January 14, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
S. C. Russell died at his home in Bellevue yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He had been in declining health a long time and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Russell was seventy-eight years of age, and had been a resident of Macon thirty-one years, moving here from Baldwin county, where he was born in 1842. He was a member of the Baptist church.
   Surviving him are his widow, one daughter and one son, Mrs. Lorena Johnson and F. M. Russell.
  The funeral services will be held from the residence this (Wednesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Jones officiating, and the interment will be in the family lot at Evergreen cemetery.

April 10, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Walter Mansfield died at his home, 248 Main street, at an early hour yesterday morning after an illness of one week with pneumonia.
  Young Mansfield was 18 years of age and was born in Baldwin county. Surviving him are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Mansfield and one brother, and one sister, Elmer and Eva.
  The family moved here about six months ago from Baldwin county. The body was taken to Stevens Pottery this morning for funeral and interment.

June 4, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Miss Nannie Elizabeth Batson. The body of Miss Nannie Elizabeth Batson was taken to Coopers early this morning for funeral and interment. Miss Batson died at her home 960 Hazel street, Wednesday night at 10:15 o'clock after a long illness. The deceased was 43 years of age and was born in Wilkinson county. She lived with her sister, Miss Alice Batson, and a brother, W.O. Batson. They had been residents of Macon thirty years.

June 28, 1920
Atlanta Constitution
A. M. McComb
Milledgeville, Ga., June 27 (Special) A. M. McComb died at the home of B. B. Adams, Jr., in this city Friday, and was buried Saturday. Mr. McComb was a confederate veteran, and lived on a farm in Baldwin county throughout his life of eighty years.

July 18, 1920
Macon Weekly Telegraph
BOSTICK-STOKES
The marriage of Miss Naomi Bostick and Mr. Proctor W. Stokes, both of Milledgeville proved to be one of the biggest social events of the season. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's mother, with Rev. Freeman Lee Stokes, father of the groom officiating. The parlor and drawing room were attractively decorated in ferns and cut flowers which formed a beautiful setting for the occasion. The bride wore a suit of blue trictine with small blue ostrich tips and blouse with blue georgette. a dinner immediately followed the ceremony which was made very impressive by shaded lights  which cast a soft glow over the room. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes are spending a short on their bridal tour after which they will be at home to their many friends in Atlanta.   Many guests were in attendance at the ceremony and out of town guests  which  included Mr. and Mrs. Peters of Waycross;  Mrs Clinton Williams of Dothan; Miss Lee Coleman of Lakeland  and Wilbur M. Stokes of Seattle Wash.

August 23, 1920
Atlanta Constitution
MILLEDGEVILLE GIRL IS FATALLY BURNED
Milledgeville, Ga., August 22 (Special) Little Alice Bloodworth four-year-old daughter of one of Milledgeville's leading citizens, Oscar Bloodworth, was burned to death on the evening of August 19. She was in the yard near the house playing with a few other children, lighting candles with matches. Her dress caught on fire and before the older members of the family heard her screams, the fire had burned her very seriously.
    The accident occurred about 3 o'clock and she died at 2 the following morning. She was an unusually bright and attractive child.

August 30, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. S. C. Russell, aged 73, died yesterday morning at 7 o'clock at her residence on Bellevue Road, after a short illness. She is survived by three daughters and two sons, Mrs. R. G. Golden, Mrs. W. H. Barkley, and Mrs. W. A. Sumner and S.C. Russell  and F. M. Russell.
  Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning from the residence, Rev. W. C. Jones officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Jan 26, 1921
Atlanta Constitution
JAMES B. KING
 James B. King died Monday at the residence, 248 Oglethorpe avenue. He is survived by his two sons, Chandler W. and J.B. King; and four daughters, Mrs. H.H. Babb, Mrs. J. W. DeFore, Mrs. C.I. Giles and Mrs. W.C. Babb

May 6, 1921
Macon Weekly Telegraph
W. B. Breedlove, aged 41 years, died at his home, 205 Carling avenue, Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. Mr. Breedlove had been a resident of the city twenty-five years, and was a well-known contractory. Surviving are his widow and one daughter, Miss Josie Breedlove, and one grandson, Bernard Breedlove, all of this city. Mr. Breedlove was elected lieutenant of the Baldwin Blues at Milledgeville on September 2, 1874. The furneral will be from Hart's chapel this (Thursday) afternoon at 5 o'clock. Rev. H. N. Fugate, pastor of the Tattnall Square Baptist church, officiating. The interment will be in Riverside cemetery.

