Guilford County, NC - Obituaries from The Times, 1860 The Times, Greensboro, NC ~~~January 7, 1860 In McConnellsville, S. C., on the 14th December, Mr. Reuben McConnell; aged 61 years. In Union county, on the 8th December, Mrs. Burnett, wife of John Burnett. In Salisbury, on the 13th December, Mr. J. H. Jenkins; aged 46 years. In Chapel Hill, on the 21st November, Mrs. Mary A., wife of Mr. Calvin Scott; aged 24 years. In Lincolnton, on the 29th November, Mrs. Lucy M., wife of Mr. J. M. Ramseur; aged 47 years. In Rowan county, on the 10th inst., Miss Mary McLaughlin; aged 67 years. In Washington, D. C., on the 18th December, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of John Philley; aged 39 years. In this place on the 20th December, Charles B. Collier; aged 17 years. ~~~January 14, 1860 In Harnett co., on the 21 January, Mr. Daniel Shaw; aged 85 years. In Wilmington, on the 4th January, Mr. Wm. Alva Burr; aged 44 years. In Columbus county, on the 5th January, Mr. Enoch Robbins; aged 37 years. In Washington, on the 26th December, Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Wm. Eborn. In Fayetteville, on the 30th December, Mr. Owen Williamson; aged 51 years. In New York, on the 30th December, Penelope, widow of the late Gregory Townsend Bedell, and mother of the Rt. Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell; aged 68 years. In Chatham county, on the 23rd December, Mrs. Sally, wife of Mr. Wm. Merritt. In Pickens County, Ala., on the 7th December, Nancy James formerly of Person county, N. C. In Haywood county, N. C., in the thirty-sixth year of his age, John Redsleve. In High Point, on the 23rd December, Mrs. Mary H. Denny; aged 30 years. Mrs. Denny first joined the Presbyterian Church in Clarksville, Va., in 1843, under the ministry of her brother, Rev. Daniel G. Doak; thence she returned to North Carolina, and but a few months since joined the little Church organized in High Point. It was owing as much to her prayers and efforts as to any other human instrumentality that this Church was built. She lived only long enough to see the blessing of God rest upon it-hers was the first funeral preached in it. She died as she lived, meekly leaning upon the arms of the Redeemer. Her last words to her minister were these: "Tell all my friends that I have found the Savior precious not only life, but precious too, upon a dying bed." ~~~January 21, 1860 Near Chapel Hill, Texas, on the 18th December, Mr. Leonidas B. LeMay, formerly of Raleigh; aged 31 years. ~~~January 28, 1860 In Mecklenburg county on the 17th inst. Mr. Henry Hunter; aged about 75 years. In Cabarrus county, on the 9th inst. Mr. Seneca Turner; aged about 45 years. In Richmond county, on the 7th inst. Mrs. Sarah Crouch, wife of Samuel Crouch, Sr.: aged 72 years. Near Ebenezerville, York District, S. C. on the 9th inst. Mr. James P. Hutchison; aged abut 52 years. In Raleigh, on the 16th inst. Mrs. Nancy Selby, wife of T. H. Selby. In Berryville, Va., on the 17th inst. Wilmer, youngest son of Mr. Rebecca A. Smith. ~~~February 11, 1860 In Mecklenburg county, on the 4th inst. Mrs. Henderson, wife of Mr. Isaac Henderson; aged 75 years. In New Orleans, on the 27th ult., Mrs. Erwin, wife of Mr. Marcus Erwin, of Asheville. In Tippah county, Miss., on the 7th January, Mr. Benj. Smith, formerly of Anson county. ~~~February 18, 1860 In Union county, on the 2nd inst., Mr. James Robinson; aged 81 years. In Calhoun county, Miss., on the 28th December, Mr. Benj. T. Covington, formerly of Anson county; aged 32 years. In Raleigh, on the 5th inst., of consumption, Wm. A. Terry; aged 19 years. In Caswell county, on the 28th of January, Mrs. Mary Roscoe; aged 114 years. In Caswell county, on the 3rd inst., Mary, wife of John S. Miles, Esq. ~~~February 25, 1860 In York District, S. C., on the 4th inst., Mrs. Mary M., wife of the late Dr. John B. Hunter. In Union county, on the 15th inst. Col. James A. Dunn; aged 67 years. ~~~March 10, 1860 In Raleigh, on the 28th February, Rev. Henry F. Green. In Wilmington, on the 3rd inst., Gen. Lewis H. Marsteller; aged 56 years. In Gatesville, on the 24th February, Mrs. Sarah Ann Nixon. In Putnam county, Ga., on the 14th January, Mrs. Sarah McKinley, formerly of Mecklenburg; aged 80 years. In York District, S. C., on the 25th February, Mr. Samuel Melton; aged 72 years. In York District, S. C., on the 17th February, Miss Amanda Wilson; aged 20 years. In York District, S. C. on the 24th February, Mrs. Deborah Watson; aged 92 years. ~~~March 17, 1860 In this place on the 8th inst., Mrs. Eliza Ozment; aged 22 years. In Butte county, Cal., on the 24th December, 1859, Mr. Oran A. Stedman, formerly of Chatham county. In Richmond county, on the 13th February, Mrs. Martha, wife of Oliver H. Dockery; aged 32 years. ~~~March 23, 1860 In this place on the 20th inst., Mrs. Eliza Hennig, daughter of Joseph Sears. In Mecklenburg county, on the 8th inst., Mr. J. Parks; aged 22 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 2nd inst., Mr. B. N. Marston, of Illinois. In Gaston county, on the 12th inst., Mr. Thos. Groves; aged 93 years. In Yorkville, S. C., on the 12th inst., Mrs. Mary Jane Miller; aged 36 years. In Rock Hill, S. C., on the 11th inst., Mrs. Mary S. Hutchinson. In Summerfield, in this county, on the 15th inst., Mr. Charles Barham Harris; aged 84. In Summerfield, in this county, on the 17th inst., Mrs. Mary M. Albright, widow of George Albright, of Alamance; aged 70 years. ~~~April 7, 1860 In Alamance county, at his residence, on the 23rd of March, Mr. Lewis Albright: aged 45 years. He died after an illness of only three days, and was not considered dangerous till about four hours previous to his death, during which time he was speechless. He died with affection of the brain. In this place, on the 31st March, Miss Rosanna Luther; aged about 20 years. In Orange co., on the 18th March, Miss Sallie Thompson; aged about 70 years. In Chatham county, on the 14th March, Mr. George Drake; aged 77 years. A soldier in the war of 1812. In Anson co., on the 14th March, Mr. Jas. M. Morgan, of consumption; aged 18 years. ~~~April 14, 1860 In this place, on the 6th inst., Mrs. Susan Garrett, widow of Thomas Garrett, deceased; aged 80 years. In Charlotte, on the 5th inst., Mrs. A. L. Boyd; aged 51 years. In Charlotte, on the 3rd inst., Mr. Ezekiel Elms; aged 68 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 4th inst., Mr. John G. Query; aged 77 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 7th inst., Mrs. Margaret Hennegen; aged 44 years. In Iredell county, on the 30th March, Mr. Ledbetius Gaither; aged 77 years. Near White Hall, on the 14th March, Mr. R. Newton Freeman, of pneumonia; aged three-score years. A respected member of White Hall Division S. of T. In Craven county, on the 5th March, Dr. Joseph B. Outlaw, a native of Bertie co.; aged 62 years. In York District, S. C. on the 19th March, Mrs. Jane Hopper; aged 26 years. In York District, S. C. on the 29th March, Mr. John Warren; aged 83 years. In Marion District, S. C., on the 4th March, Capt. Benj. Goss. ~~~April 21, 1860 In this place, Saturday morning, the 14th inst., of consumption, Miss Sallie A. Swift; aged about 19 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 15 inst., Rev. James Walker; aged 35 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 8th inst., Mrs. Jane L. Qunry; aged 69 years. In Lincolnton, on the 8th inst., Miss Elizabeth Ryden; aged 74 years. In Rutherford co., on the 2nd inst., Mr. Francis Logan; aged 80 years. In Yorkville, S. C., on the 10th inst., Prof. P. K. Thomas, of the King's Mountain Military School; aged 22 years. In York District, S. C., on the 8th inst., Benj. Davis; aged 45 years. On the 4th inst., Mr. John Kennedy; aged 70 years. On the 1st inst., Hiram Clark; aged 30 years. On the 4th inst., Mrs. Cynthia Hill; aged 61 years. In Chatham county, on the 9th inst., Mr. Larkin Vestal; aged 36 years. In Milton, on the 7th inst., Mr. George