Butts-Elbert County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. John Barnes September 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 April 26, 2004, 11:41 pm Middle Ga. Argus – Week of September 22, 1883 Mrs. John Barnes On Wednesday of this week, Mr. John Barnes who resides near Worthville, left his wife at the house as usual while he went out into his plantation to work, and on returning she was absent, a diligent search by the neighbors who were excited over the mysterial disappearance of the lady was made, she was found three hundred yards from the dwelling where she went during the day to gather vegetables, it being 10 o’clock at night when she was found lifeless, having died from disease of the heart. How sad!! The young and old too, must die. Additional Comments: Note: Mrs. John Barnes was Martha Caroline Stodghill, who was born March 13, 1812 and died September 19,1883. Married John Barnes on September 6, 1827 in Elbert County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb