African American History
Selected Abstracted Articles from Early New Albany
Newspaper.
Most of these articles are in the 1860's – 1900; a few
are later
African-American Surnames In Articles are:
Cannon Carpenter Cates
Childers Childs Cissel Clay Clemons Coleman Collins Davis Dinkins Douglas Downing
Drowned colored boy
Dudley Duncan Ellis
Evans Finley Fisher Garner Garvin Graham Grant Graves Grube
Hagins Hardaway/Hardway Harpe
Hawes Hawkins
Heson Hicks Humphrey Hutchinson
Isaac/Isaacs Jackson Johnson Jones Kinchelow King
LaForce Lake LeForce Lewis Lively Lunsford Manley
Martina Mason Maxey
McDonald McGlasson Merker
Miller Mitchem Morton Negro struck by John Jackson Oglesby
Overall Parham
Paris Parker
Penick Pinkston Porter
Ray Rickman Roberts Robinson
Russell
Sampleton Schroeder Scurry Shipp Simmons Slaughter Smith
Sterrett/Sterritt
Taylor Thompson Trotter Turner Walker Washington Weaver
Whittaker Wilcox Williams
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NADL 1 Jan 1851 p2 c1: We learn from the Charlestown
Spirit that a mulatto Monday named Dudley, died on Christmas day from a
blow struck with a chair by Dick Smith, also a mulatto man, the evening
before at the house of one Buchanan also of color, at the settlement
called “Sasagamis” about a mile from Jeffersonville. It appeared before
the examining magistrate that Dudley had been at work for Smith and some
difficulty occurred, and threats had been made which caused the fatal result
alleged by the defendant to have been done in self defence. Bail was
required in the sum of $250 for appearance at the next Circuit Court, to answer
a charge of manslaughter. The tendency of the judicial investigation renders
any opinion in the public prints on the merits in such cases improper.
NADT 6 Nov 1858 p2 c3: Married, on the 5th inst., by the
Rev. Wm. Jackson, Mr. Morgan Blackburn to Miss Mary Hagins, all
of this city.
NADL 16 Jun 1863 p2 c3: New Albanian Killed—By references
to the Cairo dispatch in another column it will be seen that Lieut. Bruner,
of one of the colored regiments, was killed in the fight at Milliken's Bend.
Lieut. B. formerly belonged to the 23d Indiana, and was from this city. NADL 24 Jun 1863 p2 c2: Not Dead—The Lieutenant Bruner killed at
Milliken's Bend was not, we are glad to learn, Lieut. Ed. Bruner of this
city. Ed. is still alive, and worth, he says, a hundred thousand dead men. The
Lieut. Bruner killed was Lieut. Jacob Bruner of Ohio, belonging
to the same regiment with our Lieut. Ed. Bruner. Hence the error in our
information.
NADL 26 Aug 1863 p2 c1: John Oglesby, a colored
cook on the McCOMBS, fell overboard from that boat at Cannelton on Sunday
and was drowned. He resided at Louisville.
NADL 3 Nov 1863 p2 c3: Murder at Calhoun, Ky.—A blacksmith
named Roberts, hired a negro man from a wealthy tobacco factory named Schroeder,
at the rate of $30 per month. After the colored man had remained with Roberts
for three weeks, Schroeder took his slave away and demanded pay for a
full month. Roberts refused to pay more than for the time the negro had been in
his employ, whereupon Schroeder shot Roberts deat in his tracks, and
Immediately made his escape. Every exertion is being made to secure the arrest
and punishmennt of the murderer.
New Albany Daily Ledger 14 Nov 1863 p2 c4: Real Estate Transfers: Christian
Widman to Hardin Edwards; John
Leistner to Charles S. Shelper; Henry Clay (colored) to Anton
C. Grube; Richard Fowler's
heirs to Joseph Lukenbill; Philp F. Reilly to Sally A. Evans;
R. J. McCullough and James Dempster to Jacob Weber; Joseph
Adkins to George Richard; Travanion T. Weir to Cassandra
Weir; Ettinette Barbey to Mary J. Brown; Henry Erdman
to Reuben P. Main; E. R. Day to Townsend Adams; Elijah T.
Keithley to Frank R. Parish; Gilbert B. Hancock
to John B. Hancock; Robert Knofel to Ferdinand Shriber; J.
N. Woodward to Adam Kelly; Priscilla Straw to Wm. D. Straw;
Charlotte Merker to Charles Bowman; Joseph Lukenbill to Peter
Burket; Esther Owen to Thomas A. Knowles. Josiah Gwin, Recorder
NADL 28 Sep 1864: The Draft. List of Drafted Men in the
Second Congressional District. —[The names in the first columns are those
originally drafted. Those in the second column are the 100 per cent. Additional
from whom will be drawn a sufficient number to make up all the deficiencies of
men in the first column who may be exempted by the Board of Enrollment on
account of non-age, over age, alienage, or physical disability.] – Floyd
County. — Lafayette Township — Joshua D. Minchell; Benjamin Luther; Martin
Wolfe; J. W. McDonally; George Richards; James Scott; Adolph Barnett; David W.
McCutcheon; John Leonard; Gale Weaver, colored; Robert Fenwick;
Hiram Edwards; John Lifold; George Frieberger; John Weaver, colored; Frederick
Franteivin; John McCutcheon; Lawson Stone; John Rafaday; Joseph Akers; Barney
McCartin; Madison Scott; Francis Colman; George Scott; Francis Christian; Jacob
Hoffen; Andy Hollis; Williiam Kiser; Nicholas Duffy; Richard Thompson; John M.
Baily; Peter Cline; John Collins; John Jones, Jr.; [2nd column]:
Geo. K. Ikrwin; Martin Thomas; Wm. Ambrester; Cevil Vernia; Lewis Lamb;
Paul Barnet; Jer. Scott; Adam Stumbler; Francis Lang; Lodi Margat; Isaac
Moore; Jer. Byrne; John P. Donlier; Francis M. Stutler; Charles McCartin;
Andrew Leips; Saml. J. McCutcheon; Peter Kerby; David Scott; John McCartin;
William John; Francis Perrin; Jacob Struble; John Thomas; Martin Schuman; Alex
Barnett; Orin Searles; Patrick McGrath; Wm. Bowman; Israel Foust; — Franklin
Township — Henry Brock; Absolem Quirm; Legrand Garote; Wm. R. Calhoun; Wm. M.
Hancock; Ellias Burris; James Calhoun; Marion F. Lafollette; Wm. R. Smith; John
Poucher; Martin V. Williams; George Smith; Eugene Doherty; Henry T. Williams;
John Daubney; [2nd col]- Christolf Hartman; Thos. Seaton; John
White; Martin Himes; Abraham C. McCauley; Leonidas H. Keys; Thos. Burgess;
Joseph Snider; Thos. Quirm; John Smith; Walter L. Smith; Henry Richardson;
August Keller; John T. Wethers; Ashbell Toops; — Greenville Township — George
E. Johnson; Hugo Stiller; Joseph Rice; Allen Mentmann[?]; Wm. S. Whitten; John
W. Taylor; Thos. Dodge; [2nd col]-Jackson Sears; Caldwell Emmons;
John M. Bywater; Philip Bauer; George Collins; George Cullins; John W.
Thompson; — Georgetown Township — John
Schwarts; Lemmel S. Brown; Albert Bullard; Adam J. Tyler; Gotleib Honigal;
Josahua T. Soper; John Fraley; [2nd col]- David E. Jennings; Jacob N. Goodman;
George Onsted; David L. Schwartz; Christian Weathers; Henry Schriber; James P.
