Mrs. Ann D. Birch Dead (1897)

Ann Dillworth
Wife of Col. Jno. N. Birch
Born in Petersburg, VA
Feb 21, 1802
Died Aug 28, 1897

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Mrs. Birch was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery in Talbotton, Georgia. Here is a death notice from the 31 August 1897 Columbus Daily Enquirer:

"MRS. ANN D. BIRCH DEAD.

Noble Woman of Talbotton Passes Away After a Useful Life.

Talbotton, Ga., Aug. 30 -- Mrs. Ann D. Birch, aged 96, died at the residence of her grandson, Dr. J. B. Douglass, this morning.

She was a devout Christian and member of the Methodist church more than eighty years, having been a resident of Talbotton seventy years. She was the grandmother of Dr. J. B. Douglass, Of Talbotton; W. B. Hill, of Macon; Herbert Hill, of Monticello; Mrs. James Bishop, of Eastman; Thomas and Robert A. Matthews, of Thomaston, and W. C. Douglass, of Raleigh, N.C. The burial will take place here tomorrow at Oak Hill cemetery."

Robert Williams Met with a Fatal Accident (1877)

Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia
24 April 1877
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"THE GEORGIA PRESS

...The Sumter Republican learns that Robert Williams, son of 'Mr. R. M. Williams, living near Buena Vista, Marion county, met with a fatal accident on his father's premises last Saturday afternoon while throwing off a load of logs from a wagon. It seems he was standing on the ground throwing the logs over his head, and while holding a heavy one in his hands he made a step backwards and fell across a log lying behind him, when the piece of timber he had hold of fell across his head, breaking the skull and causing instant death.'"

Mashed Between the Cars (1889)

In Memory of
Albert B. Wallace
Born Feb 11, 1860
Died Jan 25, 1889
A brother has gone from our circle
On earth we shall meet him no more
He has gone to his home in Heaven
And all his afflictions are o'er.

Photo © 2009 S. Lincecum; from Oak Hill Cemetery; Talbotton, Georgia.

27 January 1889
Columbus Daily Enquirer, Georgia

"MASHED BETWEEN THE CARS.

Albert Wallace, a White Brakeman, Meets a Terrible Death in Troy.
A terrible accident occurred at the Troy Central road depot on Thursday afternoon.  Albert Wallace, better known as Bud Wallace, a white brakeman, while coupling cars, was caught between a flat and the engine and terribly mashed about the stomach and chest.  The engineer noticing the fearful predicament Wallace was in, at once moved the engine slightly forward.  The injured man scrambled to a seat and fell into is.  Dr. Brown was in prompt attendance, but he at once saw that the unfortunate brakeman's condition was hopeless, and he so informed him.  Everything was done, however, to assuage his pains.  Wallace died of his injuries on Friday night.  His remains were brought to the city by the noon train yesterday, for interment.  He belonged to Marion county, was unmarried and about twenty three years og age.

Wallace was well known in this city as an honest, upright man.  He formerly clerked for Mr. Dave Rothschild."

27 January 1889
Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia

"CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS.

Albert Wallace of geneva, Ga., Killed While Coupling Cars.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 26 -- [SPECIAL.] -- Albert Wallace, the young man of Geneva, Ga., who was mashed at the depot at Troy, Ala, day before yesterday, died last night at 12 o'clock.

The accident occurred by negligence while coupling cars.  He was 22 years old and well though of by the railroad company.  He was well known in this city."

28 January 1889
Columbus Daily Enquirer, Georgia

"Laid to Rest Yesterday
The remains of Albert Wallace, the young man who was killed in Troy a few days ago while coupling cars in the Central road depot, were removed to his late home near Geneva yesterday at noon, for the purposes of interment, where they will be laid to rest with his ancestors."

A Day of Suicides (1894)

Columbus Daily Enquirer, Georgia
21 June 1894
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A DAY OF SUICIDES.

The suicide column in the New York papers is becoming a specialty. In one paper Tuesday was the following record:

Mrs. Walker, 23 years old, attempted suicide with laudanum because her husband insisted that she shou'd dress herself and go out to dinner. She had a headache and did not want to go, and took laudanum.

Charles Smith, a baker, out of work, cut his throat.

Henry Meyer was found in a nearby town hanging by a clothes line from the limb of a tree. He left a card saying: "Rheumatism is the cause."

Henry Lohse, of Philadelphia, 30 years old, despondent and suffering from various troubles, drowned himself in the ocean at Atlantic City.

A young woman known as Bertha, was found dead in her room on East Seventy-second street. She had taken poison.

Mamie Bergenon, the young woman who tried to kill herself Sunday afternoon by taking rat poison, died at Bellevue Hospital Monday.

Andrew Gregswitsch, 30 years old, ended himself by taking Paris green.

Carl Reimmann, 40 years old, took Paris green.

Mrs. Nellie Thompson, 23 years old, swallowed carbolic acid.

Horace Servoss, Superintendent of the Western Division of the Erie Canal, committed suicide Monday.