July 14, 1921
Atlanta Constitution
WALTER J. VAUGHAN DIEDS IN THOMASVILLE
Thomasville, Ga. July 13. (Special) Walter J. Vaughan, a well-known merchant of this city died here today after an illness of a few days. Mr. Vaughan was born in Milledgeville in 1870 and moved to Thomasville seven years ago.
  He ws for several years editor of the Milledgeville News and was well known in the newspaper world. He is survived by his wife and five children, William, Annabelle, Walter, Marion and Margaret. The funeral will be conducted here tomorrow with Masonic ceremonies.

October 17, 1921
Atlanta Constitution
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK
Macon, Ga. Oct. 10 -Frank Echols, 25, secretary and assistant general manager of Stevens Brothers, pottery manufacturers at Stevens Pottery, was killed this afternoon when an automobile turned over three times, on the national highway 40 miles south of here. Tom Lawson and Pariah Mercer of this city sustained serious injuries. Echols was a lieutenant in the seventh division and Mercer was an aviator in the World War.

November 21, 1921
Atlanta Constitution
BALDWIN RESIDENT BURIED AT SPARTA.
Sparta, Ga., November 20 (Special) The body of Gordon McComb, formerly a leading citizen of Sparta, but of late years a resident of Baldwin county, who died at his home Saturday night, was buried in the Sparta cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the presence of a large gathering of friends. Mr. McComb was in the seventy-first year of life at the time of his death, which is attributed to cancer of the stomach. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Durham McComb.

March 20, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
FRANK P. IVEY.
Fort Valley, Ga., March 18  -The body of Frank P. Ivey was taken to Milledgeville yesterday afternoon for burial. Mr. Ivey, who was 62 years of age, died here Friday. he had been an invalid for years. Surviving are one son, Grover Ivey, of Fort Valley, and two daughters, Mrs. R. M. Durr annd Miss Elizabeth Ivey, of Macon.

March 21, 1922
Atlanta Constitution
Captain Caraker, of Milledgeville, Dies in Atlanta
    Captain George W. Caraker, aged 80 years, widely known and prominent Georgia and former mayor of Milledgeville, died Thursday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. D. Echols, 49 Powell street.
  Death was due to a  stroke of paralysis which Captain Caraker suffered a week ago. He had been unconscious for the last five days.
  Captain Caraker, in addition to having held the office as mayor of Milledgeville, was for 15 years city clerk and was actively identified with civic development. He served in the confederate army during the civil war with the rank of captain.
   The body will be taken to Milledgeville at 7:50 Saturday morning, where funeral services are to be held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at the First Methodist church, the Rev. Mr. Lipman, officiating. Interment will be in the Milledgeville cemetery.

April 6, 1922
Macon Daily Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga. April 5. Five negro men were painfully and perhaps some of them seriously injured here this morning when the joists and walls of the C.M.E. church gave way and these men, who were engaged in the tearing down of the structure, were plunged with a crash to the floor 25 feet below.
Those injuries were: William Steele, carpenter, ribs broken and internal injury.
J. S. Lee, superintendent Sunday school, head and face lacerated.
Albert Brown, carpenter, neck injured.
Z. T. Phillips, back broken
Edward Lee and Tyler Hill, wounds and faces cut.
This old church has stood for more than 50 years near the city cemetery and was being torn down to get timbres to use in the new brick church that the congregation have in process of erection in a different part of the city.

June 22, 1922
Atlanta Constitution
Aged Veteran Dies.
Milledgeville, Ga., June 21 (Special) Augustus Dunn died at the home of C. E. Bonner here at noon Monday, June 19. He was 79 years of age, and one of the oldest of the confederate veterans of Baldwin County. He is survived by his widow and one sister Mrs. Simpson, of south Georgia. The body was buried in the city cemetery.

August 18, 1922
Macon Daily Telegraph
Miss Alice Batson died at the Macon Hospital at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Miss Batson was ill only a few hours. She was 64 years of age and was born in Baldwin County. She resided here at 960 Hazel Street, and had been a resident of Macon thirty-five years. She leaves one brother, Oscar Batson, of St. Louis, Mo., and several cousins of Macon. She was a member of the Baptist church. The body was taken to the home of her cousin, Mrs. J. H. Doke, 618 Elm Street, awaiting to hear from her brother. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

August 19, 1922
Macon Daily Telegraph
The body of Miss Alice Batson will be taken to Cooper's Station early this morning for funeral and interment. Miss Batson died Thursday afternoon at the Macon Hospital after an illness of a few hours.

