Obits: The Ouachita Telegraph 1879 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: Oct. 2000 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 Friday, January 3, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Col. John McMerty, well known in this city, and in many portions of the South as a dealer in stock, died at Warsaw, Mo., on the 17th. Col. McMerty was master of transportation in Rains’ division of the C.S.A., and after the surrender, went to Mexico and joined Maximillian. He was a genial companion and a man of fine business sense. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, January 17, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. Jerry C. Mills, a worthy citizen of this parish, and a young man, (aged 31 years,) much beloved, died at his residence on the Island DeSiard on the 15th. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, January 31, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. D. Laupheimer, of Farmerville, died at that place Tuesday. His remains were interred in the Jewish cemetery of this city yesterday morning, with the honors of the order B’nai B’rith. Mr. L. was a son-in-law of our old friend, Mr. D. Stein. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, February 7, 1879 Page 2, Column 3 Union. Death with its destructive hand has again visited us and has taken from our midst Mr. R.C. Webb, one of Union’s best citizens. Mr. Webb only a few days ago was taken with a severe attack of pneumonia, and on Wednesday evening, the 29th inst., fell a corpse. - Record. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, February 14, 1879 Page 2, Column 3 Union. We are in the midst of the most trying weather that it has ever been our misfortune to record; cold, disagreeable, sloppy and rain, and it is not strange that the mortality is so excessive, when we take into consideration the many vicissitudes of the weather. The burials in our little town have been unprecedented in their number; not a week having passed since the advent of the new year without one or more interments, until last Monday evening it culminated in the burial of three persons on the same day ? one in the person of the lamented and esteemed wife of Dr. F.C. Manning, and the others of two colored persons. - Record. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, February 28, 1979 Page 2, Column 1 Thos. D. Drew elected governor of Arkansas in 1844 and again in 1850, died recently in Texas. Gov. Drew was a brother of Mr. James C. Drew, of this parish, and died at the good old age of 76 years. Mr. Drew is older by two years, and survives as the oldest of ten brothers and sisters, all of whom are dead. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, February 28, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 Obituary. In memory of ANNIE HUBERT, who was born in Tallahatchi county, Miss., October 15th, 1855; married R.E. Wimberly, June 5th, 1878; died in Coffeville, February 9th, 1879; aged 23 years, three months and 26 days. Thus, in a few lines, the birth, marriage and death of a human being may be told, and in almost as few her character can be described. She was a pure, good girl, a Christian woman, a loving, devoted sister and wife, and Heaven gained one more jewel to deck the crown of our Savior when she died. What need of more? God loved her and took her to himself ere the way grew rough for her tender feet, ere the storms of life beat too fiercely, ere her heart grew cold and hard. With a tender, merciful care, He folded her safely to His bosom, so securely sheltered from all the trials and cares of this weary world. Though a home here is desolated, a young husband’s dream of happiness rudely shattered at its first dawn; though our hearts ache and our tears flow, we know that it is well with her. In the years that are to come, amid the trials that those years will bring, let us never forget the sweet example of this beautiful child of God, who lived a perfect life and has gone to claim the reward that all may obtain who are faithful to the end. J.L. HARTLEY. Coffeeville, Miss. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 7, 1879 Page 2, Column 4 Franklin. We are pained to have to record the death, from pneumonia, of another of our best citizens, Capt. D.T. Russell. Capt. Russell was one of our largest planters, and in his death Franklin has lost a man whose place cannot easily be filled. - Sun. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 7, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Death of Bryce Rills. In the death of Mr. Bryce Rills; Monroe has lost a valuable citizen, and one whose death is lamented by all who knew him well. For some time Mr. Rills has been in failing health. Last year he went to the far West and remained several months for the purpose of securing a longer lease on life. He returned home, however, but little improved, and the insiduous encroachments of pulmonary consumption pursued him. The unequal strife ended Thursday, the 27th ult., and Mr. Rills, at the early age of 27 years, closed his earthly career. He was truly a good citizen - a young man of exemplary habits, of fine business qualifications, and one who possessed many traits too rarely met with even in men of riper years. His remains were taken, for interment, to Iberville parish, where he was born, and where they were met by a sorrowing father and mother in whose bereavement we deeply sympathize. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 14, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 DIED, on Thursday, Feb. 27th, at Monroe, La., BRYCE RILLS, aged 28 years, 3 months and 13 days; son of J.H. Rills and Lara Delery, of this parish. He was an estimable young man and he leaves a large number of friends and relatives to mourn his death. Stricken with that insidious disease, consumption, he visited Colorado last year with the hope that the fine climate of the country would give him relief, but alas! In the prime of his young life he has been called away and the void in the family circle that idolized him cannot be filled. We sympathize with the bereaved family in their hour of sorrow. - Iberville South. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 21, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 DIED, WOOTEN - On Tuesday, March 1, 1879, at 12:30 a.m., Josephine Blanks, wife of W.L. Wooten, a native of Caldwell parish, La., aged 30 years. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 28, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. John Fuller, a worthy citizen of this parish and a member of the Police Jury, died at his residence of pneumonia a few days ago. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, April 11, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. John Williams, an estimable citizen of this parish, died suddenly of kidney disease on Tuesday. He was about 50 years of age, and had lived in this parish nearly all his life; but, being almost a recluse, was unknown to many of even our oldest citizens. He leaves a wife and son to mourn his death. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, April 11, 1879 Page 3, Column 2 Capt. Joe Walker, a well-known Ouachita river pilot, died recently at his residence on Egypt plantation, near Trinity. The last boat he was on was the city of Augusta. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, April 11, 1879 Page 3, Column 4 DIED. At the residence of his father, W.C. Moore, Ouachita parish, La., March 18, 1879, WILEY W. MOORE; aged 22 years. Deceased was a noble, true and devoted son, beloved by all who knew him. He died of consumption, after a protracted illness, which he endured with true Christian fortitude and patience. [Vienna (La.) Sentinel and Marion (Ala.) Commonwealth, please copy.] The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, May 2, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. Daniel L. Frost, of this city, died yesterday at 9 p.m., of laryngitis, after a painful illness of two months. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss, and to buffet with the ups and downs and the cast-iron charities of this world. They have our sincere sympathy. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, May 2, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 Death of Rev. J.E. Cobb. There died in Trenton, on Monday, at 12 m., a worthy and well-beloved minister in the M.E. Church South, the Rev. J.E. Cobb, presiding elder of the Delhi district. Mr. Cobb had been, for years, in failing health - a patient, but working sufferer in the cause of his Redeemer. He came to Louisiana, since the war, from the Arkansas Conference, taking charge of Homer college. Relieved of this duty, he engaged actively in the ministry, and has twice since been selected as presiding elder. About three years ago Mr. Cobb was pastor of the Methodist church in this city, and his earnestness, piety and zeal are among the cherished recollections of his late congregation. Mr. Cobb was, at one time, editor of the Memphis Christian Advocate, and subsequently of the Arkansas Christian Advocate. Mr. Cobb died at the early age of 56 years, lamented by all who knew him. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, May 9, 1879 Page 2, Column 4 DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE CITIZEN. [Shreveport Standard.] Dr. Bartholomew Egan died at 1:30 o’clock this morning at the residence of his son, Dr. J.C. Egan, in Fairfield, at the ripe old age of 83 years. Deceased was a native of Dublin, Ireland; moved to the United States early in life, residing for awhile in the State of Virginia. He has resided in this State for many yers, first at Mt. Lebanon, in Claiborne parish, and afterwards in his extreme old age in this city, first with his deceased son the late Hon. W.B. Egan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, and afterwards, until the time of his death, with his surviving son, Dr. J.C. Egan. Dr. Egan was a thorough gentleman of the old school, a ripe scholar, a distinguished physician, and apolitical writer of great force and classic style. His was a powerful and original mind strengthened by a life temperate in all things, and whose faculties were in a remarkable state of preservation almost up to the time of his death, which occurred at the advanced age of 83 years, years, which have brought him, “all that which should accompany old age.” - honors, friends, affection, and the esteem and confidence of all who were cognizant of and admired his many vigorous qualities of mind, and his kindly and courteous disposition towards all whom he encountered. His frank cordiality of manner towards the young, his courteous deportment towards the other sex, partaking of the gallantry of the vielle cour, and his manly, vigorous course among men, won for him the love and admiration of the former and the unqualified esteem of the latter. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, May 16, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 Judge G.L. Gaskins was dispatched to by his father Saturday evening to return home as the Judge’s mother was very ill and hopes of her recovery were given up. Judge Gaskins arrived home Tuesday morning, fifteen minutes after his mother had breathed her last. The remains of Mrs. Gaskins were laid to rest in the Vienna Cemetery yesterday. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, June 20, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 OBITUARY. Died, at her residence in Caldwell parish, La., on May the 17th, 1879, Mrs. MATILDA GREGORY, in the 58th year of her age. It is not until the face and form of some loved one is snatched from us in death that we can sympathize with others in their loneliness. If we have stood by the dying bedside of a sainted mother an silently watched her pass away, see the dear eyes closed in death, not until then can we feel for those bereft of a mother’s love. What a blessed comfort there is in the Christian religion; and though we shiver at the idea of parting from her, yet we shall meet above in that House not made by hands, eternal in the heavens, where we shall be happy as we wander, hand-in-hand, through the streets of gold, studded with pearls and precious gems, listening to the strains the angels sing; partaking freely of the “fountains of living waters,” and basking in the glare of that countenance whose brightness is indescribable. In the removal of this pious mother this family (though not Christians) are sorely afflicted. May the dear Lord have used this means of bringing them to Himself. Deceased was a member of Fellowship church, having resided in this parish for twenty-one years. Her family have every evidence that her life was one “hid with Christ in God.” Her chair is vacant, the family link is broken, he quiet hands folded from their life work; she has entered that “pure sinless clime that lies beyond the stream,” and in that Home prepared upon the other side, hears the sweet voice of the Redeemer, “Welcome thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.” A FRIEND. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, June 27, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 DIED, Near Monroe, on the 23d June, 1879, of inflamation (sic) of the bowels, ROBERT LAYTON STONE, aged 4 months and 20 days, son of John B. and Nannie L. Stone. Madison parish and New Orleans papers please copy. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, July 11, 1879 Page 3, Column 2 DIED, In Monroe, La., July 8th, 1879, ELLA M. MULLIN, daughter of Wm. H.H. and Ella M. Mullin; aged 8 years, 1 month and 18 days. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, August 8, 1879 Page 3, Column 4 OBITUARY. DIED - On the 25th instant, DAISY McCRANIE, aged 5, years, 3 months and three days. Providence has ordered that little children should die as well as those whose steps are shortened by the weight of years; yet, it is hard, indeed, to learn to accept with resignation the death of those little ones who have silently taken possession of the heart by their beauty of person and dawning intellectual powers. Painful to all persons is the death of a sweet little child; but more than painful to those bound to its young life by ties of blood. That little DAISY will bloom a fairer flower in Heaven, furnishes not yet consolation enough for her loss, while the sting of sorrow is painful. Little DAISY was quite a favorite ith all who knew her. Her diminutive form, her intelligent face was always pleasant to those who loved to look upon little children. And now that she has gone to Him who said, “suffer little children to come unto me,” her bright eyes and expressive features have been frequently before us. Those who mourn her loss the deepest will find additional consolation in the thought that their little DAISY has been spared many trials, many griefs which would have been hers had she remained longer on earth. May her pure soul rest in peace. - Claiborne Guardian. