dec’d. ------------- Petition to Sell Real Estate for Purpose of Distribution. This day, came James H. Ware, Administrator of the estate of Adaline S. Moseley deceased, and presents to the Court his written petition, duly verified by oath, asking and praying an order and proceedings from this Court, authorizing him to sell certain real estate, in said petition described, for the purposes of distribution among those entitled: Ordered that the 14th day of October, 1881, be and is appointed a day on which to hear and consider said petition, together with the proof submitted in support of the same, be given, by publication for three successive weeks, in the Huntsville DEMOCRAT, a newspaper published in this county, to Mary Craggins, Elizabeth Gibbs, Thaddeus Moseley, Judith M. Moseley, and ______ Moseley, all of whom are non-residents of the State of Alabama, and reside in the State of Mississippi; at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest the same, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Sept. 7-3w. Judge of Probate. State of Alabama, | Court of Probate, Madison County, | Sept. 3, 1881. ------------- Estate of Margaret Brazelton dec’d. ------------- Resignation of Administrator and Order of Settlement. This day, came John W. Cooper, Administrator, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Madison County, of the estate of Margaret Brazelton deceased, and presents to the Court his written resignation as Administrator of said estate; It is ordered that said resignation be accepted, filed and recorded. It is, also, ordered that the said John W. Cooper, Administrator aforesaid, be and appear before the Judge of this Court on the 29th day of September, 1881, and make a settlement of his administration; and that notice of the time appointed for said settlement and the nature of the same be given, by publication for three successive weeks in the Huntsville DEMOCRAT, a newspaper published in this county; at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest the same, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Sept. 7-3w. Judge of Probate. Administrator’s Notice --------------------------- LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, upon the estate of Emma Tate deceased, were granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of August, 1881, by the Hon. William. Richardson, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Madison, State of Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons, holding claims against said estate, are required to present the same within the time required by law, or they will be forever barred. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt payment. H. L. Clay Sept. 7-3w. Adm’r of Emma Tate dec’d. SHERIFF’S SALE TO SATISFY AN EXECUTION FROM the Chancery Court of Madison County, State of Alabama, in favor of Robert W. Oliver et als, against Mary F. Lumpkin et als, I will sell, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in the City of Huntsville, Alabama, on the First Monday in October, 1881, the following described real estate, to-wit: “Beginning at the South East corner of the lot owned by E. S. Johnson and running South parallel with Jefferson street, in the City of Huntsville, Ala., thirty-seven (37) feet, six (6) inches, thence West at right angles to Jefferson street one hundred and fifty feet to the brick wall in the rear, thence North thirty-seven (37) feet, six (6) inches to the South West corner of said E. S. Johnson lot, thence, along said line to the place of beginning” Lying and being in the City of Huntsville, County of Madison, and State of Alabama, and levied upon as the property of Mary F. Lumpkin and her children, and will be sold to satisfy said execution and costs. JOHN W. COOPER Aug.31-tds Sheriff Pr’s fee, $12 Chancery Sale --------------------------- In Chancery; First District, Eastern Chancery Division of Alabama --------------------------- Sarah A. Spragins, Ex’x of Rob’t S. Spragins, dec’d 1046 vs. Joseph P. Doyle UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Honorable Chancery Court for the First District of the Eastern Chancery Division of the State of Alabama, rendered in the above entitled cause on the 9th day of July 1881, the undersigned Register of said Court will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court House door in Huntsville, Ala., within legal hours of sale, on Monday, 3rd day of October, 1881, that being the first Monday in said month, the following real estate, lying and being in the County of Madison and State of Alabama, and particularly described as beginning at the North East corner of the tract hereinafter described on the South margin of the Athens road; thence South along Wilson’s line, fourteen chains and seventy links, to a stake at the North East corner of Elias B. Spragins’s thirty acre lot; thence West, along said Spragins’s, sixteen chains and seventy-four links to a stake; thence North, sixteen and 73-100 chains, to the quarter section line on the Athens road; thence East with said road to the beginning, and containing twenty-four and 63-100 acres, more or less, being in the North part of section twenty-six, township three, range one, West. W. P. NEWMAN Aug.31-tds Register Pr’s fee $18 Administrator’s Notice --------------------------- LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, upon the estate of John Tuck deceased, were granted to the undersigned on the 25th day of August, 1881, by the Hon. William. Richardson, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Madison, State of Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons, holding claims against said estate, are required to present the same within the time required by law, or they will be forever barred. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt payment. John W. Tuck Adm’r of John Tuck dec’d. Aug 31-3w Letters Testamentary --------------------------- State of Alabama | Madison County LETTERS Testamentary, upon the estate of George P. Bierne deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Honorable Court of Probate for the County of Madison, State of Alabama, on the 23rd day of August, 1881. Notice is hereby given to all persons, holding claims against said estate, to present the same within the time required by law, or they will be forever barred. All persons, indebted to said estate, are requested to make prompt payment. ELIZA BEIRNE, ELIZA G. BEIRNE, LUCY BEIRNE MATTHEWS, JANE P. BEIRNE, Aug.24-3w Executrixes. On the last day of the recent Circuit Court of Madison, Capt. Milton Humes, as Chairman of a Committee appointed by the Huntsville Bar for the purpose, presented for record the resolution of the Bar in regard to Mr. Beirne’s death, accompanied with the following chaste, truthful, and eloquent address: It was my good fortune, as a young man, in coming to Huntsville, about fifteen years ago, to make the acquaintance of Mr. Beirne, and, in the lapse of years, it ripened into the strongest attachment for him as a friend, and great admiration for him as a man. Since them, such were my relations with him that I can bear personal testimony to many of the virtues he