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Samples of old letters Be it Remembered, That on this day to wit: the Twenty fourth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five [24 March 1865], ... before me, F. M. Crozat, ... in and for the Parish and City of Orleans personally appeared: Elizabeth Meridier"born Porr" a native of New Orleans residing on Claiborne street between St. Anthony and Bagatelle streets in this City who by these resencts declares that on the eleventh of March of this present year (11th March 1865) at two o'clock A M in this City was born a male child named Pierre Gustave Baudier lawful issue of Pierre Gustave Baudier with Miss Marie Emilie Meridier a native of New Orleans. Thus Done at New Orleans in the presence of the aforesaid Elizabeth Meridier ... Signed: Vve. Eliz. Meridier Decatur County, Tennessee Deeds Book 2, pp. 278-9 Simeon Bowman to William Kolwyk This Indenture made and entered into this 28th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three between Simeon Bowman on the one part and William Kolwyk on the other part both of the County of Decatur and State of Tennessee Witness that for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty Dollars in hand paid by the said William Kolwyk the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the said Simeon Bowman hath and doth by these presents Bargain Sell Set Over and Convey to the said William Kolwyk a certain tract or parcel of Land being in the County of Decatur and State of Tennessee Containing one hundred and twenty Acres of Land Beginning at the South West Corner of Entry No 891 for one hundred and forty Acres in the name of Andrew Killian & runs thence North one hundred and eighty poles to beech dogwood 2 black oaks & post oak pointers thence North one hundred and eighty poles to a beech dogwood and pointers thence East Seventy two poles to a Stake thence South one hundred & five poles to the Beginning to have and to hold the afore Said Land and bargained premises to the only proper use of him the Said William Kolwyk his heirs and assigns forever and the said Simeon Bowman doth by these presents Warrant and forever defend the title of the afore Said Land and bargained premises from him self his heirs executors adminstrators and all manner of persons Claiming or to claim them whatsoever to the Said William Kolwyk his heirs and assigns forever in witness whereof the Said Simeon Bowman hath Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of John P Hill James Q Brewer Simeon x Bowman (Seal) State of Tennessee} This day personally appeared before me Samuel A. Decatur County } Yarbro Clerk of the County Court of Said County Simeon Bowman the Bargainer with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged that he executed the foregoing deed for the purpose here in contained and on the day it bears date Witness my hand at Office this 10th day of November 1855 State of Tennessee} Registers Office November 15 at 5 o'clock PM 1855 then Decatur County } was the foregoing deed the clerks certificate and this certificate duly recorded in Book No 2 page 278 & 279 and noted in note Book A page 72 Witness A M Yarbro R.J.C.
Letters found in the Bible of Mary Doody Sheehan, Mobile, Alabama
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November 2003
(Mary Doody Sheehan refers to her sister, Kate Doody Neville.)
Found in a small envelope with a flower. Outside the envelope is written:
Flowers I plucked from the graves of my little darlings Tommie and
Maggie Sheehan. Sunday Aug 5th,1883. Sister Katie was with me.
M.A. Sheehan
Inside the envelope was a note:
The leaf that dear sister Katie gave me at the depot in Jersey City
at our parting. I shall always keep it to remember that lonesome night.
I hope we will soon meet.
Oct. 11,1883.
Michael Patrick Sheehan married Mary A. Doody on Feb. 17, 1874 in Mobile
County, AL. Her entry in the family bible states that the wedding took
place at Springhill College, Springhill, AL.
MARRIAGE LETTER
Letter Saved in the Bible of Mary Doody Sheehan on the eve of her marriage
to Michael Patrick Sheehan from her uncle, W.J. Dowling
Springhill, Sunday Feb. 15, 1874
To Mary Doody
Little Mary I am bidden
To write verses on thee.
I would obey the bidding
if it rest up with me
But by good luck, as may see
that a rhyme or two falls fairly
in my way
There is many a one will tell thee
this is roses all the way
Dear child make thy chosen
one thy friend.
And many a path if pleasantness
He will clear a way for thee.
I need not wish thee beauty
I need not wish thee grace
Already both a budding in that
girlish form and face.
I will not wish thee grandeur
I will not wish thee wealth
But only a contented heart
Peace ---- Competence and health.
Fond friends to love thee dearly
And honest friends to chide thee
And faithful ones to cling to thee
Whatever may betide thee.
And now my little Mary
if better things remain
I will only ask thee to remember
thy mothers words
God bless thee ---- My precious child
Adieu my first, my favorite niece
Adieu __
God wills that you must part
from friends that love you dear
Your faithful Uncle
W.J.Dowling
to Miss Mary Doody Springhill
Letter from Mary A. Doody to James (Jimmie) Sheehan, brother of Mary Sheehan Leavitt.
Jacksonville
April 18, 1888
My Dear Grandson
I received your first and loving letter which gave me more pleasure than words could
express to you, and to see how nicely it was written. I hope and pray that God may
grant you will be prepared for your first communion as I know how badly you will feel
to be disappointed. Dear Jimmie it will be the greatest day of your life, and on that,
I request of you, to beg of God to spare and protect your Papa and Mama and leave them
to guide over you and your little brothers and sisters. And also pray for Grand Pa and
Grand ma.
