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Ansel
C.
Cunningham
Obituary from Alabama
Reporter, Talladega, Alabama, issue of
Thursday, October 15, 1863.
DIED--on the 10th inst. at his father's
residence in this county, ANSEL C.
CUNNINGHAM, in the 27th year of his age.
He was one of the noble army of martyrs
who have laid down their lives in
defense of their country. He entered the
service under the late Col. Woodward,
then Capt. of the Talladega Blues--was
wounded in both arms at the battle of
Williamsburg,--returned home for a few
weeks, but before his wounds were
healed, hurried back to his company just
in time to participate in the battles
near Richmond. On 27th June at Malvern
Hill he was wounded mortally. After
lingering three months in Richmond his
father succeeded in bringing him home.
He was placed upon his couch from which
after twelve months more of helplessness
and pain his Savior came to release him.
He was a dutiful and devoted son, a good
soldier and a lovely and consistent
Christian. For 10 years he had been a
member of the Presbyterian Church {text
missing} of the army and during his long
and painful affliction.--All is now well
with him forever.
Talladega, Oct. 1863
Death
of Josiah
Terry
Mr. Josiah Terry one of
our oldest and best citizens died at his
residence near this place on Sunday
morning last the 4th inst.
Mr. Terry was one of the earliest
settlers in this portion of Talladega
County, having moved from Madison County
and settled about three miles from this
place, in the then Creek Nation about
the year 1831. He has served as Sheriff
of this County and was known to most of
our citizens--Those who knew him best
were his warmest friends. He was a true
and honest man, open, frank, and manly
in all his dealings. Warm hearted and
generous, his open handed liberality and
kindness to the needy and destitute,
have kept him poor, while many possessed
of less energy and industry have grown
right all around him. He was a man who
during seasons of great scarcity, would
refuse to sell grain at his Mill for
high prices, to parties able to procure
breadstuffs elsewhere, and retain his to
sell in small quantities to poor
families at reduced prices. He has
instructed his {text missing} grain of
poor widows and unfortunate families
free of toil. He was one against whom no
man could raise the cry of extortion.
His name should be honored and his
kindly acts remembered. His family and
the community in which he lived will
mourn his death and all feel that a good
man is gone from amongst us.
Obituary printed in Alabama Reporter
issue of Thursday, October 15, 1863.
DIED--at his residence in this County on
4th inst. JOSIAH TERRY, in the 64th year
of his age.
Mr. Terry was born in
Roane Co., Tenn., but moved in early
manhood to N. Ala. where he resided
until 1832, when he settled in this
County. He was extensively and favorably
known, having at one time served the
County most faithfully as Sheriff; and
all agree that he leaves a reputation
for unsullied integrity, large-hearted
generosity and kindness, inflexible
devotion to his friends, and an
affectionate and courteous deportment
towards all.
About 15 years since he became a member
of the Presbyterian Church and was
afterward elected a Ruling Elder in the
Church of Mardisville. During his long
illness he had that strong consolation
which is imparted only to the true
Christian. Our community mourns the
death of a good man.
Talladega, Oct. 186
Sidney
S.
McGehee
Obituary from Alabama
Reporter, Talladega, Alabama, issue of
Thursday, October 15, 1863.
DIED--at the residence of Dr. A. Pelham
in Calhoun County, Ala., at 2 o'clock on
Saturday morning 10th inst. of
congestion of the brain, SIDNEY S.
McGEHEE, in the fifty-fifth year of his
age.
Mr. McGehee was born in
Person Co., North Carolina, and
emigrated to Ala. twenty years ago. For
several years he has been a resident of
Talladega and was a member of Capt.
Hardie's company of Cavalry. He was on
his return from the seat of war in
Northwestern Ga. where he had been with
his company to meet his country's
enemies when he was suddenly stricken
with disease and died after fourteen
hours. He was brave-- generous and true.
Florida Hudson Audas
Lane Mrs. Florida H. Lane, wife of Rev. James S. Lane, and daughter of T. H. and Henrietta Audas, of Sparta, Ga., died near Talladega, Ala., Jan 28th, 1859.
Sister L lived and died an exemplary Christian. If her quiet, gentle manner – her placid, cheerful countenance, and mild, unobtrusive temper were but the reflections of the sunshine within, then must the inner sanctum of her heart have been what deep piety and close communion with God could alone have produced. The writer knew her well from a child – has often led her in class, and visited her when sick. The same unmistakable lineaments
of the true Christian always shone out in the filial, conjugal, and parental relations of life. For more than two years she was a great sufferer, but murmured not. A long visit to her native home and sympathizing kindred the past summer did not improve her shattered and nervous system. She returned, as she entreated to do in a letter to her husband, to be buried by the side of her blue-eyed babe, till the resurrection trumpet shall call
them forth again into glorious and unending life. E. M. Pendleto Florida Hudson Audas Lane was born in 1826 in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia to Tuttle Hudson Audas (1795-1868) and Henrietta Washington Turner (1800-1864). In 1850 Florida was a governess for William Walls family in Hancock County, Georgia. Florida was the second wife of Rev. James Sterling Lane, a Methodist minister.
His first wife, Annie H. J. Clayborn Jones, died in February of 1851, and he and Florida were married November 2, 1852 in Audaston, Sparta, Hancock County. They moved from Georgia to Chacoloco Creek, near Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama in 1845 or 1846. They had four children: William, Charles C., H. Egbert, and Florida. Florida died January 28, 1859 in
Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, and is buried there. The "blue-eyed babe" mentioned in her obituary could be any of her three children, William, Charles or Florida, all who died in infancy. After her death her husband James married Florida's youngest sister, Sophronia Jacob Audas. Contributed by: Michele Holland Mills
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