Thomas Co., GA - Death Notices from the "Southern Enterprise"
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Wednesday, May 16, 1866
Death of a Citizen
Mr. Thomas Steele died at his residence near Boston, in this County, on the
7th instant. Mr. Steele was a native of Richmond County, N.C., but has for a
number of years been a resident of Thomas County. He was a thorough-going
farmer, a gentleman, and highly respected by all who knew him. He has ever
been truly devoted to his family, and to them his death is a terrible and
irreparable loss.
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Wednesday, June 6, 1866
Died
Near Darien, Ga., on the 14th of May, of Croup, Kathleen Shine, aged four
years and six months; only daughter of Norman G. and Hattie S. Gignilliat.
"Of such is the kingdom of Heaven."
In Thomasville, on Monday, May 28th, of Inflammation of the Bowels,
Jefferson Davis, second child of R. W. & C. V. Murray; aged three years and
eleven months. "The Good Shepherd has found His Lamb."
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Wednesday, June 13, 1866
Death in a Church
Sip Miller, a colored man, died suddenly of Asthma, in the Baptist Church in
Thomasville, on Sunday last. He was held in high esteem among his people,
and being a member of the colored society organized here, they buried him on
Monday with great pomp - - the funeral procession eclipsing anything ever
seen before in these parts.
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Thursday, October 18, 1866
Died
At 3 o'clock a. m., Wednesday the 17th instant, in Thomasville, Emily
Levenia, infant and second daughter of L. C. & Emily F. Bryan, aged nine
months.
"Suff little children to come unto me, for of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven."
Funeral
The friends of Mr. And Mrs. L. C. Bryan are invited to attend the Funeral
Ceremonies of their Infant Daughter, at the New Cemetery at 4 o'clock p. m.,
Thursday, Oct. 18th.
Thursday, November 1, 1866
Obituary
The Death Angel has been abroad in the land and many have fallen; but amid
this general desolation, when all have been bereaved, it is peculiarly sad
to see an aged father and mother left alone in the winter of life, just as
they had hoped to repose in the arms of those whom they had reared from
infancy, but who, alas for human hopes! Are cut down in the prime of early
manhood.
Charles J. Rice died of disease of the Spine, in Edgefield, S. C., on the
29th of March, 1865; aged 27 years, 11 months and 24 days. He was at the
time a member of Company A, 57th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, in which
command he had served faithfully during the late war; and as that great
struggle was closing he died in the hospital, where he had been left when
the Regiment passed through the Sate of North Carolina, after the disastrous
campaign of Gen'l Hood. He left a wife and three children to weep for him.
James A. Rice died of Cholera, at Cedar Keys, on the 13th of September,
1866; aged 20 years, 9 months and 9 days. He was a soldier in the same
Company with his brother, and after having passed through the bloody scenes
of the revolution he was called away suddenly, as he was pursuing the
avocations of peace. "Who can fathom the mysteries of Providence?"
Both these young men expressed their willingness to abide the decree of the
great Judge, reposing their confidence in Him who never failed to sustain
the believer in the awful hour of dissolution.
They are gone home. Father, mother, wife! You should not repine. You will
soon be going too; and then who can describe the joy of that meeting beyond
the tomb!
It is a sad but fitting task that one who was with them when the leaden hail
hissed through the writhing atmosphere, and who heard with them the horrid
din of maddened armies, should sit down in the calm autumn evening, and pay
this last tribute of respect to those whose lives are with the eternal past.
Peace to their souls.
Thursday, November 22, 1866
Another Death
Wade F. Sanford, a well known citizen of Thomas County, died at the
residence of Mr. C. C. Bell, in Thomasville, on Wednesday evening last from
the effects of an overdose of morphine.
Thursday, November 29, 1866
Died
At eight o'clock p. m., on Saturday, 24th inst., Robert Early, infant son of
Robert H. and Mattie L. Harris; aged one year, one month and one day. -
"Asleep in Jesus."
Thursday, December 6, 1866
Now in Heaven
Departed this life in Thomasville, on the 16th ult, after a very painful
illness of several days, Effie Alexander, youngest daughter of A. J. and
Mary A. Smith, aged four years and one month.
