Clay-Sumter County GaArchives Obituaries.....BELL, "OLD BOB" September 1897 ************************************************ 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: REBECCA STEWART rstewart@enervest.net December 16, 2011, 11:32 am THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER, AMERICUS, SEPT 30 1897 HAS DRAWN HIS LAST BURDEN OLD BOB, THE FAITHFUL OLD HORSE OWNED BY THE BELL FAMILY DIED YESTERDAY AT THE ADVANCED AGE OF THIRTY YEARS. "OLD BOB" WAS OF PATRICIAN STOCK AND AS THE PROPERTY OF CAPT A.C. BELL NO HORSE IN AMERICAS WAS BETTER KNOWN OR MORE ADMIRED FOR HIS EXCELLENT QUALITIES. FOR THE PAST YEAR OR TWO THE FAITHFUL OLD ANIMAL HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET ABOUT, THOUGH THE BEST AND TENDEREST TREATMENT HAS BEEN ACCORDED HIM. FAITHFUL OLD BOB, HE CERTAINLY DESERVES A MONUMENT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clay/obits/b/bell10412gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb