DEATH NOTICES FROM THE TALLAPOOSA NEWS

January 5, 1871:

Tribute of Respect
The committee to whom was referred the solemn duty of preparing suitable 
preamble and resolutions commemorative of the life and character of our late 
deceased brother, John A. VAUGHAN, Esq., respectfully submit the following report: 
It is with feelings of sincere regret that we announce the death of our worthy 
and excellent Brother, John A. VAUGHAN, a man whose known integrity of 
character and high-tone of morality stamped him as a most useful citizen, and bright 
example for the rising community.  Raised to the sublime degree of a Master 
Mason on the 16th day of March 1865, his every effort was directed to the full 
discharge of the duty of a Master Mason, and the advance of the cause of Masonry. 
Such was our beloved brother, when on the 5th day of December 1870, the 
dread summons was made, and he was called to pass through the "valley and shadow 
of death" to a seat in the Grand Lodge above.  Expressive of the sorrow of the 
Brethren of Tohopeka Lodge no. 71, and in condolence with the  family and 
friends of the deceased, Be it resolved, that we deeply  sympathize with the 
bereaved widow and family of  the deceased brother in the irreparable loss which 
they have sustained; Resolved, that the members of this Lodge be requested to 
wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days; Resolved, that 
the Secretary of this Lodge forward a copy of this preamble and resolutions to 
the widow of our departed worthy brother.

February 2, 1871:

Since the killing of her four children by Mrs. MARSH, there has not been 
enacted a more terrible tragedy in Baltimore than that which took place about half 
past nine o'clock yesterday morning at the dwelling No. 85 South Caroline 
Street.  At about 10 o'clock the dead bodies of Mrs. Mary Ann ANDERSON and a 
seaman named Peter NASBORG were found lying in the kitchen of the dwelling, both 
of them having been shot in the right temple. It appears NASBORG, who was a 
seaman by occupation, and who was aged about 35 years, has for some time past 
boarded in the house of Mrs. ANDERSON, a widow about 45 years of age.  She had 
two children, one a girl aged 11 years at school in New York, and the other a 
son 17 years old, living at home with his mother.  It is stated that NASBORG has 
frequently asked Mrs. ANDERSON to become his wife, but she refused to do so. 
(Jury of Inquest) rendered a verdict "that Mary Ann ANDERSON came to her death 
by a pistol fired in the hands of Peter NASBORG, through jealousy, and that 
Peter NASBORG came to his death by shooting himself through the temple." 
-Baltimore Gazette

March 9, 1871:

Mr. Willis BENTLEY, his wife and four children, formerly of Monroe County, 
were all lost by a steamboat disaster on the Mississippi River a few weeks 
since.  They were on their way to Texas.

By the falling of a tree in South Carolina, a son of Dr. MURRAY, of 
Charleston, was killed, and he and another son fatally injured.  They were riding in a 
vehicle.

March 23, 1871:

Albert G. ADAMS, for the past fourteen years connected with the Press of East 
Alabama, departed this life on Monday, 20th instant, in this place, the 
victim of that insidious disease- consumption. Mr. ADAMS for the past two years has 
been interested as one of the publishers of the Tallapoosa News, from which 
position his continued ill-health compelled him to retire.  He leaves a wife and 
several children to mourn his premature death.

March 30, 1871:

A terrible accident occurred on Saturday, says the Meridian (Miss.) Clarion, 
at the Compress & Foundry of John T. BALL, Esq., in this city.  Willie NIX, 
the engineer, and son of our fellow townsman, E.W. NIX, in starting the engine 
put his foot on the fly-wheel to aid in throwing it over the centre, in an 
instant the wheel was running at the rate of two hundred revolutions per minute, 
with young NIX's leg fastened between the arms.  Before assistance could reach 
him one leg was terribly bruised and broken, and the lower part of his body 
seriously injured.  His injuries were, however, too great for human endurance, 
and Sunday evening the fluttering spark of vital flame was quenched and his 
spirit freed from suffering and pain.  He was buried yesterday afternoon.

