Talbot County GaArchives News.....The Home of Mrs. Laura Leonard Matthews Burned April 8 1909
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The Talbotton New Era

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, April 8, 1909
Page 6

The Home Of Mrs. Laura Matthews Burned

Tuesday night at 9 o’clock, Messrs. Russell Leonard and Ross Grant discovered 
flames in the home of Mrs. Laura Leonard Matthews.

Joined by two traveling men, they hastened to the scene and forced an entrance 
into the hall.  Flames had enveloped the stairway and were issuing from the 
dining room.  To their alarm a crowd gathered quickly, but it was too late to 
accomplish anything, the building was doomed before the fire was discovered.  
The well ropes had been cut, and to procure water was impossible.

A few chairs, a sideboard, the family Bible and some pot plants were the only 
articles saved.

The home was one of the most beautiful and picturesque buildings in Talbotton.  
It was the ancestral hall of the Leonards for generations and was adorned with 
relics, oil portraits and historical works of art, whose value was far above 
rubies.  They represented the skill and taste of a noble race.  A collection 
that can never be replaced.

Mrs. Matthews was absent, and the home was unoccupied.  The sympathy of the 
whole town goes out to the family in this great loss.  An insurance of $2,000 
was carried.




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