possessed. In the vicissitudes and trials which resulted from the war, he exhibited the highest order of manhood. He was unswerving in his devotion to the people of his section in the time of their political affliction and pecuniary disaster. His conduct and personal bearing, during those troublous times, was a great help to others who were not so strong; and, in the manly courage with which he faced adversity and passed through its storms, we are reminded of the grand old oak that lifts its tall form toward heaven. The storm, in its fury, may bend its branches, but the roots, from which its life-giving force emanates, are undisturbed, and, after the storm, it looks as sturdy, unbroken and majestic in its proportions as though the fury of the blast had not passed over it. So with Mr. Beirne. So deeply-rooted were the life-giving resources of his character in the eternal principles of truth and justice, that he passed through the storm of adversity unscathed, and with the majestic engaging in the active practice of his profession for sometime before his death, he always took a lively interest in whatever concerned the profession. He had a natural adaptation to the law, and, with the spur of necessity, would have become distinguished and pre-eminent as a lawyer. With a mind broad, well-balanced and comprehensive, he combined a moral force and an intuitive perception of right and wrong, which led him without precedent or authority, unerringly to the correct conclusion. In early life, he no doubt, mastered well the elementary and fundamental principles of the law as contained in Braxton, Coke, Hale, and Blackstone, and from these, united with the principles of right and justice implanted in the instincts of his nature and derived from his varied and extensive observation and experience, he was enabled by his own native intuitions and reason to solve all legal difficulties. He had the happy and original faculty of determining correctly a legal proposition without research, leaving to some one else the task of finding the authority for it in the books. It was the philosophy rather than the science of jurisprudence which he mastered and understood so well. In other words, his wisdom was derived from the law whose “seat is the bosom of God and whose voice is the harmony of the world.” In the social relations of life, Mr. Beirne sustained and exemplified, in its fullest excellence, that type of character so well known as “the old Virginia gentleman,” whom I would fain rescue from oblivion, but who is now fast passing away. To him, perhaps as much as any other citizen, is due the reputation Huntsville has for hospitality, and all the refinement of social life. It can be truthfully said that no man every had a better friend. In all the mutations of good and bad fortune, he was every the same – true and loyal, firm and steadfast. If his friend was so fortunate as to bask in the sunshine of prosperity, he rejoiced with him; and when overtaken by adversity, he gave him that sympathy which only the true and generous heart can offer. To him, the couplet might well be applied: “The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.” Our deceased brother was as marked and distinguished among his fellow men for his personal appearance as for the attributes of his mind and character. He was a man of striking personal appearance – a tall and commanding figure, indicative of giant strength, and a face of finely-marked and manly features, with a broad forehead, a heavy brow, and a large lustrous eye. His face was an index of the candor and frankness of his character as a man. In its expression was reflected as distinctly the varied emotions of his nature as the mirror reflects the features of a face. In all the walks of life, he exemplified, in a high degree, that order of refinement and that type of civilization of which we are justly proud, and, by precept and example, exerted an influence rarely felt. A more touching and eloquent tribute could not be paid to the memory of any man than to say, what can be truthfully said of him, that he will be missed, and his memory cherished sacredly by those who most need an unselfish friend and advisor – the widows and orphans of the land. His mortal remains repose in our beautiful cemetery at the foot of yonder mountain, and his immortal soul has returned to God who gave it. All men have their imperfections and infirmities, yet, in summing up the life and character of George P. Beirne, it could be as aptly said of him as of any man I have every known” “A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every God did seem to set his seal. To give the world assurance of a man.” W. L. Clay, Esq., one of the Committee, followed with a few touching and appropriate remarks. His Honor, H. C. Speake, ordered the resolutions to be entered in the minutes of the Court. Executor’s Notice --------------------------- State of Alabama | Madison County LETTERS Testamentary, upon the estate of Narcissa Scruggs deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Honorable Court of Probate for the County of Madison, State of Alabama, on the 23rd day of August, 1881. Notice is hereby given to all persons, holding claims against said estate, to present the same within the time required by law, or they will be forever barred. All persons, indebted to said estate, are requested to make prompt payment. E. R. MATTHEWS. Aug.24-3w Executor. State of Alabama, | Court of Probate, Madison County, | August 12, 1881. ------------- Estate of Samuel W. Coons dec’d. ------------- Accounts and Vouchers for Final Settlement. This day, came Mildred E. Kumpe, Executrix of the estate of Samuel W. Coons deceased, and filed with the Court his accounts and vouchers for a Final Settlement of her administration as Executrix of said estate: It is ordered by the Court that the 9th day of September, 1881, be and is appointed a day on which to make said settlement and that notice of the same, be given for three successive weeks, in the Huntsville DEMOCRAT, a newspaper published in this county; at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest the same, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Aug.17-3w. Judge of Probate. SCHOOL NOTICES The Fall Session of C. O. Shepherd’s School will begin on Monday, September 5, 1881. Terms same as heretofore. HUNTSVILLE Female College -------- THE FALL SESSION OF THIS LONG established and prosperous Institution will begin on MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1881, Send your daughters the first day. Special arrangements made on application to the President. Charges low for the advantages offered. We ask your partronage. REV. A. H. JONES, A. M. Aug.24-3w President AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE AUBURN, ALA The next session begins Sept. 28, 1881. There are five Degree Courses, viz: Agriculture, Literature, Science, Civil and Mining Engineering. Tuition free. For Catalogues and further information, apply to I. T. TICHENOR, President, F. T. GLENN, Treas. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/variousi1153gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 19.4 Kb