Smith. In Cumberland county, on the 8th inst., Mrs. Martha A. Culbreth; aged 48 years. In Baltimore, Md., on the 8th inst., Mr. Randolph W. Latimer, formerly of Fayetteville; aged 69 years. In Duplin county, on the 6th inst., Willis Wilson; aged 54 years. ~~~April 28, 1860 In Randolph county, on the 15th inst., Miss Nancy L. Swafford; aged 16 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 11th inst., Mr. C. T. McLure; aged 28 years. In Macon county, on the 9th inst., Rev. John E. McPherson; aged 54 years. In York District, S. C., on the 19th inst., Mr. Jesse K. Armstrong; aged 63 years. In Isle of Wight county, Va., on the 27th March, Mrs. Sallie Pruden; aged about 32 years. On the 8th inst., at the N. C. Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Miss Bettie Hughes Ray, of Graham, Alamance county; aged about 11 years. ~~~May 5, 1860 In Mecklenburg county, on the 30th April, Mr. Eli Griffeth. In Mecklenburg county, on the 22nd April., Mrs. Rosanna Blantchard; aged 74 years. In Floyd county, Ga., on the 13th April, Mr. D. A. Williamson; aged about 50 years. A native of Mecklenburg county. In Statesville, on the 16th April, Mrs. Jane E., wife of R. Q. Davidson; aged 24 years. In Wake county, near Raleigh, on the 20th April, Mr. Nathaniel Jones; aged 20 years. In Richmond, on the 20th April, Mr. Nathaniel Macon Martin; aged 52 years. In Henrico county, Va., on the 27th April, Mrs. Betty C. Badking; aged 26 years. In Richmond, on the 26th April, Miss Sally, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Sully. ~~~May 12, 1860 In this place, on the 4th inst., Mrs. Laura, wife of H. C. Bencini; aged about 20 years. Near Danville, Va., April 29th, Dr. Nathaniel T. Green. For forty years a popular physician of that community. In Iredell county, on the 16th April, Mrs. Ann Young; aged about 92 years. She was a daughter of Gilbrath Falls, who was killed at the battle of Ramsour's Mill, in the revolutionary war. In Wake county, on the 23rd April, Hilliard Hudson; aged 56 years. ~~~May 19, 1860 In Mecklenburg county, on the 9th inst., Mrs. Margaret, wife of the late Eli Griffith; aged 62 years. In Cabarrus county, on the 5th inst., Mrs. C. A., consort of Dr. Cyrus A. Alexander. In Union county, on the 28th ult., Mr. Peter Parker; aged about 90 years. In Statesville, on the 1st. inst., Mr. Thomas Cowan, of Rowan county; aged 51 years. In Yorkville, S. C., on the 6th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Herndon; aged 76 years. In Marianna, Fla., on the 30th April, Mr. George W. Tillinghast; aged 57 years. A native of Fayetteville. In Cumberland county, on the 7th inst., Mr. Samuel Cain; aged 45 years. In Richmond county, on the 16th April, Mr. Daniel Graham. ~~~May 26, 1860 At Chapel Hill, on the 18th inst., Mrs. Robina Norwood, relict of the late Judge Norwood; aged 88 years. In Brunswick county, on the 14th inst., of dropsy on the chest, Mary P., wife of John M. Sikes; aged 53 years. In Union county, on the 23rd April, Mr. Grove W. May; aged 57 years. In Berryville, Va., on the 13th inst., Miss Kate, daughter of the late Wm. H. White, of Fredericksburg, Va. ~~~June 2, 1860 In Washington City, on the 18th May, Mrs. Altona F., wife of John Wilder Cameron, Esq., formerly of Fayetteville, and second daughter of the late Weston R. Gales, of Raleigh. In Chatham county, on the 5th May, Mrs. Ann, relict of Robert Palmer, Sr.; aged 79 years. In Columbia, Randolph county, on the 16th May, Mrs. Mary H., wife of James Whitehead; aged about 25 years. In Wilmington, on the 21st May, Mr. Lewis H. Pierce; aged about 40 years. In Moore county, on the 8th April, Mr. Hugh Keith; aged 88 years. In Wilmington, on the 12th May, Mrs. Boyd, native of Leith, Edinburgshire, relict, of Mr. James Boyd, late master H. B. M. service. In LaGrange, Tenn., on the 17th May, James London; youngest child of Rev. Thomas and Mary H. Wright; formerly of Wilmington. In New Albany, Miss., on the 24th January last, Mr. Alexander Morgan; born