Rady.
NADL 2 Jun 1865 p 2 c 4: Married, in this city, on
Thursday evening, by Rev. C. Hutchinson, Mr. George Washington to Mrs. Elizabeth
Porter, both recently of the “Sunny South.” Mr. Washington and his
bride request us to return their thanks to the ladies and gentlemen of the
Caucasian race who honored this occasion with their presence. The company, both
white and colored, were highly delighted, and joined in the expression of the
wish that many pleasant days are
in store for the happy couple.
NADL Monday 26 Jun 1865 p1
c5: from Jeffersonville Ledger—Fatal Shooting—Cornelius McGraney was
instantly killed on last Saturday, at the Springs near this city, by a negro
soldier belonging to the 123d U. S. Colored Infantry, under the following
circumstances. It appears that deceasd had been laboring under a fit of partial
insanity for some time, and had that day been discharged from the railroad depot.
He was soon afterwards seen at the Springs, when a corporal of the above
regement, in company with two other soldiers, proceeded to the Springs and
accosted McGraney, saying that he must accompany them to the
guard-house. McGraney, seeing they were armed, thrust his hand into his pocket,
exclaiming at the same time that he would not go, and could shoot as well as
they could, whereupon the corporal shot him, and he died instantly. A coroner’s
inquest was held, and a verdict rendered in accordance with the above
statement. Jerry Buchanan, the corporal, was arrested and taken to
Louisville for trial.
NAL 9 Feb 1872 p4 c1: Charles Paris and Susan
Childs, colored, were liscened to marry this morning, and the ceremony was
performed in the County Clerk's office at noon by Justice A. W. Monroe.
It is said that one of our heaviest landlords gave away the blushing bride on
the occasion.
NALS 21 Oct 1872 p4 c5:
Dedication of Jones Chapel, Colored Methodist Episcopal Church - article
NALS Friday 13
Dec 1872 p4 c2: A Revolting Story.—Treatment of a Smallpox Patient after
Death—Dragged From a Bed and Down Stairs by the Heels—Kept for a Week in the
Suburbs of the City—Reported Buried in a Convenient Swamp—The particulars of
the death and burial of a smallpox patient in this city has just been reported
to us, which contains some revolting details, and which, if true, demands more
than a mere mention. Some three weeks or more ago, a colored man named Brutus
Smith, living on Upper Fourth street, was taken down with this terrible
disease, and died on Monday, the 25th of last month. After his death
the notorious Bill Watkins was employed to bury the body. It is said
that he went to the bed, seized the dead man by the legs, dragged him out of
the bed on to the floor and thence down the stairway, where he placed the body
in a rough box, hauled it out to West Union and kept it for nearly a week
before it was interred. These facts we obtained from gentlemen who profess to
have a personal knowledge of the circumstances, and we imagine no motive on
their part than to make public the revolting details, in order that they may be
properly investigated. It is also rumored that Watkins, never interred the body
in any of the burial grounds, but conveyed it to a swamp and there covered it
from sight. This part of the story is a mere rumor, and we have been unable to
trace to any authoritative source. These are all the facts that we have been
able to gather in relation to this affair, and certainly they are entitled to
proper investigation at the hands of the authorities. We do not know that their
attention has been called to the matter, nor do we know that there is any
process by which such barbarism can be punished. The notorious character of Watkins,
however, leaves room to doubt that he would be guilty of the conduct above
referred to.
NADLS 27 Jan 1873 p4 c1: Another one of the Isaacs
family, colored, died in West Union last night of small pox. This terrible
malady has been more than usually fatal in this family, the case last night
being the eighth death since its first appearance.
NADLS 30 Jan 1873 p4 c2: Burned to Death. From a
correspondent at Bedford, on the line of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railroad, we learn that on Wednesday morning, about 9 o'clock, a dewlling in
the southern part of town was discovered to be on fire. It was owned and
occupied by an old colored womany, by the name of Lana Lunsford.
. . burned to death.
NADLS 4 Mar 1873 p4 c2: Colored Temperance Organizations (with names) -
article
NADL 14 Oct 1873 p3 c3: Death of an Estimable Man — Frank
Carpenter, a colored man well known in this city, died of apoplexy at his
residence in West Union, at 5 o'clock this morning, in the fifty third year of
his age. Deceased has resided in the city for many years and was highly
respected by all who knew him, as a quiet, industrious and good citizen. He was
a member of the colored Masonic Fraternity and St. John's Lodge No. 8, A. Y. M.
Also a member of Edwards Lodge No. 1,544, G.U.O.O.F. For the past twenty years
he has been a true and faithful member of the African M. E. Church of this
city.
NADLS 13 Apr 1874 p4 c1: Laura
Brown, the colored girl who was burned two weeks ago by the explosion of a
coal oil lamp, died from her injuries, yesterday morning at eight o’clock,
lockjaw having supervened.
NADLS 6 Jul 1874 p4 c2:
Sudden Death. Aunt
Katy Finley, an aged colored woman of
West Union, fell dead last Saturday evenigng while on her way home. Her sudden
death was caused by a stroke of apoplexy. Aunt Katy is well known, as being onee of the most harmmless, inoffensive
creatures in the world, and is one of the oldest residents in this city.
NADLS 3 Aug 1874 p4 c4: Died Suddenly. James Baker,
a well-known colored man, who has resided in this city for many years, died
suddenly today. He fell dead without any symptoms of disease or pain. He was
about fifty years of age and was employed at Mr. James Pierce's shop for several years.
NADLS 3 Nov 1874 p4 c2: Attempted
Suicide. Andrew Mitchem (colored) attempted suicide last night,
by cutting his throat with a razor al a Devin. His wife, however, interfered
and told him not to be in any particular hurry about shuffling off this mortal
coil, and advised him to pay some of his bills before he took his final
departure. Mitchem got mad and now swears he won’t die just for spite.
NALS 16 Feb 1875 p4 c4: A Sad Accident —A Sad Accident.
Yesterday afternoon about three o'clock the little boy, aged about four years,
of Ann Williams, a colored woman, living on Elm street, near Fourth,
fell on a hot stove during the absence of his mother, and before assistance
could reach the helpless little boy, his clothing was burned clean off him, and
he died last night at eight o'clock.
NADLS 28 Oct
1875 p4 c1: Colored Odd Fellow Buried. A colored Odd Fellow, of Jeffersonville,
named Jack Boose, was interred in the National Cemetery this
afternoon, under the auspices of the Colored Odd Fellows of this city and
Jeffersonville. Quite a large turn out of the fraternity, preceded by the Falls
City Colored Band of Louisville, marched through the streets, discoursing
excellent music. The colored men made a good showing , and their gentlemanly
bearing was admired by many lookers on.
NADLS
29 Oct 1875
p4 c4: Boiled Down -- Around the Falls. Louisville. Hattie Miller, a colored girl, who lived on Main street, died
from the effects of cholera morbus yesterday.
NALS 5 Jan 1876 p4 c1: Andrew
Jackson, by the eternal, a colored citizen, did beath bruise, and make a
furious attempt to smash Eliza Childs, last night, and will have a
hearing before the Mayor to morrow morning.
NALS 5 Jan 1876 p4 c2: Samuel
King, an old colored man, who has been employed as hostler at several
different wagon yards, the past fifteen years, but recently at Monroe
Fisher's , died this morning at 9 o'clock. Uncle Sam, as he was
familiarly called, had an exttensive country acquaintance, who respected him
for his honesty and integrity, and will regret to learn of his death.