October 15, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Dr. E. T. Gilmore died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Cox, here on Tuesday morning. Dr. Gilmore was 80 years of age and had been in good health until few months ago.
  He was a prominent physician of Washington and Baldwin Counties. During the Civil War he served the full four years.
   Dr. Gilmore was born in Muscogee County on May 9, 1842. He lived at Ivey, Ga., for a number of years and for the past few months has lived with his daughter here.
  Dr. Gilmore is survivvied by Mrs. Byington, of Irwinton, Ga., H. M. Gilmore, of Tavo, Ga.; Mrs. Annie Jones, Leslie, Ga. and Mrs. Cox.
   Funeral servics were held at the home of Mrs. Cox Wednesday at 11:30 o'clock, with Rev. Father Morrow officiating. He was laid to rest in the city cemetery.

October 20, 1922
Macon Daily Telegraph
B. H. Russell died of apoplexy at his home, 142 Piedmont Avenue, at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Russell had been in declining health several weeks. He was 74 years of age. For eighteen years he was connected with the Central of Georgia Railway here. He was a member of Mable White Baptist Church. He was born in Baldwin County August 18, 1848, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Russell. He leaves four daughters and five sons, Miss Katie Russell, Mrs. Mary Major, Mrs. Alice Russell, Mrs. J. W. Butts, and C. A., of Montgomery. Ala.; B. F. of Atlanta; F. A., of Macon; W. H. and G. M. Russell, of Memphis, Tenn. The body was taken to Milledgeville early this (Friday) morning for interment.

December 17, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
 The body of Mrs. J. P. McMullin was taken to Coopers early this morning for funeral and interment. Mrs. McMullin died at her home, 718 Third Street, at 9 o'clock Friday night after an illness of a day. She was 37 years of age and was born in Wilkinson County. She leaves two sons and one daughter, Lamar and George and Ruby McMullin and three brothers, W. E. Jeans, of Sylvester; T. S., of Milledgeville, and C.M. Johns, of Dexter, and two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Johns, of Milledgeville, and Mrs. J. C. Peeler, of Milledgeville.

January 22, 1923
Atlanta Constitution
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES IN MILLEDGEVILLE
Milledgeville, Ga., January 21 - (Special) S. G. W. Gladdin (Gladin), 86, one of the oldest confederate veterans in Baldwin county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eula Stanley, of this city, Wednesday. Mr. Gladden was a native of Hancock county. He served in Co. E., 15th Georgia regiment in the war between the states and was wounded in service.
     Funeral services were held at the Cooperville church of which he had been a member for years, and interment took place in the family burial ground.
    Mr. Gladdin is survived by his wife and ten children. They are E. J. Gladdin, of Manchester; M. A. Gladdin, of Baldwin county; Mrs. Eula Stanley, of Milledgeville; C. E. Gladdin, of McIntyre; Mrs. C. E. Goodwin, of Greenville, Ala.; J. H. Gladdin, of Gordon; Mrs. W. M. Harrell, of Pelham, Ga.; J. S. Gladdin, of Sandersville; I. D. Gladdin, of Barlow, Ga.; A. R. Gladdin, Lakeland, Fla. He also is survived by one brother Mr. L. A. Gladdin, of Sandersville.
(note: he is buried in the Cooperville Church cemetery)

February 18, 1923
Atlanta Constitution
MILLEDGEVILLE GIRL IS BURNED TO DEATH
Milledgeville, Ga., February 17. Willie Mae Adams, aged 5, daughter of Leonard Adams, employee of the state farm, was burned to death last night when her dress caught on fire while she was standing in front of an open grate.

February 26, 1923
Dallas Morning News
GEN. J. J. JOLLEY DIES AT LOCKHART
CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND MASON FOR HALF CENTURY IS CALLED.
Special to The News
LOCKHART, Caldwell Co., Texas, Feb. 25 - Brigadier General John H. Jolley of Brigade No. 2, United Confederate Veterans, died at his home yesterday after an illness of ten days.
   Born in Baldwin County, Georgia, April 30, 1837, he was 86 years old at the time of his death. He came to Caldwell County after the war and reared a large family.
  When the war broke out, General Jolley was a senior in the Georgia University, and when the call for volunteers was made the entire class joined the cause of the Confederacy. He was a member of the Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment and rose to the rank of Captain.
  He was past master of the Blue Lodge and past high priest of the Royal Arch Masons and a member of the Lockhart Blue Lodge for half a century.

April 3, 1923
Atlanta Constitution
J. M. Fountain Dies
Milledgeville, Ga., April 2 - (Special) J. M. Fountain, age 75, died at his home at Hardwick, Ga., near Milledgeville Saturday. He is survived by his widow, two small children and three married daughters, Mrs. Wynn, Mrs. Lewis Fountain and Mrs. Hardy of Wilkinson county. The funeral service was held at Snow Hill. Rev. Consley, of Atlanta, officiating.

