obTUVWXYZ-1800 Rapides Parish, Louisiana ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TALLEY, TILLIZELLE PAULINE Submitted by Houston Tracy Jr The Daily Town Talk, Monday, August 23, 1897. In Pineville, La. on Monday morning, Aug. 23rd, 1897 at 1:16 o'clock, Tillizelle Pauline TALLEY, beloved wife of Capt. C. E. BALL, age 57 years. Cause of death, pneumonia. Deceased leaves three daughters: Mrs. Stephen Barrett, Mrs. Edw. Hopkins and Mr. W. H. Barron; and six sons: Louis, Robert, John, James, Joseph and Julius; one sister, Mrs. Soloma PAUL and twenty-four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Interment will be made in Rapides Cemetery, Pineville at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. BALL was born and raised in Rapides Parish, and was married to Capt. BALL on Oct. 2nd, 1856. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TALLY, J.M., MRS. Alexandria Town Talk Weekly; 7 Feb 1885. Sudden Death in Pineville - Mrs. J.M. Tally, residing back of the Episcopal Cemetery, died very suddenly in Pineville, on the 29th ult., of dropsy of the heart. The deceased with the exception of her little daughter was all alone when she died. She got out of bed to get some soup, and fell dead, and her body came very near falling in the fire-place. Mr. Tally, a one armed man, has been working at the rock quarry, above Pineville, and was too poor to remain at home and attend to his wife. The ladies of Pineville very kindly sent food and medicine to Mrs. Tally, while sick, as her husband did not have money to procure same. Mr. Tally and family moved from the Atchafalaya river several months since. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXADA, LEWIS E. Alexandria Town Talk Weekly, 6 Sep 1884. Tribute of Respect. Hall Oliver Lodge, No. 84, Alexandria, La., Aug. 28, 1884. The undersigned committee appointed by Oliver Lodge, No. 84, F&A.M., to take proper action in reference to the death of our late Brother, Lewis E. Texada, beg leave to report as follows, viz: Whereas, It has pleased our Great Grand Master, the Divine Architect of Nature and all its glorious works, in His supreme wisdom, to transfer from his earthly labor to spirtual refreshment, our most worthy Brother, L. E. Texada, therefore we in profoundest grief, reverently and humbly bow in submission to the Divine devree of "Him who doeth all things right." The suddenness of the summons to our deceased Brother should be to us an impressive reminder that "in the midst of life we are in death." The most enduring monument to his name and fame will be the memory of the purity of his life, for in both his public and private walk he was ever an exemplification of probity and honor, and his good deeds will follow him. They have been graphically portrayed by able pens and loving hearts; it is our peculiar privilege to speak of him as a Mason, for long and most devoted has been his attachment to the Order. As one of the oldest and most worthy members of Oliver Lodge, No. 84 of F.& A. Masons, we are now called on officially to mourn his loss, to mingle our grief with the community at large, but more especially with his deeply afflicted family. As a Mason Brother Texada ever exemplified his faith by his works, for love and charity were the guilding stars of his action through life. As a reward for bright and conscientious devotion to Masonic duty he had been called to fill various and highly responsible positions in the fraternity, from all of which he emerged with increassed lustre. - Possessing in the highest degree the esteem, love and confidence of his Masonic brethren, they now unite in paying this last sad but most affectionate tribute to his memory, for on the tablets of our hearts it is indelibly written, while the external emblems of mourning will drape our Lodge and each member thereof the deepest and most endearing will exist amongst its members. May that sacred emblem, the "Acacia," ever continue green above his hallowed grave, as his Christian and masonic veitues will be kept fresh and green in our hearts. Therefore be it recommended that this Lodge be draped in mourning; that the members thereof wear the usual badge for thirty days; also, that as further respect toward our late Brother, these proceedings be entered on the minutes of the Lodge, and a copy thereof be handed the family of the deceased with our profoundest sympathy, and that each of our local papers be requested to publish this. E. Weil, GO. Watt, Julius Levin, Committee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- obWXYZ-1800 WALE, MRS. Alexandria Weekly Town Talk, 16 Feb 1884. We are sorry to learn that W. L. Wale, druggist at the Eagle Drug Store, Alexandria, has lost his wife. She died at her home at Pine Island, near Lamourie, on Sunday, Feb. 10th. 1884. She was an old resident of this parish, and died at an advanced age. