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From: "Dennis West" <>
Subject: Re: Marengo old times #9
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 20:26:49 +0000


Marengo Old Times #9

>From "The Democrat Reporter" Linden, Marengo Co. AL,
Thursday October 8, 1998.
"Old Times"..by Joel D. Jones, originally published Aug 1, 1935.

Subject: Mr. Jones remembers old friends who passed on.

J. Polk Dunning, born Mar 5., 1845, died Apr 17, 1892. He was
the eldest son of T.H. Dunning of Dixons Mills. He enlisted in 1862
in Capt. Jones' Company of the 43d AL. He married Miss Martha Glass
in 1865. Buried with Masonic honors at the family burying ground at
Dixons Mills. His labors on earth ended, and as his kind old father
who sat by the bedside and soothed the brow of his dying boy,
remarked as his spirit passed from earth, "Thank God there is hope
beyond the grave."

William H. Grayson, died in Mobile, Monday, May 22, 1893, age 53
years. . . . He left that priceless inheritance a good name and a
life worthy of emulation, and he will long be held in sacred and
loving esteem by his many true friends. Many days have I spent with
him on camp hunts and fishing trips. (Mentions wife and brother,
but no other names are given).

Capt. W. H. Harder passed away in Linden on Aug. 16, 1892. He was
born at Spring Hill on June 17 1833. He married Miss Louisiana
Manning and lived in Florida until 1861. He returned to Marengo
County at the outbreak of the war and went off as Lieutenant of
Company B, 43d Al. Regt. He was ever in peace as he was in war, a
brave, honest, conscientious gentleman, who did what he believed
right in the sight of God and man, and never once asked whether the
act would be beneficial or injurious to himself. He was elected
county treasurer on the first day of August, just fifteen days before
his death. He was buried with Masonic honors in the Linden
graveyard.

George T. Skinner was born at Old Spring Hill near the spot where
he now sleeps. He died at his home November 24, 1895, in the prime
of life, being only 39 years of age. He was a descendant from an old
Marengo family of the highest standing and strong in all the virtues
of nobility. He married Miss Lizzie Eppes, of Old Spring Hill. He
never faltered in any duty he owed his neighbor, his country, or his
God. Then upon the bosom of the old county upon which his cradle was
rocked, it is sweet that this noble head rests in its last long
sleep.
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Email me if you want a copy.

Dennis West in Knoxville, TN.

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