Freestone County, Texas Obituaries [Obituaries of Gustavus Adolphus Sessions (1830-11 Nov 1902)] Dallas Morning News - Nov. 13, 1902 edition - Page: 5 Col. G. A. Sessions Dead Special to the News Wortham, Tex., Nov. 12 - Col. G. A. Sessions died last night at the home of his son, Castro, at Woodland, after an illness of several days. Col. Sessions represented Freestone County in the constitutional convention, which framed the present State Constitution. His death removes one of the landmarks of Freestone, his age being 76. He was at one time the largest planter in the county, but of late years has lived a retired life among his children, who are Mesdames John L. Wortham and W. E. Bonner of Mexia, Mrs. Tom Parker of Wortham and Castro, his son, at Woodland. ========================================================= Fairfield Recorder - Nov. 21, 1902 issue G. A. Sessions, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of this section, died at his home, Woodland, Tuesday night about 12 o'clock and was buried here. Among his surviving children are Mesdames W. E. Bonner and Jno. L. Wortham of this city. - Mexia Ledger ========================================================= Fairfield Recorder - Nov. 28, 1902 issue A gloom was cast over the Woodland neighborhood on Thursday, Nov. 13, by the death of the Hon. 'Gus Sessions, one of the oldest citizens of Freestone County. Mr. Sessions was born in Lowndes county, Alabama, early in the year of 1830, and was therefore nearing his seventy third birthday. His father, dying while he was young, left him to the sole care of his mother, who was, before her marriage, Miss Elizabeth Browning, a pioneer of Alabama. She came of Virginia family of which severak members were revolutionary soldiers. This lady with her young son came in 1849 to Polk county, Texas, and died soon afterward. Young Sessions came to Freestone early in the fiftes. He served in Capt. L. D. Bradley's company, going out in '61, and enduring the hardships of the siege of Vicksburg. He represented Freestone in the legislature, but the trend of his mind not being to politics he declined re-election. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Soon after coming to Freestone he married Miss Martha Carter, with whom he enjoyed an ideal domesticity. To his children, Mr. Carter Sessions and Mrs. Parker, of Freestone; Mrs. W. E. Bonner and Mrs. John Wortham, of Mexia; his adopted daughters, Mrs. Mary May Kirven of Mexia; Mrs. Caddie Carter Kirven, of Fairfield, and to his numerous grandchildren, Mr. Sessions leaves the goodly of an honorable name. ========================================================= Fairfield Recorder - Nov. 17, 1922 issue [** NOTE the year **] LOCAL NEWS TWENTY YEARS AGO G. A. Sessions, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of this section, died at his home, Woodland, Tuesday night about 12 o'clock and was buried Thursday morning. Deceased had in years past held positions of honor and trust. He was a member of the Constitutional convention and helped frame the State Constitution shortly after the war. He was a very large planter at one time.