MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA - NEWSPAPERS OBITS  December 1883 - December 1887

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Death Notices from The Meriwether County Vindicator, Volumes
12 through 15, December 1883 - December  1887

In order to maintain an alphabetized format, notices have
been paraphrased in the vernacular of the original. All
readable data of genealogical interest has been included.
Tributes, ranging from one line to several paragraphs, are
not included. Most issues for the years 1883-1887 are
included but there are numerous unreadable pages. For these
years only the Volume, Issue and Date are listed as a
finding aid. Bracketed locations such as (Sulphur Springs)
indicate the location of the correspondent reporting the
death and are likely the place of death. 

Note:  In 1885 and 1886  there are numerous issues with
duplicated numbers and numbers that are out of sequence.
Reliance on the  date of issue is recommended for
researchers interested in locating issues of this newspaper
on microfilm.

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ADAMS, Mrs. Alethia, widow of Levi M. Adams, Esq., died in
Greenville last Saturday afternoon, August 16th, 1884, aged
75 years; born in Butts county in 1809, Mrs. Adams, whose
maiden name was Turner, was married in 1824 and removed to
Greenville in 1827; her husband voted in the first election
held in Greenville and was the first schoolmaster for the
town; she had been a member of the Methodist church since
her 15th year; Vol. 12, No. 36, August 22, 1884

ALLMON, Mr. (no first name stated), of Mountville, died last
Saturday of  typhoid fever; Vol 12, No. 42, October 3, 1884

ANDERSON, Mrs., the mother of Mrs. Allen Watson, Mrs. Jesse
Wells and Mrs. Sarah Braswell, died near Barnesville on the
second of June in her 66th year; a member of the M. E.
Church for fifty years, before her departure she called for
each of her children, addressing a parting injunction to
them severally; she was the mother of nine girls and one
boy; Vol. 12, No. 30, July 11, 1884

ANDREWS, Mrs. Benetta, widow of Judge Martin Andrews, died
suddenly at the home of her son, Mr. J. M. Andrews, near
Greenville last Monday, upwards of 80 years of age; a member
of the Baptist church, she was buried at the Baptist church
at Antioch on Tuesday; Vol. 13, No. 6, January 23, 1885. In
an Obituary in this later issue, the date of her death is
stated as January 18th, 1885, dying in her 82nd year; born
on December 1st, 1803, she married Judge Andrews Dec. 31st,
1822 in Wilkes county and raised a large family, all of whom
survive her except one; Vol. 13, No. 7, January 30, 1885

ANDREWS, little Hillsman, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Andrews, died in Greenville last Tuesday sfternoon at 5
o'clock, about six months old; Vol. 15, No. 19, April 8,
1887

ANDREWS, Mr. John H., died last Saturday morning about
sunrise after a short illness, at about twenty-two years of
age; he was buried Sunday morning in the town cemetery; Vol.
15, No. 31, July 1, 1887

ANDREWS, Mr. Willie F., died at his home near Woodbury last
Tuesday afternoon after an illness of a little over a week,
at about 24 years of age; he was the only son of James C.
Andrews, Esq. and son-in-law of the late Luke Powell; since
Mr. Powell's death by last year's cyclone, Mr. Andrews has
had charge of his estate; he was a member of the Baptist
church at Antioch; Vol. 13, No. 34, August 7, 1885

ANTHONY, Mrs. Anselm, died at her home in Atlanta on the
29th of January; formerly Mrs. Isaac C. Bell, she was a
sister of the late Judge John Jones, and had removed to
Atlanta from Greenville about sixteen years ago; Vol. 14,
No. 9, February 12, 1886

ANTHONY, Mr. George J., so long our faithful county
treasurer, died suddenly on Monday night; he was the son of
Dr. J. W. Anthony and was born in Greenville (the date is
unreadable); he was buried in Greenville last Wednesday;
Vol. 14, No. 18, April 16, 1886

BALDWIN, little Mary, infant daughter of Mr. and Mr. A. M.
Baldwin, died near Greenville last Thursday morning and was
buried in town last Friday morning; Vol. 13, No. 33, Jiul
31, 1885

BANKSTON, Mr. J. C., Mrs. Bankston, who has been living with
Mr. H. T. Norris, while on her way to Riedel(?),
Mississippi, accidentally fell from the cars (railroad?) and
was killed; (Luthersville) Vol. 14, No. 17, April 9, 1886

BARFIELD, Mrs. Martha E., wife of J. H. Barfield, died at
her home near Greenville last Saturday morning after an
illness of two years; a member of the Methodist church for
44 years, she was laid to rest last Sabbath at the
Presbyterian church near her residence; Vol. 13, No. 23, May
22, 1885

BARTLEY, Rev. Simpson W., formerly a citizen of Meriwether,
died suddenly at his home in Harris county last Sunday
afternoon, about 60 years of age; a Baptist minister of
considerable reputation, his first charge was old Cane Creek
church where he began his ministry here about 1859; he has
resided in Harris for more than twenty years and has had the
charge of several churches; Vol. 12, No. 51, December 5,
1884

BELL, Mrs. Eliza, wife of Mr. James Bell (see below), died
suddenly last Sabbath at her residence near Greenville; she
was the eldest daughter of the late Mark H. Crowder and was
born September 1st, 1808, lacking a little of being 78 years
old; she was born in Hancock county removing to Meriwether
about 1857, her old home being Powelton, Ga,; to her younger
sisters she was a mother, to many of their orphaned children
she discharged the obligations of a parent and even the
grandchildren were reared and educated by her care; she was
from her youth a member of the Methodist church; Vol. 14,
No. 37, July 16, 1886

BELL, Mr. James Arthur Drew, living near Barnes' crossing
five miles from town; died last Sunday morning; his wife had
preceded him to the grave by only five or six weeks (see
above); he was born in Hancock or Taliaferro county at the
beginning of the century and was in the 82nd year of his
age; for years he lived in Powelton in Hancock county and
moved to Meriwether about 30 years ago; he was a brother-in-
law of Judge Linton Stephens; he was buried last Monday near
the residence of his late brother-in-law Mark H. Crowder;
Vol. 14, No. 39, August 20, 1996

BETHEA, Miss Linnie, a visitor from Greensboro, Ga. at the
home of her uncle, Judge Frank Williams, near Warm Springs,
died last Sabbath of typhoid fever, about 20 years of age;
her father Dr. Bethea, a physician in Greensboro, who had
married a daughter of the late Wilson Williams and before
the war practiced at Sulphur Springs, was sent for to attend
his daughter but arrived after her death; Vol. 12, No. 41,
September 26, 1884

BLALOCK, 11 month old child of Mr. James Blalock, and
grandchild of Rev. A. J. Cooper of the middle ninth
district, died recently and was buried at the family burying
ground of Mr. Baker Mann; Vol. 12, No. 36, August 22, 1884

BLALOCK, Lyman Hall, Esq., youngest son of the late John S.
Blalock, died at his home in Greenville last Sunday morning
about sunrise, at 47 years of age; he had suffered from
consumption for several years and his death was not
unexpected; he had filled the office of tax receiver of the
county and was for along time Justice of the town district;
he was married in early life to Miss Alice, eldest daughter
of Dr. A. G. Floyd, and his widow and four children survive
him; he was buried in Greenville last Monday morning; Vol.
14, No. 36, July 9, 1886

BLOUNT, Mrs. Nancy E., widow of Mr. Freeman W. Blount, died
at her home near Greenville last Tuesday night, aged fifty-
four years; Mrs. Blount, the former Miss Nannie Baker, was a
member of the Methodist church at Freeman's Chapel; Vol. 15,
No. 20, April 15, 1887

BOLAND, little Daniel, 11 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Boland who recently moved to Greenville, died last Friday
morning of whooping cough and measles; the remains were
consigned to the tomb in the village cemetery on Sunday
morning; Vol. 13, No. 22, May 15, 1885

BONNER, Mr. Ed, a young man about 22 years of age, living
near Warm Springs, died last Wednesday morning, having
suffered from typhoid fever for eight weeks; Vol. 15, No.
50, January 18, 1887

BRASWELL, Mrs. Martha, wife of Jonathan Braswell of
Luthersville district, died of consumption last Saturday
morning, January 3rd, and was buried last Sabbath in the
family burial ground near the home of Mr. William Nall; Vol.
13, No. 4, January 9, 1885

