Obits: The Monroe News-Star, July 1909 , 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: Dec. 1999 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 The Monroe News-Star Friday, July 2 , 1909 Page 5, Column 4 Death of Judge Dorman Arcadia, La., July 2.-Judge J.A. Dorman, a well known lawyer of this place, died at his family residence in the southern part of town Wednesday night of acute indigestion. Mr. Dorman had an attack of indigestion last Monday, but thought he had fully recovered from it and intended going down town the next day to transact some business, when the attack returned again and he succumbed to it after an hour or two of intense suffering. His death comes as a distinct shock to his many friends in Bienville parish whom he has ben actively associated with practically all of his life, having moved here a few years after his birth from Chambers county, Alabama, where he was born in 1846. Judge Dorman was admitted to the bar of the State of Louisiana in 1872 and has been actively engaged in the practice of law ever since that date, having a large and extensive practice in this parish at the time of his death and was recognized as one of the leading lawyers of the State. He leaves five children, Jim Dorman of Crowley, Ben Dorman of Shreveport, George Dorman of this place and Misses Virginia and Carrie Dorman, besides a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his untimely death. Interment took place in the Arcadia cemetery yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Monroe News-Star Saturday, July 3, 1909 Page 5, Column 3 Mrs. Hilton Dead Mrs. Elizabeth Rebecca Hilton, one of the oldest and most respected ladies in Monroe, died this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. James L.N. Nelson on Jackson street, after an illness extending over several weeks. Mrs. Hilton was 76 years old. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Newman, and two granddaughters, Mrs. Steve Burke and Mrs. Woodburn Spencer. The funeral services will take place from Mrs. Nelson's residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The interment will be in (th)e city cemetery. The Monroe News-Star Wednesday, July 7, 1909 Page 1, Column 5 General Eshelman Died on Yesterday Served Gallantly as Member Washington Artillery. Deceased Was Head of Large Hardware Firm in New Orleans-Remains to be Buried in New Orleans New Orleans, July 7.-Gen. B.F. Eshelman, head of the big hardware firm of Stauffer, Eshelman & Co., who commanded the Washington Artillery during the Civil War, died yesterday at Narragansett Pier, N.Y. News of his death was conveyed to his partners here in a telegram. General Eshelman had been in failing health for some time and went to Narragansett Pier on the advice of his physicians, his daughter, Mrs. J.W. Castles, and his son, Dr. Chas. Eshelman, accompanying him. He reached New York in the midst of excessive heat. He seemed, however, to improve for the time being, but a relapse came and he passed away early yesterday morning. The deceased spent his early youth on his father's homestead at Lancaster, Pa. and obtained his first employment there. The late I.H. Stauffer, during a visit to his sister at Lancaster, took a fancy to Eshelman and brought him here. His business career was successful from the start. In May, 1861, general Eshelman left here in command of the Washington Artillery and went straight to the front, participating in the first battle of Bull Run. He was seriously wounded and was invalided for two months. He returned to the army just before the battle of Gettysburg, and was made major of his battalion. He participated in the seven days fighting around Richmond and other important engagements. He surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox, and after the war commanded the Louisiana division of the United Confederate Veterans, which he helped to organize. General Eshelman had vast business interests and was a member of the Boston and Pickwick Clubs ad various carnival organizations and served for some time as president of the Board of Trade. Three daughters and three sons and a wife survive him. The body will be brought to New Orleans for interment. The Monroe News-Star Saturday, July 10, 1909 Page 8, Column 2 Funeral of S.L. Bracey The funeral of S. L. Bracey took place at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church, where services were conducted by Rev. H. R. Carson. The church was crowded with relatives and friends of the deceased, attesting his popularity. Monroe Lodge No. 454, B. P. O. Elks attended in a body. The interment was in the city cemetery. The Monroe News-Star Monday, July 12, 1909 Page 5, Column 4 Horace Ferrand Dead Mr. Horace Ferrand, for many years a resident of Caldwell parish, but well known in Monroe, died at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo., yesterday from a stroke of apoplexy. Telegrams announcing the death were received by Father L. Enaut and Mr. T. G. Easterling this morning. The funeral services will take place in Colorado Springs. There are many relatives and friends of the Ferrand family in and near Monroe, who will regret to hear of Mr. Ferrand's death. The Monroe News-Star Tuesday, July 13, 1909 Page 8, Column 1 In Memory of Mr. Sedley L. Bracey. My sense of personal loss is so keen, my sympathy with his nearest and dearest ones so great, as I think of their overwhelming sorrow, that my pen almost falters as I write of my friend, Mr. Sedley L. Bracey. He was born October 9, 1873, and passed away shortly after midnight, Thursday, July 8, 1909. Mid sorrowing relatives and friends his remains were laid to rest in the city cemetery Friday afternoon July 9. His death was a shock, not only to loved ones, but to all his friend as well. Our city will be poorer without him and lonelier. I have not