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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Larry E. Caver, Jr. ================================================================================= March 2005 Death Notices From the Montgomery Advertiser -Transcribed by Larry E. Caver, Jr. December 13, 1881: (Columbus, Ga., Dec. 12) Dr. Thomas W. GRIMES, aged about 60 years, a prominent physician of this city, died suddenly, while sitting in a chair, this morning, from heart disease. Mr. Charles LeBARON, a native of Mobile but for most of his life a resident of Pensacola, was shot and killed by some unknown party in Texas recently. He was in the employ of the Texas & Mexican Railway Company, and while crossing a bridge on his way to his camp, last Wednesday, received the fatal shot. December 14, 1881: (Rome, Ga., December 12) Mr. Thomas ALEXANDER, aged 22, died last night. – Rome Courier The remains of Mr. Charles LeBARON, recently shot in Texas by some unknown party, will be brought to Mobile for interment. -Pensacola Gazette (Deadwood, D. T., Dec. 13) Two men, James WALKER and Thomas BOGG, were killed, and three other wounded, by the falling of a shelf of cement in Esmeraldo mine, this morning. Alex FARMER, formerly an engineer on the E. T., Va. & Ga. Railroad, died very suddenly at Knoxville Friday (Barbour County) Josie, a bright little girl and only child of Mrs. James DUDLEY, who lives near Marvyn, Alabama, not far from Columbus, Georgia, met with a terrible and fatal accident on Tuesday last while around a running cane mill. Her head was caught in the mill and her neck instantly broken. She was 13 years old, and her death is almost more than her devoted and widowed mother can bear. –Eufaula Bulletin The oldest white man in Clarke County, Robert COURTNEY, departed this life on the 24th ultimo. He was a resident of Mississippi Territory in 1812, and old enough to be subject to military duty; yes, was a grown man when the Creek Indian War broke out. The long years intervening between these stormy times and the present, have been spent in this county, near where he died, about fifteen miles north or east of this place. He was about 98. –Grove Hill Democrat (Lee County) Mrs. Wiley GILLAM, only daughter of Mr. Jerry HAMMOCK, of this county, committed suicide last week by hanging herself with a rope, while her husband was gone to the mill. –Opelika Observer Died, in Dadeville, Mrs. BERRY, mother of J.B. BERRY. Died, in Wilcox County, Mr. Hiram WATSON. Died, near Florence, Mr. C.W. BROADFOOT. Died, in Dale County, Mr. Thomas B. EZELL. Died, in Van Buren, Arkansas, Miss Harriet McINTYRE, of Jackson County, Alabama. Died, in Columbia, Henry County, Mr. Walter R. WILLIFORD. Died, in Crenshaw County, Master Jo GALLOPS. Died, in Union Springs, Miss Leila OLIVE. Died, in Hale County, Mrs. Isaac RYAN. December 15, 1881: Mrs. Mary MABRY, of Clayton, mother of Gen. Seth MABRY and Hon. James W. MABRY, died Tuesday morning, at the residence of her son, Gen. MABRY, in this place. Had she lived until the 23rd instant, she would have been just 100 years old. She was the oldest lady, perhaps, in Barbour County… -Eufaula Bulletin December 16, 1881: Died, yesterday, in the (-) year of her age, Frances W. HUBBARD, wife of Samuel D. HUBBARD, Sr. Funeral this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the Presbyterian Church. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. December 17, 1881: Died, in Walker County, Mr. J. D. MYERS. Died, in Perry County, Mr. Thomas JOHNSON. Died, at Calera, Mrs. S.A. LYONS. Died, in Limestone County, Charles F. TERODE. Died, in Athens, William T. HENDRICKS. Died, in Tuskegee, Miss Lula LEWIS. The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Mark ROBBINSON are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services of the latter from the First Baptist Church at 10 o’clock this morning. We see, by a Texas dispatch, that two brothers, John D. ADCOCK and A.J. ADCOCK, who were raised in this county, and who had removed to Arkansas, were murdered last Wednesday. It seems that they had been to Texarkana and sold their cotton and were killed and robbed of their money on their way home. They lived in Little River County… John married a Miss WELCH, of our county, and A.J. married a daughter of Benjamin GILL, who left here also last Christmas. They are brothers of William ADCOCK, who lives in Good Hope beat, in this county. -Wetumpka Times December 18, 1881: (Rome, Ga., Dec. 16) William B. HIGGINBOTHAM, who was probably the wealthiest