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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Submitted by Marilyn Hoye Marilyn_Hoye@tamu-commerce.edu Died--At his residence on White Oak Bayou , on Sunday evening, the 12th, instant, Mr. Henry TROTT, late county Surveyor of Harrisburg county. 1/15/1840:3 Obituary--Departed this life on the 3rd of the present month, at her late residence on the Trinity river, Mrs. Elizabeth WHITING, consort of Maj. Samuel WHITING. Mrs. W. was beloved alike for her amiable and endearing qualities of both mind and heart; and her death is severely felt and lamented by a large circle of friends and relatives who must cherish the remembrance of one so endeared to them by the social ties of love and friendship. 2/20/1840:2 It is with feelings of the most poignant sorrow, that we announce the decease of John W. ELDREDGE, Esq., the editor of this paper. After a lingering sickness of several months, arising from an affection of the lungs, he expired between twelve and one o'clock this morning. His funeral will take place this afternoon, from his late residence near the Court House square. 2/26/1840:2 Last evening the funeral of Mr. J. W. ELDREDGE took place, The remains were accompanied to the grave by a large concourse of citizens and the Milam Guards, of which corps he was an esteemed member. Little did we think when a few months since, he first joined that gallant corps, that his comrades were so soon to perform the melancholy task of burying him with military honors. Such was the decree of fate. He has gone to the bourne of Milam, and has left many a warm heart to beat with fondness and regret for his memory, many enduring mementoes of his usefulness and talent. Ambitious to leave his country a name worthy to be identified with her history; he sought to achieve more than his feeble constitution could sustain, and has fallen a martyr to a noble but erring zeal. 2/27/1840:2 Died--Yesterday in this city, Dr. L. R. CABELL, formerly of Virginia - of a pulmonary affection, under which he had lingered for several years past. His funeral will be attended today at 11 o'clock, from the residence of Dr. CAMPBELL, on Fannin Street. His friends and acquaintances are requested to be present. 3/4/1840:3 John A. MONGES, Esq., United States Consul at the port of Matagorda, died in that town on the 26th ult. 3/20/1840:2 We regret to learn, by letter of a recent date from Austin, that William H. GRIMES, Esq., died in that place on the 11th inst. 3/23/1840:3 The friends and acquaintances of the late J. G. WELSCHMEYER, are requested to attend his funeral, this evening, at 4 o'clock, from the house of Eli WILLIAMS, Esq. 3/31/1840:3 Died--In this city, yesterday morning, after a short illness, Miss Frances GASSNER. 5/21/1840:2 Died--At Cottage Hill Plantation, near Lynchburg, Mrs. Sophronia, consort of Hon. Wm. PIERPONT, on the 23d ult., aged 42 years. This lady was the daughter of Dr. Samuel FRISBY, of Vernon, Onieda County, New York, and had been a resident of Texas about four years. She was distinguished for all those domestic virtues that enoble the female character, and which, unseen by the noisy world, often are productive of more genuine benefit to mankind than the proudest achievements that are emblazoned on the scroll of fame. She was an amiable, faithful and affectionate wife, an excellent mother, a faithful friend, and a pious devoted christian. In her death, a large family and an extensive circle of friends and relatives have to mourn a loss that can never be retrieved. 6/18/1840:2 Died--In this city, on Sunday, July 26th, Mary GODFREY (late JAMES) wife of Joseph P. WILSON, aged 35 years, a native of Hampton, New Hampshire, late resident of New Orleans. P. S. The New Orleans and Boston papers will please notice the above. 7/28/1840:2 Died--At Washington, of congestive fever, Miss Elizabeth WHEELER, daughter of Green J. WHEELER aged 10 years. The Charleston Courier will please notice this. 7/28/1840:2 Died--In Rutersville Texas, June 30, Mr. Robert CRAWFORD, aged 45, late of New Iberia, LA., and formerly of West Chester, N.Y. He died in full confidence of a blessed immortality. 7/28/1840:2 Died, in this city, on the morning of the 8th inst., Mr. Ferdinand GERLACH, a native of Rostock, dukedom of Mecklenberg Schwerin, Germany. The deceased had long been a useful and worthy citizen among us, the numerous citizens who followed his remains to the grave is the best commentary of the high estimation in which he was held by his fellow citizens. A Card--The undersigned, for himself and in the name of the relatives and friends of his late father, Ferdinand GERLACH, dec'd., takes this public method of tendering to the Masonic Fraternity, the Order of Odd Fellows, and the Members of the City Council, as well as to the citizens of this city, his sincere thanks for their kind attention and services to the deceased, during his last illness, and in performing for him the rites of sepulture. Charles T. GERLACH. 8/13/1840:2 Died--At the residence of F. R. LUBBOCK, Esq., on yesterday, the 17th inst., Lewis Howard JONES, in the 27th year of his age, recently from Charleston, S. C. 8/18/1840:2 Departed this life on Saturday morning the 15th inst., after a severe illness, Nathanial F., infant son of Matthew T. WILLIAMS, at his residence, Oakland park. 8/18/1840:2 Died--On yesterday morning at his residence in this city, J. W. SPOETTEL, a native of Germany, but lately from the city of Philadelphia. The Old and New World of that city, will please notice the above. 