Franklin County TN Archives Obituaries.....Estill, Eudocia "Docia" [Mrs. James] August 17, 1886
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"The Jacksonville Republican"
Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., Alabama



NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, AUGUST 28, 1886



ALABAMA State News



DEATH OF AUNT DOCIA ESTILL



We have received a late copy of the "Belton Texas Journal" newspaper, 

containing the following obituary notice of a lady well known to all the old 

citizens of Jacksonville, Calhoun county, Ala:



ESTILL - - - At the residence of her son W.H. Estill in this city, Tuesday, 

August 17, 1886, Mrs. Eudocia ESTILL died. The deceased was born in 

Rockingham county, North Carolina, September 7, 1794. She went to Tennessee 

at an early age and was married to James ESTILL in Franklin county, that 

state in 1812. They moved to Alabama in 1822 and aferwards resided in 

Calhoun and Talladega counties in Ala. Mrs. Estill came to Belton, Texas in 

1883 and has since resided here. Her husband died in 1826. To them were born 

five children, three sons and two daughters, and all survive but one 

daughter, Col. W. H. Estill of this city, being the eldest child.



Mrs. Estill joined the Methodist church in 1824 and has been a consistent 

member to the day of her death, being noted for her marked Christian zeal 

and benevolence. Her home was a great resort for christian ministers. 

Presidents Monroe and Jackson were warm personal friends of Mrs. Estill and 

they had the honor to be entertained by her on more than one occasion.



Her life is so interwoven with the early history of North Carolina, Alabama 

and Tennessee that a recital of the one would involve the other, and when 

Aunt Docia died, a remarkable character in many respects quit this world. 

Peace to her ashes and a blessed immortaility to her freed spirit.



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