NALS 7 Jan 1876 p4 c4: The African
M. E. church has just completed a comfortable cottage residence, to
be used as a parsonage, in the rear of the church, corner of Lower Second and
Elm streets.
NALS 7 Jan 1876 p4 c3: Colored
Masons. The St. John's Lodge No. 8, A. Y. M, elected the following
officers, at their last regular meeting , for the ensuing term: Henry Clay,
W. M.; W. H. Russell, S. W.; Washington Johnson, J. W.; Thos.
Duncan, Treas.; Jas. Mitchem, Sect.; Albert Butler, S. D.;
John S. Clemons, J. D.; Chas. Thompson, Tyler; Samuel LeForce,
Sen. Stewart; John H. LaForce, J. Stewart.
NALS 1 Feb 1876 p4 c2: The Bethel
(colored) church was broken into last night and robbed of several articles.
The police are on the track of the perpetrators.
NALS 14 Mar 1876 p4 c2: Old John
Harper, the colored grave digger, died last night. He has shoveled out the
earth to make room for the corpse of many who have long since moldered into
dust, and now he has gone the same road after which they have traveled, and
other hands will perform the services for him he so often rendered for others.
NADL 24 Jun 1876 p4 c3: African
M. E. Church [long article]
NALS 31 Jul 1876 p4 c5:
Around the Falls — Louisville — Stephen Lewis, a colored man, had his
head crushed by an Iron stringer he was helping unload from the General Lytle,
Saturday. He died instantly.
NALS 2 Aug 1876 p4 c1: Death
of a Minister's Wife. The wife of Rev. Richard Bassett, pastor of the
Upper Fourth Street Colored Baptist Church, died at the family residence on
Lower Eighth street at 7 o'clock last night. She had been lingering with that
deread deisease, consumption, for about two years. Her age was twenty-nine
years. She was the mother of a number of children.
NALS 8 Aug 1876 p4 c5: John
Jackson hit Smith Lowery with a stick of wood, yesterday, causing
concussion of the brain from which he will probably die. All colored.
NADL 10 Aug 1876 p4 c2: More Drownings. On the River and
in the Pond. — An Unknown Man found Floating in the River. — And a Colored Boy
in a Pond. — Still Another. All day there has been a report on the streets that
another floater had been found, but the Coroner has received no notification of
it, and neither could the maost industrious inquiries of the reporter trace it
to any foundation. Some heard that a colored woman had been founnd, but there
is probably no truth in it. Two inquests on drowned persons is enough for one
day. [appears to be same as Fairview
Burial #6761
NADL 10 Aug 1876 p4 c2: More Drownings. On the River and
in the Pond. — An Unknown Man found Floating in the River. — And a Colored Boy
in a Pond. — Frank Parker, young Dickman and another young man
were informed by some person on the ferry boat, this morning, that the body of
a drowned man was floating down the river. . . . The coroner was notified, and
he empanneled a jury, which returned a verdict that deceased, wh o is unknown
to the jury, came to his death, by drowning in the Ohio river, but in what
manner he was dronwned, was of course, unknown to the jury . . . As soon as the
inquest was over, the body was delivered into the hands of Merker & Gwin,
who interred it immediately. Appearances go to show that the man was drowned
while bathing, as he had no clothes on, and if this be the case, it is not
improbably that it is the young man who was drowned under the Tarascon, at
Protland last Sunday. Apparently, he was not more than twenty years old, with
sandy hair, and would probably weigh about 140 pounds.
NALS 11 Aug 1876 p4 c2: Death of Mr. Trotter. Mr. William
Trotter, an old and respected citizen of Hardinsburg, this State, who for
the past two or three years has been woring at Somerset, Ky., died there
recently. His remains were brought to the city today, and taken to his late
home at Hardinsburg by Merker & Gwin, where he is to be buried iby the
Masonic franternity. Mr. Trotter is well known to many of our citizens,
and was one of the substantials of Hardinsburg, where he owns a farm. He leaves
a family. At the time of his death he was about sixty years old.
NALS 12 Aug 1876 p4 c2: Around the Falls - Louisville -
The Negro who was struck on the head by John Jackson on election day, at
the foot of Clay street, and whose name is still in doubt, died at the City
Hospital yesterday.
NALS 2 Nov 1876 p4 c3: Death of Colored Centenarian. . . .
His name was Uncle Wilcox, and that is all we ever heard as a cognomen.
He was, we believe, a native of Kentucky, or perhaps, Virginia, where he was
born in 1774, preceding the birth of this nation by two years. On last Saturday
he was gathered to the pale realms of death, dying as quietly and sweetly
as a child goes to the dream land upon
its mother's breast. He had been the companion of that sturdy old backwoodsman,
Daniel Boone, and knew him well, frequently reciting his exploits with
much glee. With others of the old Kentucky pioneers he was personally
acquainted, and to his intimate friends frequently related scenes in his early
manhood, in which thes hardy adventurers participated. He had been for more
than a half century a professing Christian, and delighted in the hours of sweet
commune held with his Creator in his humble home. He was poor in this world's
goods, but rich in the treasures of a clear counscience and upright life.
DLS 28 Nov 1876 p4 c2: Colored Children's Culture
— The Number of Schools and Their Conditions and Number of Pupils in Each — Enumeration
of Colored Children, Modes of Punishment and Other Matters — What the
Teachers are doing — long article.
NALS 13 Jan 1877 p4 c1: The
funeral of Mrs. Frank Carpenter was
largely attended at the Second street colored church, this forenoon. Mr. C.
had been ill for sometime, the disease not being known. Mrs. C. was 57
years of age.
NALS 15 Jan 1877 p4 c4: Local
Personals — Old Edmund Dinkins, a faithful Negro man, and hostler by
profession, is said to be on his death bed. Dinkins has gievn up the ghost and
told a friend “dat the Lord was holdin his little hatchet over him to
cut off his bref.” Dinkins is the father of twenty-one children and isa about
seventy years of age. Should he depart hence, his funeral expenses are paid, as
his employer, John Shrader, will “undertake” the job free of cost to any
one but himself.
NALS 22 Jan 1877 p4 c2: The
first grave in the colored people’s cemetery was filled yesterday. A child of a
man named Graham was interred in the grounds. Merker & Gwin were the
undertaker. [West Haven Cemetery lists this child as Mary Graham]
NALS 7 Feb 1877 p4 c2: Al
Mitchem has accepted the position of Sexton of the colored cemetery. He has
been sworn into office in due form, holding his right hand high in the air. His
bond has not yet been filed, and may-be won't be. He serves for the short term,
which will last until the May election, you know. Al. is the first colored
officer New Albany ever had.
NALS 7 Feb 1877 p4 c2: The colored people are getting up a
remonstrance against Al. Mitchem becoming sexton. There is a report
among the colored folks that he is a regular body snatcher, but they can't
prove it.
NALS 7 Feb 1877 p4 c2: It was Moses Mitchem that
the Council wanted to elect as Sexton of the colored people's cemetery. He
makes pretensions to decency and wouldn't have made a bad grave digger.
NALS 12 Feb 1877 p4 c2: Death of Uncle Edmund Dinkins.