"Thou wert so like a form of light,
That Heaven benignly call'd thee hence,
Ere yet the world could breathe one blight
O'er they sweet innocence;
And thou, that brighter home to bless,
Art pass'd with all they lovliness!
O! Hadst thou still on earth remained,
Vision of beauty! Fair, as brief!
How soon thy brightness had been stained
With passion or with grief!
Now not a sullying breath can rise,
To dim they glory in the skies
Thy grave shall be a blessed shrine,
Adorn'd with nature's brightest wreath;
Each glowing season shall combine
Its incense there to breathe;
And oft upon the midnight air
Shall viewless harps be murmuring there.
And oh! oft times in visions blest,
Sweet spirit! visit our repose!
And bear from thine own world of rest,
Some balm for human woes!
What form more lovely could be given,
Than thine to messenger of Heaven!"
Friday, January 18, 1867
Obituary
It is with sad and profound feelings of regret, that we announce the death
of Mrs. Cyrena C. Morgan, consort of Mr. Hampton Morgan, which occurred at
the residence of the latter on the 7th of January, instant.
After a very brief illness, she departed this life in the very bloom of
womanhood, being only nineteen years of age.
The deceased was a daughter of the Rev. Wm. A. McDonald, of Ware County,
Georgia. She was a devout member of the M. E. Church, in which Church she
embraced religion in early life and died with the hope of a blessed
immortality.
She leaves many friends and relatives to mourn her loss, as well as a
devoted husband (although young) to endure the sad bereavement.
Homersville, Ga., Jan. 15, 1867.
Friday, February 1, 1867
Obituary
Departed this life on the night of the 4th of January, Mary Gertrude
Hardwick, only daughter of T. W. & M. E. Hardwick; aged thirteen years, 4
months and twenty-nine days.
Full of life, endowed with fine intellectual abilities, and possessed of a
most docile, amiable, and affectionate disposition, Fredie had closely
endeared herself to all who knew her.
Having faithfully accomplished her mission on earth, she has exchanged its
scenes of disappointment, care, sorrow and death, for the more congenial and
abiding home of the pure and blessed. God loved her and took her to
himself.
"Early, bright, transient,
Chaste as morning dew,
She sparkled, was exhaled,
And went to Heaven."
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Tuesday, March 12, 1867
Obituary
Died in Thomas County, Feb. 28th, 1867, Mrs. Susan Mitchell Heath, wife of
Richard W. Heath, and daughter of Pliny and Mary H. Sheffield, aged 42 years
and 1 month.
She left a disconsolate husband, eight children (one an infant), and an
orphan nephew to mourn their loss. Death has taken away a fond mother, an
affectionate wife and a kind benevolent, loving neighbor and friend; and the
tears of the servants and freedmen gave vent to their feelings of love and
respect which they bore to one who but a short time since, they acknowledged
as their mistress. They said they had lost their best friend.
Mrs. Heath, (like Dorcas), was an exceedingly prudent and frugal woman, and
had made many garments for her children. It was tearful to behold them
pointing out the garments made by their mother; and her husband would
exclaim, dear Susan's fingers made all these.
Mrs. Heath was not a member of any Church, yet she had put her home in order
and had it garnished and swept. She had a premonition that she would die,
and had so expressed herself while in health. She gave a farewell admonition
to her husband and children as calmly and serene as if in perfect health.
Death had no alarms for her. When asked by her husband if she was prepared
and willing to die, she said yes; and also said her dear departed mother had
been with her three days, and had arranged for her a beautiful home.
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: yea, saith the Spirit, that they
may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
A FRIEND AND RELATIVE.
Tuesday, July 16, 1867
Obituary
James C. Ross, Esq.
A few days since we were pained with the intelligence of the sudden death of
him whose name heads this brief notice. What a melancholy reflection!-that
in the vigor of life, one who was endowed with such goodness of heart,
should by an apparent accident, lose his life, breathing his last breath
amid the watery waves which a few moments before excited in him no dread of
danger!