BRIGGS, Dutchy, colored, a fifteen year old schoolgirl died
of a broken neck when she tripped and fell into a gully
while playing; Vol. 14, No. 15, March 26, March 26, 1886

BRILEY, Mr. George, died at his home near Chalybeate Springs
last Monday in the 86th year of his age; Vol. 13, No. 11,
March 6, 1885

BRITAIN, Mrs. Mary E., widow of the late W. E. Britain, died
at her home near Rocky Mount on Thursday morning at 4
o'clock; she was about seventy-five yers of age and had long
been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church; Vol. 12, No.
9, February 15, 1884

BROWN, Mr. William, died at his home in the Cove last
Saturday, lacking only a few hours of being seventy four
years old; he came to Meriwether in 1830 and for 48 years
had lived in the home in which he died; a member of the
Primitive Baptist church at Ebenezer, he had been a member
of the Baptist church before the separation that that
occured in 1836: Vol. 12, No. 47, November 7, 1884

CAMPBELL, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Campbell
near the Chalybeate Springs, died on Monday the 23rd; Vol.
13, No. 50, November 27, 1885

CARLEY, Mrs., wife of Mr. John F. Carley and daughter of the
late Wm. P. Truitt; (other details are unreadable) Vol. 15,
No. 26, May 27, 1887

CARTER, Frank, colored, died at his residence in Woodbury
last Monday night; (Woodbury) Vol. 14, No. 38, August 13,
1886

CARTER, Mr. Warren, was shot and killed by another last
Friday night; the other party, who claimed he acted in self-
defense was charged with murder: Vol. 15, No. 20., April 18,
1887

CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. L. C., wife of W. J. Cartwright, died of
pneumonia Tuesday, the 22d inst., after a short illness; a
member of the Methodist church, she was thirty four years
old at death and leaves three children; obituary by "A
Friend"; Vol. 12, No. 33, August 2, 1884

CHOVIN, Mrs. Agnes I., sister of Mrs. E. H. Robinson of
Atlanta and the late Mr. Margaret Williams of Greenville,
died at her home in LaGrange on the 7th of February at three
o'clock in the morning; she was born in 1812 and was in her
74th year, formerly Miss McLaren and a native of Scotland,
she was raised in Abbeville, S. C.; (Memorial by M. E. T.
reprinted from The LaGrange Reporter) Vol. 14, No. 12, March
5, 1886

CHRISTIAN, Mr. James O., a resident of Sulphur Springs, was
shot and killed in Chipley on Tuesday afternoon; on that day
he and his wife drove to Chipley and, after leaving his wife
at the home of her brother, Mr. Gillespie, he drove to the
depot entering the office of the person who shot him; no
reasons for the shooting are known at this time; at the age
of 18 he entered the Confederate army as a volunteer,
becoming a member of the 8th Georgia regiment, and engaged
in battles under Lee in Virginia until being wounded near
the end of the war and losing a leg; he attended the state
University and upon marrying the daughter of Dr. Gillespie
of the Springs, made his living teaching, merchandising and
farming; in 1872 he was elected tax collecter , a position
he performed with great competence until his death and had
long been a member of the Methodist church; vol. 12, No. 39,
September 12, 1884. In this issue appears a Tribute of
Respect by the Board of Trustees of the High School ; Vol.
12, No. 43, October 10, 1884. In this issue appears a
Memorial by the Glenn Chapter, No. 85, R. A. M.; Vol. 12,
No. 47, November 7, 1884

CHUNN, Mrs. Mary Lizzie, daughter of Mr. John C. Thompson of
Pike county and wife of Judge Robt. A. Chunn, died at her
home near Woodbury on the 22nd inst., after a short illness;
born on the first day of June 1850 , she was married Oct.
25th, 1868; Vol. 13, No. 28, June 26, 1885

CLARK, Mr. Samuel T., died at Midway, Ga. on Sept. 19th,
1886 in the 44th year of his age; the son of Mr. Henry G.
Clark, he was born Feb. 22nd, 1843 and was reared near Rocky
Mount; he married Miss Larra A. Norris, daughter of Capt. W.
T. Norris, and she and seven children survive him; a
faithful Confederate soldier, he joined the Baptist church
in 1883; Vol 15, No. 4, December 24, 1886

CLARK, Mrs., the mother of Mr. Henry G. Clark, died near
Rocky Mount last Monday, lacking only 12 days of being 93
years of age; she had long been a member of the Primitive
Baptist church; her remains were carried to DeKalb county to
be interred near Clarkston, her former home; Vol. 13, No.
16, April 10, 1885

CLEMENTS, Mr. Bishop, died at his home near Warm Springs
camp ground last Sabbath, aged about 83 years; a member of
the Methodist church, he was an informed and useful man
frequently called on by his neighbors to settle
misunderstandings and moneyed differences; Vol. 14, No. 12,
March 5, 1886

CLINE, little Birdie, two year old daughter of Rev. J. H.
and Mrs. Cline, died in Greenville last Tuesday morning from
an attack of measles; she was buried Tuesday afternoon; Vol.
14, No. 15, March 26, 1886

COCHRAN, little Jesse (written Jessie in body of obituary)
May, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Cochran, died
May the 25th, 1885, aged ten years and five months; just six
months before little Jessie's death Mrs. Cochran had died
(this earlier death was not found, possibly on an unreadable
page); an Obituary by "T. P. H."; Vol. 13, No. 28, June 26,
1885

CONE, Basil, in this notice to possible heirs, the death of
Mr. Cone of Baldwin county, formerly a resident of
Meriwether, is stated (no date); he was a brother of Mr.
Joseph Cone who lived and died in Greenville; Vol. 13, No.
27, June 19, 1885

COUSINS, Mrs. Joe D(rest very hard to read, possibly
Darnell) Hollingsworth, died at her home in Luthersville on
Wednesday july 9th, 1884 in the 32d tear of her age; born
and reared in Heard county she spent her early life on the
banks of the Chattahoochee; on the morning of Christmas 1873
she was married to Dr. S. B. Cousins; a memorial, parts of
which are unreadable, is included; Vol. 12, No. 32, July 25,
1884

COX, Mrs. D. D., sister of Mrs.John R. Park of Meriwether,
died in Macon on last Monday, having been traveling to
Florida, in the company of her husband and her brother, Hon.
O. A. Bull, in hopes of benefitting a bronchial affliction;
she was a daughter of the late Hon. Orville A. Bull and Mrs.
Bull, and was married to Mr. Cox in 1868; a member of the
Methodist church, she was a graduate of the Southern Female
college; [reprinted from a lengthy but undated tribute in
the LaGrange Reporter] Vol. 15, No. 5, January 6, 1887 

COX, Mrs., (no first name stated), wife of Rev. T. J. Cox
and a daughter of Mr. C. G. Moore, died near Oakland last
Wednesday after a protracted illness; funeral services were
held at Ebenezer church and her remains were interred at the
family burial ground on the old Moore homestead; Vol. 15,
No. 22, April 9, 1887

CRAVER, Mr. A. D., a former citizen of Meriwether, died at
his home near Jefferson, Texas on the 9th of October after a
brief illness; he had been a resident of Texas for three
years; Vol. 12, No. 46, October 31, 1884

CRAWFORD, Mr. Robert A., a citizen of the third district,
died at his home near Chipley last Thursday night of
apoplexy; a member of the Baptist church, he was about
fifty-four years of age; a widow and three children survive;
Vol. 12, No. 32, July 25, 1884

DALLIS(written DALLAS in the body of the notice), Mr. W. G.
died at the hotel last Saturday  morning about 9 o'clock
after developing pneumonia following a severe attack of
typhoid fever; not much over twenty five years of age, he
came from Chipley in January last, having only a short
career in business in Greenville; his remains were borne to
LaGrange last Sunday and after services were interred in the
city cemetery; Vol. 13, No. 46, October 30, 1885

DAVIDSON, Mr. Calvin, died at his home near Warm Springs on
Wednesday of last week of heart disease, aged about sixty
five years; formerly a resident of Harris county, he had
resided in Meriwether for several years; Vol 12, No. 42,
October 3, 1884