One of the notable characters of our city has passed away, in the person of Edmund
Dinkens, the aged and faithful colored hostler at the stables of Mr. John
Shrader. Sixty-six years ago he first saw the light of day "away down in
Dixie land," and as a slave was faithful to those who had authority over
him under the law, and was a happy servitor to his "old master,"
while he was not neglectful of the honor due to the Great Master, to whm all
owe love and worship. But his earthy happiness was increased when the bonds of
slavery were stricken from his race by the proclamation of President Lincoln.
When he thur found himself thrown on his own resources, eh did not seek out the
city to loaf on the corners and compaliin of poverty and hard times. He made up
his minds to paddle his own canoe, and at once sought employment and wass
raraly ever without work. Besides all this, he has proved himself a faithful
man in all respects. He was most happy in his family relations, and as his
children onumbered twenty-one, it was no mean effort that henabled him to give
them support. He was poor in this world's goods, and Mr. Shrader has
determined that he shall be buried in a style commensurate with his worth and
not his pocket; and that it shall be no pauper funeral, at the expense of the
county. Mr. S. will therefore, with his usual liberality, defray the entire
funeral expense. Edmund will be buried in the Colored Cemetery tomorrow, being
the first brown person interred in these new grounds.
NALS 6 Mar 1877 p4 c3: The Committee on Grave Yards
reported in favor of constructing a roadway in the Colored Cemetery, and
also an avenue through the grounds, and other improvements. Concurred in.
NALS 8 Mar 1877 p4 c2: Reuben Slaughter, a colored
man who lived in West Union, died this morning, after a long and severe
illness. He was about 38 yerars of age.
NALS 24 Mar 1877 p4 c5: The colored cemetery is to
be greatly improved and considerably beautified. It will be so inviting that
pious colored people, at least, need not fear to die.
NALS 24 Mar 1877 p4 c3: Colored Men in Council. . . George
Washington, Harry Lake, Henry Sterritt [names in article]
NALS 2 Apr 1877 p4 c5: Buried Alive Half an Hour. This
afternoon at 3 o'clock James Bailey, a young colored man, while working
at the sand pit north of Spring street, between Lower Sixth and Seventh was completely
covered by the bank falling on him . . .
NALS 5 Apr 1877 p4 c2: Death of Moses Mitchem. Moses
Mitchem, a colored man of considerable local prominence, died at his
residence in West Union, this forenoon, after a long and painful illness of consumption.
He had considerable ability as an orator and was used for the benefit of the
Republican prty on all occasions. Deceased ws born in this city about forty
years ago and was above the average of his race in respectability and ability.
NALS 7 May 1877 p4 c2: Abram Scurry, a colored Odd
Fellow, was buried yesterday in the colored cemetery. A large concourse
followed the remains to the grave, headed by the Woolen Mill band.
NALS 9 May 1877 p4 c5: Schools and Scholars . . . About
the colored schools.
NALS 10 May 1877 p4 c2: Mrs. Delphia Mitchem, an
old colored woman, who has been a citizen of this city for half a century, died
at her residence, in West Union, yesterday afternoon, of paralysis.
NALS 10 May 1877 p4 c4: Died. Mitchem—In this city, at 5
o'clock, Wednesday, May 9, 1877, Mrs. Delphia Mitchem, of
paralysis, aged 68 years. The funeral will take place from the Second Colored
Baptist Church, tomorrow, Friday, afternoon at 2 o'clock. The friends of the
family are invited to attend without further notice.
NALS 31 May 1877 p4 c6: Died Bassett—In this city, of
dropsy, Thursday morning, at 3 o'clock, Janie Bassett, daughter of Rev.
Richard Bassett, in the tenth year of her age. The funeral will take place
from the Second Baptist Colored Church, on Upper Fourth street, between Main
and Market, tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends of the family are
invited to attend.
NALS 30 Jun 1877 p4 c5: Anderson Woods died this
afternoon at his residence on the Slate Run raod, of consumption. His wife died
but a few weeks ago, then a child followed shortly after, and a daughter is low
of consumption.
NALS 21 Jul 1877 p4 c2: Edward Jackson,
colored, residing on Lower Market street, one year ago lost a girl, by death,
seventeen months old, and today his boy, three years old last March, put on
angel wings.
NALS 11 Aug 1877 p4 c2: A Negro boy was found in the bend
in the river near the Kentucky shore just below the city this afternoon and taken
charge of by the Coroner at Louisville. The supposoition is that it is the body
of a young negro boy Morton, of this city, who was drowned a few days
ago, as his clothes were found and the boy is missing.
NALS 14 Aug 1877 p4 c2: The colored folks are to
have camp meeting at the air Grounds, commencing September 1st, and
will continue ten days. A grand time is anticipated. Prominent, hightoned
colored evangelists from a distance will be here.
NALS 3 Sep 1877 p4 c2: Drowning of Josiah Finley. Josiah
Finley, an old colored man whom everybody liked who knew him, was drowned
in the river near the foot of Broadway street, Louisville, two weeks ago today.
He was out in the river on a log fishing with a pole and line, and in casting
his line fell into deep water and never rose alive. He had had the chills and
was quite weak, and it seemed he did not make an effort to save his life. He
was an old citizen, aged about 69, and all his white neighbors were his warm
friends. He lived in Franklin township many years and owned considerable
property there. His body has not been recovered.
NALS 5 Sep 1877 p4 c3: Colored Camp Meeting
NALS 19 Oct 1877 p4 c1: Death of Another Old Citizen. Mr. Nathaniel
Evans, an old and honored citizen, died at his residence in the west end this
morning. He was for many years gate keeper on the Corydon road, and his
fidelity to the trust reposed in him was never questioned. He was truly a
christian. At the time of his death he was in his 72d year. He will be buried
on Sunday from Mission Chapel, Lower Main street.
NALS 24 Oct 1877 p4 c2: Henry Sterrett, one of the
best caterers in the country, has taken charge of and will run in future the
restaurant at the Pearl Saloon. It is needless to say that Henry will
make it just what this city needs, a first class establishment, for all who
know him in connection with the hotels, know that he knows what the traveling
public want, and knowing it will be fure to furnish it.
NALS 2 Nov 1877 p4 c3: The Old Town Clock - article
NALS 8 Dec 1877 p4 c1: That Town Clock - article
NALS 13 Nov 1877 p4 c3: Death of a Rather Noted Woman.. .
. Mrs. Marie Davis, a rather noted negro woman and an old
citizen, died at her residence near the French settlement on Saturday last. . .
. Married Squire Davis, a white man. . . .
NALS 15 Nov 1877 p4 c2: . . . Tumor removed from Mrs. Nelson
Fisher, a colored woman. . . .
NALS 20 Nov 1877 p4 c2: Morgan Blackburn has opened
a new restaurant, or rather, removed his well known restaurant to No. 43 Pearl
street, a few doors south of Main. Mr. B. has no superior as a cuisine, having
been stewart on the best steamers on the river for many yeras. Mr. B. promises
to make his charges very reasonable. Day boarders will find this an excellent
place to get their meals.
NALS 26 Dec 1877 p4 c3: Colored Women Instantly
Summoned to that Bourne from Whence no Traveler Returns, by Powder and ball,
large article
NADLS 24 Jun 1878 p4 c3: Mysteriously Missing. Joseph
Grant, an aged negro man, has been mysteriously missing from his home on
Lower 5th street since last Wednesday. The last seen of him was in Lower Albany
at the residence of Nathan Clark. Grant ws not a man of bad habits, but was a
class leader in Zion church and was much thought of by white and colored people
of his acquaintance. Grant is aged about 64 years and has a large family who
are in great distress at his unaccountable absence.