at Old Henderson, Montgomery county, on the 18th June, 1809. At the same place, on the 11th April, Mrs. Elizabeth A., relict of A. Morgan; aged 31 years. At the same place, on the 17th April, Nancy C., eldest and only daughter of A. and E. A. Morgan, dec'd. At the same place, on the 21st April, John Caldwell Calhoun, third son of A. and E. A. Morgan, dec'd; aged 5 years. At the same place, on the 24th April, Jerome Clay, second son of A. and E. A. Morgan, dec'd; aged 10 years. ~~~June 9, 1860 In Philadelphia, on the 31st May, Mrs. Penelope L., wife of Col. R. T. Paine, of Edenton, N. C.; aged 45 years. In Robeson co., on the 26th May, Mr. J. M. Hartman. In Montgomery county, on the 16th May, Mr. Isaac M. Hall; aged 23 years. Also, on the 20th May, Mr. Jesse w. Hall; aged 20 years. In Duplin county, on the 19th May, Mr. Joseph Carroll; aged 73 years. In Bladen county, on the 23rd May, Mr. Alexander King, Sr.; aged 92 years. In Springfield, Missouri, on the 7th May, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of the late Col. B. Elliott, and mother of Col. H. B. Elliott, late of Randolph co.; aged 73 years. In Leon county, Texas, on the 15th April, Daniel M. Smith, of Bladen county, N. C.; aged 22 years. ~~~June 16, 1860 In this county, on the 1st inst., Dr. Nathaniel B. Houston; aged 66 years. In Richmond, Va., on the 7th inst., Mrs. Mary Jones; aged 69 years. In Richmond, Va., on the 6th inst., Mrs. Maria Scott; aged 54 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 22nd May, Mr. Edward S. Worsham; aged 29 years. In Washington, on the 31st May, Mr. John Long; aged 66 years. ~~~June 23, 1860 In Alexander county, on the 30th May, of typhoid fever, Mrs. C. C., wife of Mr. J. H. Perry. In New Kent county, Va., on the 9th inst., Mrs. Agnes A. Burfoot, daughter of Capt. Charles Howle, dec'd; aged 74 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 6th inst., Mrs. Patsy Galloway; aged about 80 years. In Iredell county, on the 9th inst., Mrs. Jane Allison; aged 76 years. ~~~June 30, 1860 In Raleigh, on the ---inst., Mrs. Harriet, wife of Mr. W. C. Tucker; aged 71 years. In Duplin county, on the 1st inst., Mr. Washington Gillespie; aged 50 years. In Charlotte, on the 21st inst., Mrs. Catharine A., wife of Mr. John Harty; aged 29 years. In Charlotte, on the 23rd inst., Mrs. Jane, wife of Mr. D. Byerly; aged 30 years. ~~~July 7, 1860 In this county, on the 14th June, Mrs. Rachel Petty; aged 83 years. In this county, on the 31st, May, Sarah Jane, wife of John A. Mebane. In this county, on the 16th June, David C., infant son of John A., and the late Sarah Jane Mebane; aged five months. In Nansemond county, Va., on the 24th June, Miss Sarah Lassiter; aged 18 years. In Gaston county, on the 17th June, of typhoid fever, Mrs. O. Z. Houston, wife, of J. M. M. Houston; aged 20 years. In Anson county, on the 27th June, of apoplexy, Dr. Thomas C. Hall; aged 32 years. In Haywood, on the 27th June, of typhoid fever, Miss Peggie S., daughter of Robert and Letitia S. Faucett; aged 17 years. ~~~July 14, 1860 At his residence in Edgecombe county, on the 5th, Rev. John F. Speight, aged about fifty years. In Charlotte, on the 2nd, Mrs. Eliza Whitener, wife of H. H. Whitener, aged 28 years. In Gaston county, on the 1st, Mrs. Martha C. Torrence, wife of John Torrence, aged 89 years. In Hillsboro, on the 2nd, William D. Gaillard, aged 24 years, a native of South Carolina. In Wilmington, on the 7th, Junius H. Bunting; aged 26 years. ~~~July 21, 1860 In Charlotte, on the 30th of May, Mr. Robert F. Barnett, aged 57 years. He had been long a member, and for the last 7 years a Ruling Elder in then Church of Sugar Creek. In Rowan county, on the 28th ult., Margaret Jane, wife of S. S. Cochran, aged 23 years. In his carriage, on his way from Charlotte to his residence in York District, on the 6th inst., Mr. S. A. Faris, aged 41 years. In Edgecombe county, on the 5th inst., Mrs. Bettie S. Tumbro, aged 22 years, wife of A. D. Tumbro, Esq., Editor