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, September 5, 1879 Page 2, Column 1 Gen. J.B. Hood died of yellow fever in New Orleans on the 30th ultimo, in the 48th year of his age. Mrs. Hood died on the 24th, of the same disease. They leave ten children, all young. As a citizen Gen. Hood’s life was unostentacious, his course even, his reputation the very best. As a soldier he was daring and aggressive, as a leader magnetic and hopeful; in battle a terror, in victory the mildest of men. As a husband and father he was gentle, kind and forbearing. His home was beautiful for the love he created and the happiness with which it was surrounded. They are the great trial tests, but few make them and still fewer are without reproach. To the public he is and will be known as “the fighting General of the Confederate army,” and when passions shall have subsided and reason resumes sway, history will not fail to do him justice. Time is the great rectifier, clouds will vanish, maligners will be silenced, truth will rise and posterity will dwell with reverence over a memory that knew nothing but Duty and Obedience. We can add nothing to the crown of the noble dead. As he made it and leaves it, we accept it. May his soul rest in peace, his virtues survive in his children, and his example live in the hearts of his countrymen. For the orphaned children, humanity commands the tribute of a tear. Condolence is vain, earth has no recompense. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, September 12, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 Tribute of Respect. To the W.M., Wardens and Brethren of Urim Lodge, No. 111, A.F.&A.M.: Whereas, By dispensation of the Supreme Grand master of the Universe, our esteemed Brother RICHARD GAINEY has been called from labor here below to eternal refreshment above; and, whereas, we deem it highly proper to express the deep sense of the regard which we entertain for our deceased brother, who in this life was long afflicted with and became a victim of that terrible disease cancer, and who departed this life on Saturday, 6th of September, 1879, at his residence near Forksville, Ouachita parish, La., at the age of 66 years, 11 months and 5 days. Therefore, be it resolved, that in the death of brother RICHARD GAINEY another support of Masonry has fallen; another brother has gone who was a Mason in the true sense of the term, one who never forsook a friend. Resolved, That as a Lodge and as individual friends, we extend to the family and relatives of our deceased brother our earnest sympathy in this their sad hour of bereavement, and suggest to them that their loss is his eternal gain; and may they be both ready and willing, like him, to meet him in the glad heaven of eternal joy. Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning and drape of Lodge furniture for thirty days; and a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of our deceased brother, and also be spread upon our Book of Memorials, and published in the OUACHITA TELEGRAPH. W.W. PATRICK, J.A. COVINGTON, Committee. R.L. BROOKS, The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, September 12, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 DIED, On the morning of 5th September, 1879, at the residence of her father Robt. Layton, near Monroe, La., NANNIE LAYTON, beloved wife of John B. Stone, in the 20th year of her age. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, September 19, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 DIED, In Trenton, La., September 4, 1879, LILLIE HEATH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Millsaps; aged three years and twelve days. “It is well with the child.” Died, in Monroe, La., September 13, 1879, WILEY POLK, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Renwick; aged one year and two months. “I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 3, 1879 Page 2, Column 3 DEDICATION OF THE McGUIRE MONUMENT. Last Monday at 10 A.M., a large concourse of friends gathered around the last resting place of Dr. R.F. McGuire to witness the dedication of a monument to his memory. The Doctor was one of the highest Royal Arch Masons in the State and the ceremonies were conducted under the auspices of the Western Star Lodge of Monroe. The members marched to the cemetery under command of J.E. Hanna with J.E. McGuire as Marshal. Judge R.W. Richardson eulogised (sic) the character of the deceased feelingly and eloquently. We regret our inability to preserve his remarks. Judge W.J.A. Baker spoke as follows: Worshipful Master and brethren, Ladies and Gentlemen: We are assembled to witness the dedication of this column to the memory of our deceased Brother and fellow citizen. It was my melancholy duty to read the Masonic burial service when his mortal remains were deposited beneath this sod. It is again a melancholy duty to be present at the erection and dedication of this memorial. Though no sculptured marble or engraved stone had marked the grave of Robert Fore (sic) McGuire, his memory would have been cherished by those who knew him best. He came to Louisiana while yet Louisiana was an infant State; he witnessed her growth and development. He came to Monroe when Monroe was a mere village, and the surrounding country embraced within the limits and jurisdiction of the parish of Ouachita was comparatively a wilderness. As a physician and lawyer, Dr. McGuire witnessed the settlement of North Louisiana. Quitting the practice of medicine, he studied and engaged in the practice of law. As a lawyer he was indefatigable; endowed with a vigorous mind and clear understanding, he managed to prosecute and argue his cases in all their bearings, urging with ardor the strong points, defending with zeal and acumen the weak ones. He once told me that when a cause was submitted to him, if intricate, he first endeavored to master the facts, and, discarding law, asked