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MRS J. F. McCABE.
BLACKSHEAR Ga, May 10.—Mrs. J. P. McCabe, aged 60, died at her home here Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by her husband And one brother Mr. Riley Brown of Mount Pleasant Ga. The funeral will be at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the residence. Interment will be at the Blackshear Cemetery.
Date: 1921-05-11; Paper: Macon Telegraph

Ordinary of Pierce County Dead.
Blackshear Feb. 5.—[Special.]—A. J. Strickland, ordinary of Pierce county, died at Blackshear yesterday. He was an old and highly respected citizen, and had served as ordinary eleven years. He leaves two orphan girls.
Date: 1889-02-06; Paper: Macon Telegraph

Blackshear News: On Monday the 18th of January, 1880, George Robinson, Sr., died at the residence of his son, Major George Robertson, in Blackshear, Ga, Mr. Robertson was in his eighty-fourth year, being born in Savannah, Ga., in the year 1796. He served his time with Mr. Francis Hill, proprietor of the Commercial Advertiser in New York city, and then returned to Savannah, where, about the year 1823, he bought out the Savannah Georgian, which had almost passed out of existence. With the energy of early man-hood he built up the paper and made it a lucrative investment, the leading paper of Savannah, and an Influential factor in the affairs of the city and State. About the same time lie represented Chatham county in the Legislature and served the city at the council board, and he was first Lieutenant of the Chatham Artillery for several years, under Captain Bulloch. The prospect of establishing himself in New York city lured him from the certainty of an established business and from the honors that were being accorded to his popular manner, his fertile and vigorous pen, and his remarkable energy and industry. But he quickly lost in New York all that he had accumulated in Savannah. From New York he removed to Augusta, Georgia, and established the Weekly Transcript, a purely literary paper: but soon discontinued it and became teller of the Mechanics' bank, which place he held for about twenty- years. It was during that time (in the year 1839) that the yellow fever devastated the city of Augusta as it has never scourged any other city; and for many days he was the only person in the bank. The president, cashier, and directors had tied from the pestilence, all the clerks were prostrated by the fever, and some died, but he remained in perfect health, and kept the bank open every day without exception, lurking and unlocking more than half a million dollars, of which he was the sole custodian. For the two traits that shone most conspicuously in his character were devotion to duty and a most exact and scrupulous integrity. He retired from the bank and from all active business in 1855, enjoying a green old age with the kindly, genial temper that made him ever a welcome guest, and carried him happily through ever ill. Since the death of his wife, which occurred in 1872, he has spent all his winters with his son, Major Robertson, in Blackshear, where he died on the 18th instant. His remains were conveyed to Savannah and interred in the family burial ground in Laurel Grove cemetery.
Date: 1880-01-28; Paper: Macon Telegraph

EDMONDSON INFANT DIES AT HOSPITAL
Baby Boy Edmondson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Edmondson, of Blackshear Ga., died at a local infirmary yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock.
The remains will be conveyed to Blackshear via the Central of Georgia railway this morning at 7:15 o'clock for funeral services and interment
Date: 1936-03-18; Paper: Augusta Chronicle