of the Newbern Enquirer. ~~~July 28, 1860 In Charlotte, of apoplexy, on the 18th inst., John Irwin, Esq., aged 73 years. Mr. Irwin was the President of the Branch Bank of North Carolina. In Charlotte, on the 29th inst., Mr. Robert McConnell, aged 21 years. In Pittsylvania county, Va., at his residence, on Sunday evening, the 15th inst., Jesse C. Carter, about 51 years of age-a citizen well known and highly respected throughout the county. In Greene county, near Speight's Bridge, on the 10th inst., Miss Prudence L. Cox, aged 15 years, daughter of Mr. S. P. Cox. In Granville county, at his residence near Oxford, on the evening of the 4th July, Mr. Hamilton Hester. In Cumberland county, near Blockersville, of Typhoid Fever, on the 17th inst., John Sessoms, son of Amas Sessoms, dec'd, in the 18th year of his age. ~~~August 4, 1860 In Clarksville, Va., on the 14th ult., Mrs. Mary L. Currie, wife of Rev. A. Currie, of Orange county, N. C., in the 39th year of her age. In Anson county, on the 17th ult., of typhoid pneumonia, Mrs. R. Gaddy. In Mississippi, at Oakland College, on the 12th ult., Rev. B. E. Lannear, a native of Charleston, S. C., in the 31st year of his age. ~~~August 11, 1860 In Mecklenburg county, on the 27th ult., Miss Martha Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. And Mary Hutchinson, aged 22 years. In Union county, on the 16th June, John N. Hill, son of James Hill, aged 22 years. In Moore county, on the 19th ult., Mr. John A. Ray, late a student at Davidson College. In South Carolina, near Pineville, on the 5th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, wife of Mr. M. L. Wallace. ~~~August 18, 1860 In Guilford county, on the 14th July, Isaac May, aged about 32 years. In Forsythe county, on the 12th ult., Mr. William McGowan, nearly 90 years of age. In Henry county, Va., on the 9th of April, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Staples, in the 23rd year of her age. In Meriwether City, Ga., on the 3rd inst., Mr. Dudley Peebles. ~~~August 25, 1860 In this place, at the residence of his grandfather, Dr. Jno. L. Cole, on Saturday 18th, John Robert, infant son of Rev. H. T. and Hattie W. Hudson, aged 11 months and 3 days. In Newberne, on 18th, Rev. J. H. Brent, of North Carolina Conference. In Mecklenburg county, on the 27th ult., Mrs. Marina C. McCaul. Aged 50 years. In Union county, on the 13th inst., Mrs. Martha Benton, in the 63rd year of his age. Tribute of Respect: At a meeting of the students of the University, Pa., held August the 9th, 1860, it was announced that P. J. Badgett of North Carolina was drowned at Atlantic City while bathing about 11 ½ o'clock, A. M., on the 8th inst. ~~~September 1, 1860 In Jones county, N. C. on the 3rd day of May, 1860, Mrs. Susan Harrison, in the 86 year of her age. In Richmond county, at his residence on the 18th inst., Col. Pleasant M. Powell. In Winston, on the 28th ult., Wm. Studdard, in the 84th year of his age. In Helena, Arkansas, on the 2nd ult., Hon Mark Wallace Alexander, (Judge of the 1st Judicial Circuit of Arkansas) aged 30 years. He was the only son of the late Lawson Henderson Alexander, who removed from North Carolina to Arkansas about 1835. He was born in Burke county. In Richmond, Va., on the 26th August, R. D. Macfarland, in the 55th year of his age. ~~~September 8, 1860 In Mecklenburg, on the 24th ult., Mary Emily, daughter of Benj. And M. J. Morrow, aged 11 years. In Gaston county, on the 25th ult., Mrs. Mary Jenkins, in the 89th year of her age. In York District, on the 16h June, Rev. John Leroy Davis, aged 61 years. In Salisbury, on the 11th ult., Mr. H. C. Malcom, aged about 50 years. In Va., at Alleghany Springs, Dr. Richard Thornton, aged about 72 years. In Texas, near Gonzales, on the 2nd ult., J. J. Little, a native of N.C. who emigrated to Texas early in the spring of 1850. ~~~September 15, 1860 In this place, on the 5th inst., Levi Willis, son of A. L. and Jane R. Clark, aged 1 year 6 months and 8 