grown accustomed to the thought that he is no longer with us, that we will never more gaze on his face; that never again will he work among those he so much loved. At the fireside and table his chair will forever remain unoccupied. From a human standpoint it seems indeed hard, that a life so young, a life so full of hopes, should be taken from us so quickly. His true devotion to his mother was simply beautiful. Dear friends, one more link is added to your family chain that has passed on before. The best of all, dear friends, God is in your home; to sad, there rests upon it not a pall of darkness, but there is permeating it the glorious light and consolation of the gospel of Christ. then in all love and sympathy, I beg you to look upward. For Sedley has only gone to the clime "Waiting for others Coming some time Safe with the angels, Whiter than snow. Watching for dear ones Waiting below." R. M. H. The Monroe News-Star Thursday, July 15, 1909 Page 2, Column 3 Oswald Dunn On Tuesday, as another day was dawning, the sweet spirit of Oswald, the little infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Dunn winged its flight to a heavenly home, leaving hearts desolate, for he was the light and life of the household, just beginning to lisp the baby words, and while his little voice is stilled, and no more the childish prattle heard, there will always be a sweet echo to those who held him dear. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn and mother left last night with the remains for Birmingham, Ala., where they will be interred. The Monroe News-Star Tuesday, July 20, 1909 Page 8, Column 2 Mrs. Martha Butler Dead. Mrs. Martha E. Butler, aged 73 years, one month and nine days, died at her home on Jefferson street last night, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Buter is an old and respected resident of Ouachita and the news of her death will be received with regret by a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Butler was a member of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church and the funeral took place in the cemetery there at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Butler is survived by three children. Mrs. Nora Rex and Mr. R. L. Butler of this city and Mr. J.. Butler of Forksville. The Monroe News-Star Thursday, July 22, 1909 Page 2, Column 3 Called Home. On yesterday at 3:30, the sweet spirit of little James Lowery, one of the little ten month's old twins of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Lowery winged its flight to a home eternal. The little one, with his sister has been ill for several weeks with whooping cough and for the past two weeks have been under the constant care of a physician and trained nurse at the Sanitarium, the sister continuing so critically ill that the funeral of little James was held this morning at 10:30 from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Keller, which is conveniently located to the Sanitarium, as Mrs. Lowery could not be spared from her baby girl. The Monroe News-Star Friday, July 23, 1909 Page 4, Column 3 Two Deaths at Minden Death of Captain W. H. Brice and Emerson E. Roberts Minden, La., July 22.-Captain Will H. Brice of this place who conducted a cotton brokerage business at Delhi, LA., until his health failed last year, died at his residence here this evening at 5:30 o'clock in his sixty-ninth year. He followed the fortunes of Wade Hampton during the Civil War and won distinction for gallant and meritorious conduct during the four years struggle. A wife and 12-year-old son and a host of friends mourn the loss of this noble, gallant and generous man. Emerson E. Roberts, an old and highly respected citizen of this place, died at his home, twelve miles west of Minden today aged about 60 years. The Monroe News-Star Friday, July 23, 1909 Page 4, Column 3 Death of Mrs. Mollie Lee. Farmerville, La., July 22.-At her home in this town Mrs. Mollie Lee, a refined, Christian lady, died early Tuesday morning, following an illness of about a week. Mrs. Lee was the wife of Mr. E.J. Lee, Sr., a prominent citizen of this community, and leaves one son and a step-child. The deceased was an active member of the Baptist church of this town, and her remains were laid to rest in the Protestant Cemetery at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, a large number of friends and relatives being present at the funeral service. The Monroe News-Star Saturday, July 24, 1909 Page 8, Column 4 Death of Thos. A. Heath Citizen of Tallulah Passed Away Suddenly in Vicksburg Special to News-Star Tallulah, La., July 23-There died at an early hour this morning, in a sanitarium at Vicksburg Thomas A. Heath of this place. He had only gone there a day or so previously, accompanied by his wife. She returned, with no apprehension as to his condition, when the sad news came this morning announcing his death. Thomas A Heath was a young man about thirty-four years old. He was in the employ of Hon. J.M. Johnson. He was prominent in Pythian and Masonic orders. Mr. Heat married the daughter of Archie Calhoun, for whom Calhoun station is named. He is numerously connected in Madison and Ouachita parishes, and was a man without an enemy, esteemed by one and all. His sudden taking off is a great shock to this community. The Monroe News-Star Wednesday, July 28, 1909 Page 4, Column 4 Mrs. Alice A. Herring Dead Mrs. Alice A. Herring, an old and highly respected resident of this city, died at her home on Washington street last night at 7 o'clock. She was sixty-six years of age. Mrs. Herring is survived by three daughters. Mrs. Mamie Fisher, Mrs. M.E. Pruitt and Mrs. E.C. Rolleigh. Mrs. Herring was the stepmother of Messrs. A.J. Henry, A.M. and John J. Herring and Mrs. Mamie Jones, and the grandmother of Mr. J.E. Larkin. The funeral services will be held at