Obits: The Daily Telegraph 1869 Obits, Ouachita Parish La These older obituaries are being typed in by Ms. Lora Peppers at the Ouachita Parish Library. We are once again fortunate to have someone interested in helping us find our ancestors. Thank you Lora! Date: Mar. 2004 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** If your obituary is not found here and you would like a special look up, you may send $5.00 and an self-addressed stamped envelope to: Lora Peppers - Phone (318) 327-1490 Reference Department Fax (318) 327-1373 Ouachita Parish Public Library 1800 Stubbs Ave. Monroe, LA 71201 These newspapers are on microfilm at NLU. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 6, 1869 Page 2, Column 4 DEATH. Death has been busy in our midst since our last issue. W.W. Chapman, one of our most worthy and prominent businessmen, died on the 24th of December. Mr. Chapman was much esteemed for his many qualities as a christian gentleman. His loss will be felt in both business and social circles. J.T. Watts, Esq., a native of the parish, died on the 25th. He was well known in the parish. Henry Trent died at Trenton on the 29th. His death was very sudden and unexpected. He was much esteemed and was widely known. He was a native of the parish. NOTE: In the The Ouachita Telegraph, Wednesday, January , 1869 edition, Page 3, Column 2, there is a resolution of respect from the Trenton Lodge, U.D. for Henry Trent. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 6, 1869 Page 3, Column 2 DIED, Of Puperal Fever, on the night of the 29th of December, 1868, EMMA S. GRANT, wife of F.M. Grant, born in Mississippi, having lived 24 years in this state, aged 28 years. The deceased was not a member of any church, though she surpassed in composure any one I ever beheld on a death. She said the only regret to dying was the thought of being separated from her near and dear friends but that she hoped to meet them all in a better world. She called up all her friends, giving each one her hand and biding them farewell. To her husband, father and mother, she gave her children; and then taking the hand of their little daughter, 8 or 10 years of age, she gave to each one some family relic, naming the different article. Thanking her friends for their kindness during her illness, she passed on calmly into the slumbers of death as though she was going into a refreshing nap. A FRIEND Monroe, Jan. 6, 1869. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 13, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 DIED IN JAIL. Prisoner Hicks, confined in jail for the murder of Bill Dyer, died in jail on the night of the 6th inst. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 13, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 DEATH OF GEN. ROUSSEAU. We are extremely sorry to announce the death of Gen. Rousseau, which occurred on the 7th inst. His loss will be felt in the army, and it will be deplored by the citizens of Louisiana. He was an impartial commander. He endeavored to do justice to all parties. He never compromised the dignity of his position and entered the arena of politics, and prostituted his official position to base partisan purpose. He was a true soldier, and gained an enviable distinction during the late war. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 13, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 DEATH OF MR. MADDEN. Abraham Madden, Esq., a prominent and successful merchant in Trenton, died in New Orleans on the 3d inst. Mr. Madden was highly respected for his fine social qualities, his business attainments, and irreproachable character. NOTE: The Ouachita Telegraph, Wednesday, February 24, 1869 edition, page 3, Column 1 has a resolution of respect for Abraham Madden from the Masons. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 13, 1869 Page 3, Column 2 DIED, On the morning of the 26th of December 1868, at the residence of her husband, Mrs. A. E. NOBLE, consort of William W. Noble aged 46 years and 8 months. By the interposition of Divine Providence this excellent lady, after a protracted illness was summoned to meet the Great and Triune (?) God at a moment. We know that she fulfilled the scriptural injunction: "Be ye always ready." Another seraph now joins the angelic host, singing anthems sweet around the heavenly throne. May the blessing of Christ, the Redeemer, guide, protect and be with her through the inumerable ages of eternity. G. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, January 27, 1869 Page 3, Column 3 Died, In Ouachita Parish, Jan. 18 (?), 1869, Mrs. BALSORA WILLIAMS, wife of Geo. B. Williams, aged fifty years. The Ouachita Telegraph February 10, 1869 Page 2, Column 2 MOREHOUSE ITEMS. We clip the following from the Dispatch, the the 5th inst.: Death has been busy in our midst lately. Just before, and since our last issue, several of our best citizens have fallen, Mr. Geo. D. Sharp, Col. R. C. Hendrick, Mrs. Daniel Newton, and two ladies whose names we do not now remember, have all gone to the grave. The Ouachita Telegraph February 10, 1869 Page 3, Column 2 OBITUARY Departed this life, January 5th, 1869, Mrs. E.F. McMoy, wife of S.B. McMoy, of Jackson Parish, Louisiana. "Life's day is o'er; its joys, its sorrows are no more Thy husband's pangs, thy children's tears, Disturb not thee. Rest thou in peace. Farewell! Dearest one, a short farewell, Till we shall meet again!" Bereaved husband, grieve not excessively, though your best and dearest earthly treasure is taken for a while from you to a home of perfect happiness beyond the ever changing and dashing waves of life's ocean where she is now the brightest of the many links in the chain that binds your soul to Heaven. You have still a comforting thought to know that she is one of the angel band, that have crossed death's dark flood, where she is now ready to welcome you, dear husband, with inestimable gladness to a glorious rest. You too are crossing the gulf, soon to land on that shore, far from this vale of trouble. We know that your grief and disappointment are very great indeed; but blessed thought your separation is not forever; it is only momentary. Your affections can again be united, where there will be no limit to happiness, where death and sad disappointment have no admittance, nor can disturb that calm and eternal repose. O, be prepared with Heaven's aid, to meet your loving wife to leave her no more! Is the prayer of those who love you here. How sad and lonely are we, dear mother, to know that we have heard your gentle, kind and cheering words for the last time on earth, be our stay long or short. We were required to give you, the giving of which seems an irreparable loss to us, but we know that you have gone to a happy home, and we know too how selfish it would be for us to wish you here, yet how gladly would we have kept you, our lovely mother, such a pleasure you were. Nevertheless may we in true faith say "God's will, not ours be done." Our loving mother, you are now, and will ever be, for the time will come when we too may bid farewell to all here cross the stream of death; and if we have spent our time so as to receive the approbation of our Heavenly Father, we will meet you, our angel mother, to leave you or have you leave us, no more. We can hear no voice from your grave, but you have spoken volumes to us, which memory holds dear! O, may we follow your example, dear mother, and practice your teachings in such a way with the help of our Father in Heaven, that we may be what you have so ardently wished and prayed. May we at last meet you where no cold chilly winds of January, no commanding calls of Death can take you from us, is the prayer of those here, who fondly and affectionately love you. To you, dear friends, who so tenderly and devotedly, yet with sympathy and sorrow watched for several days, and noticed the last flow of life's tide we can but say how incapable we are to put in words the gratitude we feel. We thank you from the retreats of a true heart, and may you all receive the rich blessing which Heaven has in store. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, May 19, 1869 Page 2, Column 3 Dr. Lafayette Dancy, a prominent citizen of Madison Parish, died at his residence near Miliken's Bend, on the 3rd inst., after a short illness. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, May 26, 1869 Page 3, Column 2 TRENTON LODGE, No. 195, May 22, 1869 WHEREAS, Almighty God in the inscrutible manifestation of his divine wisdom; has by death removed from among us our beloved and much lamented Brother Samuel White, who departed this life at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on the 19th day of April, A.D., 1869, in the 37thyear of his age. Therefore be it Resolved, 1. That our departed friend and brother was a good man and true Mason, exemplifying by his conduct here, those true Masonic virtues, "Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth," and by the rectitude of his conduct through life, he merited and received the commendation of all whose pleasure it was to know him. Resolved, 1. (Sic), That while we deeply deplore his loss we cannot but console ourselves with the reflection that his many virtues, his upright course of conduct as a man and Mason, whereby he attained honor among men, fitted him for the "builders" use hereafter, and that he now ornaments "That spiritual building that house not made with hands, Eternal in the Heavens." Resolved, 3. That we deeply sympathize with the family of our departed Brother in this thier severe affliction but hope that the good name he left behind, being a monument to his memory more lasting than one carved from marble will prove to them as it does to us, some consolation of his loss. That in evidence of our fraternal regard we ware (sic) the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, 4. That the Secretary be instructed to present a copy of these Resolutions to the widow of the deceased, that they be spread upon our records and that the newspapers in Monroe be requested to publish the same. Resolved, 5. That a Page of our Record - Book be draped in mourning and inscribed to the memory of our deceased Brother. M.D. GARLINGTON, Secretary. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, June 9, 1869 Page 3, Column 3 Died, At Formosa Plantation, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, June 7, 1869, Thomas K. son of John T. and Virginia J. Cochran, aged 4 years, 8 months and 10 days. Vicksburg, (Miss.) Papers, please copy. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, June 16, 1869 Page 3, Column 2 Obituary. DIED, at Formosa Plantation, Ouachita Parish Louisiana, June 7, 1869, Thomas K. son of John T. and Virginia J. Cochran, aged 4 years, 8 months and 10 days. "Like the snow falls in the river, A moment white then melts forever!" So passed our little pet and darling Tommie, the bright eyed, rosy cheeked boy of four summers. Gone! In all of his purity, beauty and innocence, and oh! Mother grieve not, it is only one more link in the golden chain of love that binds you to Heaven, one more in the little band of immortals that awaits you. Gone to join the little sisters and brothers that he so loved to think of, and gather the roses which in his beautiful childish idea of Heaven bloomed so thickly there. We miss you sadly, little darling, and there are aching hearts that yearn for your joyous laugh and light quick foot step with an indescribable anguish. But may the kind Father that never hears a sorrow unmoved, make them feel that the "Lord gave and the Lord taketh, blessed be the name of the Lord." "He died to sin, he died to cares, But for a moment felt the rod, O mourners, such the Lord ( ) Such are the children of our God." The Ouachita Telegraph June 23, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 W. Dudley Cockerham, recently employed in this office, died of bilious fever in Cottonport, on the 15th inst. Dudley was a sprightly youth and would have made a very superior printer. He was the stay and support of a widowed mother and three sisters who will sadly miss their youthful protector. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, June 30, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 In Memoriam. DIED, June 21st, 1869, at 12 P.M., LAURA TEW RICHARDSON, daughter of R.W. and Sarah C. Richardson, aged 19 years, 1 month and 21 days. "Death lies on her, like an untimely frost, Upon the sweetest flower of all the field." "Died" a word that tells of the departure of childhood, manhood, and of old age, to the mysterious realms of the future a sound that tells of one who has departed to a far country, never to return. It was repeated yesterday to-day, and it will be repeated to-morrow and to- morrow. The emblems of woe and sorrow that shroud the household, speak silently of one whose person once brought light, peace, and joy, and the gloom that surrounds the home the hearth, tells a mournful tale of beauty, and worth now departed. What mean the look of sadness and the grief suppressed, but do speak sadly of the "sweetest flower," whose brightness faded away in a few brief hours. What mean the mother's wail, the father's sobs, and sisters' gush of tears, but to tell of queenly pride, worth and the glow of health and beauty now entombed! All these associated virtues all those fond recollections of innocent girlhood, and all those grander and lovelier thoughts that surround a pure and noble woman, are all that are left in sad remembrance of Laura. In her song of life, the Great Master of the music of her being, has purposly drawn to too great a tension, one of the strings of life's harpsicord, and whilst she was enjoying all its grand pleasures, the Angel of Death, hovering near, suddenly snapped it, in obedience to the Divine decree, and its music has ceased. Tis ever thus from the cradle to the grave the music of our being is swayed by an unseen hand, and at the touch of his wand of life or death, our song ceases, or swells into grander volumes. We must not complain of the Hevenly decree, in removing, so early from earth to the presence of God, one so young and fresh from His hand, as if she were made yesterday. Tis only in our excess of sorrow when the very soul is tossed upon the angry ocean of grief, that a fond and loving parent must speak of the vengeance of God falling so utterly on one so bright, or that the hand that gave such charms, should blast them. But after the grave receives its victim, and the