NADLS 18 Aug 1878 p4 c3: Joseph Collins has been
appointed grand lecturer of the U. B. F., a colored institution.
NADLS 18 Aug 1878 p4 c3: Shadrack Isaac a gay and
festive cuss compromised with Ida B. Martina, yesterday afternoon, by
marriage.
NALS 25 Feb 1879 p4 c1: Rev. Richard Bridwell, an
old colored Methodist minister who formerly lived and labored in this city,
died in Louisville yesterday evening. The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon, and a nuimber of colored people from this city will attend it.
NALS 25 Feb 1879 p4 c1: Mrs. Tabitha Johnson, a
colored woman aged about fifty-five years, died at two o'clock this afternoon.
NALS 3 Apr 1879 p4 c3: Charley Garner, the colored
roustabout killed on the steamer Clinton, last Sunday, and put off the boat at
Evansville, is said to have lived here. Who was he?
NALS 3 Apr 1879 p4 c3: John Garvin died at
Elizabeth in Harrison county, on Sunday the 3d ult., aged 74 years. He
formerly lived in this city and made his living by fishing, and odd jobs around
the river front.
NALS 12 May 1879 p4 c5: Maybe Murderer — Arrested and
Locked Up, Which Seems to be Quite a Strange Affair. — Last Tuesday Marshal
Carpenter received information from some colored people that there was a
strange woman in the city, who was accused of murdering two negro children in
Kentucky. . . . She gave her name as Marichetee Jackson, . . . does not
know her age, but says she was a married woman, with two children, while the
war was going on, and lost her husband soon after "freedom" . . . her
occupation in life has been as a house servant. . . for different families. . .
see allso NALS 14 May 1879 p4 c2 . . . Mrs. Margaretta Jackson .
. .
NALS 22 May 1879 p4 c2: James Parham Drowned. While
the Raven and tow were aground at Caseyville, the other day some of the crew
went in swimming, amongst whom was Joseph Parham, the colored steward.
He jumped off the fan-tail and while swimming near the barges was drawn under
by the suction and was drowned. Parham was a good swimmer and resides in
West Union where his parents live. He is aged about ninteen years, and is the
son of James Parham. Young Parham, a few years ago accidentally shot
and killed the daughter of Henry Sterritt in this city. Parham
has gone to meet Miss Sterritt.
NALS 9 Jun 1879 p4 c1: Ida Isaacs, at 5 o'clock
Saturday evening, had the mamtrimonial knot cut that tied her to her husband Shadrick.
Judge Davis telling her to go in peace and sin no more by a bad marriage.
NALS 21 Jun 1879 p4 c1: The very sudden death of Chas.
Russell's baby in West Union yesterday caused considerable conjuecture
among the family and friends. For general satisfaction Drs. Neat, Burney
and Porter were called to perform an autopsy this morning, and found the
cause of death to be ulceration of the large intestine.
NALS 6 Sep 1879 p4 c1: The wife of Nelson Morton,
colored, who has been a great sufferer from dropsy and other complaints for
several months, died last night.
NALS 11 Oct 1879 p4 c1: Shrader and Sons had three
funerals on hand today as follows. A baby seven months old, the daughter of
Mr. George Edmondson, residing on Lower Main street, at the city cemetery;
a baby of Mr. Thomas Garrison, at Miller's graveyard about one mile and
a half below the city, and nine-year-old son of Benj. Hawkins, colored
at the colored cemetetery in West Union.
NALS 27 Nov 1879 p4 c2: Sampleton Suddenly
Suspends. About eleven o'clock this forenoon Charley Sampleton, colored,
fell dead. He had been ill for several days with a violent cold. This morning,
he started to West Union, where he lives and when opposite Charles Thomas'
near Friend's planing mill, he said he could get no further and went in the
home and told Mrs. Thomas he was very sick. He took a seat and Mrs.
T. bathed his head with water, and while this was being done he suddenly
fell over dead. Coroner Whitten held an inquest and a post mortem
examination was made, when a verdict was recorded in accordance with the above
facts. Sampleton was an old citizen of New Albany and well known. He was
a mulatto, aged about 60 years. For some years he had acted as cook at various
restaurants and boarding houses in the city. He had no family.
NALS 26 Dec 1879 p4 c2: Jeff. Davis Dead. Willson
Davis, generally known as Jeff. Davis, the colored whitewasher,
was knocked dead at the corner of State and Oak streets yesterday afternoon.
Some of the bystanders rubbed his head with “ackamaratnul” and soon restored
him to consciousness. At first he did know what or who struck him, as his
“brain was killed,” but it was learned that one Bud Plue, a bad darkey saw Jeff.
leaning up against the wall pretty full, and saw that there was a excellent
chance to knock somebody down., and “peeled him.” When Jeff fell, Plue
kicked him once or twice in the head, raising some bumps not laid down in any phnenological
chart. Plue will probably be required to answer for his Christmas sport
in the police court.
NADLS 2 Jan 1880 p4 c3: Beard Sterret and Sallie Rickman,
colored, were the only parties in the city who celebrated New Year’s day by
getting married.
NADLS 10 Jan 1880 p4 c3: Death of Wash Johnson. Wash
Johnson, the well known colored barber, died about midnight last night. He has
been suffering with a complication of disorders for some months, and finally
succumbed. Deceased was 56 years old, and was an old resident of this city
having come here in 1832. For many years Johnson was steward on the
river steamers and as he commanded good wages, was one of the most prosperous
man of his race here. Old age, the war, and the decline of the steamboat
interests caused him to forsake his calling of steward and he opened a barber
shop, which he conducted up to the time of his illness. Deceased was a member
of the colored Masons and Odd Fellows, and his funeral will take place under
the auspices of the lodges.
NADLS 28 Apr 1880 p4 c1: Colored Church. The African M.
E. Church, corner of Lower Second and Elm streets, is to have a grand
entertainment Thursday evening. Exercises will take place in the church, such
as choruses, duets and solos, interspersed with addresses by Profs. Scott
and Allen, and Dr. Burney, and a select reading by Miss Eliza
Clay. Refreshments will be served in the class rooms and parsonage. If you
wish to listen. . . Door keepers are instructed not to admit Ledger-Standard
reporters at any price.
NADLS 3 May 1880 p4 c5: White and Colored Mingle. . . . Mr.
George K. Brim, an industrious and respectable young German of this county,
was married to Miss Eliza Turner, daughter of Ellis Turner, a
well known colored gardner residing on the river road. . .
NADLS 14 Jun 1880 p4 c3: The colored citizens had a
big picnic at Sugar Grove yesterday. The excursion boat Music took them to the
grove.
NADLS, Monday, 19 Jul 1880 p4 c3: Cold Blooded Murder. William
Martina Shot to Death in His Own House. The Infamous John Woods the
Murderer. The Killing Wholly Unprovoked and Utterly Cold Blooded. Woods
in Jail and Testimony at the Corner’s Inquest. Guilty of Murder in the First
Degree. This city has again been made the scene of a most cold-blooded murder, William
Martina, one among the most industrious and reputable colored men in the
city being the victim, and the murderer being the notorious and infamous John
Woods, who has the worst record of any colored man in Floyd county . . .
[very large article]—P4 c5: The funeral of the murdered colored man, William
Martina, was largely attended by the colored people, with whom he was very
popular.