In his efforts to rescue a boat which he had lost from the shore at Sunbury,
Liberty county, he was unfortunately precipitated into the bay and was
drowned.
James C. Ross was of a noble, generous nature, with an intellect bright and
flashing, full of vivacity and cheerfulness and possessing the finest social
qualities, which gave him many warm friends. We do not claim for him
exemption from error. Frail, erring man can claim no such perfection. He
possessed some of the highest virtues, He never betrayed or deserted a
friend; he was brave, courageous and manly. Born in Georgia and feeling that
the South was oppressed, he volunteered as a Southern soldier in the late
unhappy war, and never shrunk from duty when danger was present. Character
is to be estimated in learning the inward impulses and promptings which
constitute true nobleness, more than the external evidences which are
frequently presented to deceive-resting upon no real virtue. Our friend
never sought to deceive but was always frank and sincere. His true character
was best understood by those who knew him best. A warmer heart never
throbbed or ceased to beat than his. The impulses of his soul were goodness,
reflected in a thousand ways through the frail tenement that surrounded it.
He never stained his heavenly gift (the soul) by invoking its noble powers
to teach the outward man to be a hypocrite. He was an imperfect type of a
good man. When he moved to do good, evil was present. It was not the inward
man. It was sin (the common lot of all) warring in his members.
God knows how to deal with His erring children. The great office of mercy
rests with God. Be it ours to hope and prepare, under a firm and settled
persuasion, that living and dying we are His; that life is passed in His
constant presence-that death resigns us to His merciful disposal. We know
not what time death shall call for us!
"Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers wither at the North wind's breath.
And stars to set-but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, Oh, Death! A FRIEND.
Tuesday, August 13, 1867
Died
At Thomasville, Ga., on the 12th inst., William Lawson, son of J. L. & M. A.
E. Stegall, aged eight months and seven days. "It is well with the child."
Tuesday, September 3, 1867
Fatal Accident
As we go to press we learn that William Adams, a youth about 17 years of
age, and second son of our esteemed fellow citizen, Dr. S. S. Adams,
accidentally shot himself with a gun while out sporting his morning. The
charge took effect in the breast and produced instant death. We have not
learned the particulars. The whole community sympathize with the afflicted
parents.
Friday, September 6, 1867
Died
In this City on the 4th inst., little Jossie, aged one year, two months and
twenty-two days; only child of Joseph C. and Sarah A. Peters. "Suffer little
children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven."
Tuesday, September 10, 1867
Departed This life
In Thomasville, on Thursday evening, the 5th instant, after a short illness,
Willie, infant son of Dr. Wm. P. and Mrs. Louisa V. Clower, aged about
sixteen months. Willie was a sweet and promising child, and his death is a
sore bereavement to his doting parents, their relatives and friends. But the
High and Holy One, in his inscrutable dispensation and holy purpose, has
thought proper to blast his infant prospects on earth, and translate him, a
pure and immaculate cherub, to a world of spirits, to be forever about His
throne in a happy eternity. Suffer little children to come unto me, for of
such is the kingdom of heaven.
Tuesday, September 10, 1867
Died - On Monday, the 2d instant, of congestive chill, Cynthia Eliza, second
daughter of Eli and Elizabeth Jane Futch, aged two years and six months.
Eliza was an interesting little child. The Allwise Dispenser has cropped
this beautiful flower from earth to plant it in His Paradise in Heaven,
where it will bloom in His benign smiles throughout the endless ages of
eternity.
Friday, November 1, 1867
Death of a Citizen
James L. Everitte died at his residence in Fletcherville on Thursday morning
at 3 o'clock, after several days severe illness from hemorrhage of the
lungs. He leaves a devoted wife and several promising children with whom the
community sympathize in their bereavement.
Friday, November 15, 1867
Died
At her residence in this city on the morning of the 8th inst., Mrs. M. J.
Boughton, wife of S. N. Boughton, editor of the Federal Union. The deceased
had for many years suffered from a painful malady. Last summer she went to
New York for advice and treatment, but getting no relief, she died a few
days after her return home. Kind and amiable in all of her relations, Mrs.
