- DEATH and OBITUARY
NOTICES
- JONESBORO
HERALD-TRIBUNE
- 1869
-1871
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Year:
1869
- Keizer, Isaac
- Isaac Keizer, an old and respectable citizen of the vicinity
of Cherry Grove, departed this life on Wednesday, August 11th,
1869. We have known him for many years and can say that he was a
good neighbor, and no doubt is gone to a better world to reap his
reward. Vol. I. #1, Thurs., Aug. 26, 1869
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- Kern, Mr. Martin
- Mr. Martin Kern died at his residence in this place, on the
morning of the 23rd. inst. Aged ____ years. Vol. I. #1, Thurs.,
Aug. 26, 1869
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- Logan, Joseph M.
- We are pained to hear of the death of this gentleman. He lived
in our town for many years previous to the war, and made for
himself a host of friends in this county. When we last saw him in
this place, he was the picture of health, and bid fair for long
life. But death came suddenly upon him. He died at Knoxville, the
2nd inst., at 2 o'clock P. M. We sincerely sympathize with his
family and relatives at their bereavement. Vol. I. #7, Thurs.,
Oct. 7, 1869
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- Meek, Mr. James
- Mr. James H Meek, son of Chas. W. Meek, of this place, died at
Embreeville, on the morning of the 21st last. We tender his
bereaved family, and large circle of friends, our sincere
sympathies in their great affliction (?). They have this
consolation, that the deceased lived an exemplary christian life
for a number of years, and died in the hope of a bright
humortality. Vol. I. #1, Thurs., Aug. 26, 1896
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1870
- Bailey, William
- A colored man by the name of William Bailey, died very
suddenly from heart disease, near Carrville on last Friday Night.
Vol. II. #13, Thurs., November 24, 1870
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- Bayles, John
- Died near this place on Sunday last, John Bayles, aged 65
years. Vol. II. #10, Thurs., November 3, 1870
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- Beals, David
- Died on last Tuesday, four miles from this place, David Beals.
Mr. Beals was over one hundred years of age at the time of his
death, and lived in this county seventy-five years. He bore the
character of an honest, upright citizen, a kind neighbor and a
christian gentleman. His death although not unexpected considering
his advanced age, will be mourned by a large number of relatives
and friends, who have enjoyed his society and friendship for many
years. Vol. II. #14, Thurs., December 1, 1870
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- Bradshaw, John
- John Bradshaw, aged 17, son of Mr. John W. Bradshaw, of
Lynchburg, accidently shot himself on Saturday last, and died
almost instantly. Vol. I. #28, Thurs., March 10, 1870
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- Cunningham, Samuel B.
- Obituary: Samuel B. Cunningham, infant son of Samuel A. and
Alice N. Cunningham, departed this life at the residence of his
father, at Carter Depot, on the 24th day of July, 1870, aged six
months and seven days. The baby gone, the cradle empty and the
home is desolate. God gave and God has taken away. Little Sammie's
life was short and of continual suffering. Death quieted his
anguish and placed the little earthly jewel in a heavenly casket,
and oh, how solacing and beautiful the promises of God to human
heart whose idols are dead, that parents and children may meet on
the green banks of the New Jerusalem where suffering ceases and
the reunion is eternal. Vol. I. #8, Thurs., July 28, 1870
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- Geisler, Mr. Samuel
- Died near this place of Thursday last, Mr. Samuel Geisler,
aged 78 years. Vol. II. #10, Thurs., November 3, 1870
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- Hair, Henry
- Died on yesterday evening three miles north of this place,
Henry Hair. Mr. H, one of our oldest citizens, had lived for years
on the farm where he died. Vol. II. #4, Thurs., September 22, 1870
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- Hair, Henry
- Obituary: Died: At his residence, three miles North of
Jonesborough, on the 21st inst., Henry Hair, in the 81st year of
his age. In 1818, he was married to Elizabeth Taylor, who died two
years and three months previous to her husband. Mr. Hair has lived
for sixty years within a half mile of where he died, and was loved
and esteemed by all who knew him as one of the most honest and
industrious men in the country. He was an affectionate husband, a
kind father and a good neighbor. He was a true member of the
Methodist E. Church for thirty years, during which time he seldom
omitted, night and morning, to bring his family together in humble
supplication to Almighty God for the forgiveness of his and their
sins, and to return thanks for the manifold blessings which they
had received. His was the Christian's life, and his the Christian
death. He rejoicingly crossed the dark waters, laying down his
earthly arms for a jeweled crown held in reserve for him who has
triumphed over all the evils of life, and who had consecrated
himself to God.
