Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Multiple, Multiple January 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dale Thompson eedeetee@sbcglobal.net April 6, 2013, 9:20 am Morehouse Clarion ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dale Thompson eedeetee@sbcglobal.net, April 5, 2013 The following are transcriptions of articles appearing in the Morehouse Clarion, a newspaper published in the town of Bastop in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, in the year 1881. Twenty-eight issues from the first of the year (volume VII, issue 6) up through October 28th (volume VII, issue 49) were available to this transcriber. Issues 1 through 5 were published in 1880. The following issues in 1881 were not available: 6, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 23, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52. Each article mentions a death of a current or former citizen of Morehouse Parish. Before each article is a notation indicating the date, page number, and column number where the article can be found. The Clarion was a weekly publication consisting of four pages, and each page had six columns. A post-note for each article indicates whether the transcription of the article shown is either complete (full) or abbreviated (abbr.). Note that some articles show the date as being either "ult." or "inst." The former, short for ultimo, indicates the event occurred in the previous month. The latter, short for instant, indicates the event occurred in the current month. Microfilm containing images of the extant issues of the Morehouse Clarion are stored in the Louisiana State University library. Transcriber: Dale Thompson -- eedeetee@sbcglobal.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ----------------------- 1/15/1881 P3 C2 We are sorry to chronicle the death of Mr. B. F. Furniss, of Gum Swamp. (abbr.) 1/29/1881 P2 C4 Resolutions of Respect by Mt. Gerizim Lodge and Livingstone R. A. Chapter. Brethern and Companions: -- Our Lodge is again called upon to mourn the loss of one among its best members. Bro. B. F. Furniss was made a Mason in our Lodge Sept. 18th, 1869, died at his residence in this parish, Jan. 12th, 1881. (abbr.) 2/5/1881 P3 C2 One day last week Mr. Tully Orr, of the 2d Ward, was shot and killed by some fiend who had concealed himself by the side of the road which Mr. Orr was peaceably traveling. The shocking and brutal murder was perpetrated in a dense pine thicket between Hope's store and the residence of Mr. John Cain. (abbr.) 2/5/1881 P3 C3 Dr. S. H. Stivers, for several years Mayor of this town, died of consumption at the residence of Mr. James Campbell last Wednesday morning, and was buried in the Catholic cemetery the following day. Dr. Stivers has been a constant sufferer with the dreadful disease for years. Besides, he has for a long time been tortured with rheumatism so badly as to necessitate the use of crutches wherever and whenever he went. He bore his life of suffering with great fortitude and was seldom heard to complain. (abbr.) 2/5/1881 P3 C1 The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vaughan took a seat with the little angels above last Tuesday. (full) 2/25/1881 P3 C2 Mr. Frank Aldridge, one of the best citizens of Morehouse, died suddenly at his home in the 7th ward last Friday night. To his bereaved family we extend our heartfelt sympathies. (full) 2/25/1881 P3 C2 Mrs. Haddick, wife of B. Scott Haddick, Esq. was buried one day last week at the Plantersville graveyard. (full) 2/25/1881 P3 C2 We learn also that Mrs. Neals Causey died at her home in the 7th ward a few days ago. (full) 3/4/1881 P3 C2 George Booth, who killed John Stevens in the fifth ward last year was tried and convicted of manslaughter this week. George's muscular powers will doubtless benefit the State for several years, while his victim will quietly sleep under the sod. (full) 4/1/1881 P2 C1 Mr. Joseph Bussey, of Monticello, came down to attend his brother's funeral last Tuesday. (full) 4/1/1881 P2 C1 Sheriff Douglas came in from Monroe last Sunday with Allen Tippet, the murderer of Allen Jones, and put him in jail. (full) 4/1/1881 P2 C1 Mr. James Lee, of Gum Swamp, died at his home last Tuesday of meningitis. He was a good citizen, who leaves a helpless family to mourn his death. (full) 4/1/1881 P2 C2 The announcement in this town last Monday morning that "Alex Bussey is dead," sent a thrill of anguish through the hearts of everybody. In 1873 we met Mr. Bussey on the ferry boat at Vicksburg. He was universally popular. For a number of years he has been in the drug business in this town. He was buried by the Masons of whose Order he was an honored member. (abbr.) 4/1/1881 P2 C2 After several days of terrible suffering, Mrs. B. V. McDonald died at her residence in this