Aug. 9,1844 Died at Pondtown, Sumter, Ga., July 4th,
MARY LUCINDA, daughter
of
the Rev. JOHN E. FORD, formerly of the Ga. Conf., born in Burke
county,
N.C., Nov. 1st,1823, awakened at a camp-meeting at Rehoboth
Monroe
Co....July 24, RALEIGH GREEN.
June 16,1844 Died
in Sumter co., Ga., on the 17th November, Mrs. SARAH, wife of
Rev.
JOHN N. SINGLETON, in the 41st year of her age...RALEIGH
GREENE,
Americus, Ga., Dec., 1845.
Dec. 3,1847 Died at Danville, Sumter Co., Ga., Nov. 5th,
Mrs. MARTHA R., wife of
R.T.
HAMES, in the 20th year of her age...left husband and one child.
Mar. 16,1849 Died
on the 20th of January last, in Sumter co., Ga., DEWI H. JONES,
aged
45 years and 10 days...left wife and eight children...J.E.J.
June 15,1849 Died in Americus, Ga., May 22nd, Mrs. MARY,
wife of GREEN M.
WHEELER,
in the 31st year of her age...maiden name was M'PHERSON,
a
native of Bladen co., N.C., and emigrated to Ga. with her parents in 1837
...A.A.ROBINSON.
Feb. 15,1850 Died, Jan. 23d, ELIZABETH MIMS, wife of WRIGHT
MIMS, of Sumter
co.,
Ga. She was born in Jefferson co., in 1789, and in her infancy lost her
mother,
and at the age of 12 her father...A.A. ROBINSON.
Apr. 19,1850 Died in Sumter co., Ga., March 15th, ELIZABETH
D. TUCKER, consort
of
REUBEN TUCKER, and daughter of JEREMIAH and ELIZABETH
WALKER,
of Chester dist., S.C....born Feb. 11,1816, married in 1839...
left
children. J.B.W.
May 30,1851 Died in Sumter co., Ga., May 1st, in the 40th
year of her age, Mrs.
NANCY
ANSLEY, wife of Rev. ABEL ANSLEY, and daughter of
BENJAMIN
and ABIGAIL HARRISON...born in Morgan co., in her 20th
year
married to her present husband...left husband and children. JOHN W.
TWITTY.
Sept. 12,1851 Died
near Americus, Ga., on the 13th ult., MARY ANN, consort of
JAMES
P. GUERRY, in the 44th year of her age...left husband and four
children.
Sept. 19,1851 Died,
Aug. 25, SARAH ELIZABETH, daughter of W.A. and T.
HAWKINS,
aged 3 years, 8 months, and 14 days.
Dec. 12,1851 Died at Americus, Ga., on the 21st Nov.,
LEANDER M. HUDSON, in
the
29th year of his age...native of Laurens co., and removed to the city
of
Oglethorpe...
Mar. 5,1852 Died, 6th Feb., while on a visit to her
friends in Americus, Ga., Mrs.
MARY
BEAUFORT MATHEWS, of Fort Valley, in her 29th year.
She
was the granddaughter of Rev. MYLES GREEN, one of the oldest
ministers
of the M.E. Church, South. When quite
young she was
married
to JAMES A. EVERETT, of Fort Valley, and in 1848 was left
a
widow. In the winter of 1850-51, she married Dr. WM. A.
MATTHEWS,
then of Crawford co....left husband and seven children.
J.B.S.
Apr. 23,1852 Died in Americus, Ga., March 1st, Mrs. REBECCA
JANE HODGES,
wife
of Rev. ROBERT J. HODGES, and daughter of SMITH
DAVENPORT,
in the 29th year of her age...born in Jasper co., Ga., but
was
mostly brought up in Houston. In Oct.1839, married to her present
husband...left
husband and three little daughters...the youngest,
HENRIETTA...J.W.
TWITTY.
June 25,1852 Died in Sumter co., Ga., 23rd May, sister MARY
R. TISON, wife of
MOSES
TISON and daughter of JAMES CARTER, aged 24 years...
W.R.
SINGLETON.
Sept. 3,1852 ROBINSON FURLOW, was the only son of Rev. J.B.
and M.E.
WARDLAW
of the Ga. Conf....died Aug. 15, aged 22 months and 18
days. J.B.W.
Sept. 24,1852 Tribute
of Respect to Rev. JOHN W. TWITTY by Sons of Temperance
Oct. 1,1852 Died in Americus, Ga., on the 4th Sept., the
Rev. JOHN W. TWITTY,
leaving
a wife and four children...born in March, 1819, and left an orphan
...W.
KNOX.
Died
in Americus, Ga., on the 7th inst., WILLIAM L. McCREE, in the
64th
year of his age...A.A. ROBINSON.
June 24,1853 Mrs. MARTHA DORMAN, widow of ALLEN DORMAN,
late of
Sumter
co., Ga., died in Americus, May 24, aged 32 years 2 months and
8
days...D.W.
Sept. 2,1853 Died, in Randolph co., Ga., 9th July, in the
33d year of her age,
FRANCES
EMILY, consort of T.W. ANSLEY, and daughter of JAMES
JOHNSON...
Sept. 16,1853 Died
in Pond Town, Ga., Aug. 30, NANCY BASS, daughter of Dr. A.B.
and
Mrs. R.H. GREENE, aged 3 years and 2 days.
Oct. 28,1853 Died, Oct. 4th, Mrs. SALOME LOUDEN, wife of
SAMUEL G.
LOUDEN,
late of Danville, Ga., and daughter of G. and E. PENNEL, of
Henry
co., Ala....born in N.C., June 1820...left husband and five children.
D.
WILLIAMSON.
Nov. 4,1853 Mrs. TERINDA F., consort of WILLIS A. HAWKINS,
died in Americus,
Sumter
co., Ga., on the 16th of Oct., born on 15th August 1827...In 1840,
joined
the Baptist Church, in 1849, the M.E. Church...P.A. STROBEL.
Died,
in Americus, Ga., 10th Oct., in the 20th year of his age, JOHN T.
HODGES,
eldest son of Mrs. WILLIAM J. RONALDSON...J.R.M.
Dec. 16,1853 Died in Buena Vista, JOHN F.C., son of Maj.
J.T. and sister R.A.
MATHIS,
on the 18th Sept., aged 17 months and 13 days; also on the
13th
Oct., ELISHA T., aged 6 years and 22 days.
Dec. 23,1853 Died in Sumter co., Ga., Nov. 20, JOHN H.
PARHAM, aged 51 years
and
3 months...C.S.D.
Aug. 18,1854 Tribute of Respect by Americus Circuit, to
Rev. JOSHUA HAMES
Oct. 20,1854 Died, near Danville, Sumter co., Sept.
24,1854, STEPHEN E. RIGGINS,
aged
42...born in Lawrence (Laurens?), and was among the early settlers
of
Sumter...left widow and two orphans.
L.D.
May 4,1855 Died in Sumter co., Ga., GEORGE L. DOUGLAS, on
the 12th of March
1855,
in his 54th year...a native of S.C., parents came to Ga. in 1822 or
23,
and settled the place known as Culloden in Monroe co....They were
Presbyterians...Nov.
28,1833, married to Miss MARY C. JORDAN,
and
removed to Sumter Co., in 1835...Y.F. TIGNOR.
Aug. 2,1855 Died in Danville, Sumter co., Ga., May
31,1855, Mr. G.R. WILSON, in
his
37th year, born in Beaufort co., N.C., in Sept. 1818...moved to Ga.
Y.F.T.
Jan. 31,1856 Died, Jan. 1st, Mrs. ANNA HAMES, born in
Columbia co., Ga., March
3,1780.
Her maiden name was TRIPPE...A.A. ROBINSON.
May 15,1856 THOMAS GREEN HUDSON, was born 12th Sept. 1825,
married to
MARTHA
F. STEWART, 5th Oct. 1852, and died 30th April 1856, in
Sumter
co., Ga.
July 24,1856 Mrs. PAMELA T., wife of ROBT. WHITE and
daughter of WM. L.
FAMBROUGH,
of Monroe co., died on the 5th June, in the 37th year of
her
age in Sumter Co., Ga....at about the age of 15 joined the M.E. Church.
July 31,1856 Miss SUSAN T. BIVINS, a member of the Senior
Class of the Wesleyan
Female
College, and eldest daughter of Mr. GEO. W. BIVINS of
Americus,
died 29th June, in Macon, Ga....
Nov. 20,1856 Mr.
PORTLOCK THOMPSON died in Dooly Co., Ga., Oct. 11,1856,
aged
62 years...born in Robeson Co., N.C., where he lived until 1814...
Hon.
E.R. BROWN of Americus, Ga., died Oct. 11,1856, aged about 45
years.
