Travis County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Haile, E. O. August 15, 1869
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The Lafayette Advertiser, Vermilionville, Louisiana, Saturday, August 28, 1869
From The Lafayette Advertiser
Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Saturday, August 28, 1869

  DEATH OF E.O. HAILE-The personal friends in this city of E. O. Haile,
(extensively known as a humorous contributor to the press under the name of "A.
Head,") have been pained, though not surprised, by a dispatch apprising them of
his death at Austin, Texas, on the 15th last. Mr. Haile, as a humorist, belonged
to the same class as the late Charles Brown, ("Artemus Ward,") whom he resembled
much, not only in style, but in social characteristics. They were natives of the
same state, Maine, playfellows in boyhood, and friends in manhood. But one step
was wanting to complete the parallel; it is found in tracing the coincidence of
their lives to the very article of death-both died of pulmonary consumption. A
striking as well a pathetic illustration of the mental mood of the deceased was
afforded by a telegram from his own hand the day before his death, commencing
thus: "My remains will be on the way to New Orleans in a few day." We understand
that they will be brought to the city under the auspices of the Masonic
fraternity. -Commercial Bulletin.

Additional Comments:
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Austin has two counties, Travis and Williamson County, and it
is unclear which county E.O. Haile actually died; therefore, this obit is
submitted to each one.

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