storms of sorrow and grief are gone, and our thoughts rise from the newly- made grave Heavenward, the soul becomes tranquil, and the clouds melt away, leaving our child sleeping in tranquility, under the Divine promise of a glorious immortality beyond the tomb. We know 91tis heart-rending to surrender to the power of death, the "daughter of our house and heart." but when the trembling breath hung dying on her lips, cannot we console ourselves in the belief, that she was having sweet converse with the immortal spirit of those in the better land? Laura! Thy image yet falls upon our memory and lingers with our dreams your smiles and your joys are sunshine to our (?) Household, and while the silence of Death fills your place at home, we love you still. And, "When the star of evening sheds her silver light upon your tomb, we will kneel by thee, Laura, and ask our Father, Father, in the Resurrection morn, will thou not suffer the immortal spirit of our child to plead for us at thy Throne? * * * The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, July 21, 1869 Page 3, Column 2 Obituary. DIED, at the residence of John T. Farr, in this parish, after a protracted illness of five weeks, ALMIRA FRANCES, daughter of the late Samuel B. Hough, and Sarah E. Hough; aged 14 years, and 11 months: "Early, bright, transient, Chaste as the morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, And went to heaven." Gone! Yes that loved one the mother's hope and idol has gone "to that mysterious realm where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death." In the very bloom and beauty of youth, Almira has left us. Her many virtues and noble qualities of mind, loom up before us in colossal grandeur, and our loss is brought more forcibly to our minds. But when we recall the death-bed scenes, we are assured that our loss is her eternal gain. For though her illness was severe and protracted, she was patient, exhibiting that christian fortitude which might have been expected from one of mature years; meeting death without fear, and perfectly resigned to the will of God. Retaining her mental faculties to the very last, she, a few minutes before she breathed her last, took a final farewell, by shaking their hands, of relatives and friends, who had gathered around her bed, and expressing her willingness to go and meet her Savior. "Whom the gods love die young" was said of yore And many deaths do they escape by this: The death of friends, and that which slays even more, The death of Friendship, Love, Youth and all that is, Except more breath; and since the silent shore Awaits at last even those who longest miss The old archer's shafts, perhaps the early Grave Which men weep over, may be meant to save." The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, September 8, 1869 Page 2, Column 5 DIED, IN Trenton, La., on the 1st September, 1869, WILLIE BELL, only child of W.C. and Mary Williamson, aged 2 years, and 11 months. The subject of this notice, who had endeared herself to all who knew her by her smiles and innocent prattle, and who was the pride and admontion of fond and doting parents, has been claimed by the Angel of Death as his own and borne away from earth. We truly sympathize with the afflicted parents in their great distress, and would freely offer consolation but we know that human condolence cannot remove or alleviate the suferring of their crushed and bleeding hearts. We can only point them to the comforting influence of the Holy Spirit and th e precious words of the Lord when he said "That in heaven, the angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven." Weep not then for the precious darling who is in a far happier state than earth affords. The Ouachita Telegraph Wednesday, September 15, 1869 Page 2, Column 5 Died, ON Monday, the 6th inst., at 2 o'clock P.M. Annie M. Olive; born in Montgomery Co., Ala. February 8, 1843; wife of Jno. L. Byrne. The Ouachita Telegraph October 23, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. O.B. Hill, of Pine Bluff, Caldwell Parish, died suddenly of heart disease, at his residence, on the 13th inst. A good man has gone to his reward. The Ouachita Telegraph October 23, 1869 Page 3, Column 3 Obituary. DIED at his residence in the Parish of Caldwell, on the 13th inst., OLIVER BRIARD HILL, in the 63rd year of his age. He was taken ill very suddenly on Wednesday night, and died from an attack of heart disease. COL. HILL had been a member of the church for upwards of 40 years, and throughout life since professing religion, evinced a strong attachment to, and a sincere belief in the religion of Jesus Christ. It was ever his counsel to the young and those with whom he conversed on the subject of religion, to regard the interests of the soul, as infinitely superior in importance to all worldly interests; and that though