Obits: The Ouachita Telegraph 1881 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 7, 1881 Page 3, Column 2 Mrs. Jennie Calderwood, wife of Dr. John Calderwood, died in this city the night of the 31st ult., after four months’ patient suffering, and but a few days after completing her 34th year. Mrs. Calderwood was born in Port Gibson, Miss, and was the niece of Mr. Henry O’Kelly and the sister of William and Thomas O’Kelly. She leaves a little girl three years old to be reared by some other than her mother, but fortunately by an aunt to whose affectionate keeping she will be consigned by the sorrowing father. The “iron tongue of time” had not yet knelled the death of the Old Year, though but a few minutes were to elapse, when the dying mother, full of hope for the future and blessed with a resignation which comes alone from faith, called to her bedside him with whom she had hoped to live many years, old and new, and said to him, “I shall pass my New Year in heaven.” In a little while, the gentle spirit took its flight, and, yet a few minutes more, the little clock on the mantel struck the hour of twelve. Not in the cold, but in the warm earth, the kind mother of us all, this little mother was laid by sorrowing friends on New Year’s day. Elsewhere, -- out in the commons, not in the graveyard, -- the snow lay light and soft, and so it will henceforth, old year and new, on the grave of this little mother. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, January 7, 1881 Page 3, Column 4 DIED. At the family residence, in the city of Monroe, December 31st, 1880, MRS. JENNIE CALDERWOOD, wife of Dr. John Calderwood, aged 34 years. Port Gibson Reveille and New Orleans papers please copy. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, January 14, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 We offer our sympathy to Judge Strother and family, who mourn the loss of their infant son, Clarence, who died on the night of the 12th inst. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, February 25, 1881 Page 3, Column 4 It is with deep regret that we chronicle the death of Mrs. Anne Burgess, the mother, and of little Ernest T., the son, of our esteemed friend, N. Burgess, Esq., which sad events took place at his residence in Trenton, La., Wednesday, the 23d inst. Little Ernest died at a quarter to 9 o’clock in the morning and was followed by his grandmother at 1 o’clock, p.m. Mrs. Anne Burgess was born in Alabama and was in the 67th year of her age. Ernest was aged 11 years and 3 months. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 4, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Mary F. Richardson, the wife of our esteemed fellow citizen, Col. Robt. Richardson departed this life on last Friday, the 25th inst., after a long and painful illness. An illness which she had borne with that patient fortitude which constitutes one of the most beautiful traits in a true womanly character. But scarcely thirty-five years old, Mrs. Richardson leaves a devoted husband and a large family of children to mourn their irreparable loss. Besides this she has left a blank in our community which it will be difficult to fill. She had for years occupied a leading position in the social circles of our city, and but few public works of charity or benevolence were commenced or achieve without her aid, countenance and support. Truly may we say, a lovely woman has gone to her rest, -- gone securely trusting in the blessed promises of a crucified Redeemer. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 11, 1881 Page 3, Column 3 IN MEMORIAM. Died of pneumonia, February 23, 1881, at Trenton, La., Mrs. Anne Burgess and Ernest T. Burgess, the mother and son of Mr. N. and Mrs. M.E. Burgess. “Death always loves a shining mark,” and in this instance his lance has robbed our friends of their most precious treasures. They were taken sick near the same time and suffered alike for several days. The spirit of sweet little ERNEST was wafted away on the first breath of the morning; six hours later, when the day was in its glow of beauty, his grand-mother calmly sank to rest, and before the shadows of night fall had darkened the vale, they were welcomed at the gate of Paradise by chantings from the angelic band. Mother BURGESS who was in her 67th year, was one of those sweet quiet ladies whose very presence gave to home an air of comfort and sunshine. She was a widow for many years and had trials, but she bore her afflictions with remarkable patience, looking with loving confidence to her children. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and in her were happily blended all those christian graces that so beautify and adorn one born of the Spirit. She has gone to the home of the blessed, there to await the coming of loved ones left behind. ERNEST was 11 years, 3 months old. Too much cannot be said in his praise for he was a very good boy; loving in disposition, amiable in manners, courteous to all, and of such qualities as to make him a general favorite of the moral and good. At home he was gentle and affectionate; to his parents respectful and obedient, to his little brothers loving and attentive. At school, he was much loved by his teachers and play mates. He gave such quiet, serious and earnest attention to devotional exercises at Sabbath school and church, that proved he loved God and desired to be like Jesus. The happy child life on earth is ended, but the angel life in heaven has begun, never to end. O Heaven, how bright and attractive thou art growing! Our precious treasures are being transplanted to bloom forever in the bosom of our Savior! We sympathize deeply with our friends in this double affliction, but would admonish them to look to the great comforter for solace, and try to meet their loved ones in the “Sweet bye and bye.” M.W.P. