Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Math Gunn December 1890
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Middle Ga. Argus – Week of December 9, 1890
Math Gunn – Burned to Death
Sad Death of an Eighty Year Old Darkey

On Tuesday night of last week a horrible death occurred on the plantation of 
Mrs. LeGuin in the northern part of this county.  Math Gunn, an old Negro man 
who has long lived on the place was alone in his little hut, when from some 
cause or other, the house caught fire, and the poor old darkey being very 
feeble and helpless parched(?) amid the raging flames.  His body was not 
discovered until the following morning when it was found that only a mass of 
bones and ashes marked the remains.  For eighty years “Uncle” Math has borne 
the reputation of being an honest Negro but alas he was forced to meet an awful 
fate.




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