days. In Charlotte, of paralysis, on the 3rd inst., Wm. A. Lucas, Esq., in the 46th year of his age. In Salisbury, on the 30th ult., Gen. Samuel Gaither, aged 55 years. Also, on the 31st, Mr. Burgess Cox, aged 21 years. In Anson county, on the 19th ult., Garland C. Diggs, aged 58 years. ~~~September 22, 1860 In this county, near High Point, on the 9th inst., Mrs. Jane Hedgecock, consort of Benedict Hedgecock, aged about 86 years. She had long been a consistent member of the Methodist Protestant Church. In High Point, on the 11th inst., Anna Miller, infant daughter of Rev. James B. and Mary Bobbitt, aged about two months. In Milton, on the 3rd inst., of Consumption, Robert H. Lewis, Esq., in the 33rd year of his age. In Chatham county, on the 8th inst., Mrs. Frances McClenahan, wife of Dr. William McClenahan, in the 50th year of her age. In Mecklenburg county, on the 16th inst., Rev. J. B. Watt, Pastor of Steel Creek Presbyterian Congregation, aged about 40 years. ~~~September 29, 1860 In Union county, on the 16th inst., David Baxter Philfer, aged 23 years. In early life the deceased sought and obtained the pearl of great price-joined the M. E. Church and continued an acceptable member until summoned away by death. In Wilson, on the 4th inst., Mrs. Ellen F. Goddin, wife of Rev. N. A H. Goddin, of the North Carolina Conference. In Franklin county, on the 8th inst., at the residence of his brother, John H. Harris, of Typhoid fever, Thomas B. Harris, aged 23 years. In Wake county, on Thursday the 13th inst., of Typhoid fever, Miss Samantha Helen Bagwell, in the 18th year of her age. In Robeson county, on the 19th inst., Mrs. Mary C., wife of Allen McCormick, and youngest daughter of Rev. Daniel Brown, deceased, in the 45 year of her age. ~~~October 6, 1860 In Mecklenburg county, on the 25th ult., Mr. B. Beatty, aged 65 years. In Union county, on the 16th ult., David Baxter Phifer, aged 23 years. In Jackson, Miss., on the 9th ult., Mrs. Charlotte Green, wife of Bishop Green. She was a native of Wilmington. In Stanly county, on the 13th ult., Edith C., wife of K. L. Parker, and daughter of Elizabeth and Richard Stoker, Esq., in the 64th year of her age. In Newbern, on the 21st ult., Ross, son of N. N. Street, Esq., of consumption, aged about 20 years. In Newbern, on the 21st ult., Mrs. Jane E. Berry. In Cumberland county, on the 22nd ult., Charles Deems Williamson, son of K. M. C. and Sarah Williamson, aged 3 years 7 months and 8 days. ~~~October 13, 1860 At Trinity College, on the 10th September, Joseph Johnson, in his 63rd year. He was an estimable citizen, and for thirty-five years a consistent Christian; a Trustee of Trinity College from its organization, he was its faithful friend and supporter. In Lynchburg, Va., on the 19th ult., Mrs. Sarah F. Rush, consort of Mr. Charles T. Rush, and daughter of the late Mr. James H. Mitchell, of Pittsylvania county, in the 20th year of her age. In Danville, Va., 30th ult., Mr. John Watson, aged 80 years. He was the oldest citizen of that place. In Charlotte, of Typhoid fever, on the 7th inst., Miss Sally Dodson, aged about 18 years. In Fayetteville, on the 5th inst., Miss Mary Murphy, aged about 80 years. ~~~October 20, 1860 In this place on the 11th inst., Col. Nehemiah Whittington, aged about 75 years. In Union county, on the 7th inst., Mrs. Agnes McNeely, wife of James A. McNeely, aged about 40 years. In Gaston county, on the 21st ult., Wyatt M. Gladden, aged 27 years. In Davidson county, ont he 8th ult., Joel Davis, a respectable citizen, in the 67th year of his age. In Yadkin county, on the 4th inst., Mr. Abraham Spencer, aged about 72 years. The deceased was formerly a native of Hartford county, Connecticut. In Warrenton, on the 3rd inst., at the residence of Mr. Solomon, Virginia Ann Whitley, daughter of James Whitley, of Sussex, Va., aged 16 years and 2 months. ~~~October 27, 1860 In this place, on the 19th inst., Johnny D., son of Ralph Gorrel, aged 4 