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Columbus, November 15.—A telegram was received here to-day announcing the death of Mrs. Jack Simpson at Fort Gaines last night. She was the daughter of Mr. H, D. Hood, of this city.
Date: 1886-11-16; Paper: Macon Weekly Telegraph

The Chosen of Death
Paschal Oct 1.—One of the saddest deaths that have occurred in some time at Talbottom, was that of Mrs. Lucia Vinson. She recently went there from Fort Gaines, Ga. for her health. She died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at the home of her brother, Mr. W, P. Watte, and will be taken to Fort Gaines today for burial. She was about thirty years of age, and leaves two small children, Mr. Wyatt Sealy, another citizen who was greatly beloved, died last Friday at his home near Daviston quite suddenly. Aged about seventy years.
Date: 1888-10-03; Paper: Columbus Daily Enquirer

Charles Kaufman Dies At Fort Gaines
Mr. Julius Kaufman received a telegram yesterday announcing the sad death of his father, Mr. Charles Kaufman at Fort Gaines. Mr. Kaufman reitred Monday night in apparent good health, but died during the night sometime, as he was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. His death was evidently a painless one, as he never alarmed any member of his family during the night.
Charles Kaufman was a former resident of this city, but moved to Fort Gaines, about six years ago and had been in business there up to the time of his death. three children survive him, they are Mr. Julius Kaufman of this city, and Mrs Etta Wallenstein and Miss Carrie Kaufman of Fort Gaines. He also leaves several grand children, nephews and nieces. He was 71 years of age.
The remains will be brought to this city for interment, but it is not known when they will reach here. As yet no funeral arrangements have been made.
Date: 1903-12-30; Paper: Columbus Daily Enquirer

GEO. SPEIGHT.
FORT GAINES, Ga.. Nov- 19.—The funeral of George D Speight waa held Sunday at the Methodist church. In this place. Mr. Speight died In Atlanta on Friday night last at the hospital, where he had been for more than a month under treatment. Mr. Speight was one of the town's best citizens, was superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school here for many years and was a member of the local Masonic lodge. He leaves a wife and three children. Mrs. E. R. Carswell of Dublin, and Miss Edna and Elgle Speight, of this place.
Date: 1912-11-20; Paper: Macon Weekly Telegraph

CARL KING.
FORT GAINES Dec. 17.—Little Carl King, the three-year-old son of Col. and Mrs. E. R. King, died here Monday evening after an illness lasting ten days. Throat trouble caused his death. The body was interred in the New Park cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Rev. W. F. Blevin and Rev. R. L. Brandbery officiating.
Date: 1913-12-18; Paper: Macon Weekly Telegraph

Dead at Age of 82, Never Saw a Train
Miss Louisa Peterson, Who Dies in Clay County. Had Never Visited County Seat.
FORT GAINES. Jan. 25—Away back in the year 1835. In a cabin In the Seventh district of Clay county, a baby girl was born. She lived until this week. Her name waa Miss Louisa Peterson—she never married. Within sight of the spot where she first saw the light Louisa Peterson was burled in a little graveyard known as the Peterson family burial ground.
Practically every moment of her life, which began before all the Creek Indians had left this county, Louisa Peterson could have been found within a few hundred yards of her birthplace, and when her soul fared forth from its fleshly prison, the flesh—it lingered still right where It had lingered day In and day out. scarcely without a single interruption, for eighty two years.
But this is not the most striking fact connected with Louisa Peterson's colorless life. For Instance, she did not ever put her foot aboard a railroad train. Good reason—her eyes never beheld a locomotive, a car or even a railroad track. She never saw a Steamboat. and it doubtful that she ever saw the Chattahoochee river, within ten miles of which she
lived for four-score and two years. The town of Fort Gaines she never once visited, although she lived so near that on a still night she could hear a steamboat's whistle when It blew for the Fort Gaines landing. And Louisa Peterson was to all appearances a normal woman—good eyes and ears, average mentality and stature and sound physique. She just stayed at home and worked and ate and slept, and then worked and ate and slept some more the same thing, literally the same thing, over and over, for nearly 30,000 consecutive days. Perhaps a parallel eventless existence could not be found in all America.
Date: 1917-01-26; Paper: Macon Weekly Telegraph