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Twiggs
County, GA Obituaries and Death Notices
MCCALLUM - Died in Georgia - A. McCallum, of Twiggs
county.
[The Daily
Constitution, Atlanta Georgia Oct. 22, 1876 - submitted by Shauna
Williams]
SMITH - Died in Georgia - A.M. Smith, of Twiggs county.
[The Daily
Constitution, Atlanta Georgia Oct. 20, 1876 - submitted by Shauna
Williams]
Death of Dr. Thomas
Gibson of Twiggs County
With the death on Monday night of Dr. Thomas Gibson, of Twiggs county,
there passed away one of the oldest and also one of the best, known and
best loved physicians in Georgia. Dr. Gibson had been extremely low for
several weeks, and his son, Dr. O. C. Gibson of this city, was almost
daily at his side
The funeral of Dr. Gibson, which will take placeat Mountain Spings,
near the Gibson homestead, today, will be conducted under Masonic
ritual. Dr. Gibson was an active Mason for more than sixty years,
from 1812 to the beginning of his final illness. The interment will be
made In the family burying ground.
Since 1838 a Phvsician.
Dr. Gibson was born in Warren county, and was the son of Judge Thomas
Gibson, the first clerk and first ordinary Warren county over had.
His grandfather was a colonel under General Nathaniel Greene, and
fought during the southern campaign of the revolutionary war. Dr.
Gibson was one of six brothers, three of whom wore lawyers and
three,doctors. One of his brothers was Judge William C. Gibson, who whs
judge of tne Middle, Northern and Augusta circuits of Georgia at
intervals from 1853 to 1379, and who represented Richmond county both
in the house and senate of the state.
Dr. Gibson is himself survived by two sons and one
daughter—Dr. O. C. Gibson. Prof. J. S. Gibson, Mr. Thomas Gibson,
engineer on the Central of Georgia, and Mrs. John Baskin, now of Byron.
He was also the fatter of the late Dr. W. C. Gibson of this city.
Following are the pallbearers: Jas. H. Baker, J. R. Van Buren, Dr. W.
F. Carroll, B. F. Ryals, M. H. Taylor and A. T. Small Funeral services
will be conducted by the Masonic order.
A Remarkable Man
Born In 1819, Dr. Gibson was admitted to the profession sixty-seven
years ago. He continued the active practice of medicine right on until
stricken with his last illness, and notwithstanding his advanced age.
retained full use of his faculties to the last, having perfect eyesight
and a remarkable memory.
From his nearby home in Twiggs county, In which he lived for sixty-six
years, Dr. Gibson watched the gradual growth of Macon from its village
days, and here and throughout middle Georgia he was known to thousands.
Date: 1905-12-13; Paper: Macon Weekly Telegraph
Death of a Farmer.
Information was brought to the city yesterday of the death of Mr. G. M. Melton, a farmer living in
Twiggs county, but formerly of Bibb from pneumonia. Mr. Melton was 60
years of age, and leaves a wife and a large family to mourn his loss,
he was a staunch and reliable farmer, and had a number of friends in
Macon, who learn of his death with sincere regret.
Date: 1889-02-23; Paper: Macon Telegraph
DANVILLE News
Jul 6, 1893 - Macon Telegraph Transcribed by Nancy Washell
Several Cases of Fever - Death of Aged Persons.
Danville, July 5. --
(Special.)-- Mrs. William H. Arnold,
a
highly
respected and Christian
lady, died last Saturday. Her husband has the sympathy of the
community. They have lived together a long time and have reared a
very
interesting family.
Mr. Thomas D. Tindall is
quite sick and not expected to live. He has fever.
Mr. Samuel W. Yopp
and William H. Champion are at their respective homes very sick
and
some uneasiness is felt for them. They are fond of fishing and
have
literally lived in the ponds and lakes since spring, hence the
stubborness of the fever.
Mrs. Wright
Sheffield of Wilkinson is dead. She was quite old and
leaves a large
family behind. Her husband died twenty or more years ago.
Mrs. Matthew
Fowler, mother of Messrs. John, Daniel, Erasimus, William and
Matthew,
Jr., died yesterday, aged about 70. She will be buried at their
family
burial ground. She will be greatly missed. A strong mind,
an
energetic person, a pure heart has left us.
Jan 9, 1896 -
Macon Telegraph
Transcribed by Nancy Washell
DEATH OF A LITTLE
GIRL.
Danville, Jan.
8.--(Special.)--Little Elliott,
8 years old, the only daughter of Dr.
Ira E. DuPree, Jr., one of the most prominent physicians in
Georgia, died Monday and was interred in the Jeffersonville cemetery
yesterday, near the magnificent monument which marks the resting place
of one of Georgia's most noted sons, Dr. Ira E. Dupree, Sr.
James Milton Smith
Georgia loses a good man in the death of ex-Governor James Milton
Smith, which occurred Tuesday afternoon in Columbus. Governor
Smith was the first Democratic governor elected after reconstruction,
and he took the place of Governor Bullock, who had left the
state. James Milton Smith was born in Twiggs County, Georgia,
October 24, 1823. He was educated at Culloden Academy, Monroe
County, Georgia, and studied law. He entered the Confederate
service in 1861 as major in the Thirteenth Georgia Regiment, became
colonel in 1862, and was a member of the Confederate Congress from that
year until the close of the civil war. He served in the
Legislature in 1871-1, was chosen speaker, and in 1872 was chosen to
fill the unexpired term of Rufus Bullock, which office, he held by
re=election until 1874.
August Chronicle – November 27, 1890 Transcribed and contributed
by: Frances Cooley
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