Death Notices from the Montgomery Advertisor, August 23-27, 1881, Montgomery, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/montgomery/obits/montgomery-advertrisor/obits8.txt =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. 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. ================================================================================= October 2004 Death Notices From the Montgomery Advertiser -Transcribed by Larry E. Caver, Jr. August 23, 1881: Died, in Barbour County, Mr. William SNEED. Died, in Henry County, Mr. A.F. TURNER. Died, in Chambers County, Hon. James L. ROBINSON. Died, in Pickens County, Mr. James A. COADY. Died, in Wilcox County, Mrs. Maggie HYDE. August 24, 1881: (Little Rock, Ark., August 23) A double murder occurred in Scott County, eighteen miles from Waldron, yesterday. The victims were John STEWART and Billy MESSENGALE. The deed was provoked by two gambling murderers, whose names are FALSOM and HOBBS. One of the largest congregations ever known in this county assembled last Sunday at Elam Church, six miles from the city. The occasion was the funeral of Reverend Jere COWLES, a colored preacher, venerable for age and for his long and faithful service in the work of his Master. He was a preacher and a man much esteemed by whites and blacks... the colored brethern and sisters, too, showed their veneration for his memory by going to his funeral. They went on foot, in wagons, carts, buggies, on horseback, by every method of locomotion that could be brought into requisition… The Pensacola papers announce the death in that city of Hon. C.H. GINGLES, in the 70th year of his age… He will be remembered by many of our readers as a former resident of Mt. Meigs, in this county, and later as a merchant at Hayneville, from which place he removed to Pensacola in 1858. August 25, 1881: Mr. T.J. PERKINS, several years ago a banker in Eufaula, died at Clarksville, Tennessee, a few days ago. August 26, 1881: A dispatch from Lexington, Kentucky, announces the death of the venerable Gen. Leslie COMBS, a veteran of the War of 1812, and a man who for more than half a century past has taken a prominent part in affairs of his native state. He was born in 1793 near Boonesboro, in Clark County, Kentucky, his father having been an officer in the Revolutionary War… He was twice married and leaves many descendants. One of his daughters was the wife of Colonel S. D. BRUCE, of this city, whose son, Mr. Leslie Combs BRUCE, is well known as a famous long-range rifle shot. His youngest son, Young Leslie COMBS, as he is always called in Kentucky, is the son-in-law of Dan SWIGERT, the breeder of many famous thoroughbreds... (Lengthy article on his life and career) (Fredericksburg, Va., August 25) Hon. Daniel C. DEJARNETTE, member of the Thirty-sixth Congress, and afterwards of the Confederate House of Representatives from the Richmond District, died on the 22nd instant, at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. Died, in Tuscaloosa County, Mr. E. ANDERS. Died, at Birmingham, Mr. R. TUBS. Died, in Selma, Mr. S.M. GRAYSON. Died, in Marion, Mr. J.H. RUTLEDGE. Died, near Harris Station, in Limestone County, on Saturday, the 20th and Sunday, the 21st, little Ida Harris and Mary Anderson, aged five and three years respectively, daughters of William N. and Minnie D. RICHARDSON. Died, in Mobile, L.V. VALERY. Died, in Mobile, Miss Sarah TIMMONS. August 27, 1881: Reverend Francis R. GOULDING died a few days ago at his home in Georgia. He was the author of The Young Marooners, and several other literary works of great merit. Died, in Opelika, Miss Mattie SMITH. Died, in Talladega, Mrs. Sarah L. STOCKDALE and Mr. Madison P. HAYES. Died, in Tuscaloosa, Mr. Jesse MAXWELL. Died, in Greene County, Mrs. M.M. CARPENTER. Died, in Pickens County, Mr. John R. CHAPMAN. Died, in Madison County, Mr. Bryant COBB and Mr. John H. TABOR. Died, in Conecuh County, Mr. Richard HAMMONS.