MACON COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - CAPT. and MRS. J.W. DOBSON, 1893

Published in the Franklin Press, April 19, 1893 - Vol. VII, No. 27

DEATH OF CAPT. AND MRS. J.W. DOBSON

Capt. Joseph W. Dobson, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens of
Macon county, died at his home on Cartoogechaye five miles west of Franklin at
10 o'clock last Thursday night, at the age of 77 years. The cause of his death
was pneumonia and he was sick a little over a week. For a long number of years
he had lived a consistent Christian life as a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and professed his readiness to leave this world and
expressed a bright expectation of a better life beyond the grave. He was
buried with masonic honors in the Methodist cemetery in Franklin at 12 o'clock
last Saturday. His wife who was very low with fever at the time of his death
was expected to follow him very soon. When told of teh Captain's death, she
requested that they should not bury him until Saturday and probably she would
be ready to be buried with him in the same grave. SHe lingered until 1 o'clock
Monday morning when her spirit took it's flight to join her husband in the
better land. She was 75 years of age and had lived a devoted Christian life in
the Methodist church for many years. She was buried close beside her husband
at 12 o'clock yesterday. 

The deceased couple leave a host of friends and many relatives to mourn their
departure. 

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