our motto should be to "aim high" in worldly things, we should at the same time never allow our religious principles to become subordinate to our worldly aspirations. His house has been at all times open to ministers of the Gospel; and among the happiest hours of his life, were doubtless those spent in christian communion with the servants of God. He had a warm feeling of sympathy for the afflicted, distressed, and unfortunate; and his hand was not unknown to deeds of private charity. He had a strong faith in Christ as the Redeemer of mankind, and relied on the efficacy of the atonement of Christ, as a passport to the climes of eternal bliss. He appeared not to dread his departure from this world, and at times during life would dwell with delight on the prospect of a realization of the good things God has in store for those who live in conformity with the Gospel and persevere to the end. His instructions to his children in the doctrines of Christianity were given in their early youth, and not without effect as has been proved by the death of one of them, who died in the hope of a home beyond the grave, in Heaven above. His Methodist brethren, the Methodist itinerant preacher, and his Christian friends will no more grasp his hand in Christian fellowship in this world, but will meet him again in a higher sphere of existence, to join in rendering praises of thanksgiving to Christ the Lamb of God, in one continual hymn of praise, throughout eternity. He has left an aged companion and four lovely sons, together with many friends to mourn their loss. But they have the blessed assurance of meeting their sainted Father and friend where parting is not known. God bless the family. R.T. WILLIAMS. The Ouachita Telegraph November 6, 1869 Page 3, Column 2 Obituary. DIED, on the 28th of September, of Swamp fever, Dr. J.H. BLOXOM, in the 28th year of his age. Dr. BLOXOM was a native of South Carolina, but was a resident of Rankin county, Miss., at the commencement of the war, at which time he entered the army as a private soldier, but was promoted to the rank of surgeon, which position he occupied until the termination of hostilities. In 1866, he came to Ouachita parish, and resumed the practice of his profession in which he labored assiduously to repair the ruined state of his fortune. Both as physician and citizen he stood high, and was esteemed as well for his professional as for his social qualities.. In his death society has lost a valued and useful member, and the profession one who was devoted to the promotion of its honor and to the advancement of its cause. As a husband none was ever more kind and devoted, and as a friend few were firmer or more constant in their attachments. But he has been cut down in the pride of his manhood and in the sphere of his usefulness, and leaves a devoted wife and friends to mourn the loss of him who cn no longer alleviate the pangs of affliction or be soothed by the voice of love or friendship. He has passed to another state of existence, there to remain until God in his goodness shall see fit to reunite him again with those he loved. May he rest in peace; J. The Ouachita Telegraph November 27, 1869 Page 3, Column 1 Obituary. Gone, from earthly troubles and resting in Heaven. DIED, at 3 o'clock, on Saturday morning, the 20th of November 1869, at her residence, in Ouachita Parish, Mrs. NANCY T. BRY, consort of the late Judge Henry Bry, in the 77th year of her age. Eleven years ago, the head of Mulberry Grove departed this life; and now a record is made of the death of his consort, who died in the arms of the only living child, a loveing (sic) daughter, soothing the anguish of life's last scene. Her remains were depositied by the side of her late husband, Judge Henry Bry, in the family burial ground. By her death we have lost a friend, her daughter a mother, and the little grand children can never find one to pet them as grandma Bry did. The chair, which had been occupied for nearly a half century is vacant, the counsels of wisdom, the sweet voice of that dear old grandmother are no longer heard — a void is the house- hold. The deceased was truly a christain (sic), her gentle patient, disposition and her quiet thoughtful affection for friends endeared her to them. In sorrow, there is consolation in the thought that submissive resignation in the pains of afflictions, and the uneasiness of age, and her never failing thankfulness to "Our Heavenly Father" for his kind mercies are a pledge to us tath this time worn being who has long been ready for the messenger. In calm and lasting holy love, And peace is resting now; No pain, nor grief is there above, No care is there to cloud her rest." Mourn not, mourn not, that God has seen, It meet to call her far away; But trust our earliest truest friend, Now lives that life of endless day. C.D. # # #