DAVIS, Mrs. Pelatiah(?), died at her home in Midway,
December 16, 1886, aged seventy years; since early youth she
had been a member of the Methodist church; her husband
having preceded her, she is survived by nine children; Vol.
15, No. 4, December 24, 1886

DEAN, Judge, colored, died last Monday at the residence of
Mr. J. H. Meacham in the 11th district, aged about 80 years;
Vol. 15, No. 51, November 25, 1887

DIXON, Mr. Harry B., died last Monday morning, after falling
from the train on which he worked as mail clerk, after
losing his balance in reaching for a mail pouch as the train
was passing Stinson last Saturday morning; Vol. 15, No. 11,
February 11, 1887

DIXON, Mr. Henry P., died suddenly of heart disease at his
residence near Woodbury last Monday; (hopefully the name and
this much of the three paragraphs entitled "Good Man Dead"
is correct; the remainder is unreadable) Vol. 13, No. 15,
April 3, 1885

DIXON, Mr. Hines, son of Hon. John L. Dixon, died at the
family homestead near Woodbury last Tuesday afternoon after
a short illness; he was buried Wednesday afternoon at
Concord church; Vol. 14, No. 35, July 2, 1886

DIXON, the 16 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Dixon,
died near Woodbury last Tuesday night; Vol. 14, No. 33, June
18, 1886

DOUGLAS, Mr. John, a letter from mr. Hugh Douglass (sic) of
Ocala, Florida announces the death of Mr. John Douglas on
the 6th of November; a resident of Meriwether for over half
a century, Mr. Douglas removed to Florida a year or two ago;
his wife for over fifty years survives him: Vol. 13, No. 51,
December 4, 1885

EDGE, Mr. Joseph, a citizen of Carroll, died near
Warnerville at the residence of his son, Mr. W. R. Edge,
last Friday afternoon, aged 82 years and 10 months; he had
long been a resident of Meriwether but about 20 years ago
removed to Carroll; he had been a member of the Baptist
church for over forty years; Vol. 13, No. 27, June 19, 1885.
In this issue under the heading "Upper Ninth Notes'" is
related that Mr. J. T. Edge and family attended the funeral
in Carroll for Mr. Edge's  father Uncle Joe Edge; Vol. 13,
No. 35, August 14, 1885

ENGLISH, Mrs. (first name not stated), daughter of Rev.
Thomas Maddox of Gill district, died on the 3rd of December;
Vol. 15, No. 3, December 10, 1886

ESTES, Mrs. Emma, residing near Oakland, committed suicide
last Friday by hanging herself in her dwelling during the
absence of her husband; formerly the wife of Mr. Sumner
Brown who died a few years ago, she was married last fall to
Mr. David Estes; Vol. 12, No. 4, January 11, 1884

ESTES, little Robert Hinton, 7 month old son of Mr. James
Estes, near Sasserville, died last Monday after a short
illness of cholera infantum; notice and obituary in this
issue; Vol. 12, No. 36, August 22, 1884

EVANS, Mr. James, died at his home near Greenville last
Friday night, about 35 years of age; he was twice married,
his first Miss Arvilla Freeman, daughter of the late Hugh
Freeman; his second wife was a daughter of Mr. Callaway
Franklin; he was buried at the Presbyterian church last
Sunday morning: Vol. 12, No. 20, May 2, 1884

EVANS, Mary, eight year old daughter of Mr. Evans, who
cultivates a portion of the farm of Mr. Jeff Smith, drowned
when swept away by the torrent of a rain swollen creek last
Wednesday afternoon; Mr. and Mrs. Evans, a 10 year old son,
an infant, and little Mary were trying to ford the stream
when this tragedy occured; the parents and the two other
children were unharmed; the body of little Mary was found
the following morning about a mile away down the Flint
river; Vol. 14, No. 35, July 2, 1886

EVANS, Mrs. M. B.(?), the widow of Elijah Evans, died at her
home near Woodbury last Sabbath; though left to rear and
educate her family, she met those responsibilities, and when
the cyclone of last year carried away the greater part of
her dwelling, she rallied as soon as the storm had passed
and went to work with will and energy to repair the damage
done; Vol. 13, No. 20, May 1, 1885

EVANS, Mr. William, died last Saturday night at his home in
the 7th district, aged about seventy-five years; partially
blind for several years, he was stricken with paralysis
while walking in the yard, was able to converse when found
but fell into a coma until his death in a few hours; a
member of the Methodist church for fifty years, he was
buried at Mt. Pleasant near Mountville, the church at which
he had so long worshipped; Vol. 14, No. 38, July 23, 1886

FAVER, little four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Faver,
died last Friday and was buried on Saturday morning in the
family lot in the town cemetery; Vol. 13, No. 34, August 7,
1885

FERRELL, Col. Wiley, from the Hopkins county, Texas Gazette
it is reported that Col. Ferrell, a citizen of Texas for
forty years, died on the 18th of June, aged 78; the deceased
was the older brother of Mr. M. C. Ferrell of Chalybeate
Springs; Vol. 14, No. 39, August 20, 1886

FOLDS, Mrs. Jack, died Tuesday of last week and was buried
on Thursday; (Flat Creek) Vol. 14, No. 14, March 19, 1886

FOWLER, Mrs. (no first name stated), wife of Mr. John
Fowler, died last Sunday; (the remainder is unreadable) Vol.
15, No. 23, May 6, 1887

FULLER, Mrs. Eliza, for many years a resident of Meriwether,
Mrs. Fuller died at her home in Griffin on Sunday, the 10th
of February, aged 92 years; she was  the mother of Mrs.Isaac
T. Thrash of Griffin, and grandmother of Mr. Thomas B.
Thrash of the Vindicator office, and was a member of the
Primitive Baptist church; Vol. 12, No. 10, February 22, 1884

FULLER, John B., died in Meriwether county at the home of
his daughter Mrs. Hattie A. Hinton on March 24, 1885; born
in Greene county, February 18th 1803(?), he moved to this
county in 1832, thence to Alabama in 1859, and returned to
his old home in Meriwether, living with his daughter; having
joined the Methodist church at Concord, near Woodbury, he
served the church during a stay in Alabama of about 24 years
as class leader and steward; Obituary by A. W. Smith; Vol.
13, No. 14, March 27, 1885

GILLESPIE, Mrs. Susan, wife of John D. Gillespie, Esq., died
at her home near Stinson last Tuesday morning, aged about
fifty years; formerly Miss Susan Hill of Forsyth, Ga., she
was a member of the Methodist church at Trinity; Vol. 15,
No. 15, March 17, 1887

GLANTON, Mrs. Martha, wife of Col. James H. Glanton, died at
her home in LaGrange on Thursday, the 3rd of March; she was
the daughter of Hon. John L. Dixon of Meriwether; she was
formerly married to Hon. Alex Hall who died a member of the
28th Georgia regiment, having married Col. Glanton several
years later and moving to LaGrange; Vol. 15, No. 15, March
17, 1887

GOLDIN, Mrs. A. O., wife of William Goldin, died June 14th,
1884; Mrs. Goldin, the daughter of Gregory Grant, was a
member of the M. E. Church South at Freeman's Chapel in
Meriwether; obituary by "A Friend"; Vol. 12, No. 28, June
27, 1884

GRANT, Mrs. Mary A., died at her home in Greenville last
Friday after a long illness, aged about seventy years; she
was the widow of Mr. John S. Grant, having married him about
25 years ago; prior to this marriage, she was a wealthy
widowed lady residing in Harris county; a member of the
Methodist church, her remains were laid to rest last
Saturday morning by the side of her late husband; Vol. 14,
No. 38, August 13 1886 

GRESHAM, Miss Bessie, died last Wednesday afternoon (age may
be 19 years, but not sure); a member of the Methodist
church, funeral services were held Thursday morning;  Vol.
15, No. 31, July 1, 1887

HALL, Miss Joe Estelle "Essie," daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R.
F. Hall, died yesterday morning at 8 o'clock; Vol 14, No.
52, November 19, 1886; in a Memorial in this issue: Miss
Hall was born on the 31st of October, 1859 and joined the
Baptist church at the early age of fourteen; Vol. 15, No. 1,
November 26, 1886

