Twiggs County GaArchives Obituaries.....Stephens, Richard 1918
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Twiggs County Citizen
Uncle Richard Stephens

Death of Aged Negro

On last Saturday, November 9th, 1918, at his home near Dry Branch there occurred
the death of Uncle Richard Stephens, at the age of one hundred and eleven years.

He was one of the most respected old darkies of Twiggs County, well liked by
everyone.

He and his mother were brought from the shores of Maryland when he was but three
weeks old. Later he was purchased by the original Mr. Dave Solomon for a
body-servant and belonged to the Solomon family from then until freedom, living
about one mile from Jeffersonville. During the war he was sent to Florida by
ox-carts to mine salt. Before that, he was a foreman in the cotton fields. He
was the father of thrity children and often said that he "reckoned he had about
three hundres grandchildren and great grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

He was a good and faithful servant, one of the old class, which is so rapidly
dying out, and which has the respect and affection of all "white folks".

Additional Comments:
The Twiggs County Citizen 11-14-1918 page 4

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