Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Jefferson Holder, 
25 September 1896

====================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
free information on the Internet, data may be used by
non-commercial entities, as long as this message
remains on all copied material. These electronic
pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
written consent of the file contributor.

The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb
Archives to store this file permanently for free access.
This file was contributed by:
Lindy Lee Hard
lindy.hard@ccconnection.com
====================================================================

Calhoun County Courier, 25 Sept 1896,
published at Arlington, Ga., W. W. Fleming, editor

Mr. Jefferson Holder Dead.
The last issue of the Bainbridge Democrat announces the death of the
farther [sic] of Mrs. H. C. Sheffield, of Arlington, as follows:
"Died on the 11th inst., at his residence in Decatur county Mr. Jefferson
Holder aged 85 years. The deceased was born in Barnwell county, South
Carolina, and removed to Early county, Ga., in 1830, where he was married to
Miss Elizabeth Sheffield. For the last forty-five years he has been a
resident of this county.
"Mr. Holder was one of our old time citizens, most loved and venerated
by all who knew him. Genial in manner, kindly in disposition, charitable
and hospitable, he well illustrated the virtues of the former days of our
country. No man ever lived more faithful to his friends and more true to
the obligations of citizenship. He was a Catholic in his religious faith
and ever loyal to the tenets and observances of his church.
"For some years he suffered great bodily afflictions-these he bore with
Christian fortitude and resignation.
"Five daughters and two sons survive him-Mrs. Hardy Powell, Mrs. Drew
Roberts, Mrs. Reuben Williams and Miss Maria Holder, of this county and Mrs.
H. C. Sheffield, of Arlington. The sons are John and Jefferson Holder of
Decatur.
"The life of such men as the deceased is a rich legacy to his family
and the country."

Lindy Lee Hard