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, March 18, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Wednesday morning the 16th inst., Mr. John Dobson departed this life at the residence of his son, H.G. Dobson. Mr. Dobson was a native of Ireland and died in the 83rd year of his age. He had been a sufferer for years from rheumatic gout, but his death was hastened by a stroke of paralysis. His remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery yesterday, being followed to the grave by a large funeral cortege. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, April 1, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. Alec. L. Bussey, of Morehouse, died suddenly of hemorrhage, at his residence in Bastrop, on the 28th. The deceased occupied a prominent position in his parish for many years past, and his death will be regretted by all who knew him. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, April 15, 1881 Page 2, Column 2 We notice in the New Orleans papers an announcement of the death of Hon. W.W. King, of that city, senior member of the widely known legal firm of King & Elmore established so long ago as 1835. Mr. King was, we believe, a native of Alabama, and the senior of several brothers who have been in public life in Louisiana. Hon. Peyton G. King was at one time Receiver of Public Moneys in Monroe and a member of the constitutional convention of this state in 1852. He is now a citizen of Birmingham, Ala. F.A. King, Esq., another brother, is practicing law in New Orleans. Judge Shortridge, who ran on the Know Nothing ticket for Governor of Alabama in 1855, married a sister of Mr. King. Judge Shortridge died during the war, we think, but his widow, a most accomplished lady at whose hospitable home the writer was a passing guest during the war, still lives. W.W. King was for a short term Senator from New Orleans in the legislature of the State; assisted the late Hon. Miles Taylor in compiling the statutes of the State, and was at one time Reporter of the Supreme Court. He held no other public positions, but was until quite recently an active and zealous participant in political affairs and always strongly Democratic in his belief and actions. He was, at his death, which terminated a lingering illness, 69 years of age, and leaves a widow and two sons to mourn his loss. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, May 6, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. Henry Oneil, a resident of this parish for many years, died at the residence of Mr. J.W. Scarborough, Sunday, aged 53 years. He had suffered long with a scrofulous affection which finally attacked the main artery of the neck, and resulted in fatal hemorrhage. Mr. Oneil was a native of North Carolina, and died leaving no relatives in this part of Louisiana. Though an industrious mechanic and manager, his worldly effects will not more than suffice to defray funeral expenses. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, June 3, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Catherine Sholars, a most estimable lady, died in Trenton Sunday, and her remains were buried at Bastrop Monday. Mrs. Sholars had reached her sixty-fifth year, having seen several children grow up to maturity, to all of whom she was a devoted mother. Dr. A.B. Sholars and Mr. D.M. Sholars, both of this city, are her sons. Her life had been conspicuously quiet and unobtrusive – of that order which is known more by results than in ostentation. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, June 3, 1881 Page 3, Column 2 Dr. Reuben F. Gray died at Lake Charles on the 26th ult., from a disease of the throat from which he had been a sufferer many months. Dr. Gray was well known to the old residents of Bienville, Jackson, Claiborne and Lincoln parishes, having several years ago lived in Bienville and Jackson, where he was highly esteemed as a citizen and where his experience and knowledge as a physician exalted him among the members of his profession. He was a man of warm heart, plain in his bearing, and simple, it might be said, in all he died, or thought; and yet was strong of purpose, and of wide information. He was the brother of Gen. Henry Gray, new citizen of Texas, and died aged about seventy years. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, June 3, 1881 Page 3, Column 3 OBITUARY. JOSEPH HOFFMAN was born in Bavaria, in the year 1818, and died in Monroe, La., on the 29th day of May, 1881, in the sixty-third year of his age. He came to Monroe in 1852; and has been a resident of this place continuously since that date. It is an amiable weakness with us all, and perfectly natural to sing the praise, and paint in exaggerated colors the virtue of our dead and loved ones. And yet, in looking back through nearly thirty years in which I have known and been familiar with the subject of this notice, it seems utterly impossible for anything to be said too complimentary to JOSEPH HOFFMAN, or that any encomium upon him as a true, upright, noble man could be passed, which would not be merited. It would be impossible to conceive of a life spent in a more direct line of conscientious duty. Never did he wander into excess or extravagance, on the one side; or, into close and heartless selfishness on the other. With an individual devotion to his wife and family, he labored for their comfort and happiness, through all the years of a busy life. His heart, and all his thoughts, ambitions, hopes and affections were centered in his home. As a man, and merchant he was honest, upright, punctual and true; as a citizen he was ever obedient to law and to the call of duty; often entrusted with office, under the city government, he ever discharged his duties with an eye single to the public good; as a neighbor he was sociable, sympathizing, pleasant and unobtrusive; as a Hebrew he was devoted to his worship and his God; and, finally, as a husband and a father he was considerate, kind, gentle, and affectionate. “Take him all in all.,” he was as good and true a man as ever lived a spotless, blameless life, and died loved and mourned by his relatives and friends, and regretted and honored by our entire community. Peace to his ashes! A FRIEND. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, June 17, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. Wm. Schultze, a worthy citizen of this place for the past 15 years, died at his residence on the 11th, after an illness of three days, aged 50 years. Mr. Schultze had been several years a sufferer from dispepsia, a disease contracted no doubt from the sedentary habits of his calling, he having until recently devoted a wonderful store of energy and industry to the business of beet and shoe making. Deceased was a native of Germany, but many years a citizen of this State, in the affairs of which he manifested a lively interest. He leaves a wife, and several children, two nearly grown, to mourn his death. NOTE: In the same issue, page 3, column 4, there is a resolution of respect from the Ouachita Fire Company, No. 1. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, June 17, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Christopher Dabbs Bry, only son and youngest child of the late Major H.M. Bry, died at his residence in this city on Saturday the 11th, in the 28th year of his age. Dabbs, as he was best known, was born in this city, and spent most of a quiet, exemplary life surrounded by the scenes of his childhood. He had hardly emerged into full manhood, with its hopes and ambitions, when disease of a pulmonary character assailed him, and gradual lassitude followed. The result was as we have announced, and with the death of our young friend the name of BRY, a name connected with the earliest settlement of this country and its development since, became extinct, he having no children, although married to a most excellent lady who survives and inherits by will the property of her deceased husband. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, July 1, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 We regret to announce the death of Willie A. Whyte, son of Dr. Whyte, of Trenton, which occurred at the family residence in Trenton Wednesday evening. Willie was nigh on to 20 years of age. We sympathize with the afflicted family. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, July 1, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Monroe was again called upon to mourn the loss of one of its honored and respected citizens last Friday evening. Mr. Nelson had been confined but a short time and his death has created many a void in the hearts of his army of friends who could scarcely realize that our Maker had with but little warning taken from our midst the inspiring influence of such a noble and honorable citizen. A fond wife and three loving children mourn a loss of a husband and father, that was never dearer. May he receive as he has given. NOTE: on the same page, column 4, is a resolution of respect for Savan Nelson from the Ouachita Fire Co., No. 1. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, July 22, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mr. J.H. Mitchell had the misfortune to lose his little son Cobb on last Friday. He was the pet of the household and his demise caused much sadness. We sympathize with the bereaved parents. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, July 29, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Died, At Eureka Springs, Ark., Friday, July 15, 1881, DAVID McCRANIE, a citizen of Ouachita parish; born in South Carolina, February 3, 1809. Sorrow for the death of this aged man is becoming the writer of this, and its most appropriate expression would be a quiet submission to the natural law which terminated his long and industrious life. It was no part of his nature to appear and be more than a quiet, good citizen, and he was in no respect desirous of posthumous praise. His exit from the walks of life, like his course living, was in perfect keeping with this trait of character, so that a peaceful life, though not unmarked with afflictions and hardships, found happily a close, submissive and resigned. This event had not been, for some years, unexpected; but was looked to, at each alarm, with resignation and without murmur. He was strong and brave in all these trying emergencies. His visit to Eureka Springs, was not undertaken so much to prolong life – its early close being fully anticipated – as to be rid of bodily pain. The long and tedious journey, after but a recent illness, was too fatiguing for one so far advanced in years. So the writer feared, but the force of will and purpose which marked Uncle Dave’s acts, carried him forward. The result was physical prostration, and death. His remains were brought to this city and interred in the Monroe Cemetery. These few sentences will supply those who knew DAVID McCRANIE for many years, with such information as they will be most likely to seek concerning his death. It remains to be said, in a personal view, that he was the uncle of the writer, and the writer’s brother, S.M. McCranie, and that their father and mother died while the former was a little boy and the latter an infant. DAVID McCRANIE inherited his brother’s business and the care of his two children. He was careful to educate these children, and equally careful to teach them to act like men. Whatever they have failed to do in following this council is due to no lack of discipline or care on the part of their deceased Uncle. The tasks, for one who had no children himself and was a bachelor until his death, was not, perhaps, one without its trials; but the writer is not doubtful as to the satisfaction his dead Uncle’s efforts afforded him. G.W. McCRANIE. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, July 29, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 A Parting Tribute. Sorrow has visited us and expressions of grief are heard in our little town, from limit to limit. The Death angel came yesterday evening and took from us our dear friend, Miss Angie Drago. She was a most excellent young lady, of rarest virtues and a favorite with all. Her death has created pangs deep down in the hearts of us all, that can never be healed. Being a true and devoted Christian, she has surely found a place in God’s mansion above. No more along the highway of time shall cool garden bowers refresh they gentle spirit; the mellow song of birds, nor the smile of warm affection beguile thy pure heart, for thou hast turned thyself aside from the busy thong of life and bade us a long farewell. But to-day, on this beautiful morning, emblematic of the spotless purity of thy soul, while the fragrance of flowers is gently wafted o’er thy sacred couch, and while friends and relations are weeping for their departed “loved one” thou art rejoicing in the “Bright Forever in the Summer-Land of Song.” Weep no more, parents, sisters, brothers, and friends, she has not perished; she is but gone before and you shall go soon. EDWARD. Trenton, La., July 26, 1881. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday. August 12, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 We sympathize with Capt. T.C. Butler in the loss of his infant son, Russell Augustus, who died Monday evening, aged 14 months. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday. August 12, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 It is with deep regret that we are called upon to chronicle the death of Mr. B.W. Williams, who died at his home in this parish, near Logtown, on Tuesday, the 9th inst. Mr. Williams was a most excellent young gentleman and was verging upon the age of mature manhood. An aged father, now in the evening time of life, and two loving sisters, who looked to him for protection, deplore his loss. They have our sincere sympathy in their great sorrow. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, August 19, 1881 Page 2, Column 3 DEATH OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN. The death of the widow of the late John R. Grymes of this city, closes one of the strangest life dramas that ever assumed prominence in fact or fiction. Mrs. Grymes was born on the Bosque plantation, which occupied the territory known as Algiers. When a right and handsome Creole girl she became the third wife of Louisiana’s first American Governor, W.C.C. Claiborne; and after the death of the Governor she was married to Col. Grymes. A strangely romantic incident in their domestic history caused their separation after a few years of married life, and she, being handsomely provided for, according to certain terms agreed upon – terms with which the general public were never made acquainted – retired with her children to a romantic retreat, not far from New York, and there lived for many years. In course of time one of her daughters was married to a man who subsequently became famous as a lobbyist at Washington; after which Mrs. Grymes removed to France. The daughter in question died about six years ago, in France, and her son and heir, in consequence of the supposed ill treatment of his mother, refused to acknowledge the relationship which his father claimed. Since then the father too has departed hence, and now the octogenarian grandmother has last of all retired. – N.O. City Item. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, August 26, 1881 Page 3, Column 4 In Memoriam. DEDICATED TO MR. AND MRS. D.M. SHOLARS. Mourn not for your little Roy, He died but fall asleep To wake in a beautiful land, Where they neither toil nor reap. Jesus wanted another flower, To bloom in his garden above. And selected your little blossom, As the one of his tender love. He plucked him while yet a bud Ere the canker entered in, Ere the frost of winter blighted, Ere his pure heart knew a sin. O! parent broken hearted. Weep not for your little boy – At the pearly gate he’ll meet you, There you’ll greet your darling Roy. For God has but fastened your heart – With the golden cord of love – To Heaven – where all is tender light – By taking the child you love. You’ve but given another angle, To swell the bright, bright throng, That circle around the throne of life And praise their Maker with song. Then grieve no more for your darling He dwells in a brighter land, Where sin and sorrow and suffering Cannot enter to break that band. “Twill not be long ere you meet him, Ere his sweet face again you’ll see, In that fair land where parting and pains Will ever be unknown to thee. ABBY Virginia, August 16. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, August 26, 1881 Page 3, Column 4 Lines on the Death of Little “Linn” Trousdale. “Of such is the kingdom,” the Savior hath said; “Of such is the kingdom,” and thither he’s fled, On the bosom of Jesus, he rests his dear head, And the streets of God’s city, he doth joyously tread. Mid choirs of saved one he gladly doth stand, And near to the throne at Jesus’ right hand. With the breezes of Heaven his brow is now fanned; Gazing on beauties that wisdom hath planned. We will meet him, we’ll meet him, on the golden shore And with him forever our Savior adore, We’ll join the saved millions who have gone on before, And in volumes like oceans, God’s praises will pour. The day of our sadness will be then passed away, And the darkness of earth will be changed into day; Our sighing and weepings of soul he’ll allay, And from Heaven’s bright precincts we never will stray. B.F.W. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, August 26, 1881 Page 3, Column 4 DIED. MORGAN – On Friday, 19th inst., at the family residence in Monroe, SALLIE, infant daughter of D.C. and Ellie Morgan, aged eight months and twenty-five days. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, September 23, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. Clara Smith, youngest daughter of the late Major Bry, died at Lake Providence, where she was living, last Sunday. She leaves two children, one but a few weeks old, who will sadly miss the ministrations of a mother. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, September 23, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Mrs. T.J. Broadway died at Castor landing Wednesday morning. Mrs. Broadway was the wife of ex-Sheriff Broadway of Caldwell and sister to Dr. T.P. Richardson of this city. Her death, like her life, was peaceful and gentle. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, September 23, 1881 Page 3, Column 1 Father McGuire. Rev. John A. McGuire died at the residence of his son, Mr. J.F. McGuire, in this city Saturday morning. Father McGuire, as he was affectionately called, was born in the last century, April 21, 179, and was a native of Henry county, Kentucky. His health had been failing for some years, but not until a short time back was he unable to appear on the streets where his presence always received marked attention. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church, of which denomination he was an exemplary member and devoted minister, and his remains were interred in Monroe Cemetery with Masonic honors and in the presence of a large concourse of mourning friends. A life lustrous with good examples to both young and old has found its close, and the reward promised to the righteous has found another claimant upon its exhaustless store. We may say with truth, the country mourns the loss of a truly good and pious man. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, October 21, 1881 Page 2, Column 3 The intelligence of the demise of Gov. Wiltz was received here, and commemorated with every manifestation of sorrow. Judge Richardson adjourned the District Court, and all public offices were closed. At the instance of Mayor Endom, all business houses closed at an early hour, and business was entirely suspended. Church bells were tolled, and a meeting to express the public sorrow was held at the court-house, the proceedings of which appear in another place. NOTE: Further articles about the death of Gov. Louis Alfred Wiltz can be found on the same page, columns 1 and 2. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, November 18, 1881 Page 3, Column 3 IN MEMORIAM. URIM LODGE, No. 111, F.A.M. Forksville, La., November 15, 1881 Whereas, this Lodge has been called to lament the death of Past Master Bro. John M. Brooks, who for years has stood in front doing his whole duty as a member, and, Whereas, it is a pleasant duty to recall to memory the virtues which embellished his life, as a Mason and Christian citizen, still it is our mournful duty to remember his death, by telling the esteem in which he was held by the order of our brotherhood; Therefore, Be it resolved by Urim Lodge, No. 111, 1. That death – the inexorable end of all animated life – has seen proper to remove from us a good and true brother, from the family circle an affectionate, indulgent husband, brother and step-father, and from the community an upright, straight-forward Christian citizen. The loss we sustain here cannot be estimated, and for which earth can give no relieving condolence. 