HALL, Mrs. Nancy, wife of Dr. R. F. Hall, died on Thursday
of last week about 2 o'clock, after an illness of several
months; she was born and grew to womanhood at the family
homestead  near Greenville; in early life she married Dr.
Hall, then of Greene county, and several years after the war
they moved to the family homestead, removing to Greenville
about 1870; a member of the Baptist church, she was buried
Friday afternoon beside her daughter who had died a few
months earlier (see above); Vol. 15, No. 48, October 28,
1887

HAMBY, little Mary Belle, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Hamby of the eleventh district, died on Thursday the
26th, aged 15 months; Vol. 15, No. 27, June 3, 1887

HAMIL, Mrs. Ellen A., wife of John W. Hamil and daughter of
A. J. Cooper, died at the home of her father near Oakland on
the 5th of May; Vol. 13, No. 22, May 15, 1885

HAMIL, infant daughter of Mrs. Hamil, and the granddaughter
of Rev. A. J. Cooper of the middle ninth district, died
recently and was buried at the home of the late Judge Daniel
Keith; Vol. 12, No. 36, August 22, 1884

HARDAWAY, Mr. John W., Sr., died last week at his home near
Oar Ridge, having lived to the age of seventy-nine; Vo. 12,
No. 4, January 11, 1884

HARRIS, Mr. Johnny, son of Mr, John T. Harris, died last
Sabbath afternoon at his father's house in the first
district after an illness of a few days, aged about 20
years; Vol. 14, no. 38, July 23, 1886

HEARD, Dudley, little three year old son of Capt. and Mrs.
R. A. Heard, died last Tuesday night; Vol. 13, No. 27, June
19, 1885 (see death of his mother below)

HEARD, Miss Lena, youngest daughter of Capt. R. A. Heard,
died in Atlanta on Monday, at about sixteen years of age; on
Tuesday night her brother, Mr. George Heard, arrived in
Greenville with her remains and she was buried on Wednesday
by the side of her mother who had died a little over a year
ago (see below); after the death of her mother, Miss Heard,
along with her father and family had moved to Atlanta, and
during a revival last Spring she had joined the Methodist
church; Vol. 14, No. 40, August 27, 1886

HEARD, Mrs. Victoria, wife of Capt. Rob't. A. Heard, the
news of the death of Mrs. Heard, the mother of little Dudley
(see above) is learned at press time; Vol. 13, No. 27, June
19, 1885. In this later issue (date of death not mentioned),
her sister Mrs. A. D. Abrahams of LaGrange and her only
brother Mr. R. S. Parham were among the relatives present at
her funeral sermon; Mrs. Heard was a graduate of LaGrange
Female College and a member of the Methodist church since
early life; Vol. 13, No. 28, June 26, 1885

HIGGINBOTHAM, Henry, of Luthersville, died July 3rd and was
buried at Providence Church on July 4th; (Luthersville) Vol.
14, No. 37, July 16, 1886

HINES, Mr. James, died at his home in Carroll County a short
time ago; he was for a long time a citizen of Meriwether
living on White Oak creek near Luthersville, and a member of
the Primitive Baptist Church; he leaves a widow and several
children, among them Mrs. Reeves, wife of Judge C. J. Reeves
of this county; Vol. 12, No. 31, July 18, 1884

HINTON, Hon. B. B., died at Americus last last Tuesday; this
report was in a telegram from Miss I(rest of name
unreadable) Hinton to her father Judge A. J. Hinton
(relationship to the deceased is unstated or is in the
unreadable portions of this notice); he was for years a
resident of Meriwether, prominent as a lawyer and minister
of the Baptist church; in the last sentence the name Miss
Lizzie Wells is discernible, the words before and after are
not; Vol. 14, No. 32, June 11, 1886

HIPP, Mr. R. F., died of pneumonia at his home near Oakland
last Thursday morning; Vol. 15, No. 9, January 28, 1887

HOGG, little Louis (or Louie), infant son of Dr. Hogg and
Mrs. Maggie Hogg, (unable to read a date of death in this
Memorial); he was laid to rest in Mt. Zion cemetery on the
25th of January; Vol. 15, No. 12, February 18, 1887

HOPKINS, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H.(?) Hopkins aged
eleven months and nineteen days (date of death is
unreadable); Vol. 15, No. 44, September 30, 1887

HUDDLESTON, Mrs. wife of George (middle initial unreadable) 
Huddleston; (the remainder is unreadable) Vol. 15, No. 31,
July 1, 1887

HUNTER, Mrs. Julia Elizabeth, (see Dr. Hunter below) she was
born in Salem, Clark county, Ga. and moved in infancy to
Monroe county by her parents Dr. Hope H. and Mrs. Eliza
Tigner; here they lived until her young womanhood where her
father practiced until, his health failing, the family moved
to White Sulphur Springs in Meriwether, where her father
engaged in farming the balance of his life; a few years
after the death of Dr. Tigner, his widow became the wife of
Rev. Philemon Ogletree, minister of the local Methodist
church, who after his death left the old homestead to his
son, James F. Ogletree, a citizen of Meriwether; other
relatives of the deceased are B. F. Tigner, Mrs. Jennie
Tigner and family, Thomas B. Tigner and Hope H. Tigner, Jr.,
all living in the vicinity of White Sulphur Springs;  (in
this Memorial no date of death is found) Vol. 15, No. 32,
July 8, 1887

HUNTER, Dr. J. W., died in Tuskegee, Ala. on the 16th day of
April, 1887, in his seventy-fifth year; he was born in
Hillsboro, Jasper county, Ga. on the 10th of January, 1812,
the only son of Rev. James Hunter, who was for many years an
itinerant minister of the Methodist Episcopal church South;
no doubt trained in the rudiments of Christian education in
Jasper, he removed in young manhood to Meriwether about the
year 1831 or 2 and settled at Hunter's Cross Roads, there
entering in partnership with his father in merchandising and
marrying Miss Julia Tigner (see above); after his marriage
he settled in Russell county, Ala., studying medicine under
the late Dr. E. W. Jones, and after obtaining his degree at
the Georgia Medical College in Augusta, practiced in Salem,
Crawford and Glennville, Ala.; thence in about 1854, moving
to Tyler, Texas, he engaging in mercantile business with his
brother-in-law, Rev. James B. Hall, which business proving
profitable, he removed to Tuskegee, Ala. reengaging in the
practice of medicine; Dr. and Mrs. Hunter were both buried
in the cemetery in Tuskegee; Vol. !5, No. 32, July 8, 1887

JACKSON, Mrs. Augusta, widow of Isham Jackson, died at the
residence of her son five miles west of Greenville last
Saturday;  she had been a member of the Methodist church for
more than a half century; she was buried at the old Crowder
homestead on Sunday, surveved by two children, Mr. J. B.
Jackson of Meriwether and Mrs. Mollie Harris of Texas; Vol.
15, No. 44, September 30, 1887 

JACKSON, Mrs. Mattie, formerly Miss Mattie E. Neal of
Sulphur Springs, died at her home in Savannah last Saturday
morning after a brief illness of malarial fever, at about
twenty years of age; she was a granddaughter of Dr. Stinson
and was married to Mr. N. F. Jackson of Savannah on the 9th
of last October; her remains were brought from Savannah and
interred in the old family burial ground last Sabbath
afternoon; Vol. 13, No. 30. July 10, 1885

JARRELL, Mr. Young G., died last Monday at his father's
residence and was buried last Tuesday; (unable to read
remainder) Vol. 15, No. 31, July 1, 1887. In a Memorial in
this issue: Mr. Jarrell was born near Greenville, January
27th, 1865; (most of the remainder is unreadable( Vol. 15,
No. 38, August 19, 1887

JOHNSON, Col. Mark, died in Atlanta last Saturday, aged
sixty-seven; Miss Juvernia(?) Rose(?) of Greenville is
thought (by the Vindicator) to have been his first wife:
Vol. 12, No. 20, May 2, 1884

JOHNSON, Judge Rufus, was shot and killed on Monday
afternoon by his son-in-law, the coroner's jury ruling the
death a justifiable homicide; he was buried last Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock; Vol. 14, No. 2, December 25, 1885 

JOHNSTON, Mr. Wm. R., son of Mr. Ed Johnston of
Luthersville, died at the residence of his father on the
afternoon of the 8th, aged 19 years; he was seized with a
typhoid malarial fever and after a short illnes in town was
carried home where he lingered but a short time; Vol. 13,
No. 44, October 16, 1885