NADLS, Friday, 17 Sep 1880 p4 c1: An inquest was held upon Frances
Ellis, the negro woman who died Wednesday night on Main street. It was
known that the woman had been afflicted with heart disease and hemorrhage of
the bowels for a long time, but a lot of ignorant colored people began to
clamor over the matter, and as a result the county is put to considerable
expense for a coroner’s inquisition. P4 c3: Frances Ellis, a negro woman
who resided on Main street, between Lower Second and Third, died rather
suddenly from heart disease Wednesday night. She had been subject to smothering
paroxysms from disease of the heart, nevertheless her death caused some
commotion among the colored people. It resulted, however, from natural causes.
NADLS, Tuesday, 28 Sep 1880 p4 c4: John Blakemore, an
old and well esteemed colored man, who resided at the north end of Lower Second
street, died yesterday and was buried to-day, his funeral services being held
at the Upper Fourth street colored church. He was 80 years old.
NADLS, Thursday, 2 Dec 1880 p4 c4: Subscriptions
are being taken to a fund to be used in employing able counsel in the
prosecution of John Woods, the murderer of William Martina.
NADLS Friday, 3 Dec
1880 p4 c2: An Unfortunate Family. Mrs. Martina’s House Destroyed by Fire—Also
Mr. Jack Hancock’s House. In July last William Martina was
murdered in cold blood by John Woods. The murdered man had, by industry
and economy, saved money enough to secure for his family a comfortable home in
the Lower Albany suburb, where his widow and her children have resided since
his tragic death. . . .
NADLS Friday, 10 Dec
1880 p4 c4: Township trustee Meekin to-day issued a permit for the burial of Isham
Taylor, colored, of Lower Albany, in the colored cemetery, Pneumonia ended
the earthly career of Isham.
NAL 31 Mar 1882 p4 c4: Monthly Statistics — The following
are the monthly statistics: Burial Permits: Fred M. Beadt, age 9
years, acute meningitis. John Sinex, age 87 years, old age. Mrs.
Parton, age 34 years, consumption. S. R. Jenner, age 66 years,
cancer. Mrs. P. M. Kent, age 54, pneumonia; died at Kentland, Ind. Caspar
Hurrle, age 4 years, typhoid pneumonia. John McBride, age 80 years,
old age. Abagail Sowles, age 87, old age. Harry Genung, age 16,
typhoid fever. David W. Miller, age 69 , dropsy. E. J. Lafolleltte,
age 21, consumption; died in country. Harry York, age 10 months, brain
disease. W. G. Allen, age 52, typhoid fever. Isadore McDougal,
age 26, consumption. Golda Duncan, age 6 days, lockjaw. Estella R.
Sullivan, age 2 years, liver disease. Samuel Deitz, age 3
months, brain fever. Joshua Fowler, age 31 years, consumption. Millie
Horton, age 7 years, pnuemonia. Frank McH. Payton, age 28,
spinal affection. Joseph Sparrow, age 33 years, typhoid fever. Died at
Terre Haute. Colored: John
Heson's child, age 3 years, convulsions. Earle Coleman,
age 14 months, thrash. Laura Robinson, age __ years, malarial fever. Eliza
Brown, age 40, pneumonia. Burket Manley, age 77, old age.
PP 8 Oct 1884 p8 c2: Deaths During the Week: Malinda
Mitchem, an old colored citizen died October 4th. Her age was 57
years.
Public Press 3 Dec 1884 p8 c12: Deaths During the Week: An infant
child of Henry Coleman, colored, died of pneumonia on Sunday last.
NADL 28 Nov 1885 p4 c2: The death of Milton J. Cannon,
one of the brightest and most promising pupils of the Colored High School,
was made an occasion for the expression of the the deepest retgret by the
pupils of the school. . . Deceased was 18 years old and was regarded as one
among the best behaved and most cuiltivated scholars in the school.
NADL Tuesday, 1 Mar 1887 p4 c3: City clerk Morris issued
burial permits in February as follows: Mary E. Browning, paralysis; Thomas
J. Albright, 39 years, dropsy; Edward Whiterow, 57 years,
consumption of bowels; Manson Miller, 15 days, congestion; Martha T.
Bradford, 65 years, cancer; Caroline Fix, 66 years, rheumatism; Edgar
Bryant, 5 weeks, congestion; B. F. Lafferty, 44 years, paralysis; John
G. Weisbach, 16 months, congestion; D. P. Anshutz, _?2 years,
consumption, Kentucky; Harriet J. McCulloch, 50 years, consumption; Charles
H. Bell, 10 months, bronchitis; Sallie N. Rough, 35 years,
consumption; Valentine Ruby, 55 years, consumption; Mary A. Sauer, apoplexy;
Charles H. Shrader, 38 years, bronchitis; Thomas D. Sinex, 61
years, typhoid pneumonia; Frank Pierce, 32 years, consumption; Anna
L. Moore, 7 weeks, fever; Eliza Swarns, Louisville, 67 years,
consumption; Paul Stallings, 3 weeks, congestion. Colored: Ada
Alexander, 4 months, bronchitis; Americus Douglas, 52 years, asthma;
Arabella Woods, 28 years, consumption. Total 24.
NAL 30 Jun 1887 p4 c3:
The following are the burial permits for June: John Elliott,
paralysis, age 68 years; Jesse Humphreys, consumption, aged 43; Mrs.
F. M. Collins, pneumonia, aged 70; Roy Wykoff, pneumonia, aged 1; George
J. Pullen, dysentery, age 49; Thomas Wright, cancer, aged 76; Harry
E. Bail, measles, 9 weeks; Henry Pyburn, 1 week; Miss
Francis Collins, resided in Louisville, aged 78; Charles Shaw Lyndall,
spinal affection, age 20; Eliza Reiley, typhoid fever, aged 46; Carria
A. Moore, paralysis, age 51; M. J. Chalfant, age 68; James Saul,
infant, age 11 weeks. Colored: Lula
Mason, consumption, age 7 years; America Kinchelow, consumption; age
42; Edward H. Parker, drowned, 8 years; Doc Slaughter, summer
complaint, 14 months; Lawrence Slaughter, Bronchitis, age 5 years John
H. Bennett, drinking concentrated lye, age 8 years.
NAL 30 Jul 1887 p4 c3: The following burial permits
were issued during July: Dora J. Cuthbarth, 6 years, congestion of
lungs, Frank Roster, 60 years, Lafayette, consumption; Frank Duncan,
5 months, inflammation of stomach; Mary P. Rose, 33 years, consumption; Ira
Blust, 1 year, bowel disease; infant child of G. W. Underhill; Jacob
Alford, 69 years, neuralgia of heart; Geo. F. Dorn, 3 days; Seabury
Sowle, 72 years, diabetes; George Settley, 71 years; old age; George
Morga, 5 years; Bertha Dinter, 53 years, cancer; Mary Rowley,
85 years, dysentery; infant child of Edward Lewis; Jordon S. McRea,
Jeffersonville, 60 years, cholera morbus; Augustus Jackson, 20 years,
hemorrhage; John M. Blankenship, 51 years, convulsions; Thomas
Whitten, 17 years, violence; Blanche Mosier, 18 days; Louisa Whiteman,
30 years, consumption. Colored: Amanda
M. Maxey, 9 months, bronchitis; Infant of William Graham; Venus
Morton, 16 years, consumption; Sarah McDonald, 17 years,
consumption.