colored man in this State, died at his residence in this city yesterday, having been in bad health for several weeks. He was free born, and a native of Virginia, though moving to this city in the year 1848… -Rome Daily Courier Jim CHRISTIAN, a worthy colored man, well known to the old citizens of Tuscumbia, was caught in the belt of Stair’s mill, on Monday last, and instantly killed. –Tuscumbia Alabamian Last week an accident happened to Mr. Edward JAMES, a highly respected citizen of Hagood’s X Roads neighborhood, in this county, which sadly ended his life. He was helping a neighbor to raise a house, when a log slipped and fell upon him, striking him upon the head causing instant death. Mr. JAMES was a veteran of the Mexican and Confederate Wars… -Birmingham Iron Age Died, in Mobile, Mrs. Elizabeth ALBA. Died, in Dallas County, David MIMS. Died, in Conecuh County, Charles T. HUDSON. Died, in Greene County, W. D. PARKS. Died, in Lee County, J. A. NEWTON. Died, in Limestone County, John McKENZIE. Died, in Sumter County, Mrs. Elizabeth RATCLIFFE. The interments in the City Cemetery the past week have been as follows: White December 11 John BURKE*, alcoholism. December 16 Mrs. Frances W. HUBBARD*, congestion. December 17 Mrs. Sophia ROBINSON*, pneumonia. Colored December 11 Child of Judy MYERS*, stillborn. December 12 Child of Eugenia PITMAN*, paralysis. December 13 Child of Obe LOVELESS*, pneumonia. Daisy WASHINGTON, bronchitis. Mariah DURR, dysentery. December 15 Parish GOODE*, scirrhus of liver. Eli REDMOND, cause unknown. December 16 Lewis WHITING, old age. December 17 Aleck SCOTT*, cerebro-spinal fever. *Died outside of city. December 20, 1881: (San Sabo, Texas, Dec. 18) In a difficulty today, on Colorado River, ten miles from here, Richard DYER was struck on the head with a hatchet by Samuel ROBINSON and instantly killed. DYER was the aggressor. (Dallas, Texas, Dec. 18) R.A. CHAMBERS, merchant tailor, was shot and killed yesterday by Alfred FREEMAN, proprietor of a photographic establishment… Criminal intimacy between CHAMBERS and Mrs. FREEMAN is the cause of the deed. (Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 18) Mrs. Elizabeth HINOTE died on Thursday, aged 83 years. –Pensacola Advance (Galveston, Texas, Dec. 17) Frank HOKE, a good citizen, lost his life in Caldwell County by a tree falling on him. –Galveston News December 21, 1881: (Atlanta, December 20) Judge J.H. WELCH, a well-known citizen of Newnan, and until recently, editor of the Newnan Herald, committed suicide Sunday night by hanging. Died, in Wilcox County, Dr. Samuel L. JONES. Died, in Lauderdale County, Mrs. Margaret WALKER. Died, in Birmingham, Mr. Marshal LOFTON. Died, in Mobile, Mrs. Lizzie R. KELLY. Mr. H.L. DAUGHTRY, of Opelika, whose child (not named) was killed by the Western Railroad, has sued the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, and in the U.S. Court yesterday, order was given, on motion of the defendant, to publish the testimony… Charlie MORRIS, the colored man who was stabbed in the head on last Wednesday night by Henry UNDERWOOD, colored, died about two o’clock on Sunday afternoon last from the effects of the wound… -Eufaula Bulletin December 22, 1881: Peter DOVER, charged with the murder of Mr. Archy WOODS, has given bail for $5,000. –Six Mile Blade (Macon, Ga., Dec. 18) Mr. James T. ROSE, of Upson County, was shot and killed by Mr. James F. WHITE, yesterday… On the 16th at Marshallville, Georgia, Henry KNIGHT shot and killed Peter GOODWIN… –Macon Telegraph The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. William E. McGEHEE are invited to attend the funeral of their son, Willie, from their residence on Perry Street, at 3:30 p.m. today. Mr. Charles ASKINS, of Birmingham, was killed at the railroad crossing in that city on Tuesday night, about 11 o’clock. Mr. ASKINS held a position in the employ of the Alabama Great Southern road, and was run over by a train while on his way home from the yard master’s office. He was badly mangled and died instantly. December 23, 1881: (Columbus, Ga., Dec. 21) Mrs. Lucy PAGE, aged 82, died near Cataula yesterday. –Columbus Enquirer (Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20) Mr. William H. BOWEN, of Henry County, lost his life last week while felling timber. A tree fell on him and fatally crushed his body. –Savannah News (Augusta, Ga., Dec. 20) Mr. Robert L. CRANSTON, formerly of this city, died at El Paso, Texas, recently, from the effects of amputation of his leg, made necessary by injury from a railroad