8/27/1840:2 Died--On Friday, the 27th August, on Spring Creek, Alexander SMITH, son of Archibald and Melinda SMITH, from the kick of a horse. 9/3/1840:3 Mr. NASH of Bastrop, was recently killed within five miles of that place - it is supposed the deed was done by Indians. 9/22/1840:2 Suicide--A melancholy case occurred on Monday. Augustus E. LUBESCON, a German, living on Green's Bayou, about twenty miles from town, doubtlessly laboring under a melancholy which amounted to madness, arising from a dread of poverty and misfortune, placed the muzzle of his musket in his mouth, and by means of a stick and his feet, discharged it in that situation. The ball passed though his head, and lodged in a beam of the house. His face did not appear mangled scarcely at all, but death ensued almost immediately. A Coroner's inquest was held over the body, and the verdict of "death by violence from his own hands, by a discharge of a musket." 9/26/1840:2 Board of Health, September 29, 1840, report of interments in the City of Houston for the week ending...: Sept. 18, Henry SAWTEL, of Philadelphia, aged 40, congestive fever. Sept. 18, Thomas WEST, of Ireland, aged 37, liver complaint. Sept. 19, Thos. PATTEN, of Ireland, age 30, mania potu. Sept. 22, Infant child of Mr. Charles KESLER. Sept. 26, Infant child of Mr. Thos. WILSON. 9/29/1840:2 Melancholy Accident--Mr. Edgar Wm. THOMPSON, a brother of A. P. THOMPSON, Esq. of this city was recently drowned, while bathing off the town of Calhoun. This promising young man had but a few days before reached this country from London; being one of the passengers of the Elizabeth. It is supposed that he was seized with the cramp while in the water, and carried away by the current, as he was out of sight before any assistance could be rendered. 10/10/1840:2 Board of Health interments ending the week of October 9: Oct. 6, William TAPPAN, aged 27 Oct. 9, Pleasantine EVERETTE, 7 10/1840:3 Departed this life, on Friday half past 1 o'clock A. M. at the residence of her parents, in Houston, Pleasantina Mary Louisa, oldest daughter of George and Maria EVERETTE. Her funeral was attended by a large assemblage of the most respectable citizens of the place, and over her remains, her parents house, and the grave, the Rev. H. Reid pronounced appropriate funeral services. "Death wounds to cure" - "Death gives more than was in Eden lost" We have never before been more solemnly impressed with the beauty and propriety of the above lines, than by the death of the oldest dau. of George and Maria EVERETTE - Pleasantina Mary Lousisa, aged six years. Though young in years, she was advanced in intelligence, good manners, and all the good qualities in which parents should instruct their children. The deceased was remarkable in her youthful age, for the interesting accomplishments which characterize most children who are older in years. All who knew the personification of innocence and loveliness, of youthful intelligence and sprightliness, must have callous hearts indeed if they did not embrace her, as one worthy to be beloved and caressed. The heart that cannot be attached, nay, rivetted by the Heavenly smiles of Childhood and Innocence, must be inherently bad. Dear, beloved young creature and daughter, in life; - let the consolation of her bereaved parents, in her death, be, the trust that the most affectionate parental care and solicitude on earth, have been, by the death of his interesting child, transferred to Him, who better than mortals, knows what is due to innocence and worthiness. Richmond (Va.) Compiler and Whig please notice. 10/17/1840:2 Died--At his residence in this city, on Friday, the 30th ult., Mr. Henry KESLER. In this loss, society feels a deep sympathy, and mourns with the family of the deceassed. He was one of our oldest citizens, and by his energetic aid, contributed in an eminent degree to the advancement of every improvement within our limits. 11/3/1840:2 Died--at the residence of Dr. N. K. KELLUM, on Sunday morning, the first of November, Elizabeth K., daughter of Mary K. and A. D. EVANS, aged two years and 9 months. 11/9/1840:3 Obituary--Departed this life at the residence of Dr. HOXIE, near Independence, Washington county, on the evening of Monday, the 7th instant, the Rev. Francis RUTHERFORD, of the Presbyterian church. The death of Mr. R. was occasioned by the puncture of a nail in the foot, which resulted in tetanus. A few weeks previous, the deceased had followed the remains of a beloved wife to the grave. Two days before his death, he had become a member of the Presbytry of the Brazos, but his labors in his masters vineyard were ended, and he is gone to his reward. He left no relatives in this, the land of his adoption; and the strangers among whom he died, he found to be in his own language "christian friends". The sacred principles which he preached and illustrated in his life, furnished him the needed consolations in death. The christian hope was the anchor of his soul, when the kindness of friends, and the skill of physicians could no longer avail to hold up the tottering tabernacle of clay. He died not as a fool dieth. 12/19/1840:3