NADL 31 Aug 1887 p4 c3: The City Clerk issued the
following burial permits in August: Ida Berning, Louisville, 26
years, murdered; Mary A. Cross, 65 years, flux; Emma D. Walker,
21 years; Harry B. Hedden, Louisville, 18 years, typhoid fever; Clara
M. Cliff, 5 months, convulsion; Caroline Sloan, 77 years, cholera
morbus; Otto B. Featheringill, 7 months, cholera infantum; Susan Byrn,
68 years, cancer; Mary C. P. Tuley, 18 years, consumption; Louis
R. Bright, 4 months, brain fever; Bertha Houpt, 8 months,
convulsions; E. W. Sinex, Farabee, 58 years, liver disease; Elizabeth
Dodson, Arkansas City, 76 years old, old age; Eveline Castlen,
76 years, old age; Catharine Seebach, 26 years, puerperal fever; Wm.
N. Herreld, 3 years, country, drowned; Harriet Daubney,
Clark county, 58 years, consumption; Leland Burd, country, 4 days,
convulsions; Harry Davis, 9 months, cholera infantum; E. D. Marshal,
26 years, dysentery; Clara Banet, Lafayette, 3 years, croup. Colored — Rosa Button, 87 years, old age; Maggie
Hawes, 29 years, malarial fever.
NAL, Friday, 30 Sep 1887 p4 c3: The following burial
permits were issued by City Clerk Kraft in September: Jesse B. Conrad, 3
years, croup; Orange C. Graves, 76 years, paralysis; Kate Dyer, 18
years, fever; Mattie E. Fawcett, five months, brain; James Renfro, 92
years, old age; Ella L. Hebden, 22 years, typhoid fever, Harry
Richardson, 13 months, summer complaint, Clarence E. Genung, 3
years, diptheria; Ormie Putnam, 3 weeks, abcess; Mary J. Linne, 28
years, consumption; Jane Jackson, 87 years, old age; Ollie Sillings, 2
years, brain fever; Anna Belle Scheller, Sellersburg, 1 year, dentition;
John Irwin, 75 tears, old age; William Gullet, 36 years,
consumption; Cora White, 23 years, consumption; John Marrs, 10
years, railroad accident. Colored—Lonnie Childers; Lucinda
Hutchinson, 86 years, old age; John Shipp, 18 years, consumption.
NADL 30 Nov 1887 p4 c4: The following burial permits
were issued by City Clerk Kraft in November: Lizzie Hand, 36 years,
inflammation of bowels; Anastasia Robinson, 88
NAL, Wednesday, 29 Feb 1888 p5 c3: City Clerk R. F. Kraft
issued the following burial permits in February: Elizabeth Conner, 67
years, consumption; Harry L. Wolfe, 16 days; Mary E. Crabb, Pekin,
52 years, nervous prostration; James A. Hughes, Louisville, 56 years,
Brights disease; Dotha Ferry, 77 years, fracture; infant of Alfred
Nicholson, 5 hours; Nancy Huckeby, 23 years, heart disease; Hermina
Schafer, 14 years, paralysis of heart; Charles Dierking, 32 years,
apoplexy; Wilburt Bruder, 10 months, brain fever; W. B. Robertson, 73
years, paralysis; W. R. Hood, Newark, Ohio, 13 months, croup; Fannie
K. Turner, 41 years, consumption; Alice D. Horton, 3 years,
scrofuls; Jennie Johnson, 3 months, inflammation of the bowels; Mattie
B. Brown, 24 years, consumption; George F. Jasper, 69 years, spinal
and kidney disease. Colored: Eliza J. Russell, 60 years,
inflammation of bowels; Felicia Graves, 80 years, olf age; Martha
Morton and child, removed from another cemetery.
NADL 16 Jul 1888 p4c2: Robert Carpenter, the well
known State street barber, died Saturday night of typhoid fever and heart
disease. His funeral today was attended by the colored lodge of Odd fellows, of
which he was a member.
PP 17 Apr 1889 p3 c4: Joseph Carpenter, the State
street barber, colored, died Sunday morning very suddenly, aged about 36 years.
He shaved a customer Saturday night atfter 11 o 'clock, was sitting in a barger
chair after that hour and died within a few hours. He was very fleshy, weighed
nearly 300 pounds, and it is thought smothered to death. He was married and
leaves two children.
PP 29 May 1889 p3 c5: Lorena Mitchem, colored,
aged 17 years, died of malarial fever on the 21st inst.
PP 19 Jun 1889 p2 c3: Elder Nathan Mitchem,
formerly a resident of this city, died at Nashville, Tenn., the other day. . .
. He was prosperous and was classed among one of the weatlthiest colored men in
Tennessee. His age was 79 yeaars.
PP 19 Jun 1889 p2 c3: A 12 year old child of Chas.
Pinkston, colored, died of typhoid fever on the 15th inst.
PP 19 Jun 1889 p2 c3: An infant of Gerese Simmons,
colored, died of whooping cough on the 15th inst.
PP 3 Jul 1889 p3 c3: Mrs. Malinda Isaacs,
colored, aged sixty five years died Sunday at
her home in West Union after an illness of two years, of consumption.
PP 4 Dec 1889 p4 c4: Ben Hicks, colored, who
resided on the Knobs, north of this city, died the other day.
NADL 21 Jan 1892 P5 c2: On the
evening of the 20th, while playing about the residence on East Third street, a
four year old son of Shadrick Cates, colored, suddenly fell to the floor
and died. His sudden death was caused by heart disease.
NADL Sat 6 Jan 1894 p5 c3: Mrs. Lively, colored,
died suddenly at 1 o’clock this morning from an overdose of morphine, taken to
relieve pain from which she was suffering. She was on the street at 10 o’clock
last night. She was in the habit of taking the drug. She lived at the southeast
corner of Main and West Fourth streets. Coroner Starr held an inquest.
NADL 1 Sep 1894 p5 c2: Coleman Johnson, colored,
aged 54 years, died on the 31st ult., at the family residence on north
pearl street, of consumption. He was highly respected man and had many friends
in this city who will regret to hear of his death. A son of the deceased died
but a few weeks ago.
NADL 5 Sep 1894 p5 c2: Louis Downing, colored, aged
52 years, died at the family residence on North state street at 2 o’clock this
morning of apoplexy. He was formerly a proprietor of a restaurant in this city.
NADL 6 Sep 1894 p5 c2: Morgan Blackburn, one of the
wealthiest and best known of New Albany’s colored citizens, died at 5 o’clock
this morning on East Seventh street, of dropsy of the heart. He was 61 years of
age and came to New Albany from Virginia soon after the war. He kept a
restaurant in this city up to within a few years of his death, when he retired
from business with competence.
NADL 8 Jun 1896 p5 c1: Mrs. Ida Penick, colored,
aged 35 years, died at her residence on East elm street, Sunday.
PP 9 Sep 1896 p5 c1: Mrs. Lou Taylor, colored,
aged 32 years, died Thursday at her home on Galt street, of consumption.
NAET 17 Aug 1898 p3 c3: Fly Bite and Anthrax -- Cause the
Death of Mount Johnson Today -- Mount Johnson, colored died this morning
at his home on Olden street, of blood poisoning . . . . .
PP 24 May 1899 p3 c2: Green B. Bush, colored,
died Monday of brain fever at his home, 1712 Rear Market street. He leaves a
wife, three sons and one daughter.
PP 31 Jan 1900 p4 c3: William Duncan, colored,
died Thursday at his home, 524 Pearl street, of typhoid fever. He was 48 years
old and leaves a wife and three children.