JOHNSTON, Mrs., wife of Col. J. T. Johnston of LaGrange,
died last Saturday; Vol. 13, No. 31, July 17, 1885

JONES, Mr. H. C., died at his home in Woodbury last Monday
morning, aged about thirty; a prosperous farmer, he was the
son of Mr. John R. Jones and had been twice married, his
first a daughter of the late Judge Allen H. Watson; his
second wife is a daughter of Esquire John D. Dunn, who with
children, survives him; Vol. 13, No. 31, July 17, 1885

JONES, Mr. J. T., son of Meriwether resident Mr. John R.
Jones, died near Daingerfield, Texas last week; he was born
and grew to manhhood in Meriwether but removed to Texas
several years ago; at death he was about forty years old and
he leaves a wife and six or seven children; Vol. 15, No. 4,
December 24, 1886

JONES, Rev. James, died at his home near the Warm Springs
campground last Wednesday morning about sunrise; he was born
February 8th, 1808 and had been a minister of Gospel from
early life, being highly esteemed as a member of the Georgia
Methodist conference; Vol. 15, No. 19, April 8, 1887

JONES, Miss Mary E., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John O.(?)
Jones, died at her home near Warnerville on the 24th of
November, 1885; born March the 30th, 1875, she was aged ten
years, six months and twenty-four days; on Thursday last her
remains were consigned to the tomb at Mount Carmel cemetery;
Vol. 13, No. 51, December 4, 1885

JONES, Scott, was shot and killed last Sunday afternoon
about 3 o'clock just beyond the woodlot of Mr. A. F. Hill(?)
near Greenville; (the rest of the article entitled
"Homicide" is unreadable) Vol. 12, No. 51, December 5, 1884

JOSSEY, Col. John H., died at his home in Monroe last
Saturday; thought to have been reared in Meriwether, Mrs. C.
A. Simonton and Mrs. Clark T. Williams of Luthersville are
his sisters; Mr. R. N. Ellis is a nephew and son of another
sister of Col. Jossey; at one time Col. Jossey had been a
merchant at Griffin; Vol. 12, No. 41, September 26, 1884

KEITH, Judge Daniel, died at his home in the middle ninth
district last Saturday morning in the 86th year of his age;
he was a prominent figure in the county's history having
settled here in 1827; he was a leading member of the Baptist
church and for several years a Justice of the Inferior
Court; born in Columbia county in November 1798, he was the
son of David Keith who subsequently moved to Jasper where
his children grew up; Judge Keith married Miss Sarah
Slaughter and they, with four children, moved to Meriwether
buying lands south of Greenville, his father taking half
interest also moving here; he lost his first wife in 1864,
and in 1865 married Miss E. E. Matthews, who survives her
husband; Vol. 12, No. 25, June 6, 1884

KELLEY, Mr. T. B., died last in Greenville, a resident for
several years, he was a shoemaker by profession; he was
between fifty and sixty years of age and had never married:
Vol. 14, No. 10, February 9, 1886

KENDRICK, Rev. James C., died at Dawson, Ga. on the 2nd in
the 84th year of his age; a citizen of Meriwether 50 years
ago and a member of Cane Creek Baptist Church in the
second(?) district, as a preacher he stood high with his
brethren but embracing the doctrines of the Universalist
Church, he was excluded from the Baptist church and spent
the remainder of his life expounding the tenets of the
Universalists; Vol. 12, No. 52, December 12, 1884

KNIGHT, Maj., no notice of his death was found, but this
issue contains information that a will executed about two
years ago was found among his papers and Capt. W. H.
Hartnett of Griffin is left as executor; Vol. 14, No. 43,
September 17, 1886

LESLEY, Dr. P. W., died at the residence of Thomas N.
Mitcham, near Warm Springs on Thursday, the 16th of October,
in the 83rd year of his age; born in Oglethorpe county on
May 9th, 1802, he studied medicine under Dr. William Baldwin
of Philadelphia; for several years he practiced in Morgan
county removing thence to Troup where he acted for several
years as a Justice of the Inferior Court and also
represented the county in the legislature; a member of the
Presbyterian church, for several years has resided in
Meriwether where his aged wife survives; Vol. 12, No. 45,
October 24, 1884

LESLIE, Mr. Thomas, died last Thursday morning about
daylight at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. H. S. Crowder
near Stinson, at about 75 years of age; he came to
Greenville from Wilkes county about 50 years age, forming a
partnership with with the lately deceased J. M. C. Robertson
which continued a half century; after merchandising many
years in Greenville, the partners bought Troup factory and
Mr. Leslie moved there  to personally superintend its
operation; after the war increasing infirmities led to a
transfer of the property and he moved back to Greenville,
making his home with Mr. Crowder for his final years; Vol.
15, No. 18, April 1, 1887

LITTLEJOHN, Rev. J. R., a former reident of Greenville in
about 1856-7, died last week (place of death not stated); he
had charge of the old Meriwether circuit and had lived in
the house now occupied by Mr. Caudle; Vol. 13, No. 24, May
29, 1885

LOVETT, Mr. Walter, died lst Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock;
Vol 15, No. 48, October 28, 1887. In a Memorial in this
later issue: Walter Warren Lovett was the oldest son of John
C. and Julia W. Lovett, born March 27th, 1866 and died
October 25th, 1887, having become a member of the M. E.
Church South early in life; Vol. 15, No. 49, November 11,
1887

LUNCEFORD, the youngest daughter of Mr. John Lunceford died
near Woodbury  last week; (no other infomation provided)
Vol. 12, No. 13, March 14, 1884

MALCOM(?), Mr. Rufus, and Mr. John Rowe of the tenth
district, the two were killed instantly when struck by
lightning when returning from a business visit from near
Puckett's station last Monday; the fatal bolt descended from
a small cloud about two miles above Luthersville in an open
part of the country; Vol. 13, No. 30, July 10, 1885

MATTHEWS(parents' name reported as MATHEWS), little Myrtle
Claud, infant daughter of John W. and Lillah Mathews, died
at Rocky Mount on May 24th, 1886, aged 2 years, 11, months
and 18 days; Vol. 14, No. 34, June 25, 1886

MAXWELL, Miss Harriet, died at the family homestead near
Greenville, June 30th, 1886, at 36 years of age; she was
born in Wilkes county in 1850, and was a member of the
Primitive Baptist church at Flat Rock; Vol. 14, No. 38, July
23, 1886

MAYS, Miss Lucy, died at her home near Mr. Benton Ector last
Thursday, about sixty years of age: a member of the
Primitive Baptist church, she was buried at Flat Rock church
last Friday; Vol 13, No. 7, February 6, 1885

MCCARTER, Oscar M., little son of Mr. J. G. McCarter, was
accidentally shot and killed by his father who was
attempting to kill an animal that had been running his
livestock; in the same issue is a Memorial by the teacher
and pupils of St. Marks Academy for their schoolmate; Vol.
14, No. 11, February 26, 1886

MCCASLAN, father of Mr. R. M. McCaslan, died (no date
stated) at Laurens, S. C. in his eighty-first year; a member
of the Presbyterian church for 62 years since age 18, had he
lived until January he would have celebrated the 55th
anniversary of his marriage; Vol 15, No. 46, October 14,
1887

MCCLENDON, Mr. Willis, died of drowning in a pond near his
residence in Carroll county (no date stated - his death was
announced in an Atlanta paper last Monday); he had lived for
a long time near Woodbury in Meriwether county but moved to
Carroll a few years ago; he was between seventy-five and
eighty years of age; Vol. 13, No. 24, May 29, 1885

MCGAHEE, Mrs. Peggy, died near Rocky Mount last week aged
about eighty; she had been a resident of the county for 50
years and a member of the Baptist church for over half a
century; Vol. 13, No. 10, February 27, 1885

MCLAUGHLIN, Mrs. Mary Ann, died last week in Rome, Ga. while
undergoing surgery for the removal of a tumor; a resident of
Meriwether for over thirty years, she was the mother of our
fellow townsman, B. F. McLaughlin, Esq.; the remains were
returned home and interred in the family burying ground;
Vol. 12, No. 26, June 13, 1884

MCLENDON, Tobe, colored, a barber by trade, he died in
Greenville since last Sunday; Vol. 13, No. 18, April 24,
1885