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 15th inst., of hemorrhage of the lungs, Mrs. L. Ardrey, wife of Dr. Wm. A. Ardrey, aged 50 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 19th inst., Mr. Joseph Rea, aged 76 years. In Granville county, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Sarah Jones. In Wake county, on the 13th inst., Ruffin B. Pullen, son of Willis Pullen, aged 23 years and 7 months. ~~~November 3, 1860 In this place on the 25th ult., after a protracted illness Miss Ann White, aged 60 years. In Goldsboro, on the 13th ult., Major Styles W. Hawley, recently of the U.S. Army, aged 44 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 15th ult., Andrew Springs, in the 75th year of his age. In Buncombe county, on the 2nd ult., Dr. A. W. Jones, of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, aged 50 years. In Nottoway county, Va., on the 21st ult., after a brief illness, Thos. P. Bland, in the forty-fourth year of his age. ~~~November 10, 1860 In the Lower Parish of Nansemond county, Va., on the 19th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Redd, consort of Joseph Redd, aged 24 years. In Norfolk county, Va., on the 13th ult., Mr. James Murray, in the 66 year of his age. In Gates county, on the 30th ult., Mr. James A. Small, aged about 45 years. In Johnston county, on the 12th ult., Mr. David Lansford, in the 73rd year of his age. In Alamance county, on the 17th ult., Mrs. Martha Piper, aged about seventy years. In Goldsboro, on the 31st ult., John M. Thompson, Esq., in the 29th year of his age. ~~~November 17, 1860 In Charlotte, on the 9th inst., Mr. E. C. Elms, aged about 30 years. In York District, on the 29th ult., Mr. James W. Fewell, aged 27 years. In York District, on the 2nd inst., Mrs. Jane, wife of J. W. Fewell, aged 26 years. ~~~November 24, 1860 In Nashville, Tenn., on the 31st ult., Mrs. Sallie Walton, wife of Col. Wm. B. Walton, of that city, and daughter of the late Henry Humphrey, of this place. Aged 30 years. In Charlotte, on the 13th inst., Andrew Irwin, aged 75 years. In Yorkville, S. C., on the 10th ult., Mrs. Nancy Blair, aged 84 years. In Washington, N. C. on Monday, 12th inst., Dr. J. W. Woolen, formerly of this place. Aged 29 years. ~~~December 1, 1860 In Charlotte, on the 25th Nov., John Harty, aged 38 years. In Taylorsville, on the 8th, Joseph M. Bogle, Esq., aged 67 years. In York District, S. C., on the 10th , William B. Russell, aged 36 years. In Charlotte, on the 8th, of diphtheria, infant son of Wm. A. and Louisa Cook, aged three months. ~~~December 8, 1860 In Guilford county, on the 23rd ult., Rev. William J. Ogburn, in his 40th year, leaving a devoted wife and three little boys to mourn their loss. He had long been a minister of the Methodist Protestant Church and beloved by all who knew him. In Granville county, on the 11th ult., Joseph T. Lamkin, in the 23rd year of his age. In Madison county, Miss., on the 12th ult., Dr. C. Williams, formerly of Granville county, N. C. Aged 68 years. In Mecklenburg county, on the 21st ult., Dr. George W. Campbell, aged 35 years. ~~~December 15, 1860 In Greensboro, on the 6th December, Col. Marcellus Jordan, in the 56 year of his age. In Charlotte, on the 4th, L. Granville Jones, eldest son of Dr. L. G. Jones. In Drew county, Ark., on the 14th ult., of consumption, Eliza C., daughter of John and Nancy Hussey, formerly of North Carolina. ~~~December 22, 1860 In Wilmington, on the 17th instant, Mr. Morris Sneeden, aged 31 years and 2 months. In this place, on Sunday morning last, Miss Mary Ward, aged about 17 years. In Robeson county, on the 15th ult., John Morrison, in the 81st year of his age. In Robeson county, on the 30th October, Mrs. Sarah Watson, in the 57th year of her age. In Cumberland county, on the 18th October, Mrs. Flora McLean, in the 80th year of her age. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Wayne Dunn - Hwdandphd@aol.com ______________________________________________________________________