April 13, 1871:

A little daughter, three years old, of Mr. Anderson CRENSHAW, was burned to 
death on the 24th ultimo, near White's Hill, in Troup County.  She was with her 
father where he was burning off some grass, when her clothing took fire and 
she sucked the flame right down her throat.
Death of Dr. A. KIMBAL
 We regret much to learn of the death of this old, well-known and highly 
esteemed gentleman, whose life for a number of years was spent in our county  (He) 
sought no position at the hands of any party organization, until the issues 
of 1860, upon the vital question of secession, aroused the yeomen of the 
country and called for our best and most reliable citizens as members to represent 
the interest of Tallapoosa in the State Convention of 1861.  Elected by an 
overwhelming majority as a member of that Convention, his course while 
representing the interest of his earnest constituency, proved him true and faithful to 
their cause, and an earnest advocate of all that was necessary and proper for 
the honor and safety of his State's interests.
For some years past the health of Dr. KIMBAL has been perceptively upon the 
decline, and on Thursday, 7th instant, he visited Camp Hill, in this county, 
upon some business, in his usual health, called at the house of Mr. B.F. PONDER, 
and after having eaten his dinner, complained of feeling badly, and within 
twenty minutes was a corpse.  Sudden and unexpected was his death, and we feel 
that in his loss one of the old political landmarks of Tallapoosa is 
obliterated.
           
April 20, 1871:

Mr. M.N. LEVERETT, of Webster County, died very suddenly of apoplexy, on 
Wednesday of last week.

The wife of Mr. W.L. WILSON, of Talladega County, Ala., dropped dead while 
walking across the floor of her room.

A very sad accident occurred in Bowdon on March 28th. Little Johnny, 11 years 
old, son of G.R. BROWN, shot himself with a pistol, while on his bed, the 
ball entered and passed directly through the heart causing instant death.

On last Monday, says the Columbus Democrat, a horrible affair occurred at 
Millsport, Sanford County, Alabama.  A lady, named Mrs. COBB, was outraged and 
afterwards murdered by a black man.

On Tuesday evening, near Childersburg, in this county during a brisk wind, a 
limb fell from a tree and killed Mr. MUNCHEA, seriously injuring another, and 
slightly two others.  - Talladega Mountain Home

Hardy HANCOCK, for many years a citizen of our county, died at the residence 
of Alfred JOHNSON, near this place, on Friday, 14th instant.  Mr. HANCOCK had 
visited our own business, and was on his way home, when he was taken suddenly 
ill.  He was assisted to his bed, and was thought to be quietly resting after 
his fatigue, and when a member of the family visited him, and endeavored to 
arouse him, he was found to be dead.

April 27, 1871:

The News did not announce the death of Mr. Alfred JOHNSON, as stated in the 
Sun, but rather the death of Mr. Hardy HANCOCK, at the residence of Mr. 
JOHNSON.  We simply make the correction for the Sun, as Mr. JOHNSON being now in good 
health, objects most seriously to his unexpected demise as announced.

The Marianna (Fla.) Courier, of the 6th, announces the murder of Capt. J.Q. 
DICKINSON, Clerk of the Circuit Court of that county, on the previous Monday 
about 10 p.m.  He was going home and was within sixty yards of his gate.  
Fourteen buckshot entered his body.  He was then robbed and a pistol ball shot 
through his heart. The deceased is a native of Vermont, came South in 1866, broke 
in the lumber business and took the bankrupt act, and then received his 
appointment as clerk.

We are informed by a friend from the neighborhood of Estilles Fork in this 
county, that James COUNTS, having determined to kill some dogs belonging to a 
neighbor, which he believed had been injuring his stock, got Thomas B. REID, a 
son of Alexander REID, a young man about 18 years of age, and a cousin of his, 
Dr. A.M. COUNTS, a young man also, to go with him to kill the dogs in the 
night.  The party reached the place and  by some accidental discharge of the gun 
of young REID, Mr. James COUNTS was shot, and died almost instantly.  COUNTS 
leaves a family, wife and several small children. - Scottsboro Herald

As the night freight train on the Macon & Brunswick Railroad was going out on 
Wednesday night last, about 12 o clock, several of the cars, when descending 
a grade in the road about three miles from town, became uncoupled by some 
means, and the locomotive ran ahead of them a short distance.  The engineer, Mr. 
Elam GILLAM, as soon as he noticed the cars were uncoupled, instead of running 
ahead until he was off the descending grade, stopped his engine, and the 
uncoupled cars ran down upon it.  At the moment of the collision, Mr. A.S. RALEIGH, 
a young man about twenty years of age, a fireman on the train, was standing 
on the tender of the engine and the sudden shock threw him off between the 
tender and the cars.  He was caught between the bumpers and horribly crushed. 
After about an hour of the most excruciating suffering, death ensued. - Macon 
Telescope

January 29, 1876:

Mrs. A. SNEED died in Dallas County on the 10th instant.

Dock MANGRUM, charged with the murder of Alexander A. WILLIAMS, several 
years ago, was captured at Florence last week, after a desperate struggle.

February 12, 1876:

All of us will remember dear, sweet little Leila PITTS, daughter of our 
former townsman, William R. PITTS. While her mother on yesterday was at the 
spring looking after her washing, little Leila having gone with her, and while 
the mother was not looking, she, little Leila, fell in the spring and was 
drowned. She was a sweet little girl, all of us loved her. We tender our 
sympathies to the family.