January 13, 1924
Atlanta Constitution
J. H. LAWRENCE DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Milledgeville, Ga., January 12 (Special) J. H. Lawrence, well known citizen and tax collector of Baldwin county, died at his home Thursday morning as a result of a stroke of paralysis over a year ago.
    Mr. Lawrence came to this city about thirty years ago from Putnam county and served for many years as chief of police of Milledgeville.
    He is survived by seven sons: Henry, Ed, Rollin, John, Carlton, Louie, and George Lawrence, and two daughters, Mrs. George Middlebrooks, of Haddock, and Miss Edith Lawrence, a student at the Georgia State College for Women.

January 31 1924
Atlanta Constitution
GRIEVE - Died, at the residence, 310-A Myrtle street, Tuesday, January 29, 1924, Mr. J.H.L. Grieve in his 78th year.  He is survived by one sister, Mrs. C. G. Brown; three nieces, Mrs. David Ferguson, of Milledgeville, Ga.; Miss Callie Williams, Miss Bessie Williams, and two nephews, Mr. P. J. Williams, and Mr. H. G. Williams. The remains were taken to Milledgeville, Ga., this (Thursday) morning, January 31, 1924, at 6 o'clock, via Georgia railroad, for funeral service and interment, by H. M. Patterson & Son.

March 26, 1924
The Union-Recorder
DEATH OF MR. JOHN BABB
    Mr. John E. Babb, a well-known and faithful employee of the Georgia State Sanitarium, died early Friday morning, March 21st, after an illness of a month's duration. The funeral services were held at the Milledgeville Baptist church, Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock Rev. J. F. McCluney officiating. The remains were buried in the city cemetery, with the impressive ceremony of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, of which order he had been a member for a number of years.
    Mr. Babb was a native of Baldwin County, and had been a trusted employee at the State Sanitarium a long time, having charge of the recreation of the male patients. He was a man of quiet disposition, faithfully performing the duties of life, thereby winning the confidence and esteem of all who came to know him.
    He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Adah Babb, and four children, Mrs. Julian Cox, Miss Lillian Babb, and Jardine and Verline Babb, his mother Mrs. M. E. Babb of Macon, two brothers, J. F. Babb, of Miami, Fla., and C. H. Babb of Macon, and three sisters, Mrs. H. M. Edwards, Miss Pearl Babb and Mrs. J.C. Humphries, all of Macon.

December 6, 1924
Atlanta Constitution
TRACY FUNERAL HELD IN MILLEDGEVILLE
Milledgeville, Ga., December 5- The funeral of William Tracy, 65, who died at Lumber City, his body being brought here for interment, was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bonner today at 11 o'clock. Rev. H. C. Emery, officiating, assisted by the Benevolent Lodge of Masons.

April 16, 1925
Union-Recorder
DEATH OF AN AGED WOMAN
    Mrs. Francis Brookins, wife of Mr. Benjamin Brookins, died at her home in the eastern part of the county Sunday night, at eleven o'clock.
    The funeral and burial was at Black Springs church and cemetery Monday afternoon, Rev. H. D. Warnnock, officiating.
    Mrs. Brookins was 82 years of age, and her life was spent in the neighborhood in which she died. Before her marriage she was Miss Francis Babb.
 

June 4, 1925
Atlanta Constitution
OLDEST GRADUATE OF WESLEYAN DIES IN WASHINGTON
Milledgeville, Ga., June 3 (Special) Mrs. Melissa White, more than 91 years of age and formerly of Milledgeville, who died in Washington D.C., last week, was the oldest living graduate of Wesleyan college at Macon. Her body was brought to Milledgeville for interment.

August 14, 1925
Atlanta Constitution
MRS. R. S. OVERMAN DIES AT MILLEDGEVILLE
Milledgeville, Ga., April 13 (Special) -- Mrs. R. S. Overman, 79 and a member of one of Baldwin county's most prominent families, died Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Hurt, in the Trilby community near here. The funeral was held at the Hurt residence Sunday morning, interment being in the Milledgeville cemetery.
  Mrs. Overman, before her marriage in 1869, was Miss Addie Parker, of Washington county. Her husband was a member of the First Georgia regulars, being one of the first to volunteer in Baldwin county after Georgia seceded from the union, and served throughout the civil  war. He died in 1916.
  Mrs. Overman was a member of the Baptist church here for more than 50 years.
  She is survived by the following children, all r residents of Baldwin county: John P. Overman, Mrs. J. T. Taylor, W. P. Overman, Mrs. C. C. Hurt, Mrs. H. M. Hurt and Mrs. A. A. Leonard.