2. That we extend to the family of the deceased, in this their great distress, our sincere sympathy and condolence; but, though the husband, father and brother is gone, though the wife and children miss his cheerful presence, the lodge his usefulness, the church his important counsel; yet we must remember that all have to yield to the stern mandate of the Grand Master above; believing that our loss inures to his eternal welfare. 3. That, in token of our respect for his memory, this report be spread upon our records and that a page thereof be dedicated for the same, and that the brothers of the lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 4. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family of our deceased brother, also to the OUACHITA TELEGRAPH for publication. J.N. FULLER, A.H. SHEPPARD, J.A. COVINGTON Committee. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 9, 1881 Page 2, Column 1 Judge Louis F. Lamy, an aged and highly esteemed citizen of Monroe, died, after an illness of several weeks, Thursday afternoon. Judge Lamy was a native of this parish, and died, loved and respected, at the ripe old age of 81 years. He was parish judge of Ouachita parish from 1832 to 1844. Since 1844 the Judge has been occupying only the position of a private citizen, seldom leaving the cherished bounds of his own unpretending homestead, but enjoying the esteem of those who did not know him personally as well as those who did. He was a gentleman of the old school, and a citizen of unblemished repute and inflexible devotion to his country. Peace to his ashes! The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 9, 1881 Page 2, Column 3 Judge Isaac H. Crawford died in Delta, after a long illness, on the 12th ult. He was a brother to Judge Thos. Crawford, at one time Judge of this district, and who was assassinated in Franklin parish. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 9, 1881 Page 2, Column 3 Mr. Claudius Couzy, of New Orleans, who opened a grocery store in this city the latter part of September, did of paralysis at his place of business Monday evening. His remains were taken to New Orleans for interment. Mr. Couzy had made many friends in our city during his brief residence here, and his death is generally regretted. The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 9, 1881 Page 2, Column 3 DIED, On the 26th of November, 1881, after a long and painful illness, ARMINDA FAUST, consort of the late J.M. Faust, of Ouachita parish, La.; aged 69(?) years, 3 months and 14 days. God has taken our mother, we may go to her, but she shall not return to us. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.” The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 16, 1881 Page 2, Column 3 Captain Elisha S. Austin died at his home in New Orleans on the 6th instant, aged 55 years. Capt. Austin was a native of Missouri, and the brother of our esteemed friend, Mr. Ed. Austin, and of the wife of ex-Senator Drake of the Court of Claims. He was well known in river circles, and especially along the Ouachita where he had been pilot and captain for a number of years. He was an officer in whom implicit trust was placed and a man and citizen who was highly esteemed by all who knew him. His wife, who survives, is a sister of Dr. John Calderwood, of this city. May the faithful old pilot’s soul rest in peace! The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 23, 1881 Page 2, Column 3 OBITUARY. Died at her home in Monroe, La., December 13 (?), 1881, ANNIE C. McFEE, eldest daughter of the late George W. McFee and Mrs. Pauline McFee. Annie McFee was born April 7, 1866 and joined the Presbyterian church early, which profession she adorned through all her relations as daughter, sister and friend. Her sufferings were severer, yet in the extreme hour of death, she forgot not her Maker, but bore with gentle patience and christian fortitude the lingering pains and sufferings incident to the fever of which she died. Death comes equally to all and makes us all equal when it comes, no matter what position we may hold in life. No sex, no age is spared; but it is sad to see one so lovely have a life so brief. “Missie” was generally beloved not only by those of her family circle, but all who knew her. She had departed from her home on earth as pure as when her eyes first opened to the light, that she may dwell in that Home above where there is neither sorrowing nor sin; and our grief for her loss is softened by the belief that a merciful Father has taken her from many a sorrow and cankering care to be felt by us where she has left behind. Farewell, dear Missie! The heart of your schoolmate and constant friend is sad as she pens for you this last tribute of affection. Thou wert too pure for earth. God keep thee in ret and happiness, dear friend! A SchoolMATE, V.I.E. # # #