St. Matthew's Catholic Church at 5 o'clock this afternoon and will be conducted by Father C. Mahe. Interment will be in the Catholic cemetery immediately afterwards. The News-Star Wednesday, July 28, 1909 Page 7, Column 5 Robert G. Cobb Tribute to his Memory by One Who Knew Him Tallulah, La. July 27, 1909 I do not know when I have been more shocked than when I read the announcement of the death of Robert G. Cobb in Atlanta, Ga., at the residence of his son. It was my fortune to know this talented man in his palmier days when just after the war he was one of Monroe's most brilliant attorneys. He was associated at the practice with the Hon. Frank P. Stubbs, under the firm name of Stubbs and Cobb, and afterwards with Judge A.A. Gunby. He was in no sense an orator, but for close, concise and analytical reasoning I have never known his superior. He was a thorough scholar, well versed in the ancient languages, especially Latin, and could read French with wonderful accuracy. He was not so much a case lawyer, but directed his researches to find out the motive and starting point of the law. He was also very original in developing theories of his own, which for depth of thought were superior. But I knew him under less favorable circumstances and that was during the war. He enlisted as a private in the Pelican Grays, which subsequently formed part of the Second Louisiana volunteer infantry. At the reorganization of the regiment after its first year's service, he was elected a lieutenant. Often at times he acted as adjutant when his regiment lay in that "terrible deep cut." Along the line of the projected railroad at the second Manasas, confronted by thousands of the enemy in their attempt to dislodge our forces, and when ammunition began to fall Cobb would go out on the rising ground just in the rear of the position, which was swept with a deluge of fire, and haul our dead up to the cut, strip the cartridge boxes from them and throw them into the cut. Singularly, in the many battles he figured in, he was never struck but once, and that was on the breast at Malvern Hill by a piece of spent shell which barely left an impression. At Manassas however, his clothes were almost torn from him by the shot. It is truly sad to realize that such old landmarks of a grander, more historic and more patriotic period are leaving us-such men, too, who have made their impression in an age which giants lived. I have never known a braver man, nor one who was so perfectly fearless in the most supreme danger. I could not refrain from writing this mail tribute in memory of one who deserved the praise of every one for his loyalty to a cause he knew was right, and for which he fearlessly served during the four years of strife. God rest his soul. A.J.S. The Monroe News-Star Friday, July 30, 1909 Page 4, Column 2 Captain R. G. Cobb The Pelican Grays was the name given to the largest and one of the earliest companies that went from Ouachita parish to Virginia at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Among those who enlisted in this company of noteworthy Confederates was a young lawyer who had recently come from Alabama to Monroe where he obtained his license to practice law. He served bravely and faithfully from the beginning to the end of the war. He was in all the battles of Stonewall Jackson's Valley campaigns and he was proud of having been with and talked to that peerless leader on the field of battle. He was not in the least a soldier of fortune. He saw hard service but did not brag about his "hair breadth escapes by flood and field". He shrank from making a blowing horn of his brave and brilliant record. He loved the South and served her well, but he seemed averse to ever taking part in Confederate reunions, and I do not think he belonged to any Camp of U. C. V.'s. He fought his fight and lost and he was willing to leave it all to history in () silence. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law, first as a member of the firm of Stubbs & Cobb, then by himself, then as a member of the firm of Cobb & Gunby. He had a strong and able legal mind and in mental equipments ranked as one of the ablest lawyers who ever adorned the Monroe bar. From Monroe, he went to Birmingham, Alabama, and thence to New Orleans in both of which cities he practiced law for a number of years. He married Miss Mattie Green of Vicksburg and from this union three children where born, Mattie, Ralph and Harold. It was at the home of his youngest son in Atlanta, Georgia that Captain Cobb died on Saturday, July 24, 1909. His wife preceded him to the grave one year ago. The people of Monroe and Ouachita parish will long remember that North Louisiana had no truer son in all the dark nights of Reconstruction. He was a leader in thought and action, but never sought nor accepted office. His devotion was unselfish in war and peace, he richly deserved the title of patriot. In personal association, he was the most genial and companionable of men. At all times he was the soul of generosity, always kind and charitable, always with a heart full of the milk of humanity. It was characteristic of him to befriend the poor, the unfortunate, the friendless and the stranger. One whom he befriended writes these lines. Perhaps the best thing that any one can say of him is that he was a soldier tried and true. He had that fine metal and splendid force that made comrades proud of him. Of such a one, perhaps, it is not cause for regret to say that he has joined the march of the deathless dead. "Of the warriors tried and true, Who bore the flag of a Nation's trust, And fell in a cause, though lost still just, And died for me and you." Gather them one and all, >From the private to the chief, Come they from hovel or princely hall. They fell for us and for them should fall, The tears of a Nation's grief. # # #