October 7, 1925
Atlanta Constitution
MYRICK - Mr. Wm. S. Myrick died at his residence, 43 Cascade avenue, Tuesday afternoon, October 6, 1925. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Katherine Johnston. His remains will be carried to Milledgeville, Ga., this (Wednesday), October 7, 1925, at 6:15 a.m. via Georgia railroad for funeral services and interment. Barclay and Brandon.

December 16, 1925
Union-Recorder
REMAINS OF INFANT BURIED AT BLACK SPRINGS
    The remains of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Babb were brought here and buried in the Black Springs cemetery Saturday. Both Mr. and Mrs. Babb are well know here, as they are natives of Baldwin County and have many friends who sympathize with them in their sorrow. Mrs. Babb was formerly Miss Alice King.
(Note - Herbert Chandler Babb is child's name)

January, 1926
The Union-Recorder

IN MEMORY OF A DEAR FATHER
SAMUEL B. COLLINS
     Born in Hancock County October 16, 1842, died at his home in northeast Baldwin on the night of December 19, 1925. How sad now when I go home, no dear papa to meet, neither can I go to the fire side and greet him sitting in his accustomed place. He is not there. He has gone to dwell in realms above where we shall one by one gather with him in the beautiful city where is no sin or sorrow. How we miss him; his going away has brought grief and sorrow to us, but we bow in “humble submission”, remembering “Thy will not mine be done.” “For dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return.” He was such a good father, his heart was kind, warm and tender and sympathetic at all times ready to lend a help in hand to those in need. The ones who knew him best loved him best. He leaves a place which cannot be filled, but it is a comfort to think our loss has been his gain. He is not dead, he is just passed away in that land of eternal day. He was a Confederate veteran, and was wounded in the latter days of the war. He was a faithful member of the Black Springs Baptist Church and a deacon at the time of his death. On Feb. 8, 1866, he married Miss Elmira Antoinette Babb, who survives him, and a better mother never lived than she. Almost 60 years they had walked side by side. He was engaged in farming all these many years. That a blessing and joy we received through his long life now he is gone to reap the reward prepared for the faithful. If I could just describe his excellent character as a man, a husband, a father, how beautiful it would be but no worlds are adequate to do it.

 August 12, 1926
The Union-Recorder

 April  1929
The Union-Recorder
Old Burial Ground Almost Lost to
The World Found by Mrs. J. L.Beeson
         Mrs. J.L. Beeson, Secretary of Nancy Hart Chapter D.A.R., has reported to her Regent, Mrs. Young Harris Yarbrough, the discovery of the grave of William Babb, Revolutionary soldier.
         In an old book of land grants, one reads that Elizabeth Babb, widow of a Revolutionary soldier, was given land in Baldwin County.
        When Mr. Babb, who lives near Black Springs Church, was questioned about it, he remembered that when he was a tiny child, he attended the burial service of his grandmother, Elizabeth Babb. She was buried by the side of her husband William Babb.
      Mrs. Collins, now 83 years old and cousin of Mr. Babb, remembers that she attended the burial services, both of her grandmother Elizabeth Yates Babb, one of her grandfathers William Babb, who died about 1852. He was from North Carolina and his nine children were: Brinkley, William, Berkeley, Jesse, Ransom, Tom, Lizzie, Lilah, Martha.
     As soon as the Nancy Hart Chapter establishes William Babb's service, it will petition the Government for a marker for the grave.
     The many graves in the old country cemetery where he lies, have become only hollowed-out places in the woodland; but four tall cedars still stand guard. It is by these trees that the descendants know the whereabouts of the two graves.
     The owner of the land is Mr. Sam Ennis, and he has long wished to enclose the old burial place which has become almost lost to the world.
     Mrs. Beeson was so enthusiastic over the discovery, that a visitor to Mr. and Mrs. Babb asked how much money was
was making out of it."

April 18, 1929
The Union-Recorder
AGED WOMAN DIES HERE TUESDAY
  Mrs. S.B. Collins, 83, died at here home near here Tuesday night and funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at three thirty from Black Springs church, where she has been a member since childhood. Rev. J.F. McCluney will conduct the service.
        She is survived by her one son, W.R. Collins, of Miami, Mrs. J.B. Kennedy and Mrs. W.N. Arnold of Devereaux and Mrs. A.M. Arnold of Macon, two sisters, Miss Mattie Babb of this city and Mrs. W.E. Rowell, of Musella.
 
 

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