MCMATH, Mrs. Laura G., thought by the Vindicator to be the
widow of Col. J. H. McMath, late of Greenville, died at
Albany (no date mentioned - announced in the Columbus
Enquirer last week); if so, she was was long a resident of
Greenville; her husband died in the fall of 1857 and she
removed to Albany and in southern and southwestern Georgia
thereafter; she was a sister of Mrs. Col. Faver of
Greenville; Vol. 13, No. 26, June 12, 1885

MCSWAIN, Mr. Allen M., Died at his residence near Woodbury
last Saturday, aged about seventy years; He was a member of
the Methodist church; Vol. 13, No. 20, May 1, 1885 

MILLER, Major G. A., formerly a leading Columbus editor,
died at the home of his nephew in Talbot county last
Sabbath; he was known to all in the lower part of
Meriwether, having taught school near Chalybeate Springs for
many years; a native of North Carolina, he lived the greater
part of his life in Georgia, marrying a daughter of Dr. A.
L. Agee in Talbot Valley; he was about 70 years of age; Vol.
12, No. 37, August 29, 1884

NALL, Mrs., wife of J. W. Nall, Esq. and daughter of Mr. G.
W. Culpper, died near Luthersville: (first name and date of
death not stated) Vol. 15, No. 27, June 3, 1887

NELSON, Mr. Joseph H., was taken suddenly of heart disease
and died in a very short time on Wednesday night about 11
o'clock; he had long been a resident of Meriwether and for
the past dozen years had engaged in business in Greenville;
during the war he was a gallant Confederate soldier; a
member of the Methodist church, funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon and he was buried in the village
cemetery by the side of his wife who had preceded him in
death about three years ago; Vol. 13, No. 52, December 11,
1885

NELSON, Mr. William C., died at his residence in Greenville
on Sunday morning the 23rd of typhoid fever, aged 28 years;
a grandson of the late William Florence and the stepson of
Judge Jesse Partridge, he came to Greenville when young and
began business with his uncle, Mr. Joe H. Nelson; his death
occuring on the third anniversary of his marriage, a number
of sympathising friends followed his remains to the cemetery
last Monday morning when he was laid to rest; Vol. 12, No.
50, November 28, 1884

O'HARA, Mr. A. B., son-in-law of Col. William T. Revill,
editor and proprietor of the Vindicator, died suddenly of
heart disease yesterday morning at his room in the Union
Hotel in Atlanta; born in Chambers county, Ala. on the 1st
of June, 1854, he was an 1877 graduate of East Alabama Male
College at Auburn; after graduation, he came to Woodbury
where he taught school for years; he then entered the
mercantile business, first with Mr. Polk McLendon and
afterwards with his cousin, the late Allen G. Watson, and
was one of the charter members of the new Woodbury town
council; for years a member of the Methodist church and a
steward at Concord, he was married on the 23rd of July, 1884
to Miss Cornelia May Revill who, along with two children, a
girl and a boy, survive him; Vol. 15, No. 47, October 21,
1887. A Resolution of Respect by the City Council of
Woodbury is in this later issue; Vol. 15, No. 48, October
28, 1887

O'HARA, Mr. F. J., father of Mr. A. B. O'Hara, died at his
residence at Auburn, Ala. last Thursday, aged about seventy
five years; he once resided in Meriwether but for years has
been a citizen of Alabama; Vol. 13, No. 22, May 15, 1885

PARK, Master Eddie, son of Mr. William Park, died near
Greenville last Wednesday morning as a result of heart
disease, aged 14 years; Vol. 13, No. 18, April 24, 1885

PARK, Mrs. Fannie, wife of Mr. John W. Park and daughter of
the late Dr. H. S. Wimbish, died in Greenville last
Wednesday after an illness of about 12 days; she was a
member of the Methodist church, and she was buried in
LaGrange yesterday; Vol. 13, No. 44, October 16, 1885

PARK, Mr. Samuel, died at his home near Greenville last
Friday in his 81st year; a resident of Meriwether for over
half a century, he was buried last Saturday at the
Presbyterian church near Greenville; Vol. 13, No. 11, March
6, 1885

PERKINS, Mrs. (no first name stated), died Saturday night
and was buried at Union church Monday at 10 A. M.; the same
issue contains news that Mr. Wiley Perkins and son James are
very sick - no relation to Mrs. Perkins stated; (Flat
Creek); Vol. 14, no. 14, March 19, 1886

PERRY, "Aunt Lucy," died recently at the age of ninety
years, one month and four days; was a member of the Baptist
church before the split and until a few years ago was a
member of Mt. Hope church when as a matter of convenience
joined the Primitive Baptist church at old Bethlehem; buried
at the cemetery at Mt. Hope, she had no near relatives in
the State; Vol. 15, No. 32, July 8, 1887

PERRY, little Will, second son of Mr. A. Upshaw, died
Saturday morning; (Luthersville) Vol. 14, No. 11, February
26, 1886

PHILLIPS, Mr. Clark, died recently at his residence near
Luthersville, aged seventy-eight; Vol. 15, No. 4, Devember
24, 1886

PHILLIPS, Mrs. Nancy, widow of Dr. John Phillips, died at
her home near Warm Springs last Sabbath; vol 15, No. 27,
June 3, 1887

PORCH, Mrs. Jane (or June), was found dead in her bed last
Saturday morning; she had not complained of feeling unwell
so her death was a surprise to her family: she was about
seventy five years of age and a member of the Methodist
church; Vol. 13, No. 23, May 22, 1885

POWELL, Mr. Benjamin, (see below also) was killed by the
cyclone last Tuesday night in his 86th year; Vol. 12, No.
18, April 18, 1884

POWELL, Mr. Luke, son of Mr. Benjamin Powell, died in the
storm last Tuesday that also took the life of his father and
little son; all were buried at the Baptist church at Antioch
where they were members; Vol. 12, No. 19, April 25, 1884

POWELL, little son of Mr. Luke Powell, died in the storm
last Tuesday that also too the lives of his father and
grandfather (see above); Vol. 12, No. 19, April 25, 1884

PRATHER, Rev. W. W., died during the week prior to last
Friday's paper (date not stated); he was nearly eighty-six
yers old and had been a Baptist minister for over 50 years,
moving to Meriwether from Wilkes county more than 30 years
ago; Vol. 12, No. 25, June 6, 1884. In a Memorial appearing
in this issue, it is noted that Rev. Prather was born in
Wilkes county, June 4th 1793 and joined Rehoboth Baptist
Church in that county in 1823; he was ordained to the Gospel
Ministry in the year 1842, the presbytery composed of Rev's.
W. Jackson, J. Q. West and E. Callaway; he died on the 22nd
day of May, 1884 and was at the time a member of Union
church; Vol. 12, No. 36. August 22, 1884

RECTOR, Mrs. Willie Arcada, a resident of Texas, formerly
Miss Emma Lovejoy of this county, died recently of typhoid
fever; she was the daughter of Rev. W. C. Lovejoy who
formerly lived a few miles north of Greenville; Vol. 12, No.
37, August 29, 1884. In a Memorial in this later issue, Mrs.
Rector is stated to be the youngest child of Rev. Lovejoy
and Mrs. Laura Lovejoy, was born in Meriwether on May 21,
1863 and moved to Denton county, Texas in 1876; she married
C. Walton Rector on December 24, 1882, died near Lloyd,
Texas on August 18, 1884, and had been a member of the
Methodist church from a young age; Vol. 12, No. 47, November
7, 1884

REDDING, Mrs. Ruth, widow of Mr. John Redding, died hear
Woodbury a few days ago, aged about seventy-five; a member
of the Baptist church, she was a sister of Mr. Steve
Courtney and was first married to Mr. Blake, marrying Mr.
Redding after the death of her first husband; Vol. 15, No.
32, July 8, 1887

REEVES, Mrs. Mary F., wife of Mr. Madison Reeves, died last
Monday morning at 2 o'clock after a short illness; the
former Miss Mary F. Render, she was born December 24th, 1836
and lacked five days of being fifty years of age; she was a
daughter of the late Robert L.(?) and Mrs. Elizabeth Render
and was graduated at the Baptist (sic) Female college in
LaGrange; in early life she was united with the Greenville
Baptist church and had been married for twenty eight years;
she was interred at the family burying ground at the old
homestead; Vol. 15, No. 4, December 24, 1886