PP 29 Aug 1900 p5 c1: Will Overall . . . son of John
Overall . . . had applied for marriage license – his seventh.. . . father
of 23 children, had either divorced or buried six wives
PP 5 Sep 1900 p5 c1: Henry McGlasson, colored,
died Monday at his home, 134 Upper Oak street.
PP 5 Dec 1900 p5 c4: Callie Walker, wife of Alex
Walker, colored, died last Friday night at her home, Lower Seventh and West
streets, aged about 29 years.
PP 5 Jun 1901 p5 c1: Beard Sterrett . . . .spine
broken two weeks ago, died Monday at his home on Upper Elm. . .
PP 21 Aug 1901 p5 c3: . . . mentions Silvie Manley,
assaulted and injured severely, over 101 years, (not obit)
PP 2 Dec 1902 p5 c2: William H. Russell, colored,
aged eighty years, died Sunday at his home, 528 Upper Elm street, of general
debility,. He leaves one son and two daughters. He was a member of St. John
Lodge of Massons and Edmond Lodge of Odd Fellows.
NAWT, Friday, 27 February 1903 p3 c2—Injuries Finally
Cause the Death of James Ray—James Ray, colored, died Friday at
St. Edward's Hospital from the effects, it is said, of a gunshot wound
sustained over six years ago. He was thirty five years old. Ray and Dr.
Botany Jones, colored, became involved in a controversy over a bill which Jones
alleged Ray owed him for services one Sunday afternoon in October, 1896,
and Jones shot Ray in the lower part of the back, the bullet
penetrating the spinal column. Jones claimed he acted in self-defense. He was
given an indeterminate sentence and served two years, the minimum, and was
released since then has not been in any trouble in the courts. Ray never
recovered from his injuries and was finally compelled to go to the hospital
where he died.
PP 19 Jan 1904 p3 c3: Lizzie Merker,
colored, aged thirty five years, living at 514 Upper Seventh street, died Monday
night in Louisville. The remains will be brought to this city for interment.
PP 5 Apr 1904 p5 c3: The three
years old son of Louis Cissel, colored, died Thursday on State street.
NAET 11 Apr 1904 p5 c3: Lina Parker, colored, was
taken today to the poor asylum by Township Trusttee Emery and her thrree little
children will be taken tomorrow by Mrs. T. E. Austin to Indianapolis to
be placed in a home. The mother is suffering from consumption.
Public Press Tues 7 Jun 1904 p5 c3: The wife of Benjamin
Humphrey, colored, died Thursday at her home on Hildreth Street, of cancer
of the stomach. She was 65 years of age.
Public Press Tues 21 Jun 1904 p5 c4: Deaths During the Week —
John Graves, colored, aged forty years, died Friday at the County
Asylum.
NAT Tuesday, ___ Mar 1917 p4 c3—Burying the Dead—New
Albany on Sunday began its work of burying its dead. ……… Three more were added
to the list today. Alpha Everbach today………. Those who died yesterday
were Miss Katie Metz, Moses Dodge, Mary Whittaker, colored
age 70 years. Mr. Dodge was 52 and is survived by a son and a daughter. It
states here the funeral takes place Tuesday afternoon and the body will be
taken to Galena. The first funeral
was held at 10:30 with the last rites were held for Clarence Moss and
his body given to the earth at Fairview Cemetery. [paper is torn and missing a
piece.] Miss Elsie ______ buried at 2 o'clock.________________________ Martha
Stella Ehringer were buried at 3:30 o'clock. Masons of New Albany
committed the body of Charles McCaffrey to his Maker at 3:45 o'clock.
The bodies of Rose Huff and Ruth Parrish were sent to Marengo for
burial. The body of Mrs. Victoria Zurschmiede and George Zurschmiede, were sent to
Edwardsville. Miss Katherine Metz
were held at 1:30 o'clock burial ………. Burial at Leyden Cemetery. ……. She was
75. The funeral of J. Wesley Davis
took place yesterday afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. Julia Didelot and three
children …………Holy Trinity Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Bott………..St. Mary’s Cemetery. The
funeral of Albert Payton took place this afternoon. The funeral of Mrs.
Julia Umbreit wife of George Umbreit took place this morning. Services of
Iona Newkirk daughter of Charles Newkirk, who is in critical condition at
St. Edward's Hospital, also were held today. Mrs. Julia Clemons, colored
was also buried today. The body of Jennie Hardway, colored was
shipped to Kentucky today. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Lopp ……….this
afternoon at Fairview. The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Gudkese takes place
at 4 o'clock……….. The funeral of Mrs.
Jacob Fess takes place Tuesday morning. The quadruple funeral of Edward
Johns Jr., his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Johns, stepdaughter, Mary
Spickert, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Lomax, will be held
tomorrow at home of Edward Johns Sr.…………..burials will be in Fairview Cemetery.
NAT (Tuesday's Daily) Mar 1917 p7 c1: Edward Clemons,
colored, aged fifty years, employed in the Rickman barber shop on North State
street was found dead in a chair in the shop yesterday.
New Albany Tribune, Friday, 30 Mar 1917 p1 — Cyclone Tears Murderous
Path Through New Albany—Thirty-Six Are Killed In Twister That Devastated City,
Over Three Hundred Homes Being Blown Down—Two Hundred Persons Are Injured In
Tornado That Cleans A Strip Eight Squares Wide From One End Of City To The
Other—Military Companies Are sent Here On Appeal of Mayor Morris And Are On
Guard In The Storm District With Loaded Guns—Citizens At Mass Meeting Called By
Mayor, Make Generous Financial Response—Committees Work all Night At Chamber of
Commerce Rooms And Render Valuable Assistance--………List of Dead: Miss Mary
Bott age forty two, Frances Pauline Brown, colored age
six years daughter, of Henry Brown, Mrs. Levi Bunch age fifty
eight? [Continued from page 8 cyclone list of dead] Mrs. Ernest Canter age
fifty eight? Julia Clemons, colored, John Wesley Davis age
twenty two, Moses Dodge, age 51? Mrs. Louisa N. Didelot, age
forty two wife of John L. Didelot, Agnes, age fourteen daughter, of John
L. Didelo, Louis H. age five son of John L. Didelo, Alberta,
age nine months daughter of John L. Didelo, Mrs. Ella Ehringer age
26 wife of Edward R. Ehringer, Martha, four month old daughter of
Mrs. Ehringer, Alp__ Everbach age eight daughter of William Everbach,
Mrs. Jacob Fess Sr., Elizabeth Gudkese age 4, Jennie Hardaway,
colored, Rosa Huff, four year old daughter of J. B. Huff, Edward
Johns Jr., Mrs. Gertrude Johns wife of Edward Johns, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lomax, mother-in-law- of John, Mrs. May F. Lapp, age twenty
nine, Miss Eliza Lopp, age 29 years, Allen McLean, age thirty
eight, Charles McCaffrey, McEllen E. W. age 64, Clarence Moss,
_athe___ Metz, age 75, _____ph E. Whittaker, _ictoria Zurschmiede,
George Zurschmiede age eight son of U. W. Zurschmiede, [the paper
is torn and a big part missing]
PP
= Public Press
NAT
= New Albany Tribune
NAWT
= New Albany Weekly Tribune
NAET
= New Albany Evening Tribune
DLS,
NADLS, NALS = New Albany Ledger Standard (Daily)
Photos
of some stones in West Haven Cemetery in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
Copyright 2008 by Sue
Carpenter