Pike County AlArchives Biographies.....Paul, C. Alice Johnson June 24, 1877 - January 8, 1902
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Source: Info Abstracted from “Our Johnson Family” 1978, by Kathlyn Johnson Folmar , a niece of the subject
Author: Alice Folmar Kelley


BIOGRAPHY - C. ALICE JOHNSON PAUL  (6-24-1877 – d. 1-8-1902)

C. Alice Johnson was a daughter of George Soasbe and Delilah Wilson Johnson of
Henderson, Ala., Pike County.  She and her twin sister Beatrice were born June
24, 1877.  C. Alice had blue eyes, light-colored hair, and fair skin; Beatrice
had brown eyes and hair.  Their siblings, in order of birth, were as follows:

John Irvin Johnson, Sr.  (1st wife Tessora Dalton, 2nd Rubye Mae Myers)
George Monroe  (wife, Annie Frankie Furlow)
Luvenia Ione  (husband, Robert Clark Bruce)
Molsey Dosha  (husband, Eugene Perry Whittle)
Joseph Perry  (wife, Annie Myrle Burden)
(Beatrice, husband Albert Pike Logan, and
   C. Alice, husband Otis Paul, were next in the birth order)
Ollie Louvada  (husband, Emory Park)
Lee Grant  (1st wife Maude E. Hancock, 2nd Beulah Davis Williams)
Sosby Oscar  (wife, Tessie E. Horn)
Chancey McLone  (wife, Minnie Bradley) – was a twin to Dempsey
Dempsey McLone  (wife, Beatrice French) – was a twin to Chancey

On December 23, 1897, C. Alice married Otis Paul in Pike County.  They had
children George Orpah., born May 8, 1899; Zeoma, born October 14, 1900, who died
at about nine months on July 25, 1901; and Alice Irene, born December 18, 1901.
 
C. Alice was sitting by an open fire, bathing three-week-old Irene on January 8,
1902, when her clothing caught fire.  She died later that day of severe burns. 
She was buried at Hopewell Community Cemetery across the road from Hopewell
Primitive Baptist Church near Henderson.  Her two children surviving her were
reared by their father Otis and his second wife, Hattie Richburg, who was a kind
mother to them.

C. Alice was 24 when she died.  Her twin Beatrice had died at age 23 on October
4, 1900, two days after giving birth to a baby and its dying the same day.

Their sister Molsey Dosha died at age 29 on March 17, 1903, a week after giving
birth to triplets, who only survived a few months.  She and her husband Eugene
had three other children who survived the triplets.

Following are newspaper accounts of C. Alice's death:


“The Montgomery Advertiser,” Montgomery, Ala. - January 10, 1902

Burned To Death. Mrs. Otis Paul Meets With a Terrible Fate
	Troy, Jan. 9 -  Near Henderson's store, about twelve miles southwest of this
city [Troy], yesterday morning, the clothing of Mrs. Otis Paul [C. Alice Johnson
Paul] caught fire while she was standing near the fireplace, and her lower limbs
and back were burned to a crisp.   She died at 2 o'clock yesterday evening.


“The Elba Clipper,” Elba, Ala. – January 16, 1902

A Sad Accident
Troy Messenger – Yesterday evening in the Henderson community, Mrs. Odus [Otis]
Paul [C. Alice Johnson Paul] was the victim of a very sad accident.  Report says
that her clothing caught fire from the fireplace flames and that so badly was
she burned that the attending physician could give but little hope for her
recovery.  And during the evening she succumbed – passed from the agonies of
fresh burns into the arms of the maker, into the sweetest peace.
	Mrs. Paul was a young woman, the daughter of George Tobe [Sosbe] Johnson, one
of the most progressive and influential citizens of the county.  She had been
married only about a year. [She had been married longer than a year … had
married on Dec. 23, 1897, and had borne two children prior to the birth of the
new baby about three weeks old].
	We regret the unfortunate occurrence and join with the people in extending our
heartfelt sympathy to those concerned.



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