Wilcox County AlArchives Obituaries.....John Ratcliffe October 17 1907
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Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, October 31, 1907
Death of Mr. John Ratcliffe.
  His friends will regret to learn of the death of this estimable old citizen, 
who died at his home in Canton Bend, Oct. 17, 1907, aged about 72 years. Mr. 
Ratcliffe was of the old type of Southern gentleman. Modest, brave and 
unassuming. In ante bellum days, when true manhood was the standard, Mr. 
Ratcliffe and his brothers and sisters lived in a neighborhood of chivalry, 
plenty and integrity, and was always known and regarded as an upright citizen. 
A farmer by choice and profession, his world was the pleasures of a religious 
home. When the South arose to defend its right, none did braver service during 
the entire struggle than did he. A true democrat, he was always with his party, 
and in his death he will be remembered as a good man and brother. Two sisters 
survive him, and to them, our sympathies are extended.

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Microfilm newspaper (Wilcox Progressive Era) located at the Alabama Department
of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.


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