himself, What is the justice of this case? And that in almost all cases he found law to fortify his conclusions. Lawyers are not always choosers on which side of a cause they will be engaged, and like all other lawyers he was not always successful, but a search among the cases reported in which he was employed, will, I think, show a majority and that a large one, decided on his side. As a citizen, he was known for his uprightness an stern integrity. His outward bearing seemed at times cold and austere, but those who knew him well and whom he liked, found beneath this cold exterior as warm a heart as ever beat in the breast of a woman. If even in public he attempted the pathetic, he was sure to break down under the weight of his own emotions and weep like a child. As a Mason, he was singularly zealous, making it a point to annually attend the meetings of the Grand Lodge, assisting as an officer and member in the business and ceremonies of the order. As a husband, Dr. McGuire was fortunate, soon after his arrival in Ouachita, in forming a matrimonial alliance with a Creole lady of one of the first families of the country. In his earlier struggles, she was the prop of his home; in later years, as competency increased, and their little ones were one by one taken away, she was the solace of that home, adorned it and made it all that a home should be. The youth and age of the neighborhood partook of the hospitalities of that home. Scarcely a stranger came to Monroe, for business or pleasure, but called to see that home. Ladies and gentlemen passing up or down the river would seize the opportunity, during the short stay of the descending or ascending boat, to pay a visit to that home and see its inmates, view and admire its shrubbery and flowers. From that home he has gone, we hope, to that other home in that bright land of everlasting spring and verdure, and flowers and lights. The hills rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and poured round all Old ocean’s gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of he great tomb of man! The veil was then withdrawn and the assembled multitude beheld a two column Italian marble monument, 16 feet high on granite base four feet long and two feet ten inches wide, in due proportions in all its parts. One column is entwined with an oak wreath and the other with a morning glory. At the base of one is a Masonic emblem, at the base of the other a japonica. An urn surmounts each monument. The brethren surrounded the grave and conducted their sad duty in the most solemn and impressive manner. Mrs. McGuire, his relict, and Judge Lamy, his brother-in-law, now verging upon eighty, were in attendance. The monument was fashioned and erected by John Clendening, of the Hill City Marble Works, of Vicksburg, Miss, at a cost of $1200, and is as beautiful as the life it commemorates. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 3, 1879 Page 2, Column 5 DEATH OF COL. A.C. McKEEN. A dispatch has been received by Dr. J.L. McKeen, dated Belton, Texas, September 22, announcing the death of his brother, Col. A.C. McKeen. He died at 12:30 a.m., Monday, September 22. Col. McKeen left Galveston with his family about six months ago to engage in business at Belton. Dr. McKeen did not know of his illness. Col. A.C. McKeen was born at Augusta, Ga., in 1817; removed to Alabama in 1834 and was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Mobile for many years. With the gold excitement in 1849, he went to California, but returned in 1851 and located at Trenton, La., where he remained, in mercantile business, until 1860, in which year he came to Galveston. He raised the first company of Texas troops destined for Virginia, and left for that State in command of the Lone Star Rifles. He remained in the service till he was disabled in 1863 or ’64, when he returned home. From the close of the war till 1875 he was engaged in the grocery business in this city as member of the firm of J.L. & A.C. McKeen & Co. The silent partner in this house was the famous Gen. J.B. Hood. Before the war Col. McKeen was a Bell and Everett man in politics, but after secession was accomplished, he linked his fortunes with those of his State and section, and proved his sincere devotion by entering the army as above related. Col. McKeen leaves many friends in this city to regret his loss. He was liberal, generous, sociable, charitable, and took an active interest in all that concerned the public welfare. The family he leaves consists of his wife and two sons, Robert and Byron, the former in business at Belton, and the latter at Waco. Dr. J.L. McKeen, of this city, is his only surviving brother. - Galveston News. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 3, 1879 Page 3, Column 2 Capt. George Chamberlain, well-known in this portion of the State during and after the war, died at San Antonio, Texas, yesterday morning. Capt. Chamberlain married Miss Lou Hanna of this place in 1868, who, with one child, survives him. Capt. Chamberlain had many good traits of character, and made and retained friends wherever fortune or fate cast his lot. Of his history outside our parish we know little and of his last illness nothing. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 17, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 DIED, At the residence of his uncle Joseph Grayson, October 6, 1879, CHARLEY RAUCH, aged 19 years; a native of New Orleans, and for the last three years a resident of Ouachita parish. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 24, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Egan, wife of J.C. Egan, Esq., died in Homer a few days ago. We sympathise (sic) deeply with the bereaved husband and motherless little children. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 24, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Last Monday, the 20th instant, at 4:15 P.M. the gentle spirit of the devoted wife of Judge Lewis F. Lamy passed over the river and took its place among the immortals. Tuesday at 4 P.M., surrounded by her friends, she was consigned to the grave. Lucinda Shannon was born in Mississippi in 1810. Left an orphan at a tender age she became a member of Mrs. Louise L. McGuire’s family in Monroe. In 1848 she married Judge Lamy, Mrs. McGuire’s brother, and for thirty-one years she made his home beautiful by her taste and industry and his life happy by her love and devotion. Blessed with no children, her husband and friends engrossed her thoughts and solicitude. Of an amiable and sociable disposition, and for a time possessed of ample means, she dispensed an elegant hospitality that will be a pleasure for many guests to recall. A truly noble nature, she felt deeply for her kind, and sought out and ministered to the afflicted without reference to rank or condition. There will be no more of it, and those who will miss her most had cause to love her best. To her aged and sorrowing husband we can offer no cheer. “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh,” we must submit. The hope of re-union is our faith ? when the stay and joys will be eternal. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 31, 1879 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. Thomas A. Flournoy died in Trenton on the 29th, of cancer of the mouth; aged 31 years. Deceased was a nephew of Major J.H. Flournoy and of the late Capt. A.F. Flournoy. His death is mourned by a large circle of friends. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, November 21, 1879 Page 3, Column 3 Death of Dr. Strother. Dr. Robert C. Strother died at his residence in this city, of congestion of the bowels, on the 6th instant. The sad event was not wholly unexpected, as the Doctor had been in rather feeble health for some time, rarely leaving home and of late seldom showing his usual interest in the active concerns of outdoor life. His was a cheerful disposition, but reverses of fortune, not uncommon in life even with those who look on the bright side of things, as we believe he died, clouded his expectations and thwarted the purposes formed in early life. Dr. Strother was born in Abingdon, Virginia, 17th December, 1830. He was graduated, with the highest honors, at Emory and Henry College; received his degree of Doctor of Medicine, after three years study, in Philadelphia, and subsequently attended several courses of lectures in New Orleans. He began the practice of his profession in his native State. In 1861, he removed to Louisiana, and located in Monroe. His ability was soon recognized, and a large and lucrative patronage followed. A man of great tenderness of heart, he sympathized deeply with his patients and endeared himself to them by his vigilance and unremitting exertions. During the war he was specially detailed to remain at home as resident practitioner at the public’s solicitation. In June, 1865, he married Miss Eliza L. Baker, only daughter of Judge W.J.Q. Baker, of Monroe, who with two sons survive, and to whom our sincere condolence is tendered. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 5, 1879 Page 3, Column 2 DIED, At the residence of Robert J. Nelson, in Monroe, December 2, 1879, ABY CONDON, wife of the late James Burnett. Deceased was about forty-five years old, and for the last three years a member of Mr. Nelson’s family. She was a really good and pious woman, and relieved every want and assuaged every grief in her power. Charity was exemplified in her. He had many amiable qualities and endeared herself to her friends and intimates by unexpected exhibitions of kindness and attention. A good, kind and Christian heart has gone to its rest. Sweet be its sleep. [Vicksburg Herald and Peoria, Illinois, papers please copy. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 26, 1879 Page 2, Column 2 Mr. Joseph W. Locke died at his residence in this city Wednesday morning, after a very brief illness, of hemorrhage of the brain, following a chill and fever of the evening before. His remains were interred with Masonic honors yesterday, in the Monroe cemetery. Mr. Locke’s death is greatly lamented, and, in their loss, his bereaved wife and two little children have the sincere condolence of the entire community. He was a native of Tennessee and died at the early age of 32 years. We learn that he had a paid-up life policy of $3000. NOTE: This same article can also be found in the January 2, 1880 issue, page 3, column 2. # # #