Death Notices From THE MONTGOMERY DAILY ADVERTISER, August 1881
-Transcribed by Larry E. Caver, Jr.
August 23, 1881:
Died, in Barbour County, Mr. William SNEED.
Died, in Henry County, Mr. A.F. TURNER.
Died, in Chambers County, Hon. James L. ROBINSON.
Died, in Pickens County, Mr. James A. COADY.
Died, in Wilcox County, Mrs. Maggie HYDE.
August 24, 1881:
(Little Rock, Ark., August 23) A double murder occurred in Scott County,
eighteen miles from Waldron, yesterday. The victims were John STEWART and Billy
MESSENGALE. The deed was provoked by two gambling murderers, whose names are
FALSOM and HOBBS.
One of the largest congregations ever known in this county assembled last
Sunday at Elam Church, six miles from the city. The occasion was the funeral of
Reverend Jere COWLES, a colored preacher, venerable for age and for his long
and faithful service in the work of his Master. He was a preacher and a man
much esteemed by whites and blacks... the colored brethern and sisters, too,
showed their veneration for his memory by going to his funeral. They went on
foot, in wagons, carts, buggies, on horseback, by every method of locomotion that
could be brought into requisition…
The Pensacola papers announce the death in that city of Hon. C.H. GINGLES, in
the 70th year of his age… He will be remembered by many of our readers as a
former resident of Mt. Meigs, in this county, and later as a merchant at
Hayneville, from which place he removed to Pensacola in 1858.
August 25, 1881:
Mr. T.J. PERKINS, several years ago a banker in Eufaula, died at Clarksville,
Tennessee, a few days ago.
August 26, 1881:
A dispatch from Lexington, Kentucky, announces the death of the venerable
Gen. Leslie COMBS, a veteran of the War of 1812, and a man who for more than half
a century past has taken a prominent part in affairs of his native state. He
was born in 1793 near Boonesboro, in Clark County, Kentucky, his father
having been an officer in the Revolutionary War… He was twice married and leaves
many descendants. One of his daughters was the wife of Colonel S. D. BRUCE, of
this city, whose son, Mr. Leslie Combs BRUCE, is well known as a famous
long-range rifle shot. His youngest son, Young Leslie COMBS, as he is always called
in Kentucky, is the son-in-law of Dan SWIGERT, the breeder of many famous
thoroughbreds... (Lengthy article on his life and career)
(Fredericksburg, Va., August 25) Hon. Daniel C. DEJARNETTE, member of the
Thirty-sixth Congress, and afterwards of the Confederate House of Representatives
from the Richmond District, died on the 22nd instant, at Montgomery White
Sulphur Springs.
Died, in Tuscaloosa County, Mr. E. ANDERS.
Died, at Birmingham, Mr. R. TUBS.
Died, in Selma, Mr. S.M. GRAYSON.
Died, in Marion, Mr. J.H. RUTLEDGE.
Died, near Harris Station, in Limestone County, on Saturday, the 20th and
Sunday, the 21st, little Ida Harris and Mary Anderson, aged five and three years
respectively, daughters of William N. and Minnie D. RICHARDSON.
Died, in Mobile, L.V. VALERY.
Died, in Mobile, Miss Sarah TIMMONS.
August 27, 1881:
Reverend Francis R. GOULDING died a few days ago at his home in Georgia. He
was the author of The Young Marooners, and several other literary works of
great merit.
Died, in Opelika, Miss Mattie SMITH.
Died, in Talladega, Mrs. Sarah L. STOCKDALE and Mr. Madison P. HAYES.
Died, in Tuscaloosa, Mr. Jesse MAXWELL.
Died, in Greene County, Mrs. M.M. CARPENTER.
Died, in Pickens County, Mr. John R. CHAPMAN.
Died, in Madison County, Mr. Bryant COBB and Mr. John H. TABOR.
Died, in Conecuh County, Mr. Richard HAMMONS.