- "How blest the righteous when he dies!
- When sink the weary soul to rest,
- How mildly beams the closing eyes,
- How gently heaves the expiring breast.
- Life's duty done, as sinks the clay;
- Right from its load the spirit ____,
- While heaven and earth combine to say
- How blest the righteous when he dies."
- Vol. II. #5, Thurs., Sept. 29, 1870
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- Hale, Mr. Henry
- Mr. Henry Hale, assistant supervisor of the East Tennessee,
Virginia, and Georgia railroad, died on Monday at his residence
near Riceville, Tennessee. Mr. Hale was universally regarded as an
estimable gentleman and a faithful railroad official. Vol. II. #6,
Thurs., October 6, 1870
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- Hart, son of
- Drowned: We regret to learn that a little son of Rev. Abraham
Hart of Elizabethton, two years of age, was accidentally drowned
in Doe River on Wednesday evening, the 21st. The child was missed
and search being made its body was found in the river about two
hundred yards below the residence of Mr. Hart. Mrs. Hart, we are
pained to learn, was suffering from severe illness at the time of
the accident and the shock was so great she is not expect to
recover. Vol. II. #4, Thurs., September 22, 1870
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- Hodges, Mrs. Mary
- Died near Carrville, on last Thursday, Mrs. Mary Hodges, wife
of Martin Hodges. Vol. II. #13, Thurs., November 24, 1870
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- Hyder, Mrs. S.
- Mrs. S. Hyder, widow of M.L. Hyder of Carter county, died
suddenly at her home on Powder Creek last Monday evening. Vol. II.
#3, Thurs., September 15, 1870
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- Jarvis, Mrs. Peggy
- Mrs. Peggy Jarvis, 87 years of age, was burned to death in her
house in Sparta, Tennessee, on Saturday, her clothes having caught
on fire. Vol. I. #28, Thurs., March 10, 1870
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- Lane, Mr. Hugh
- Died in this county, on last Saturday morning, Mr. Hugh Lane.
His illness was of short duration. Vol. II. #13, Thurs., November
24, 1870
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- Mahoney, Mrs. Martha
- Death: We are pained to announce the death of Mrs. Martha
Mahoney, wife of Dr. James Mahoney of Loudon, Tenn., which took
place on the 25th of October after a very short illness. Vol. II.
#11, Thurs., November 10, 1870
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- Mahoney, Mrs. Martha
- In Memoriam: Departed this life, at her residence in Loudon,
Tenn., on the 25th day of October, A.D., 1870, at 2 o'clock, P.M..
Mrs. Martha Mahoney, consort of Dr. James Mahoney.
- The foundation of that noble character the writer is about to
present to the public, was laid in early life by her parents. Mrs.
Mahoney had been taught the idea of labor and usefulness when a
girl, and hence, when she grew up to be a young lady she had a
well trained mind. With this idea permanently foxed, she began
life's duties. Her young heart was not won by the god of pleasure
or amusement, nor did she fix her eye upon outward show. The vain
past-times of youth never engaged her attention. The shining
tinsel of a proud world presented no attractions to her. Her mind
seemed bent upon nobler things.
