MONTGOMERY COUNTY OBITUARIES

Obituary Listings from the Montgomery Monitor

(Taken from "Montgomery County Georgia, A Source Book of Genealogy and History, by James E. Dorsey and John K. Derden, 1983)

Annie Montgomery, eldest dau. of M/M J.H. Montgomery...d. May 10, 1886,age 12. (June 10, 1886).

Malcom Morrison, 6th son of M/M David Morrison...b. July 4, 1864, d. June 2, 1886.

Eliza Gillis, wife of David. d. May 27, 1886, age ca. 45.

T.S. Adams, youngest son of W.R. & M.A.E. Adams. d. May 9, 1886, age 11 yrs., 8 mon., 22 days.

Alexander Johnson, b. Jan. 29, 1886(?), age ca. 80.

David Morrison, b. Nov. 17, 1828, d. Ap. 27, 1887. Son of John Morrison. m. Mary A. Coney, Oct. 9, 1851.

Martha McGregor, b. Aug. 19, 1826, d. Nov. 18, 1887. Dau. of Joshua & Catharine Dasher. m. John M. McGregor, 1858.

Sarah A. Peterson, b. June 6, 1825, d. Jan. 1, 1889. b. Williamsburg Co. S.C., dau. M/M Samuel McAllister. m. Archibald Peterson Dec. 1847. Son: M.A. Peterson (d. 1874). Sister: Mrs. Littleton Sharpe. Brothers: C.C. & Joseph McAllister.

Anne Eliza McBride, b. Ap. 7, 1871, d. June 13, 1890.

John Wilkes, Jr., b. July 30, 1831(?), d. Ap. 27, 1890.

Annie J. Higgs, b. 1848, d. Jan. 6, 1891, age 48.

Maggie Miller, d. June 4, 1891, age ca. 56. (Aug. 13, 1891).

Eugenia Morrison, b. Dec. 6, 1866, d. Oct. 2, 1891. m. Roderick Morrison, 1875.

Flora C. Gibbs, b. Nov. 24, 1867, d. Nov. 10, 1891. m. H.J. Gibbs, May 10, 1888.

William Kent, b. Aug. 15, 1826 (Warren Co.) d. Oct. 12, 1892. m. Martha Ann Beckworth (dau. of Ananias & Elizabeth Beckworth), Mar. 10, 1853.

Lucy McNatt, b. 1858. m. H.B. McNatt. Dau. of James Hall. (June 29, 1893).

William Adams, b. Sept. 10, 1873, d. Feb. 3, 1894.

John A. Morris, age 83. Mont. Co. Rep. in 1850s; member of 1866 const. conv. (Oct. 4, 1894).

Walter T. McArthur, b. Aug. 3, 1837, d. Dec. 6, 1894. Son of Duncan & Eliza (McLaughlin) McArthur.

John McLeod, d. Ap. 22, 1895, age ca. 79.

Ann Ryals, b. Dec. 1841, d. Ap. 21, 1895. m. Dr. J.C. Ryals, June 1860.

William T. McRae, d. July 25, 1895, age 68. Father died 1853, a founder of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church. Sisters: Catherine McRae, Mrs. D. Morrison, Mrs. Brantley.

John L. Mathews, d. at age of 69. (Aug. 22, 1895)

Rev. L.A. Pattillo, age 71. (Septe. 12, 1895).

John Wesley Miller, b. Oct. 6, 1881, d. Jan. 11, 1896. Son of Elijah & Sarah Miller.

Christopher McRae, age ca. 83. (Sept. 2, 1897).

Margaret McCullough, b. Mar. 4, 1832, d. Oct. 8, 1898. Dau. of John & Margaret McRae. m. James T. McCullough, 1854.

Ava Hall, b. Dec. 26, 1832, d. Nov. 2, 1898. m. James Hall, Ap. 1850.

C.B. McLemore, b. 1813 (S.C.), d. age of 89. m. Lizzie Thigpen. (May 4, 1899).

Jim Bell, d. age 87. (June 8, 1899)

Dr. W.D. Coursey, b. July 14, 1861, d. July 2, 1899.

Samuel H. Calhoun, b. June 19, 1824, d. Sept. 28, 1899. Son of James I. Calhoun. m. Lucinda Hamilton, (dau. of Josiah Hamilton), 1847.