February 26, 1876:

The Montgomery Bulletin says that Mr. J.W. McCRACKEN, superintendent of the 
A. & C.R.R., formerly of the Western Railroad, was killed near Red Gap on his 
road Saturday morning by falling from a car which was loaded with lumber  He 
was carried to Birmingham, but did not live more than an hour. His remains 
passed through the city yesterday to Benton, where they were interred.

March 11, 1876:

At a military ball in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday night, Thomas ATKIN and 
Thomas SNEED, both belonging to highly respectable families in that city, 
while the dance was going on, got into a quarrel in the cloak room, when SNEED 
drew a pistol and shot ATKIN in the head, causing his death in a few minutes.

March 25, 1876:

Capt. B.F. HAMMOCK, one of our oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, 
died at his residence in this place, on Thursday evening last. He was born in 
Walton County, Georgia, on the 24th day of December 1818, and was at the time 
of his death, a little over 58 years old. He had been magistrate here a 
number of years, was mayor of our town, and has been frequently honored by his 
neighbors and friends. He was a brother of C.C. HAMMOCK, the present Mayor of 
the City of Atlanta. He was a high toned gentleman. He was Junior Warden of 
Tehopeka Lodge at the time of his death. We tender his bereaved family and 
relatives our condolences and sympathy. He will be buried today with 
Masonic honors.

April 1, 1876:

Lewis D. MORRIS, an old citizen of Opelika, died at his residence in that 
city, on the morning of the 13th ultimo, of paralysis, after a confinement of 
two years.

Hon. A.O.P. NICHOLSON, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, died 
at his home in Columbia last Tuesday. He was prominent in State and 
national affairs for more than a third of a century. At one time he was editor of a 
paper in Nashville and subsequently edited the Washington Union. He served 
in the United States Senate many years. 

April 8, 1876:

A man by the name of Floyd CARROLL was accidentally killed near Shelby 
Ironworks.

William B. SIMS, of Chambers County, died at his residence near Cusseta on 
the 16th of March.

Mr. DeLOACH, living near Salem, Lee County, was found dead in the woods, 
lying by his gun, on Thursday, the 29th ultimo.

April 15, 1876:

Miss Mary Jefferson RANDOLPH, granddaughter of President Thomas JEFFERSON, 
died a few days since at the residence of her niece in Alexandria, Virginia. 
Miss RANDOLPH, who was born November 2, 1802, was a highly cultivated lady, 
and was much esteemed by all who knew her.

The telegraph yesterday evening brings us the intelligence of the sudden 
death of A.T. STEWART, at his residence on Fifth Avenue in New York. Mr. 
Alexander Turner STEWART was the most successful of modern merchants. He was born 
at Belfast, Ireland, in 1803. He received an excellent education at Belfast 
and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1822. He proceeded to 
the United States about 1823, and at first taught the classics at a private 
school, but in 1827, having a cash capital equal to $3,000, he went into trade.

April 22, 1876:

In Memoriam
Benjamin Franklin HAMMOCK was born in Walton county, Georgia, on the 24th 
day of December 1817, removed to Alabama when young, spent several years in 
Chambers County, in this State, but for the last twenty or twenty-five years has 
resided in this county near Dadeville, and has been esteemed for his 
deportment as a gentleman, a Mason and a Christian. He has been for a long while a 
member of this Lodge, prompt and punctual in his duties and attendance. For 
several years, he has filled the position of Junior Warden of this Lodge. He 
died at his residence, in this place, on Thursday, the 23rd day of March 1876, 
and was buried in the family burial grounds on the 25th day of March, with 
Masonic honors. Our Brother is no more, and we sincerely mourn his loss. The 
member of Tehopeka Lodge, No. 71, have time and again been made to mourn the 
loss of their Brother, the removing of one link after another of their 
Mystic Chain, and now the Junior Warden of this Lodge.

September 30, 1876:

Died, on the 17th ultimo, at the residence of Mr. George SMITH, Mrs. Mary 
GRIFFIN, aged 60 years. She leaves a large family of children and relatives to 
mourn her loss.

January 27, 1877:

Talbot HATCHER, an old and respected citizen of this place, died at his 
residence Thursday night at 8 o'clock.