He was a native of S. Carolina...
Jan. 1,1857 In Americus on the morning of the 22d
December, WALTER KNOX,
infant
son of T.M. and M.E. FURLOW, aged 8 months and 19 days.
Apr. 16,1857 Mr. WILLIAM N. WIMBUSH died in Sumter Co.,
Ga., March 6th,1857,
aged
56 years. Bro. W. was raised in S.C....left a widow and nine children
...He
was buried on his 56th birthday. L.
RUSH.
May 7,1857 ELI TUCKER, died on 5th April at his residence
in Sumter Co., aged 45
years...
June 4,1857 Mrs. HANNAH DARLEY, widow of the late Rev.
THOMAS C.
DARLEY,
died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. PARHAM, at
Pleasant
Grove, Sumter Co., Ga., on the 7th May, aged 72 years, 1 month
and
26 days...
July 16,1857 ERASMUS P. STUCKEY died June 13th,1857 in
Sumter Co., Ga., born
in
Sumter Dist., S.C. D. WILLIAMSON
July 30,1857 Mrs. CAROLINE BROWN, wife of MILTON BROWN, of
Sumter co.,
Ga.,
died June 30th in her 33rd year...left husband and children...J.W.
HINTON.
Aug. 6,1857 Mrs. SARAH DAVENPORT, wife of Mr. ALMANZA
DAVENPORT,
and
daughter of Mr. DANIEL JAMES, of Marion Co., died in Americus,
Ga.,
July 1st,'57...Miss MARY JAMES, an elder sister...
Sept. 24,1857 In
Americus, Ga., on the 10th September, EDGAR SMITH, only child of
Dr.
W.W. and FELICIA A. FORD, aged nearly 15 months.
Apr. 29,1858 Mrs. AMANDA J. SESSIONS, wife of BENJAMIN
SESSIONS and
daughter
of the late WILLIAM P. JONES was born in Wilkes county, Ga.,
August
8th,1833...joined the Baptist Church in 1849 in Sumter Co., Ga....
died
on the 28th Feb., in Terrell county, Ga. She was married last year to
her
now bereaved husband...previously married to a Mr. KENDRICK,
who
lived a year or two...leaves one child...
Apr. 21,1859 Mrs. NANCY RAVENS, wife of DAVID RAVENS, died
in Sumter co.,
Ga.,
April 21...W.W. STEWART.
May 5,1859 Mrs. NANCY RAVEN died in Sumter co., Ga., on
2d April, in her 58th
year...
June 2,1859 Mrs. EUNICE McREE, wife of Judge E.L. McREE,
died in Americus,
Ga.,
May 1st,1859, in the 37th year of her age...a native of Vermont,
but
removed to the South when only 10 years old, and resided the
greater
portion of her life in Houston and Sumter
counties, Ga.
June 9,1859 Mrs. SUSAN F. WHITTLE, wife of Mr. IRVIN G.
WHITTLE, and
daughter
of BENJAMIN and ANN GRIDER, of Pike co., Ala., died at
Bottsford,
Sumter co., Ga., on the 20th May, in her 26th year...a member
of
the Missionary Baptist Church at Liberty, Pike Co., Ala....D.S.
RAVENS.
July 7,1859 Mrs. MARY TOMMEY was born in S.C. in 1801,
died in Sumter co.,
Ga.,
May 7th,1859...
SARAH
BRUNDAGE, was born in Putnam co., Ga., Dec. 29th,1831;
her
father removed to Sumter co., Ga., where she was married to
MOSELY
E. BRUNDAGE, Feb. 10th,1847...JOHN F. DICKSON.
Dec. 22,1859 Mrs. ELIZABETH Y. RAVEN died in Sumter co.,
Ga., Oct. 25th in her
64th
year...born in Person co., N.C., the daughter of STOKES and
SUSAN
ALLEN...
Dr.
GEO. HALL of Sumter co., Ga., son of MORGAN and REBECCA
HALL
was thrown from a buggy and died in a few hours...
Mar. 1,1860 Mrs. PATIENCE TUCKER, wife of REUBEN TUCKER,
of Sumter
Co.,
Ga., died Feb. 1st,1860...A.A. ROBINSON.
June 14,1860 VICTORIA E., wife of Mr. J.J. TOMLINSON and
daughter of Dr.
W.N.L.
CROCKER, died at the residence of her father in Americus, Ga.,
on
the 10th May,1860, in her 23d year...R.B. LESTER.