Mrs. Malcom McQuaig, b. Oct. 30, 1844, d. February 18, 1900. m. Oct. 5, 1865.

Mrs. W. R. Adams, d. April 24, 1900. Bro.: C.S. Hamilton. Son: Charles. Dau.: Mrs. C.S. Calhoun.

Daniel Hughes, d. age 56. (May 10, 1900)

Isabella Johnson, d. over age of 90. (June 21, 1900)

Alexander McGregor, b. Sept. 16, 1818, d. Ap. 20, 1900.

Rev. M. Sikes, b. Feb. 2, 1825, d. Sept. 1900. m. Janette Bone, Jan. 1, 1846. Children: S.R. Sikes, Joseph F. Sikes, T.E. Sikes, Charlie Sikes, Ryals, Emma Clements, Elizabeth Vaughn, Addie Hobbs.

Mary Calhoun, b. Sept. 23, 1873, d. Aug. 15, 1900. m. B.S. Calhoun, Dec. 15, 1892. 8th child of William & Martha Kent.

Thomas Logan Bowyer, b. Dec. 20, 1852 (Malborough Co., S.C.), d. Nov. 11, 1900. m. Sophie E. Hutto, June 6, 1872.

Julia Howard McGregor, wife of Rev. W.D. McGregor. Dau. of Judge Nicholas Howard, m. W.D. McGregor Mar. 1883. Brothers: J.C. Howard, W.S. Howard. Sisters: Mrs. A.J. Snelson, Mrs. J.H. Newman, Sallie Howard. (Feb. 28, 1901)

Mrs. D.M. Ware, d. Ap. 6, 1901, age 73.

Mrs. Sicily Lewis, age 53. Son: Col. W.M. Lewis. (April 18, 1901)

Mrs. F.S. (Zoe Elliott) Davis, d. Mar. 4, 1901, age 19.

Mary Johnson, b. Feb. 17, 1882, d. Ap. 20, 1901.

Mrs. M.T. Moses, d. age of 70. Children: Mrs. J.C. McAllister, A.M. Moses, J.J. Moses. (July 18, 1901)

Ann (McNatt) McGregor, d. age of 86. Son: J.D. McGregor.

Linnie Lucas, d. Sept. 30, 1901. (age ca. 90)

Daniel Morrison, b. Sept. 24, 1819 (Robeson Co., N.C.), d. Feb. 21, 1902. m. Eliza McRae (1842); M.C.A. McRae (1864). Became Mason June 29, 1861.

John J. McArthur, b. Aug. 17, 1838, d. Aug. 1902 (Atlanta). Served in General Assembly (1866, 1878). m. Marie E. Patterson (of Bryan Co., 1871). Dau.: Marion Endell (d. 1888).

N.A. Downie, b. Nov. 27, 1841 (Bladen Co., N.C.), d. Aug. 1902. m. Sarah Benson.

Mrs. G.W. Adams, b. Dec. 31, 1841, d. Feb. 21, 1903. m. G.W. Adams (Aug. 8, 1858). Dau. of Mark and Sarah Wilcox (Telfair Co.).

Delila Fiveash, b. 1819, d. 1904. m. Mathew Fiveash. Dau. of George Dame, Sr. (England)

A.L. Adams, b. Ap. 1, 1833, d. Mar. 5, 1904. Daus.: Mrs. J.B. Wooten, Mrs. C.H. Wooten.

Elijah McRae, d. May 26, 1904 (age 70).

Charity Robbins, b. Dec. 24, 1842 (N.C.), d. Dec. 4, 1904. m. H.H. Robbins (Sept. 1866). Maiden name Wiggins.

Eliza Adams, b. Jan. 1, 1804, d. June 1, 1905. m. Mathias Adams (1820). Children: Sallie Hamilton, Mathew B., John W., Thomas E., Jasper, Robert R., Julia Clark, Charles D. Maiden name Collins.

Mrs. T.J. Thompson (Lizzie Adams). b. Ap. 17, 1871, d. June 3, 1906. Dau. of G.W. Adams and Mrs. E.L. Adams.

