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Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers: 1819-1893, page 544
August 16, 1854 Married on the 27th near Claiborne by REV. WILLIAM C. SMITH, HON. ROBERT G. SCOTT, of Virginia, U. S. Consulate to Rio Janiero to MRS. MARY W. DELLETT (30 in Virginia) of Monroe County. Married in Athens on 3rd by REV. G. W. MITCHEL at residence-of MRS. C(UZZY) SNEAD (43 in Kentucky), MR. SAMUEL L. HALSEY of Decatur, Alabama to MISS MARTHA G. SNEAD (15 in Alabama) of Athens, Alabama. Died on 27 July last in Greensboro, JOHN CRUTCHER, 4th son of DR. THOMAS C. (32 in South Carolina) and MRS. HARRIET C. OSBORNE (22 in Alabama; Greene County) aged 15 months, 2 days. State of Alabama--Madison County. SALLY D. SPOTSWOOD, deceased. Next of kin--LUCY ANN (37 in Virginia) wife of LUKE MATTHEWS, EDWIN P. (should be "B") SPOTSWOOD, SARAH E., wife of SAMUEL MATTHEWS, SUSAN,-wife of DAVID MALONE, WILLIAM E. SPOTSWOOD, JOHN C. SPOTSWOOD, MARY R. SPOTSWOOD, IRBY E. SPOTSWOOD, all over 21, PEYTON W. SPOTSWOOD, JAMES W. McCLUNG and SPOTSWOOD McCLUNG, infants under 21, all residents of Alabama except IRBY E. SPOTSWOOD. August 23, 1854 Married on Thursday evening last, 17 August by REV. W. D. F. SAWRIE, MR. ROBERT F. RUSSELL to MISS MARY A., daughter of ROBERT FREEMAN, Esq. all of this county. Married on the 13th by HON. J. G. DIXON, at the residence of THOMAS SNODGRASS, Esq., COL. BENJAMIN SNODGRASS to MRS. NANCY CHANDLER, all of Jackson County. Married at the residence of MAJ. JOSEPH H. GREER, in Lincoln on the 9th, by REV. MR. COWAN, MR. SAMUEL A. SLAUGHTER of Marshall County, Tennessee to MISS JOSEPHINE EDMONDSON of Lincoln. Died at his residence near Huntsville, Alabama on the 17th of hemorrhage, ROBERT S. BRANDON (33 in Alabama) aged about 38 years. Bom, raised and educated in this community.. .member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Left orphan children. In Bellefonte, Alabama on the 16th, CHARLIE J., son of MR. and MRS. W. J. GREENE, died. Accidental death of MR. HENRY GILDER, an old gentleman 66 or 67 years of age, well known in this and some of adjoining counties as a school teacher...(Jacksonville Sunny South). August 30, 1854 Married on 8th by JAMES H. POOR, Esq., MR. WILLIAM L. McDUFF to MISS MARY WATSON (12 in Tennessee; HARDIN), all of this county. Married 9th by JAMES H. POOR, Esq., MR. LEWIS C. LEMLEY to MISS SUSAN T. SEWARD, all of this county. Married on 23rd at residence of REV. F. P. SCRUGGS by REV. B. F. WHITE (died July 5, 1855 at 24), MR. P(HINEAS) T. SCRUGGS to MISS BETTIE MURPHEY (13 in Alabama), all of Decatur. Married at "Somerville Inn," Somerville, Alabama on the 23rd by REV. JOEL TURRENTINE, MR. B. SPOTS to MRS. SARAH SAWYERS (41 in South Carolina; wife of JAMES), both of Decatur. Married on the 22nd by REV. W. MOONEY, SAMUEL W. L. McCLESKY (40 in Tennessee), Esq., of Frankfort, Alabama to MISS MARY A. MATTHEWS of Tuscumbia. Died in Huntsville at the residence of his son-in-law, THOMAS MARTIN, Esq., on 8 August, WILLIAM H. IRBY (73 in Virginia) at the advanced age of 79. He was bom in Pittsylvania County, Virginia where he resided until 1825 at which time he removed to Madison County, Alabama. Died on the 12th at residence of his father, in Morgan County, WM A. S. DAVIS (10 in Alabama) in the 13th year. Eldest son of RILEY S. DAVIS (47 in Kentucky) and FRANCES S., deceased--formerly FRANCES S. SLAUGHTER (dead 1850--evidently widow COLLIER), only daughter of the late JOHN SLAUGHTER of Virginia. Also at the same house on 17th, RHODA ANN, second daughter of ELISHA BELL, deceased and NANCY P., now NANCY P. DAVIS. Died at her residence in Limestone County, Alabama on Friday 4 August MRS. ELIZABETH PETTY (73 in South Carolina) in the 77th year of her age. Methodist. 544 - (3844)