Barbara Eissenoff[?], 62 years old, of Long Island City, threw herself into a cistern and was drowned.

James Francis Forshay, of 34 Vandam street, New York, crazed for his dead wife, shot and fatally wounded his favorite child, and killed himself.

William Alfers, 23 years old, thirty-six hours after his marriage, found he was tired of life and his 17 year old bride, cut his throat.

An account is given of the suicide Sunday night, in his room in Smith & McNell's Hotel, of George Walter McCormick, the Charleston lawyer. He had registered as "A. J. Otey, Augusta, Ga."

Ferdinand G. Vintere, a Frenchman, 60 years old, shot himself through the brain with two pistols, fired into each temple simultaneously. His trouble was the death of his wife.

Minnie Laeffler, 20 years old, a servant, made use of illuminating gas, instead of the usual kerosene. She killed herself for love, also, of course.

Mrs. Ernest Rodehan, 32 years old, made three efforts at suicide Monday morning. Grief over the loss of two children affected the woman's mind.

Mrs. John Connolly, at Orange, N.J., drowned herself in a private pond. Her mind was affected.

A Florida Horror (1885)

Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia
10 July 1885
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A FLORIDA HORROR

Colored Family Murdered and their House Burned.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, July 2 -- A special to the Times Union from Citra, Fla, says that a horrible murder and house burning occurred yesterday near that place. The only particulars obtainable are that at about 3 p.m., a dense smoke was seen from Citra in the direction of J. O. Mathews' dwelling. A party of citizens went out and found that the house was nearly burned down. Three bodies were seen in the flames and a colored girl ten years old was lying near, with her skull crushed but able to speak a little. She says a party came to the house and killed Martha Lewis, Gracie Lewis and the baby and tried to kill her, and then set the house on fire. The names of the party are withheld until later, as they are not yet under arrest. Mathews went North a few days ago, leaving his house in charge of the Lewis family. The community is greatly excited over the terrible crime. The victims are all colored and were honest, reliable people.

Deaths & Funerals, Macon Weekly Telegraph, 29 Jan 1908

Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia
29 January 1908
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

CABANISS
The last sad rites over the remains of the late Mrs. J. W. Cabaniss will be held at the family residence, 224 Georgia avenue, today at 12 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. E. C. Dargan and Rev. T. D. Ellis.

The following gentlemen will act as pall-bearers: Messrs. Emory Speer, A. L. Miller, C. B. Willingham, Sr., A. D. Schofield, Minter Wimberly, George A. Smith, A. T. Small and H. S. Edwards.

Interment will be at Rose Hill cemetery.

FREEMAN
The funeral of Judge Matt R. Freeman will take place from the Mulberry Street Methodist Church this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The exercises will be conducted by Rev. T. D. Ellis and Rev. R. E. Douglas. Mr. George C. Freeman, of Savannah, the only surviving brother of the deceased, will be here to attend the funeral.

The following gentlemen will serve as pall-bearers: Active, A. L. Miller, Elsworth Hall, J. G. Postell, H. C. Robert, G. P. Rankin, Albert Ulman, Robert A. Nesbit, C. M. Wiley. Honorary, John P. Ross, N. E. Harris, A. W. Lane, T. E. Ryals, Fred R. Martin, Frank Chambers, M. Felton Hatcher, George S. Jones.

The burial will be made at Riverside cemetery.

BURNEY
A brief prayer service was held yesterday over the remains of Mrs. Martha L. Burney at teh residence of her daughter, Mrs. Ira B. Todd, 125 Rembert avenue. The following gentlemen acted as pall-bearers: F. C. Benson, Ben Parsons, A. A. Pell, L. W. Gray, R. L. Permenter, Theo Brown.

Accompanied by Rev. W. H. Budd, of this city, the remains will be taken to Monticello today for funeral and interment.

LONG
The funeral of Mr. Edward Long took place from St. Joseph's Catholic Church yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. Father Madden officiating. A large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives gathered at both the church and the cemetery to pay a final tribute of respect. Interment was in Rose Hill cemetery.

SMITH
The funeral of Master Robert Lee Smith will take place from the Bethel Church, on the Columbus road, this morning at 10:30 o'clock. The lad died Monday from blood poison as the result of sticking a nail in his foot.

FENTRESS
The remains of Mr. C. F. Fentress, late superintendent of the Atlantic Compress Company of this city, will be shipped tonight to his former home in Bolivar, Tenn. The body will be accompanied by a son and a daughter, Mr. Mangum Fenteress and Miss Sallie Fentress. The other sons of Mr. Fentress have been apprised by telegraph of their father's death, and they are expected to arrive in Bolivar tomorrow in time for the funeral.

BENTON
The sad news of the death of Robert E. Benton will be received with sincere regret by many of his friends throughout the city. He passed away at the residence of his father, Mr. E. J. Benton, on Ross street, last night at 11:50 o'clock. Though only in his nineteenth year, he had been in ill health for two years, and the end was not unexpected.

The funeral services will be held at the family residence, No. 416 Ross street, today at noon and the remains will be interred in Waycross, Ga., on Thursday.