March 10, 1877:

Time and again we have been called upon to mourn for departed friends. 
Death is relentless. William Joshua BOON, who was born in Hancock County, 
Georgia, on the 24th day of April 1824, and died at his home in Tallapoosa County, 
Ala., on the 18th day of February 1877. He had long been a prominent citizen 
of this county, was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in this State 
in 1865. He was a good neighbor, a devoted husband and a devoted father. 
He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss. To them his loss is 
great. He was a successful farmer, and delighted in promoting every interest 
of the county. His energy, ever under sore affliction, furnishes an example 
worthy of emulation of all who knew him, and who survive him. We tender 
our sympathies and condolence to his bereaved family.

We are pained to learn that on yesterday a storm passed about nine miles 
east of this place, and made terrible destruction with everything in its path. 
Mr. A.J. GRIMMETT's son, John, about 22 years old, an excellent young man, 
was killed, and also a colored man killed, and all the houses blown away; also 
the house of Mrs. BROWN, living on his place, with everything she had was 
blown away; we also learn that Mr. William ROW and Hon. D.A.G. ROSS sustained 
severe injuries in the blowing away of houses and fencing. 

March 17, 1877:

Col. John ROWE died at his residence six miles from town last Wednesday 
night.

May 5, 1877:

As Mrs. James VENTRESS was coming from her home on last Tuesday she lit her 
pipe, threw the match or piece of lighted paper out of the buggy, as she 
thought. It seems however, that it lodged in the foot of the buggy, setting fire 
to her clothing which she did not discover for some time. After she had 
been smoking some time, she heard a roaring noise like a burning fire and asked 
her little son, who was in the buggy with her, what it was, when to her 
horrors she discovered that it was her own clothing on fire. She got out of the 
buggy when the flames immediately enveloped her. The accident occurred 12 o'
clock near Winn & Warren's Mill, where her half-brother, Mr. William DILL, 
happened to be at the time. Her sufferings were most excruciating until relieved 
by enormous doses of morphine, when she was brought to the residence of her 
sister, Mrs. HETTY, where she died about dark. She was in the 50th year and 
leaves a husband and ten or twelve children and other relatives to mourn her 
tragic fate. She was buried at 10 o'clock on Thursday in the cemetery here. -
Clayton Courier

May 12, 1877:

James M. HARRIS died of consumption at Camp Hill, Ala., December 7, 1876. 
He was converted and joined the Church at Soule Chapel, Oak Bowery Circuit, 
North Alabama Conference, in July 1873, where he remained a member until taken 
to the Church above. He was married to Miss Gussa GRAVES in September of the 
same year of his espousal to Christ. On the 14th of November, just 23 days 
before his spirit took its flight to the realms of eternity, Sarah Pearly, a 
sweet little girl of two years and two months, the only child, died of 
congestion.

June 16, 1877:

Champian MARABLE, an old and respected citizen of this county, was killed at 
his steam saw mill about four miles above town on last Saturday, by the 
explosion of the boiler. He was buried at this place on last Sunday.

June 30, 1877:

Neil BLUE, one of the oldest citizens of Montgomery, died in that city at 4 o
'clock last Sunday evening.

September 1, 1877:

Died, at her residence near Daviston, Ala., on the 28th ultimo, Mrs. Martha 
GRIFFIN, aged (-) years.

Died, at her residence near Daviston, Ala., on the 28 ultimo, Mrs. Mary 
RICHARDSON, consort of D.N. RICHARDSON.

September 15, 1877:

Died, at his uncle's near Daviston, Ala., the 2nd instant, Thomas NORMAN, 
aged 22 years. He went to bed in good health at 9 o'clock Saturday night, and 
died about sun up the next morning.

Died, at her father's near Daviston, Ala., August 30, 1877, Mrs. Henritta 
Frances HORSLEY, daughter of John and Artimecia MOTLEY, aged 19 years and 14 
days. Sister HORSLEY joined the Baptist Church at Daviston, Ala., the third 
Sabbath in August 1873, and was baptized by Rev. D.H. MOON; was married to Rev. 
H.M. HORSLEY, a Baptist Minister, on the 3rd Sabbath in September 1876. She 
was a kind, obedient and affectionate daughter, a loving sister and a fond 
and devoted wife. She was sick but a few days with an attack of fever. She 
leaves a bereft and disconsolate husband, a little babe, father and mother, 
brothers and sisters, together with numerous relatives and friends to mourn her 
loss.

September 29, 1877:

Rev. Henry HERSEY, aged 81 years, hung himself at Hingham, Massachusetts, on 
the 23rd ultimo.

Died, on Saturday, 22nd instant, in Opelika, Mrs. Fannie E. WRIGHT, consort 
of Dr. N.L. WRIGHT, age 23 years.

The jury in the case of the State vs. John AIKIN, for the killing of Dr. 
MEADOWS, returned a verdict of not guilty, at twelve o'clock Thursday night.