Joseph Palmer, b. Oct. 13, 1829, d. Sept. 21, 1906. Brothers: Dr. W.T., Ed.

J.W. McAllister, b. Feb. 1, 1840, d. 1906. m. Catherine A. McNatt.

Catherine Carrie Spooner, b. Feb. 7, 1853 (or 1858), d. Aug. 29, 1907. m. Dec. 29, 1875.

Joseph H. Fulghum, b. June 1842 (Wasington Co.), d. Feb. 17, 1908.

Cuyler T. Moseley, d. June 22, 1908 (age 77). Native of Lee Co.

James H. Odom, d. May 26, 1911 (age 68). m. Jane McNatt (Ap. 24, 1873). Children: Dau., P.H., Alex, Mrs. T.J. Coursey, Mrs. J.L. Gibson, Mrs. G.W. Dickerson.

Austo Sears, b. June 1872, d. Sept. 1911. Son of George and Clementine Sears.

Thomas Butler Adams, b. Ap. 23, 1838, d. 1912. m. Mary Wilcox Baker (Nov. 24, 1861). Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Adams. Children: Thomas Seaborn, Mrs. Stacy.

Alice Walker Stewart, b. Feb. 18, 1871, d. July 31, 1912. m. L.A. Stewart (Dec. 25, 1901).

Mrs. G.W. McIntyre (Nancy Hughes), b. Mar. 3, 1848, d. Sept. 21, 1912. Dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Huie Huges. m. George McIntyre (Mar. 3, 1867).

Martin T. Moses, b. Dec. 17, 1832, d. Nov. 30, 1913. m. Mary C. Conner (1854). Children: Mrs. John C. McAllister, A.M. Moses, M.J. Moses.

West Ricks, d. 1913 (age 82).

Joseph Adams, d. Dec. 30, 1913 (age ca. 88).

Andy Collins (Negro), d. Oct. 11, 1919 (age ca. 100).

Dona McCrimmon, b. Nov. 29, 1868, d. Sept. 30, 1914. Dau. of J.A. McCrimmon.

Mrs. D.W. Folsom, d. Sept. 24, 1914. m. Dec. 29, 1875. Dau. of William Hughes (Liberty Co.).

MONTGOMERY MONITOR
Mount Vernon, Georgia
Thursday October 5, 1899

SAMUEL H. CALHOUN

One of Montgomery’s Best Citizens Passes Away

Samuel H. Calhoun, an aged and highly respected citizen of this county, passed from earth to heaven on Thursday, September 28, 1899, surrounded by many of his children and grandchildren and a host of friends.

On the day following his death he was buried by the side of his departed wife in the family cemetery near his late home, while a hundred or more of relatives and a large concourse of friends were present to drop tears of love and esteem on his honored grave, eager to pay this last tribute of respect to one of their best friends on earth. It was a most impressive spectacle as the noble old man was being lowered into Mother Earth to see the tears flowing freely not only from those nearest and dearest to him, but from the eyes of his gray-headed companions, men who had labored with him through the cruel war of the sixties and through public and private life, in county, state and church affairs up until the present time.

Uncle Sam was the son of James I. Calhoun and born in Barnwell County, S.C., on the 19th day of June, 1824. He, with his father and family, moved to Montgomery County, Ga., in 1837, and in 1847 he was married to Lucinda Hamilton, daughter of Hon. Josiah Hamilton. This couple lived very happily till the 2nd day of April last, when God called Mrs. Calhoun up higher. After the death of his wife Uncle Sam was never himself again. He pined away day by day till death triumphed and, without a single struggle, he passed into sweet repose. Indeed it was a sweet repose, for Uncle Sam is in Heaven now with his beloved companion and departed child to remain forever with them and those gone before. There will be no more sorrow, nor parting, nor grief there, but all will be peace and love and sweet contentment.

It is sweet to die loved, regretted and saved with an endless salvation, " Blessed are they who die in the Lord." Uncle Sam never feared death and often said he was ready and willing to obey the summons of the Master he had served so long and who had always proved a true and just God - "A present help in times of trouble."