- To all who knew Mrs. Mahoney, nothing new can be said of her
character in any sense; for the lustre that shone around it in
life was not dimmed by evil, but grew brighter and brighter as
time moved on, and although reason was suspended by disease, yet
the genuineness of her many virtues and religion, rose above the
temporary wreck of mind, and constructed over the scene a
beautiful rainbow of hope, that spanned her life, and assured her
bereft husband, children and many friends, that in the world to
come, her soul would be restored to reason, and the beauty and
glory of the human mind on Eden of old. The disease of which she
died, was indeed mysterious, but might be termed acute mania: the
cause of which, none of the kind physicians who waited upon her
could, perhaps, determine. But that mind, so deranged for a short
time, is now sane, and Sister Mahoney is now "clothed and in her
right mind, safe in Heaven." What human skill could not do, a
merciful God has done by his wise Providence. Never, perhaps, did
physicians show more anxiety for a patient, than did those of
Loudon for the deceased, but all their skill and kindness could do
no good. Mania raged; it became evident that medicine could not
heal the malady, and music, sweet music, seems to have been the
only cordial, for under its soothing influence the mind was lulled
to repose, until at last nature failed to stand the shock, mania
ceased his rage, and calmly the spirit took its flight into the
vast unknown.
- The Particulars of her character. Sister Mahoney was a
christian, not a nominal follower of Christ, but a close,
every-day follower. She professed faith in Jesus in her youth;
joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, lived a member of that
church; until she married Dr. Mahoney, she then joined the
Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she lived an exemplary member
until death removed her membership to the church triumphant. As a
christian, she was prayerful, hopeful, and zealous. She loved the
church, the whole church. Her house was a home for the weary
minister of the gospel, as very many know from experience. Her
heart was warm and large, embracing all good and no evil. She
entertained the least of folly and evil, that the writer knew any
one to entertain. He knows what he says, for he has known her from
her childhood, has lived neighbor to her, and for two years was
almost a daily visitor in the family; and from her own words he
makes the assertion. He never knew her equal in godliness. She
never indulged in any unkind words, or against any benevolent, or
religious institution. When enticements allured, pleasures
invited, and temptations assailed, others would yield, and the
writer remembers when his own mind would waver, she was firm.
- As a wife, she was indeed faithful in all the duties of the
holy relation of wedlock. Never did man marry a more perfect
specimen of true female worth. She was not a companion only, but a
helpmate, and a counselor, as I have often heard her husband say.
She filled every idea that a good man has of the word wife, and
Brother Mahoney appreciated this fact. Did he need a kind friend,
Martha was all of that; did he need a counselor, Martha was ready
to give modestly, her opinion. She never assumed control over her
husband's business, but possessed a careful eye, and penetrating
judgment, calling his attention to what she thought needed his
notice. With such a wife there was joy, and earth's purest joys
flowed around that hearthstone, and hundreds of times has the
writer shared in the pleasures of that happy home.
- As a mother, she had few equals. Never any children had a
better. To say she loved them is too weak and expression. Her
children seemed to form a part of her very being; for them she
prayed, for them she labored, and for them, in part, she lived.
The rich music of her warning voice will never cease to sound in
memory's ear; she called her children by precept and example to
wisdom's paths' and often exhorted them to shun evil. It is to be
hoped they will drink in her words of advice and counsel, and the
whole train of her virtues, which so many clustered around her
home. Her care for her children was very uncommon, for never did a
mother take more pains to train them in the way they should go. In
this respect, all awarded her the premium. She taught them to shun
play, idleness, amusement, and parties, and all that long train of
evils so destructive to good health and sound morals. Long, yes
until life's latest hour, will her sweet and only daughter,
Victoria, remember her many words of kindness and counsel, and her
influence will exert a wonderful power in the formation of the
future character of her children, especially the daughter. I hope
they will, in later life, imbibe the holy breath of a mother's
fervent prayer. God grant protection to the children.