town last Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Thus death has made vacant a chair in another household in Bastrop. Her disconsolate husband and four helpless children alone can fully realize the void that their wife and mother filled. (abbr.) 4/15/1881 P2 C2 Died. -- At this home in Prairie Mer Rouge, April 8th, 1881, Mr. Thomas Andrews, aged 75 years. (full) 4/22/1881 P3 C2 At a call meeting of the Vestry of St. Andrew's Church, Prairie Mer Rouge, on Sunday, April 17, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, after a painful and protracted illness, Mr. Thomas Andrews, for many years Senior Warden, and unremittingly devoted to the interests of this Parish from its organization, has been removed from among us by death. Signed by W. P. Andrews, I. N. Pipes, A. E. Washburn, Mitchel Michie, and Robert Cotten. (abbr.) 5/13/1881 P3 C3 Dr. W. B. Taylor held an inquest over the body of a little negro girl, named Emma Jackson, last Monday and declared that death was caused by accidental drowning in Bayou Bartholomew. The body had been in the water four or five days, and decomposition had taken place. (full) 5/20/1881 P3 C2 Messrs. T. G. Brigham and Ed. Higginbotham returned home last Sunday from Alabama where they had been to receive a legacy left them by a deceased relative. (abbr.) 5/27/1881 P3 C2 Died.-- Of heart-disease, on Sunday evening last, at her residence in town, Mrs. Lydy Allen, aged 66 years. (full) 7/29/1881 P3 C2 Died--In Prairie Mer Rouge, on the 21st inst. , Mr. Henry Moss, aged 21 years. Mr. Moss was a brother of Mrs. J. B. Williams, of Prairie Mer Rouge. (abbr.) 8/5/1881 P3 C2 We chronicle with regret the death of Shelby Meek, aged 15 years, son of Capt. John A. Meek, which occurred at his home at Point Pleasant on the 1st inst. The grief-stricken parents, while they weep for their darling boy, should remember that their loss is Heaven's eternal gain; that his death is a golden link connecting them with Paradise. (full) 8/12/1881 P3 C2 Wesley Frazier and Joe Williams, two colored men became involved in a difficulty one night last week, on the Wilderness place, with resulted in the latter being shot by Frazier. The weapon used was a double-barrel shot gun, thirty buckshot entering the body of Williams. He lived about twelve hours after being shot. From what we have heard of the affair Frazier's provocation to shoot Williams was great. Frazier surrendered to officers of the law. (full) 8/26/1881 P3 C2 Capt. D. C. Morgan, of Monroe, buried a child, aged nine months, at the new cemetery at this place last Saturday. In common with numerous friends we offer our sincere condolences to the bereaved parents. (full) 8/26/1881 P3 C2 Henderson Lyons, Jr., died last Saturday from the effects of a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted upon himself three weeks previous. (full) 9/2/1881 P3 C3 We regret to learn that Mr. James L. Wright, Jr., formerly of this place, died at his home near Greenville, Miss., on the 19th let., in the 30th year of his age. He leaves a wife and infant daughter to mourn his untimely death. (full) 9/16/1881 P2 C5 Tribute of Respect by Brookville Lodge No. 161 F. & A. M. Oak Ridge on September 9th, 1881. Whereas, It has pleased an All Wise God to remove from our midst our beloved brother J. J. Eason, the Lodge as a tribute of respect to his memory unanimously adopted the following resolutions. [three resolutions listed] [Signed] J. F. Madison, J. M. Huffman, and D. F. Higginbotham (abbr.) 9/16/1881 P3 C3 Mrs. Cornelia S. Dunbar, wife of Mr. J. D. Dunbar, of the second ward, died of cancer on the 29th of August last, in the 31st year of her age. She leaves four little children, a husband and hosts of friends to mourn her departure. (abbr.) 9/23/1881 P3 C2 The Jury in the case of the State vs. W. M. Carpenter, charged with the murder of Tully W. Orr, on the 27th of last January, returned a verdict of "not guilty" last Monday evening. (abbr.) 10/7/1881 P3 C1 Mrs. N. T. Walker, wife of Mr. J. P. Walker, died on the 28th of September, three miles from town in the 22nd year of her age. (full) 10/7/1881 P3 C2 Died.-- On the morning of the 4th inst. at her father's residence in town, Eddie Belle, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McMeans, aged 21 months and 4 days. The Clarion tenders its sincere condolence to the father and mother of the angel babe. They now have a precious treasure in the sinless spirit land. (abbr.) 10/28/1881 P3 C1 We are sorry to hear of the serious illness of the wife of Mr. Ben Hawes, of the third ward. She is stricken with swamp fever and very little hopes are entertained of her recovery. (full) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/morehouse/obits/m/multiple5176gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 10.2 Kb