REYNOLDS, Mrs. Margaret C., formerly Miss Margaret C.
Reynolds, wife of Mr. Clifton Reynolds, died on the night of
the 19th of July at her home near Warnerville, aged thirty
five years; Vol. 12, No. 34, August 8, 1884

ROBERTSON, Mr. James M. C., died at his residence near
Greenville October 13, 1886, lacking 3 months of being 78
years old; he was born in Clarke county in January 1809, and
about 54 years ago moved to Greenville from Watkinsville,
Clarke county and about four years later entered partnership
with Mr. Thomas Leslie in the mercantile business; he was
eminently successful as a merchant, planter and joint owner
of Troup Factory, becoming one of the wealthiest men in West
Georgia; in 1842 he married Miss Mary, the daughter of the
late Major Elisha Kendall, and was a member of the Methodist
church; he was buried Friday morning in the town cemetery;
Vol. 14, No. 48, October 22, 1886

ROBERTSON, Mr. W. H., of Luthersville district, died from
paralysis last Monday night, aged about 75 years: Vol. 13,
No. 11, March 6, 1885

ROBINSON, Henrietta, colored, an aged and esteemed former
servant of Mrs. E. H. Robinson, died at the Bell place below
town a few days ago; Vol. 15, No. 51, November 11, 1887

ROSSER, Mrs. Nancy, widow of Mr. Asa Rosser, died at her
home near Greenville last Saturday and was buried last
Sunday at the Presbyterian church near town, the services
being conducted by Rev. W. P. Reeves; she was sixty eight
years old and for a long time had been a member of the
Methodist (sic) church in Greenville; Vol. 13, No. 7,
February 6, 1885

ROUTON, Mrs. Nancy Ann, wife of Mr. A. R. Routon, died of
measles at her home near Bulloch's store in Gill's district
last Tuesday afternoon; she was the oldest daughter of Mr.
Henry H. Revill and was born Dec. 26th, 1842; she married
Mr. Routon in July 1859; she was buried Wednesday afternoon
at Ebenezer church near her late residence; Vol. 14, No. 11,
February 26, 1886 

ROWE, Mr. John, and Mr. Rufus Malcom(?) of the tenth
district, the two were killed instantly when struck by
lightning when returning from a business visit from near
Puckett's station last Monday; the fatal bolt descended from
a small cloud about two miles above Luthersville in an open
part of the country; Vol. 13, No. 30, July 10, 1885

SEAY, Mrs. Nettie, wife of Mr. W. A. Seay, died in
Greenville last Saturday morning after a long illness, in
her 46th year; long a member of the Methodist church, her
funeral services were held at her late residence Sunday
afternoon and her remains were interred in the village
cemetery; Vol. 14, No. 12, March 5, 1886

SELF, little Pearl, infant daughter of P. (or F.) H. and
Victoria Self, died on the morning of the 26th  of November;
a notice of the death is on page 3 and a Memorial is on page
2; Vol. 15, No. 3, December 10, 1886

SEWELL, Mr. William J., died at his home near Luthersville
last Friday night; he was a member of the Methodist church
and a member of the democratic county executive committee;
Vol. 15, No. 29, June 17, 1887. In this later issue a
Tribute of Respect by the Luthersville Sabbath School
reveals Mr. Sewell was born March 11th,  1838 and died  June
10th, 1887, and had organized the Bible class, remaining its
teacher until his death; (a portion of this Tribute of
considerable length is missing, a corner of the page having
been torn away) Vol. 15, No. 35, July 29, 1887

SHEPHERD, Mr. John W., died at his residence near the White
Sulphur Springs last Sunday in the 80th year of his age; a
member of the Methodist church, he had served his district
for about 40 years as Justice of the Peace, and was
frequently called upon to act as administrator or executor
of estates, which trusts he discharged with marked ability
and honesty; Vol. 12, No. 49, November 21, 1884

SIMMONS, Mrs. Mahala, wife of Thomas Simmons for over half a
century, died at her home near Macedonia church, Chalybeate
Springs district, on Thursday morning of last week, aged
about seventy-five years; Vol. 15, No. 18, April 1, 1887

SLOWFELLER, Silas, a Tribute of Respect by the United Union
of Brotherly Helpers upon the demise of Mr. Slowfeller; no
other facts were included; Vol. 12, No. 6, January 25, 1884

SMITH, Mr. Elijah, died at his residence in the 11th
district last week; long a resident of Meriwether, he was a
member of the Union Baptist church and was about seventy-
five years of age; Vol. 15, No. 30, June 24, 1887. In a
Memorial in this issue: Mr. Smith was born in Anson county,
N. C., August 5th, 1811, moved to Meriwether in 1837, and
became a member of the Baptist church at Union in 1851 (the
date of death is included but the day is unreadable); Vol.
15, No. 40, September 2, 1887

SMITH, Mr. Patrick, son of Daniel Smith, near Haralson, died
last Thursday at about age seventeen; Vol. 12, No. 11,
February 29, 1884. In a memorial appearing in this issue,
Mr. Smith's date of death is said to be Friday the 15th of
February and his age at death 16 years, 2 months and 21
days; Vol 12, No. 14, March 21, 1884

SMITH, Mrs. (no first name stated), Mrs. Smith of Mobile,
Ala., died recently at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr.
James Radcliffe of Stinson; Vol. 15, No. 48, October 28,
1887

STEPHENSON, Dr. James L., died recently in Talbot Valley (no
date stated - occurred prior to last week's edition which
failed to include the death); he once practiced law and was
the first attorney admitted to the supreme court of the
state, Talbotton being one of the places court was held upon
its organization; about 1850 he moved to Meriwether near
Warm Springs, enjoying a medical practice; a few years
before the war he moved to Greenville, operating a drug
store in connection with his medical practice; thereafter he
alternatively resided in Woodbury and Griffin; he is
believed to have been a member from Meriwether of the
Georgia convention of 1851; Vol. 13, No. 27, June 19, 1885

STROZIER, Mr. Abner C., died at his home in the seventh
district, six miles west of Greenville, last Thursday night
just as the clock finished striking twelve; he was a son of
the late Capt. Frank Strozier who was killed in the war in
the latter part of 1864; he was about thirty-two years of
age and a member of the Baptist church; Vol. 15, No. 14,
March 4, 1887. In this later issue is a Memorial by the
Hebron Baptist church; Vol. 15, No. 21, April 22, 1887

STROZIER, Mrs. Elizabeth, (see daughter, below) the sad news
was received in Greenville last Tuesday of the death of Mrs.
Strozier at her home near Flat Shoals; formerly Miss Lizzie
Freeman, she was the wife of Mr. Reuben C. Strozier; she was
the daughter of the late James Freeman and the sister of Mr.
Ben R. Freeman of Greenville; (much of this Obituary is
unreadable) Vol. 15, No. 13, February 25, 1887

STROZIER, Miss Lalah, daughter of Mr. Reuben Strozier near
Flat Shoals, died last Monday after a short illness; only 15
years old, she was attending school in Greenville and only a
few days ago was sent home because of illness; her father
was deprived only a few months ago of his wife (see above)
and now his daughter; Vol. 15, No. 47, October 21, 1887

SWIFT, Mr. George P., Jr., of Columbus, died last Saturday
morning from a stroke of paralysis; well known in
Meriwether, having been a student for several years in White
Sulphur Springs, he was born in Upson county in June, 1846
and came to Columbus in 1867; he leaves a young wife and
four little children; Vol. 15, No. 2, December 3, 1886

TERRELL, Dr. J. E. G., this is a reprint from a Barnesville
newspaper of a tribute to Dr. Terrell, a citizen of
Meriwether who died recently; Vol. 15, No. 3, December 17,
1886; in this later issue a  Memorial by the Greenville
Baptist church reveals that Dr. Terrell was born in Wilkes
county on July 20th. 1834, was married April 2, 1856 to Miss
Sallie Anthony, daughter of the late Dr. J. W. Anthony, and
died Nov. 30th, 1886 in Greenville while discharging his
duty as a physician; his early education was obtained at
Brownwood Institute in Lagrange, he graduated Atlanta
Medical college in the summer of 1854, and in the Spring of
1855 graduated from Jefferson Medical college of
Philadelphia; upon completion of his studies he settled in
Meriwether forming a copartnership with his father-in-law,
Dr, Anthony;Vol. 15, No. 15, March 11, 1887

TERRELL, little Willie, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Terrell, died in Greenville of measles on Thursday afternoon
of last week, aged 13 months; Vol. 13, No. 47, November 6,
1885

THORNTON, Mrs. Georgia A., died at her home near Greenville,
January (no day stated) 1887, lacking a fwe months of being
sixty-two years of age; she was born on the 13th of April,
1825 and on the 18th of February, 1841 the former Miss
Georgia A. Mabry was married to Judge Newman Thornton; she
had long been a member of the Methodist church; Vol. 15, No.
10, February 4, 1887

THRASH, Mr. P. C., a former citizen of Meriwether who moved
West several years ago, was killed recently in Arkansas from
a blow on the head from a tree he was cutting down; formerly
a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Enon near Jones'
mills, he was a cousin of Elder E. C. Thrash present member
of the legislature from this county; Vol. 13, No. 7,
February 6, 1885

THRASH, Mrs. Sallie F., wife of Hon. Elmer C. Thrash, died
at the family residence last Sunday night. July 19th at
about 10 o'clock; she was a daughter of the late Judge
Martin Andrews and was married to Elder Thrash about 1856;
with her husband she was a member of the Primitive Baptist
church and was about forty seven years of age; Vol. 13, No.
32, July 24, 1885. Memorial by "A Friend" in this iss; Vol.
13, No. 38, September 4, 1885

THRELKELD, Mr. (no first name stated), an aged citizen of
Granger's Tank, died last week; he had suffered from
paralysis for many years; Vol. 14, No. 40, August 27, 1886

TRUITT, Mrs., widow of the late W. F. Truitt and a resident
of the 11th district, died last Tuesday evening and on
Wednesday was buried at the Baptist church at Union, where
she was a member; Vol. 14, No. 39, August 20, 1886

TURNER, little Freddie, granddaughter of Mr. Riley Turner of
Meriwether, died recently at the home of her father, Willie
Turner, Esq., of Cedartown; Vol. 13, No. 12, March 13, 1885

TURNER(?), little Liza(?), infant daughter of Mr. And Mrs.
R. O. Turner, died June 24th, 1884, aged a(?) year and one
month; obituary by Nellie Lane too faded to be readable;
Vol. 12, No. 29, July 4, 1884

TURNER, Mrs. Nettie, wife of Mr. John Turner, died at her
home near Greenville last Sunday morning after a long
illness; her husband and eight children survive her; Vol.
15, No. 47, October 21, 1887

TURNER, Mr. Pleasant M. "Tobe," died by his own hand of
strangulation on last Friday morning in his jail cell in
Greenville; his remains were turned over to his family and
interred Saturday at the Wood burying ground; Vol. 12, No.
19, April 25, 1884

WARD, Mrs., widow of the late Obadiah Ward, died last
Wednesday night at her home near Greenville; Vol. 12, No.
36, August 22, 1884

WARNER, little four year old daughter of Josh Warner,
colored, died last Monday from burns received when she
apparently caught fire inside the cabin and was found burned
to death outside when her parents returned from a trip to
Greenville; Vol. 12, No. 1, December 21, 1883

WATSON, Mrs. Robert N., of the 7th district died recently
after a lengthy illness; she was the daughter of Mr. Luther
Harmon and leaves a bereaved husband and little children;
Vol. 14, No. 42, September 10, 1886

WHEELESS, Mrs. Rebecca, widow of Marlin Wheeless, died at
her residence near Woodbury on Thursday night of last week,
about 80 years of age; she was a sister of Rev. Thomas
Maddox and the mother of Judge W. P. Wheeless; a member of
the Methodist church, she long had worshipped at Concord
church; she was laid to rest last Friday afternoon; (with
apologies from the transcriber who neglected to record the
volume, issue number and date, and it was not found again in
a subsequent search)


WILHOITE(?) Mrs. (no first name stated), an aged resident of
the 7th district, died at her home last week; Vol. 12, No.
52, December 12, 1884

WILKINS, Mrs. C. B., formerly Miss Julia Davis, sister of
Mrs. C. L. Davis of Warm Springs and grand-daughter of the
late Col. John E. Mustian, died at her home in Montgomery,
Ala. last Sunday morning in her 26th year; Vol. 12, No. 9,
February 15, 1884

WILLIAMS, Mr. David R., died in Harris county at the
residence of his brother, Dr. D. J. Williams, on the 31st of
March, in the 63rd year of his age; the son of the late
David and Tabitha Williams, he came to Meriwether in 1828
and was converted to a Christian life in boyhood at the Warm
Springs Camp-ground; Vol. 13, No. 16, April 10, 1885

WILLIAMS, Mrs. Letitia, wife of Mr. Seth Williams of the
seventh district, died last week at the age of seventy-two;
she was the sister of Rev. Elmore C. and Mr. Miltiah Thrash,
and was a member of the Primitive Baptist church; Vol. 14,
No. 42, September 10, 1886

WILLIAMS, little babe of Mr. And Mrs. John H. Williams, was
taken sick on Thusday of last week and died on Sunday; the
infant was buried on Sunday in Greenville; Vol 14, No. 40,
August 27, 1886

WILLIAMS, Mrs. Stella, died at her home in Meriwether county
on Oct. 26th, 1883; she was the daughter of Capt. Robert and
Mrs. Lizzie Brooks of Talbot Valley, Ga., was born May 30th
1855, and joined the Methodist church when she was thirteen
while attending school in Talbotton; she married Mr.
Wilson(?) S. Williams on December 28th, 1875; several mostly
unreadable paragraphs of this obituary written by "L. M. E."
follow; [reprinted from the Talbotton New Era] Vol. 12, No.
8, February 8, 1884

WILLIAMS, Mr. Stephen, died near Oakland recently, aged
about eighty years; Vol. 15, No. 33, July 15, 1887

WILLINGHAM, Mrs. E. A., wife of Mr. C. W. Willingham, died
at her home in the 11th district Monday, aged about 75
years; the mother of R. A. Parker, Esq. by her first
marriage, she afterwards married Mr. Willingham, becoming
the mother of a large family; she was a member of the
Methodist church at Freeman's Chapel; Vol. 12, No. 37,
August 29, 1884

WILLINGHAM, Mr. J.(?) (unable to read middle initial, or any
other portion of this notice); Vol. 15, No. 31, July 1, 1887

WILLINGHAM, Mr. W. F., Resolutions of Respect by the Sunday
School at Freeman's Chapel, upon the death of Mr. Willingham
give no further information, nor was any other notice of
this death unless it is the same as Mr. J. Willingham above;
this is conceivable owing to the difficulty in reading the
faded print; Vol. 15, No. 37, August 12, 1887

WILLIS, Judge J. T., died at his home in Columbus last
Friday; telegrams were sent Friday afternoon to Mrs. Robert
Spivey, Miss Emmie Willis and Mr. Will Willis announcing the
serious illness of Judge Willis; that night a special train
left Greenville for Columbus carrying Miss Willis and Mr.
Willis, news having been received of the death of their
father; he practiced law in our courts prior to his
elevation to the bench and was well known to citizens of
Meriwether; his funeral took place at his residence in
Wynton Saturday morning and his remains were taken to
Talbotton, his former home, for interment; Vol. 15, No. 24,
May 13, 1887

WILSON, Dock, colored, an aged man, died suddenly on Mrs.
Waldrops place last Friday morning: Vol. 12, No. 4, November
7, 1884

WIMBISH, Mrs., the wife of Rev. Joseph Wimbish, pastor of
the colored Baptist church, died of consumption last
Saturday night; Vol. 15, No. 12, February 18, 1887

WOODWARD, Mr. Irvin Hunter, died last Tuesday in Atlanta
after being stricken with menengitis; son of Mr. I. T.
Woodward of the seventh district, he was being treated for
lameness as a result of an accident when the fatal illness
occured; Vol. 15, No. 16, March 18, 1887. An Obituary in
this later issue indicates he was born October 21st, 1865,
died on March 15th, 1887, and became a member of the
Methodist church whe he was ten years of age; Vol. 15, No.
18, April 1, 1887