accident... Mrs. Jennie CATES, of Griffin, and formerly of this city, died a few days ago. –Evening News December 24, 1881: A little son, aged 12 years, of Mr. J.M. NORRIS, while returning from Guntersville on Saturday last, in coming down a hill in Big Spring Valley, fell from the wagon and wheels passed over his head and killed him instantly… -Blountsville News December 25, 1881: Died, in Butler County, Miss Lena THIGPEN. Died, in Blount County, Mrs. William CHAMBLISS. Died, in Sumter County, Miss Mary COLGIN. Died, in Selma, Mrs. James H. FRANKLIN. Died, in Henry County, Miss Mary E. GODFREY. Died, in Hale County, Robert N. MOORE. Died, Greensboro, Lewis LAWSON. Died, at Cusetta, James A. NEWTON. Died, in Bullock County, Pitt ALLUMS. Died, in Morgan County, Thomas THOMPSON. Died, in Shelby County, Mrs. Lizzie CURTIS and Mrs. M. DAVIS. Died, in Walker County, N.L.J. REEVES and Mose J. COX. Died, in Sumter County, J. D. THOMAS and Mrs. Eliza BINNS. Died, in Lowndes County, A.B. MIDDLEBROOKS and J.R. SCROGGINS. It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of Mrs. Clara GAYLE, who died on Wednesday night, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. James W. LOCKS. Mrs. GAYLE was the widow of Gov. John GAYLE, one of Alabama’s most distinguished and highly honored citizens, and the sister of Mr. Frederick PECK, one of Greensboro’s first settlers… -Greensboro Beacon The interments in the City Cemetery the week ending December 24th, were as follows: White December 18 Alonzo REDDING, gout. December 22 Child of William McGEHEE, spasm of glotis. December 23 Preston HILLIARD, reinterred from Columbus, Georgia. Colored December 18 Child of Aleck MITCHELL, stillborn. December 20 Turner ANDERSON, consumption. December 22 Genie BROWN, meningitis. Ellen BELLINGER, Bright’s disease. December 28, 1881: (Little Rock, December 27) Dr. O. H. ROSENBAUER, a prominent physician, was assassinated at his residence nine miles from Pine Bluff, on Saturday evening… We regret the sudden death, at Tuskegee, of Mr. Marks ASHER, brother of Mrs. A. MOOG, who succumbed to an attack of typhoid fever, on yesterday morning. The deceased was the only son of his mother, her mainstay and support… December 29, 1881: (Macon, Ga., Dec. 28) At Round Oak, Jones County, forty-five miles from here, a young farmer named William GRAY interfered with a colored dance Monday night and was fatally stabbed by three brothers (colored). GRAY fired into the brothers killing all three… GRAY crawled out of the house and died on the steps. R.A. BROWN, a prominent citizen of Americus, took morphine, from the effects of which he died this afternoon. He leaves a wife and four children. (New Orleans, December 28) Mrs. M.F. CAPPAGE was killed last night by the accidental discharge of a pistol with which her four-year old child was playing… (Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28) Yesterday at Debroy, in Upson County, a general fight occurred in which Dock WILSON killed Ed JOHNSON, his half-brother, and Brad GARLAND killed A.P. HARRIS. The fight was with knives. (December 28) In Baldwin County, near Sibley’s mill, opposite Mobile, Joel JOHNSON, a well-known citizen was riding along the road when he was shot from behind a tree by a colored man. The shot struck JOHNSON in the head stunning him and causing him to fall from his horse. He was then dragged to a pond and thrown in and the colored man mounted his victim’s horse and rode to a party. JOHNSON revived and dragged himself half a mile to his home. Abe JOHNSON, the wounded man’s half-brother who is deputy sheriff, started to arrest the colored man who had Johnson’s horse. He resisted arrest and drew a pistol and exchanged shots with Deputy Sheriff JOHNSON. The latter fell and died in fifteen minutes. The colored man escaped but was found later a half mile from the place of shooting, dead. (Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 25) Mr. J.B. PFERFERLE died in this city yesterday morning, aged 58 years. –Pensacola Gazette (Columbus, Ga., Dec. 27) Hiram BLOUNT, the colored man shot in Chattahoochee County, on Friday, by Charlie CADE, has since died. -Columbus Enquirer (Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 27) Will C. MABRY, son of General MABRY, a prominent young man of Knoxville, was shot and killed by Don C. LISBY, Saturday night. –Chattanooga Times (Houston, Texas, Dec. 24) Mr. C.R. WILSON, a well-known railroad man and extensive cross-tie contractor for the Texas & Pacific, died of heart disease a few days ago. –Houston Post