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WALKER, GOTLIEB Submitted by Floreda Varick JF3bMJB@aol.com "Louisiana Democrat" December 13, 1871. IN MEMORIAL, Hall Pacific Fire Company #1, Alexandria, Louisiana December 9, 1871 Whereas it has pleased the will of God to be accomplished in the sudden removing from this world of our much esteemed lamented comrade, Gotlieb Walker, therefore be it Resolved that in his death we find cause for lamentation and are profoundly stricken with grief at its sudden appearance That we tender our heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved widow and orphaned children in the loss of their friend and protector That our engine house be placed in mourning and that we wear the emblem of sorrow for 30 days That our thanks are due and hereby rendered the members of Hook and Ladder Company # 1 for their attendance at the funeral obsequies of our deceased comrade That a copy of this memento be furnished the family of the deceased and that they be published one in the Louisiana Democrat and Rapides Gazette. (signed by committee) Adolph Kraft, G. L. Dessins, Isaac H. Sackman, Wm. Leckie, B. Pressburg Note by Floreda Varick: this is my great-grandfather. He was born in Germany about 1828 and arrived in Alexandria from Germany in 1847. He died in November 1871. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WALKER, JACOB Submitted by Floreda Varick JF3bMJB@aol.com Alexandria Daily Town Talk Friday, October 5, 1883. Personals-Mr. Jacob Walker is reported as being very ill. He is a a member of the Hook and Ladder Company and some of its members were notified and called upon by the proper officer to sit up with him last night. Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Tuesday, October 9, 1883 Died, on Sunday evening, October 7, 1883, Jacob Walker. His funeral took place yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. He was a member of the Stonewall Hook and Ladder Co. and they and the Pacific Fire Company escorted his remains to their last restplace in the Pineville Cemetery. Mr. Walker a short time ago was in Natchez, Miss, selling some stock, and the miasmatic influences of the swamps on the Louisiana side, through which he passed, got into his system and the effect of which was he cause of his death. Mrs. Walker, his mother, has our heartfelt sympathy having lost two sons inside of a month. Mr. Wm. Hustmyre was a half brother to the deceased. Mr. Walker leaves a wife and family to mourn his loss. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WATKINS, RUFUS Alexandria Town Talk Weekly, 11 Apr 1885 Died. - Rufus, infant son of Charley Watkins, of Pineville, died on last Sunday evening, at 5 o'clock and was buried yesterday evening at 3 o'clock. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAMS, AMELIA Alexandria Town Talk Weekly, 21 Feb 1885 A colored woman named Amelia Williams, wife of Frank Williams died in Alexandria on 12th inst., and was buried Friday afternoon. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAMS, STEPHEN D. Alexandria Town Talk Weekly; 22 Nov 1884. Died at Hineston, Rapides Parish, La., S.D. Williams, on the 6th day of November, 1884. Mr. Williams was born at Camden, South Carolina, on September 15th, 1828, and was fifty-six years of age when he died. He removed to the state of Alabama with his father's family, where he resided until he came to this State, in November, 1854. After his arrival here he went into the employment of Mr. Henderson James, near Cotile, in this parish. On the 24th day of December, 1857, he was married to his estimable wife, Miss Madelain M. Rougeau, on Spring Creek, near Hineston. Soon after his marriage he settled at Hineston where he has been engaged as a merchant for nearly twenty-five years. He volunteered in the 4th Louisiana Regiment during the war, and served with that command until discharged. In the death of Mr. Williams this community and the entire parish has suffered a severe loss. In all the prominent relations of life, he was a valuable citizen. A kind and indulgent parent, and affectionate husband, a firm and sincere friend, an upright, faithful and law abiding man. He was throughly honest in all his dealings, and loved integrity from conviction and principle. He never