Nov. 8,1860 JOHN W. TOMMEY, our venerable father, born in
Greene co., Ga.,
aged
76 years, died in Sumter co., Ga....
Nov. 22,1860 Mr.
JOHN WESLEY BROWN, died in Marion co., Ga., Oct. 16th,
born
in Talbot co. He was brother-in-law to MATTHEW RYLANDER
...leaves
a wife and two children...
May 16,1861 Mrs. PENELOPE, wife of W.R. STEWART, and
daughter of WM. and
ELIZABETH
SIMS, died in Sumter co., Ga., 22d April,1861, in the 34th
year
of her age...the wife of a near and dear kinsman...T.H.S.
June 27,1861 Died in Buena Vista, Ga., May 25th,1861, LOULA
REBECCA, infant
daughter
of JOHN T. and REBECCA A. MATHIS, aged 8 months and
18
days.
Oct. 31,1861 N.A. LAMAR DUNCAN, of the Sumter Light Guard,
4th Regt. Ga.
Volunteers,
and son of the Rev. J.P. DUNCAN of the Ga. Conf., died
at
the Naval Hospital near Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 26th...
Jan. 23,1862 JAMES P. DIXON, son of TURNER B. and MARY A.
DIXON, of
Sumter
co., Ga., died in the Hospital at Staunton, Va., on 28th Dec.,
1861,
in the 21st year of his age...R.W. DIXON.
Mrs.
JANE J. STEWART, wife of JAS. STEWART, SR. of Sumter co.,
Ga.,
died on 26th Oct.,1861, in her 59th year...S. ANTHONY.
Apr. 10,1862 Mrs. ELIZA ANN ELAM, wife of SAMUEL C. ELAM,
Esq., died at
Americus,
Ga., Jan. 11th,1862, in the 38th year of her age...born in Mt.
Zion,
Hancock co., Ga., and was the youngest daughter, save one, of
the
late Rev. MICAJAH THOMAS...
June 12,1862 WM. S. RAVENS died in Sumter co., Ga., in the
42d year of his age...
S.
ANTHONY.
Aug. 12,1862 SENUS H. CLARK was born in N.C. Dec. 8,1801,
where he was
raised
mostly in orphanage, and in early life came to Twiggs co., Ga.,
where
he was married to Miss ELIZABETH BARTON in 1827, died
in
Sumter co., Ga., July 1,1862...
Sept. 11,1862 DAVID
HILL, in his 6th year, WILLIS SPENCE, in his 2d year, sons
of
Rev. ROBERT J. and MATILDA C. HODGES, died in Sumter co.,
Ga.,
12th and 28th of August.
Sept. 10,1863 Mrs.
SARAH H. DUNCAN, wife of Rev. J.P. DUNCAN, of the Ga.
Conf.,
died in Americus, Ga., on 21st August, in her 46th year.
Oct. 22,1863 ROBERT McBRIDE BORING, son of Rev. ISAAC
BORING,
formerly
of the Ga. Conf., died at the Confederate hospital, near
Gettysburg,
23 July 1863, in his 21st year...
Jan. 14,1864 Mrs. ELIZA F. DORMAN, wife of L.P. DORMAN,
Esq., of Americus,
Ga.,
died on 18th Dec. 1863.
JOHN
THOMAS JACKSON, second son of Mrs. SARAH GAINES,
and
stepson of Doc. GAINES, Esq., of Sumter co., Ga., was killed by
accident,
in his 8th year...
June 9,1864 MARY WARREN died in Sumter co., Ga., May
22,1864, in her 68th
year...
July 28,1864 Rev.
JOHN EMORY RYLANDER, Major 10th Ga. Batt., was born
Sept.
15,1836...tribute of respect to Rev. J.E. RYLANDER who was
killed
on 2d June...
Aug. 25,1864 Mrs. MARY C. MADDUX, wife of LUCIUS W. MADDUX,
was born
Dec.
2d,1828, and died in Americus, Ga., Aug. 5,1864...
Oct. 13,1864 JOSEPH A.B. RYLANDER, son of M.E. RYLANDER,
and brother of
Maj.
RYLANDER, was killed in Virginia, born 13th Aug. 1846, died 21st
Aug.,1864...
Aug. 24,1866 JAMES FLORENCE RAVENS, son of W.S. and N.S.
RAVENS, died
at
Bottsford, Sumter co., Ga., on 7th July, in his 14th year...the oldest son
of
his widowed mother...