Boughton was greatly beloved by a large circle of friends. In early life she
joined the Baptist Church, and lived the life of a sincere Christian. Her
death will be long and deeply mouned by many kind friends and relatives, but
most of all by her devoted and sorrow stricken husband.
Tuesday, November 19, 18678
Another Death
The numerous friends and relations of Mr. William W. Heir will be grieved to
hear that he died on Sunday evening last at his residence near Duncanville
in this county, after a brief illness. How truly has it been said that "in
the midst of life we are in death." Only a few days ago the deceased was
well and among his friends and relations-today he is in the grave. He was a
young man of excellent moral character and a useful citizen, but, we regret
to say, had not given his attention to religion.
Let us commit him to the infinite mercy of that Being "whose wisdom is
unsearchable and whose ways are past finding out."
Friday, December 20, 1867
Obituary
Died, at his father's residence in Thomasville, Ga., on the 16th inst.,
Edward Walter, son of Mr. And Mrs. J. C. Peters, aged two months and one
day.
My stay was short, Father, Mother-
To a land of bliss I'm gone;
There I'll meet my little Brother,
From every pain and sickness borne.
Come, dear Father, Mother, Friend,
To this land of bliss I'm gone,
And meet your little son's last end,
Where you are saved from every sin.
A FRIEND,
Thomasville, Ga., Dec. 17, 1867
Here are some more obituaries from "In The Shadow of the Pines - Volume III"
I thought it might help someone else in their search. I know I depend on
the kindness of others to put any and all information out there. Will
continue to submit obits to you as I run across them.
Diane Saunders
The Southern Enterprise - Wednesday, February 28, 1866
Death of an Old Citizen
Thomas Dyson died at his residence in Thomasville, on the 14th instant,
at the age of 70 years. He was a faithful member of the Baptist Church, a
good citizen and much beloved by his brethren and friends.
The Southern Enterprise - Wednesday, February 28, 1866
The obituary notice of Mr. Thomas Dyson will appear next week.
The Southern Enterprise - Wednesday, March 14, 1866
Obituary
Thomas Dyson
Departed this life on the 16th of 1866, Mr. Thomas Dyson, Deacon of the
Baptist Church, Thomasville, Ga.
He was born in Newberry District, South Carolina, June 6th, 1795, but
has been a citizen of this State from early manhood. He began life a poor
orphan boy, but by industry, economy and perseverance, accumulated a
competency. Throughout his long life, he maintained an unblemished
character. He was baptized into the fellowship of New Providence Baptist
Church, Monroe County, about forty years ago, and was contemporary with Job
Taylor, Benjamin Brantly and others, of the excellent of the earth. He
maintained to the day of his death, a strong affection for his mother
Church. For several years he was engaged in the warehouse and commission
business in the city of Macon, whence he removed to this section. His
physical constitution was naturally weakly, and he was more or less the
subject of disease all the days of his pilgrimage. About eighteen months
ago, he was attached by a cutaneous disease, from which he suffered greatly
and incessantly until death came to his relief. He was conscious of his
approaching dissolution, and was fully prepared for the event. He had set
his house in order, and talked freely and frequently with his family and
friends on the subject, and was ready when the messenger came. His
departure was so calm and peaceful, that those who witnessed it could not
decide at what precise time he ceased to breathe. he literally fell asleep
in Jesus. At his own request, made weeks before his death, his funeral
sermon was preached by Rev. J. H. Campbell, to a crowded house, and a large
procession followed his remains to the grave. "Let me die the death of the
righteous and let my last end be like his."
The Southern Enterprise - Wednesday, March 14, 1866
Died
On the 3rd day of March 1866, at his residence in Brooks County, Jacob
Watson, in his seventy-fourth year.
The Southern Enterprise - Wednesday, March 7, 1866
Suicide
Crosby Horn, a citizen of Thomas County, died in the hotel at
Thomasville, on Friday night last, from the effects of laudanum. It is not
known why he committed the deed of destroying his own life.