In 1860 this good old man joined Bear Creek Missionary Baptist church and remained a member until his church was dissolved. When Mt. Pisgah Baptist church was organized in 1866 he was one of the organizers and remained a consistent member until his death. He was made one of its deacons at the organization, which position he held as long as he lived and often acted as moderator in the absence of the pastor. He was a member of one of South Carolina’s most prominent families and certainly held up the honor of that characteristic family during his whole life in Georgia.

His marriage was blessed with 11 children, ten of whom are left to mourn their loss and his eternal gain. His children are numbered among the leading families of this and Emanuel Counties.

To those who love and cherish his memory, to the sorrowing near and dear ones, let me say: Let us resolve to see his same shining face and remain forever there with him and be blessed of our Father.

A Friend

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Submitted by Olivia Williamson Saffold, double great-great-granddaughter; supplied to her by Robert Calhoun.

THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR
Mount Vernon, Georgia
Thursday October 14, 1915

SOLDIER’S GRAVE TO BE MARKED

Stewart Hamilton Resting Place to be Honored by The DAR

The first of its kind and a most interesting event to be held in this county will be the unveiling of the stone furnished by the national government to mark the grave of Stewart Hamilton, near Kibbee, the ceremonies to take place on October 24.

Through the commendable efforts of the Col. William Few chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Eastman, this marker has been secured, and the unveiling will occur under the auspices of the chapter. Mrs. W.B. Daniel, chairman of Historical Sites and Monuments, will come over from Eastman, accompanied by a number of members of the chapter, and it is probable that an appropriate address will be made.

The descendants of the Revolutionary soldier, whose memory is to be honored on this occasion, are too numerous to be mentioned in a brief sketch. Notably among them was Hon. Charles S. Hamilton, whose remains rest at the same place, a grandson of Stewart Hamilton. The Hamiltons, Calhouns, Connells and others, descendants of the sleeping hero, assembled around his grave, would make a good sized army.

Descendants and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 11:00 a.m. near Kibbee, all will bring baskets filled for a Montgomery County dinner, and the occasion promises to be one of unusual interest.

THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR
Mount Vernon, Georgia
Thursday October 28, 1915

UNVEILING WAS BRILLIANT EVENT
Memory of Continental Soldier Perpetuated by a New Tablet

There was held at the Hamilton cemetery near Kibbee Sunday an occasion of more than usual interest -- unveiling of a tablet marking the grave of Stewart Hamilton, grandfather of the late Chas. S. Hamilton, and the foreparent of hundreds of descendants throughout this section. To the Col. William Few Chapter, D.A.R., of Eastman, is due the credit of locating the grave and erecting the marker to this Revolutionary soldier, and the exercises attending it were impressive, and as a result new interest and patriotism will have been aroused throughout the country.

Exercises began immediately after the arrival of the southbound M.D.&S. train, on which came the delegation from Eastman, and the exercises were conducted by Mrs. A.L. Wilkins, regent of the chapter. With a large assemblage around the grave, Rev. Dan Walker made the opening prayer, followed by “ America,” one of our national songs, Col. B. R. Calhoun, of Eastman, delivered the address of the occasion, in which he vividly pictured every scene attending the journey of this patriot to his Georgia home, located near the spot where he spent his after life and where he rests. The speaker followed step by step the journey and the perfection of the settlement, giving the names of the entire party and the equipment, customs, etc., in detail. He, of course, is a lineal descendant of this pioneer, and to him in a great measure is due the credit of preserving so clear a record of this remarkable family, whose ranks now number over a thousand, and whose members are residents of the several counties of this section.

Dr. W.B. Burroughs of Brunswick, one of the state’s most noted antiquarians and collectors of historical data, (a staunch soldier of the Gray) was present by invitation, and made a short but stirring address, which, as all of his talks are, was instructive and entertaining. There was placed over the tomb one of the Doctor’s original thirteen-starred flags and our national flag.

The substantial slab, suitably inscribed, was furnished by the Federal government through the Daughters, and on this occasion was beautifully draped in the national colors and surmounted by a beautiful wreath. The act of unveiling was gracefully performed by Mrs. Homer O’Calligan of Eastman, a descendant. The grave was bedecked with flags, as was the grave of the hero’s wife, who sleeps beside him on the site of their first Georgia home.

