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Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers: 1819-1893, page 406
Master of Rising Sun Lodge #29. There were present members of the Trinity and Town Creek Lodges, the deceased being a member of the latter lodge. CARRIE MAY WOODALL, wife of J. J. WOODALL, died Tuesday, the 8th, after an illness of more than three months. MRS. WOODALL was connected with some of the most prominent families of Morgan County. Died, at the residence of MR. JAMES H. McGAHA (21 in Alabama), near Whitesburg, January 12, 1883, MRS. CAROLINE McGAHA (at 48 years at death). January 24, 1883 Lauderdale County. On the 24th instant GEORGE W. MARTIN of Tennessee was married to MISS MARTHA M. THREAT. On the 17th instant, JOHN McKINNEY of Madison County to MISS ELIZABETH LAMBERT. (Lauderdale County notes) MR. WILLIAM D. CROW, an old Florence boy, died Wednesday in Paducah, Kentucky where he was resting, on his way home, from several years exposure in the Colorado mines. Jackson County. MR. REUBEN SCOTT of Madison County is clerking for C. M. FENNELL. MR. W. T. GRAHAM committed suicide at his home near Larkinsville last Tuesday. MR. GRAHAM was a well-to-do farmer, out of debt, and got along well with his family. The only reason his friends assigned is that he has been in bad health for some time. He was a sober man, a good citizen. January 24, 1883 From the Memphis Avalanche we take the following notice of the death of MR. WALTER A. GOODMAN, in that city on the 20th instant. MR. GOODMAN was highly esteemed in this community, where he married his wife, the former MISS CORINNE ACKLEN, a beautiful woman and belle of this city: "MR. WALTER A. GOODMAN died last night after a brief illness. For many years MR. GOODMAN has been prominent in Memphis business circles and was universally esteemed. Last November he was unanimously elected a magistrate for the city and subsequently Chairman of the County Court.... Account, from the Chattanooga Times, of the murder of JAMES McCABE a merchant of Town Creek, by a TOM MATHIS, who was drunk. January 31 1883 From the Atlantic (Iowa) Messenger: MRS. ROBERT MAJOR, one of the most highly esteemed ladies of Atlantic, died on Wednesday evening of consumption. MR. and MRS. MAJOR came to this city in 1878 from Huntsville, Alabama and since that time the gentleman has been one of our leading lumber dealers. MRS. MAJOR was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church. MRS. SARAH STRAUSS of New York is the guest of her brother MR. OSCAR GOLDSMITH. The Cullman Independent says MRS. KATE D. THOMPSON of Birmingham is visiting her sister MRS. DR. SEARCY. REV. DR. ROSS and wife enjoyed the 24th anniversary of their marriage Saturday last, the 27th. The occasion was beautifully remembered by the teachers and young ladies of the Seminary and a few friends, who gave a delightful surprise party to the esteemed couple. McCABE of Town Creek, reported shot, is slowly getting well. COL. S(AMUEL) R(IDLEY) CRUSE (20 in Alabama). The telegraphic dispatch on Thursday that COL. CRUSE had died suddenly at his home in Memphis was a painful shock to this community. He was a son of the late SAMUEL R. CRUSE. COL. CRUSE, at an early age, fell under the spell of the "gold fever"... returning from California he was appointed teller in the old Northern Bank of Alabama which position he held until the beginning of the war. He served gallantly throughout the long struggle as an officer of the battery commanded by the much lamented JAMISON WARD. In 1865 he was called to the Treasureship of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. COL. CRUSE was in his 52nd year, leaves a wife and three sons, two in business in Memphis and the other in school. The remains arrived in this city Friday morning on a special train; funeral was held from the Church of the Nativity. 406 - (3706)