Wilcox County AlArchives Obituaries.....Sidney McDowell 1906
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Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, August 2, 1906
A Faithful Old Negro Dead
  Sidney McDowell, an old negro, who spent his life in the service of old
master, has past to his reward. When the war commenced Mr. D. A. K. McDowell
volunteered in the Third Alabama Calvary and took this faithful old negro with
him, who attended him through four long years of service. Every man in that
regiment was Sidney's friend, and always had a kind word for him. Since the
surrender he has been with his old master, who cared for him; and particularly
in his old age, and in his last illness, and gave him a decent burial. This old
man was 74 years old when he died. There is something peculiarly sad in seeing
these faithful trustworthy darkies pass away as those who come after them will
never take their places. There is a feeling in the hearts of all true
Southerners, that makes them revere the memory of such negroes as was Sidney
McDowell. "Peace be to his ashes."


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