acted on policy or expediency, but ever from honest purpose, and inherent fidelity. He had no patience with fraud or deception, and scorned concession to anything that he did not believe to be right. He was plain, candid and utterly incapable of anything beneath the dignity of a gentleman. S.D. Williams was a man of large sympathy, and was always prompt to extend a helping hand to those who needed it. Necessity and want never appealed to him in vain. This section of the parish will long remember his many deeds of kindness, forbearance and active aid in time of need. He was a leader in all that pertained to the public good. As a Parish legislator he discharged his duties in a fearless and magnanimous manner, without partiality or favor for the benefit of all without regard for local sentiment. His first vote was cast for the triumph of Democratic principles, and he steadfastly kept the faith and died with unwavering confidence in the success of his party. Standing upon the confines of eternity on the day of the election, God grant that he realized heavens approval of his cherished principles. Williams was one of natures noblemen, without affectation or pretense, he acted as God made him to act; he was not a professor of any sanctimonious religious dogma, but he did his best to imitate God in His kindness, goodness and clarity. He loved his friends and had no one for enemies. Let us all imitate his virtues, and endeaver to live as blameless a life as he did. The friend with whom we took counsel is moved visibly from there outward eye; but the lessons his life taught, the sentiments that he uttered, the deeds of generosity by which he was characterized, the moral linaments and likeness of the man still survive and appear in the silence of eventide and on the tablets of memory and in the light of morn and dewy eve; and beihg dead he yet speaks eloquently; and in the midst of us. His illness was long and painful, but he calmly awaited the inevitable hour with fortitude and dignified resignation. When it came he received it. "Like one who wraps the drapery of his coach about him And lies down to pleasant dreams." Farewell plane and honest Williams, thou art gone to that mind's covered country from which no traveler has ever returned. "Slave to no sect who took no private road, But looked straight up through nature to nature's God, Pursued the chain that links the immense design, Joins heaven and earth and mortal and divine." C. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WILSON, MAUD Alexandria Town Talk Weekly, 14 Feb 1885 Died: Wilson - At "Once More" plantation, in this parish, on the 5th inst., Maud, infant daughter of W.E. Wilson and Ella Kennedy, aged 2 years and 8 months. Thus at the most interesting period of her young life, when by her artless prattle, her many graces and endearing ways, this tender flower, this bud of early promise, has been torn from the fond embrace of loving parents, and their hearts re now desolate. Weep not, ye of earth, but be comforted by the assurance, that in escaping the sin, the trials and cares of those below, her gentle spirit has been called to Heaven. The Saviour beckoned; how could she delay? Alex'a, La., Feb. 6th, 1885 --------------------------------------------------------------------- WOODS, POLLY Alexandria Weekly Town Talk, 13 Sep 1884. A colored woman named Polly Woods who has been residing in the lower part of Alexandria died last Thursday and was buried Saturday. --------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUNG, HARRISON Town Talk Weekly, 31 May 1884 Harrison Young, a well-known colored man, who has been living in Alexandria for a long time, and has been sick for the last two months, died on Thursday, and was buried by the parish. Last fall, he was shot by another of his color directly through the neck, the ball going in below one ear and coming out below the other. He recovered from the wound which was a miraculous escape from death, and died of another complaint. --------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUNG, WILLIAM Alexandria Weekly Town Talk, 26 July 1884 Died on Wednesday evening, July 23rd, 1884, at 7 o'clock, Wm. Young, a native of Germany, aged 30 years. The deceased was well known to most of our citizens. He has been gardening aout two years for Mr. Nelson Ball, and sold vegetables in town. He leaves a wife and two children. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon; the interment was made in the Pineville Cemetery. ----------------------------------------------------------------------