1883 Death Notice of William A. Darby & Hugh C. Glasson of Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana Submitted by: T. D. Hudson Date of Submission: August 2001, updated 25 April 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== ================================================================================== 1883 Death Notice of William A. Darby & Hugh C. Glasson of Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana Published in: ++ "The Monroe Bulletin", issues of Wednesday, 25 April 1883, page 2, column 2, and Wednesday, May 2, 1883, page 2, column 1 ++ Farmerville "Gazette", centennial issue of 1939, Section 3, page 4 Verified by dates on tombstones in Farmerville Cemetery ================================================================================== ================================================================================== ================================================================================== ================================================================================== From: The Monroe Bulletin", issue of Wednesday, 25 April 1883 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== UNFORTUNATE FARMERVILLE. But a few weeks ago a fire destroyed the largest dry goods store in Farmerville. Mr. Stein, the owner, is absent trying to compromise the differences between him and the Underwriters before rebuilding. The walls were left standing, towering above contiguous buildings. Saturday evening last a tornado struck the town, the wall was blown down upon Glasson's saloon completely demolishing it. Five persons were in it. H.C. Glasson was killed, W.A. Darby had one leg broken and was otherwise seriously if not fatally injured, Marion Shultz was badly hurt, Thomas Dawson was fearfully bruised and F.Jones miraculously escaped unhurt. ================================================================================== ================================================================================== From: The Monroe Bulletin", issue of Wednesday, 2 May 1883 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== Mr. W.A. Darby, one of the sufferers in the Farmerville storm, died from the effects of his injuries. ================================================================================== ================================================================================== From: Farmerville "Gazette", centennial issue of 1939 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== Recalls Cyclone Another interesting incident in the history of the town about 1885 [sic - 1883] was a cyclone that struck the village. Mr. Leimkuhler recalls that there was a little saloon and the cyclone, sweeping down across the town, struck this small building. "The building was crushed to the floor and the falling shed crushed Dink Glasson's head and hurt Judge W. A. Darby internally; they both died in Julius Arent's store, a short while later. Another man suffered a crush, I think. Marion Shultz was bruised about the head and body and when they removed the ruins he was found under a round table." He continues his narrative, "When Stein's store burned, he used his house across the street as a store until a new one was built. The carpenter who worked on the building was Hilliary Ham, Jim McFarland, two other carpenters and a negro, Dave Christian. The ground floor in the front was Jeff Baughman's clothing store, and the center was Jack Apfel's barroom. He lived next to his barroom..." ================================================================================== NOTES: 1) The newspaper accounts are corroborated by the tombstone of William A. Darby in the Farmerville Cemetery, which says that Darby was born on 1 November 1817 in Caswell County North Carolina, and he died on 21 April 1883. This tombstone stated that the monument was "Erected by Daniel Stein to the memory of his friend." 2) Hugh C. Glasson (c1818 – 21 Apr 1883) was born in Georgia. In 1860, he lived in Farmerville, owned $1000 worth of real estate and had a personal estate valued at $2000. His occupation was listed as "Loafer". His wife at that time was listed only as M. S. M. Glasson, born about 1838 in Alabama. Their had one child, a daughter also named M. S. M. Glasson, born about 1857 in Louisiana. By 1867, Hugh had remarried to a widow, Jane Elizabeth Gilbert (Feb 1831 - 13 Aug 1920). 3) William A. Darby worked at many jobs during his life, including a farmer, druggist, and hotel owner. He also did much public service to Farmerville and Union Parish, working as a treasurer of the police jury, president of the Union Parish School Board, justice of the peace, judge, etc. #############################################################################