Marion-Muscogee-Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Morgan McMichael June 25 1895 ************************************************ 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: Judith Gresham judo53@chartermi.net December 1, 2003, 9:36 pm Atlantic Constitution Atlantic Constitution dated June 26, 1895 Morgan McMichael Muscogee's Young Member of the House Dead HE HAD AN ATTACK OF TYPHOID FEVER He Was Sick Only One Week - One of the Most Prominent Young Men of Columbus Columbus, Ga. June 25 - (Special) Morgan McMichael, one of the leading attorneys at the Columbus bar, died at his home in this city at 9:30 o'clock tonight after a short illness of typhoid fever. Mr. McMichael's death causes the deepest sorrow throughout this section of the state. He was widely known and universally esteemed. He was one of the brainiest young men of this city. He had served in the city council and the state legislature with marked ability. He had distinguished himself on a number of occasions as an orator and debater. Mr. McMichael was born in September 1866 , and was the son of the late Dr. J. R. McMichael, of Buena Vista. He was the oldest of a family of thirteen children. He was educated in the schools of Buena Vista and was afterwards a law student under Colonel E. M. Butt and Judge W. B. Butt, at that place. He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and afterwards moved to this city, where he has been since engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1893 he was elected to the city council, which position he held until 1894, when he was elected to the state legislature from this county. During the last session of the general assembly he introduced the McMichael election bill, which is now pending. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, the order of Red Men and the Elks. He is survived by a wife, who was Miss Minnie Sheppard of Buena Vista; one child a little daughter one year old; his mother Mrs. Ella McMichael, and six brothers and six sisters, Messrs. Victor L., Edward H., Robert L., John R., Albert D. and Roy D. McMichael, and Mrs. J. E. Lowe, Mrs. W. A. White, Misses Lillian S., Lois L., Susie N. and Lula W. McMichael, all of Marion and Schley counties. The remains will be carried to Buena Vista tomorrow for interment. Notes from Judy Gresham The date of birth on his grave marker is Sept. 7, 1867, he is buried at Buena Vista's First Baptist Cemetery, Buena Vista GA. Morgan's father was J. R. McMichael, he was a prisoner of war and there are excerpts from his diary in the book "Captives Immortal" He was held in Charleston SC, then at Fort Pulaski, Savannah GA and released from Fort Delaware. Morgans mother was the former Elvira Amanda Stevens. The infant daughter that survived him was named, Minnie McMichael, she married Emmette Brown Reese. Minnie was born 7/1/1894 and died 3/12/1948. Minnie Sheppard McMichael remarried July 26, 1899 to Joseph Alvah Weaver. Additional Comments: Notes from Judy Gresham The date of birth on his grave marker is Sept. 7, 1867, he is buried at Buena Vista's First Baptist Cemetery, Buena Vista GA. Morgan's father was J. R. McMichael, he was a prisoner of war and there are excerpts from his diary in the book "Captives Immortal" He was held in Charleston SC, then at Fort Pulaski, Savannah GA and final at Elmira N.Y. Morgans mother was the former Elvira Amanda Stevens. The infant daughter that survived him was named, Minnie McMichael, she married Emmette Brown Reese. Minnie was born 7/1/1894 and died 3/12/1948. Minnie Sheppard McMichael remarried July 26, 1899 to Joseph Alvah Weaver. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb