SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - OBITS   Hiram L. French

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Hiram L. French was also postmaster of Pond Town from 1853
to 1858 when he bcame the first clerk of Superior Court of
Schley Co.  He is mentioned in the Charles Womack
historical letters on-line.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaschley/letters.htm


Hiram L. French was born Dec. 2, 1818 in Hampton, NY.  He
married Emiline Hurt daughter of Joel Hurt of Olgethorpe
County Sept. 24, 1838 in Olgethorpe County.  Emiline was
the sister of Louisa Josephine Hurt Stevens of Putnam.
Hiram and Emiline had two children, Henry D. and Ida.
Henry died in the War.  Hiram helped organize a troup from
Schley.


From article dated Sept. 24, 1875  The Weekly Publisher


Capt. H. L. French is No More.


On Saturday morning last a dispatch from Atlanta was
received in this city announcing the death of Capt. H. L.
French, who ended his life by taking morphine.  A brief
biography of the deceased, and the circumstances attending
his death, will be found in another column.


The deceased was born in Hampton, N. Y. December 2d, 1818.
and was in the 57th year of his age at the time of his
death.  We never thought for a moment that he would have
ever taken his own life, as he was a man uniformly cheerful
in disposition and not given to melancholy moods.  He was a
man of fine address, universally popular and highly
esteemed.  He had been a citizen of Americus since the war,
and on two occasions was elected Mayor of the city.  He
left Americus two or three weeks ago, to accept a position
under Col. Jack Brown, in the Revenue office, which
position he held at the time of this death.  Before his
removal to Americus, he served as Clerk of the Superior
Court of Schley county until the breaking out of the war,
when he resigned and entered the Confederate army as
Captain of the "Schley Guards."  He also represented Schley
county in the Legislature, and was a member of the
secession convention.


His remains reached this place on the Sunday noon train
from Macon, and conveyed to Ellaville, where they were
interred with Masonic honors, a large concourse of friends
following the remains to the tomb.


Of his many virtues we have not room to speak.  Let his
faults rest in his grave.


>From an article on the suicide.


Captain French was a man of rather fine personal
appearance.  He was at the time of his death about fifty-
two years of age, weighed perhaps one hundred and forty-
five pounds, had rather a light grayish beard, and light
grayish hair.  His complexion is fair.


Ida married Jack Eason and she died in Worth county aft
1907.  Jack died March 29, 1882.  They had no children.
Jack and Ida married 8/14/1862, I don't know if it was in
Schley county as that is the date on her pension papers I
recieved recently. I have been trying to verify that Jack
was the son of Edmond and Elizabeth Caldwell Eason.