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Subject: Death Notices (Jan. 14-20, 1881), Montgomery Advertiser
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:53:03 EDT
Death Notices From the Montgomery Advertiser
-Transcribed by Larry E. Caver, Jr.
January 14, 1881:
(New Orleans, January 13) A dispatch to the Democrat, from Little Rock,
Arkansas, says the daughter of C.H. BANKS, of Mariana, Lee County, was brutally
murdered by a colored man, yesterday…
The funeral services of the late Miss Mary A. BALDRICK, who died at
Pensacola, will take place, this morning at 10 o'clock, from the residence of Capt. H.
KENNEWORTH, corner of Hull and South Alabama Streets. Friends of the family
are respectfully invited to attend.
Mrs. R. D. HEARD died in Tuskegee last night.
Mrs. Frank L. HENDERSON died near Monroeville last week, after a lingering
illness.
Mr. John H. PERRY, of Bullock, died on the 5th instant.
January 15, 1881:
We regret to learn that Mrs. Lou Susan TURPIN, daughter of Reverend Jabez
L.M. CURRY, died in Richmond, Virginia, a few days ago.
Died, near Brush Creek, 4th instant, Mrs. Nannie Crawford, wife of Dr. George
M. SPENCER.
Cornelia, daughter of Mr. J.J. HARRIS, of Tuscaloosa, died January 9th.
Mr. William A. JAMES, an employee at the Insane Hospital, Tuscaloosa, died of
pneumonia on the 9th instant.
Capt. Samuel POOLE, an old citizen of Talladega County, died last Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie LITTON, wife of J.B. LITTON, of Selma, died in Talladega
recently.
Death Notices From THE MONTGOMERY DAILY ADVERTISER
January 16, 1881:
A colored man, named Jesse CARLISLE, was found dead in the woods near Salem
last Sunday.
Dr. John H. HUNDLEY, father of Major O.M. HUNDLEY, of Huntsville, died at his
residence in Limestone County, January 3rd, aged nearly 85 years. He was a
minister of the Christian Church.
Mrs. OGLESBY, wife of Reverend S.G. OGLESBY, of Green Pond, Alabama, died on
the 7th; also, Mrs. J.H. STRICKLAND, of Pratt Mines, daughter of Mr. John A.
GRIFFIN.
Died, at his residence near Columbiana, on the 8th instant, Mr. Robert SEALE,
aged about 57 years. He was an old citizen of Shelby.
Peter BURKE, of Helena, an old and esteemed citizen, was drowned on Christmas
Eve by his boat capsizing in the Cahaba River. His body has not been
recovered.
January 18, 1881:
The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. John BLOUNT are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral of the latter from the Congregational Church, at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
The remains of Mrs. Charles J. LEWIS, who recently died in this city, were
taken to Tuskegee for interment.
It is with profound regret that many friends in this city have received the
intelligence of the death of Mrs. WADSWORTH, wife of Mr. Frank WADSWORTH,
Superintendent of the Pratt Coal & Coke Company. Mrs. WADSWORTH died a few days
since, and her death is as unexpected as it is a source of sorrow.
The Selma Times announces the death of Capt. W. S. NELL, of that city, on the
14th.
Died, in Oxford, Sunday morning, December 26th, 1880, Samuel K. BORDERS, aged
59 years.
Died, in this city on the 12th, Mrs. J.M. BOLAND, wife of Reverend J.M.
BOLAND. -Greenville Echo, 15th
Mr. Benjamin BLASSOMGAME, one of the oldest settlers of Chambers County, died
recently.
A correspondent writing from Hamilton County, Texas, says that Mr. C. B.
AVERY, of Stockton, Alabama, was accidentally shot and killed by Mr. C.C. BROWN,
late of Escambia, Alabama.
Died, at Leighton, Colbert County, on the 3rd instant, Charles A. GALBRAITH,
aged 21 years.
January 20, 1881:
Mrs. Sallie Sterrett TATE died in Wilcox County recently. She was the only
child of the late Judge David and Mrs. Susan STERRETT. Her father was a
prominent attorney and probate judge of Wilcox for more than 35 years.
The Florence Gazette says that Mr. T.Y. HARRIS, residing below Waterloo, in
Lauderdale County, died suddenly on last Monday, at the residence of Mr. John
COBURN, a few miles west of Gravelly Springs, of a congestive chill, it is
supposed.
Mrs. Mahala E.E. COLLINS, aged 65 years, died in DeKalb County recently.
Mrs. Mary K. LATHAM died at her residence on Walnut Street, in Gadsden, on
Thursday, January 6th.
Major Humphrey S. SHELTON died at Carrollton on the 5th day of January, and
at his death was in his 70th year. From early manhood he has been a citizen of
that county, residing most of his time at Pickensville.
The Selma Times announces the death of Mr. T.H. COOPER, which occurred about
nine o'clock last night, after a lingering illness. Also, on the night of the
16th of January, in Selma, Miss Nora C. WYLY, the accomplished daughter of
John M. and Amelia C. WYLY, at the early age of about 16 years. She was born at
Jacksonville, Alabama on July 23rd, 1864.
"We regret to hear," says the Gainesville Reporter, "of the death of Mrs.
GEE, of Sumterville, which occurred on last Friday. She died very suddenly, it
is thought of heart disease."
The interments in the city cemetery during the month of December (1880), were
as follows:
White
December 1 Mrs. M.A. GILMER
December 2 F. TITCOMB
December 8 Child of William H. MICOU
December 10 Child of M. GORRIE, Montgomery County
Child of James L. COPLEY
December 11 Child of J.M. COBB
December 25 DeWitt DILLARD; Dr. HERMAN
December 28 Asbury HALL, Montgomery County
December 29 Michael WATKINS
December 30 Mrs. Helena SWARTZ
Black
December 1 Minerva FINLEY, County Poorhouse
December 2 Child of Tillman WEATHERLY
December 4 John W. ROBINSON
December 5 Susan MITCHEL; Robert ROSS; Child of Rebecca HOLT
December 7 Child of Mike FARRIS, Montgomery County
December 10 Child of Clara TURNER
December 11 Albert SMOOT, pauper, Peggy WASHINGTON
December 13 Tillman WEATHERLY
December 16 Sam KENT; County Poorhouse, George JACKSON
December 19 Child of Sophia WILSON
December 21 Julia JONES, Montgomery County
December 23 Alice RYAN, County Poorhouse, Malinda BAILEY
December 27 Pauline BARNETT, Child of Mary SPRINGER, pauper
Nancy Ann WALLACE, County Poorhouse
December 28 Child of Jesse WILLIAMS, Eddie JARRETT, pauper
December 29 Milley FARLEY, pauper, Child of Lula HOWARD, pauper
December 30 Child of Maggie HALE, pauper
December 31 Alfred BOYKIN, County Poorhouse
-Submitted by Moses CLAY, City Sexton
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