The exercises were followed by a sumptuous dinner, spread in a nearby grove, and while the attendance could well be estimated at fifteen or eighteen hundred, all were well and courteously cared for. It was an inspiring scene, from which will arise memories calculated to arouse lasting interest throughout the county. Stewart Hamilton was born about the year 1760, and entered the Continental army at the age of 21, serving in a number of engagements; and, like most men of his type, was distinguished for bravery and a love for home and liberty, and Montgomery County should be proud to have given him a home following the struggle for independence.

Among those in the Eastman party were Mrs. A.L. Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Cobb and son, Mrs. W. McRae, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Harrell, Misses Lillian and Ennie Lee Harrell, Mr. and Mrs. Homer O’Calligan and little son, Misses Tinnie and Kathleen Currell of Dublin, Col. and Mrs. D.A.R. Crum of Cordele, Messrs. B.T. Burch and C.C. Clark and a number of others from Eastman. 

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Submitted by Olivia Williamson Saffold; supplied to her by Robert Calhoun. _________________________________________________________________
NOTE: DAR Application of Olivia Williamson Saffold, great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Stewart Hamilton, approved December 22, 1978. DAR National Number 633332.

Eastman Times, Eastman, Georgia - Thursday, December 6, 1883:

DEATH OF MR. JOHN PHILLIPS, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: 

Through a private letter the news reaches us that on Sunday last, the 2d inst., Mr. John Phillips, one of the most worthy of the many good citizens of Montgomery County, died suddenly in good health while away from home visiting relatives in Emanuel County.
In the death of Mr. Phillips, Montgomery County loses a man remarkable in many respects. Standing, as he did in life, majestical and erect, six feet and six inches of stature, he seemd a healthy scion of that historic stock of the goodly olden time when "there were giants on the earth." His huge broad shoulders and swelling chest were surmounted by a massive head well crowned with gray hairs, and replete with the treasures of practical wisdom and knowledge. His face, which was full, fair and quite ruddy, was delicately set in a frame of short, thick beard, silvered by the frosts of some sixty-five winters. His eyes were grey, brilliant and piercing; his eyebrows heavy, shaggy and grizzled. He was a man of decided but generous sentiments, loving his friends and kindred cordially, and pitying his enemies, who were few, with his whole soul. He was known as the friend and helper of the poor and needy.
Belonging nominally to no religious order, but honoring example above precept, and substance above show, his life and character did devoted and continual homage at the altar of true, vital religion. The community in which he lived may wait long before they look upon his like again.
He leaves a wife, aged and afflicted, with whom we sympathize.

Submitted by Olivia Williamson Saffold

Obituary of Andrew Jackson Williamson

The Montgomery Monitor, Vol. XIII, No. 19
Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 1908


AGED CITIZENS GOES TO ETERNAL REWARD

In the death of Mr. A. J. Williamson, Sr., Montgomery County has lost one of her oldest and best known citizens.  Mr. Williamson had reached the ripe age of nearly ninety-five years, but remained quite active up to within a short while of his death, which came peacefully Saturday night last.  He was laid to rest Monday near his old home place in the northeastern part of the county.  He will later receive the rites of the Masonic order, of which he was an honored member. Mr. Williamson was the father of fifteen children, all of whom reached mature age; and most of whom survive him.  Those of his surviving children are Messrs. D. S., Jno. A., M. M. and Alec Williamson, and Mesdames Elizabeth Phillips, Mellie Phillips, Sarah Wilkes, Nancy Corbin, Dicy Phillips, Mary Ann Autrey, Tissie Calhoun and Josephine Wilkes, all of whom live in this and surrounding counties.  Those of his sons who preceded him to the grave were James, Jack and Mandrel.  Jack gave his life to the Lost Cause, while the two latter died since the war.  The children, numbering fifteen, together with the grandchildren, swell the family circle far above the hundreds, who are numbered among our best people.
    Mr. Williamson united with the Baptist Church when a young man and lived an honorable, Christian man, having at one time represented his native
county in the general assembly.  He was recognized as a hard-working man.  A good man is gone, and many relatives and friends are left to mourn his departure.  Announcement of the Masonic funeral will be made later.


(NOTE:  Actually 16 children -- Victoria Anderson had also died before her father.  Also, the one named as "Mellie Phillips" would be Millicent Gillis.)

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