- As a member of society, she was orderly, peaceable, kind,
liberal and social. Her deportment was above impeachment, her
peaceable disposition was plainly manifest in all her dealings,
her kindness was unlimited, extended to all alike, for, perhaps,
none ever applied to her for a favor, if in her power, that she
did not bestow. It was bestowed upon all alike, as freely upon the
poor as upon the rich. She gave liberally, to the poor and needy,
and made herself useful in many ways. For these reasons and many
others, the writer thinks society has lost a useful member, Loudon
in particular, her brightest ornament, the church a strong pillar.
I know the husband has lost a good wife, and the children an
affectionate mother, but Heaven has gained another soul, another
star to bedeck the radiant crown of King Jesus. J. L. Milburn Vol.
II. #12, Thurs., November 17, 1870
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- Morrow, Drury
- Died near Leesburg on Wednesday night 14th inst. Drury Morrow.
Mr. M. was one of the best citizens of the country, always ready
and willing to aid and assist his neighbors in any thing that he
could do for their comfort and welfare. Vol. II. #17, Thurs.,
December 22, 1870
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- Nichols, Doc.
- Doc. Nichols, an old colored man, known to most of our
citizens for many years was found near this place on last Friday
morning, with his clothes burned off of him, and died Saturday
morning from the injury received. It is supposed he was attacked
with epilepsy and fell into a fire near by where some hands had
been working. Vol. II. #17, Thurs., December 22, 1870
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- Roberts, Charles E.
- Obituary: Charles E. Roberts, son of George W. and Emma
Roberts, born 14th day of April 1869, and departed this life on
the 4th day of September, 1870. Ours yesterday-God's today. Yes,
little Charlie's dead. For him the pains of the flesh with its
dust, are at peace. Like a May blossom plucked from its stem, each
leaf in its verdure, each bud in its bloom, now withered and
lifeless - like a dew drop pearled in morning's beam and
glimmering to the sun, he was "exhaled and went to heaven."
Sweetly he fell asleep in Jesus, and death only came as the
"evangil of life eternal, to wed him to the Angels." Of all
sorrows there is none which so touch the heart as the death of the
young and beautiful. It is peculiarly so in the present instance,
for Charlie, though an infant, was a child of more than ordinary
character. He was the pride of the home, the idol of father and
mother. Alas! Why was he taken? What can heal so deep a wound?
What image replace so bright an idol? Such a bereavement may be
softened by sympathy, but God alone can calm its agony. We may
weep by the Grave of our little friend, but the sunshine heaven
can illumine our tears and bring the rainbow of promise to our
hearts.
- "Sweet bud of life, God knew this earth,
- Was not a home for thee;
- He took thee even from thy birth,
- To bless eternity." F. S. Elizabethton, Sept. 16, 1870
- Vol. II. #4, Thurs., Sept. 22, 1870
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- Scott, Absolam
- Died in this county on Thursday last, Absolam Scott, a worthy
and respectable citizen. Vol. II. #17, Thurs., December 22, 1870
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- Sparks, Dr. A. R.
- Funeral: In this place on Monday, the remains of the late Dr.
A. R. Sparks, who died recently at Washington City, were
intered[sic] in the Cemetery. The funeral services were performed
by Rev. J.L. Mann. There was a large number of people in
attendance. Vol. II. #15, Thurs., December 8, 1870
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- Thornburg, John
- Died on Tuesday last, near this place, John Thornburg, aged
ninety-one years. Mr. Thornburg was a soldier of the war of 1812,
and took part in nearly all of Gen. Jackson's campaigns. He was a
good citizen and died regretted by all who knew him. Vol. II. #14,
Thurs., December 1, 1870
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- Willard, George W.
- We are informed that Geo. W. Willard, Post Master at
Kindrick's Creek, in Sullivan county was drowned at Lynchburg on
Saturday last. He was stopping at the Orange Hotel, when that
building was swept away by the flood.Vol. II. #6, Thurs., October
6, 1870
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