Dear Jimmie I would be so glad to have you come down and spend vacation with us Edgar
and Lou is counting the months till you come .I know the trip would benefit your health.
I would like to see you so much does my little Mammie (sic Mamie) go to school too
Katie and Joe has to stay home to mind mama I suppose and Jimmie you will have lots
of milking to do when you come. I hope your Ma has got rid of the chills tell her
I am not so well. I have been sick for the last eight day and it prevented me from
answering your letter before now. And also your Uncle Mike he has had a fever again
this spring, but him and I are better now. And all the rest of the family are well.
Hoping this will find you and all well. And dear Jimmie you must write often to me
and let me see how you improve with love and best wishes to you and all.
I am dear child
your affectionate
Grand Ma
M.A. Doody
PS Dear Jimmie
Many thanks for your pretty E cards you are a good Boy. M.
The Wedding Invitation of Emanuel Leavitt and Mary (Mamie) Sheehan
Mrs. Mary A. Doody
requests the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of her
grand- daughter
Mary Estella Sheehan
to
Mr. Manuel Leavitt
Wednesday evening, April the twenty-seventh
nineteen hundred and four
at half past five o'clock
St. Frances Xavier Church
Toulminville, Alabama
Reception at home
From 7-11
A Hand Written Card in Grandmother Mary Sheehan Leavitt's own hand:
Children of Emanuel Daniel Leavitt and Mary Agnes Sheehan
Mary Annette Leavitt Thurs. 9 AM Feb 9, 1905
Emanuel Daniel Leavitt Thurs. 8:10 PM Mar 7, 1907
Michael Joseph Leavitt Thurs. 1:05 PM Feb 27, 1910
Unnamed Jan 21, 1912
Katherine Jane Leavitt Sunday, 8:35 PM Feb 16, 1913
Unnamed Wednesday, Sep 30, 1914
Regina Agnes Leavitt Sunday 4:45 AM Ja. 30, 1916
Frances Teresa Leavitt Monday 3:45 AM Dec 9. 1918
The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. June 28, 1892 Mobile, Ala., June 21. -- Christian Chalma was hanged to a tree Saturday between Healing Springs and Buckatunna. Chalma lived near the Mississippi line and a short time ago his house was burned and he accused William Woods of arson. Chalma was considered a bad character, Woods was his neighbor and a man of good standing. Woods was brought before a justice and on his refusal to commit him Chalma threatened to kill Woods and later attempted it. He was overpowered and a posse decided to take him to jail at Winchester, Miss. On the way Chalma threatened to murder all the guards and at Red Creek the posse lost their temper and hanged him. The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. June 28, 1892 Mobile, Ala., June 24. -- The trial of what are termed the "Catherine conspiracy cases" begun in the United States district court yesterday. In September, 1890, Grinville Burnett, colored, was appointed postmaster at Catherine, Ala. The white citizens objected to him, and urged him not to take the office, but he qualified in December, 1890. On the 13th of that month, he resigned, and it is alleged that the resignation was caused by force and intimidation on the part of twenty or more white men. Ed Taylor, Watt Gambutt, Joseph King and others were indicted on the charge of conspiracy to prevent an officer of the United States from holding office. The trial begun yesterday and will be continued today. Mobile Register,Oct.12, 1905; front page MOBILE REGISTER Mobile, Alabama, Thursday Morning, October 12, l905 Front Page BILL YOUNG FEUD VICTIM SHOT FROM AMBUSH ON HIS WAY TO WHEELERVILLE. ENMITY OF LONG STANDING.. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ON YOUNG'S LIFE. ONCE SHOT THROUGH HEART and RECOVERED. The enemies of "Bill" Young after several attempts have at last accomplished his death. Young was a local character and a native of Wheelerville, a place thirteen miles west of Mobile, famed as the only feud center in Alabama, and as the home of "Bill" Young. For Young had a national reputation as far as the annals of American Surgery go he is the only man who ever survived a rifle ball through the heart. Young was shot from ambush about two o’clock yesterday afternoon at the point where the road to Wheelerville from Mobile crosses Eight Mile Creek. This has been a favorite spot for assassinations since Wheelerville developed the feud some for¬ty years ago, and was a stronghold for a gang of outlaws in the middle of the last century. Soon after two o'clock Thomas Long quarantine officer for the state in the western part of the county, and John Fincher were standing talking close the home of Fred Fincher, on the public road, when they saw a horse and buggy approaching, in which a man was so seated that they thought he was drunk. As the vehicle drew nearer they saw he was dead and the corpse being drawn home by the faithful horse was found to be that of "Bill" Young. He had three wounds in his head and one in his back supposed to have been made with rifle balls of a small calibre. Although the violent death of Young had been apprehended in Wheelerville for years the men who discovered him were hor¬rified and hastened to take the body home, using the dead man's buggy for that purpose, Young's home is some miles farther on, being two miles west of Wheelerville, and after five o'clock before the sheriff Powers was informed of the killing. This information was given the county officers by John Fincher, who rode to Spring Hill before he reached the nearest telephone. Sheriff Powers lost no time in pursuing the murder or murderers and within half an hour he was on his way to Wheelerville with Chief Deputy William Fasch, Cheery Mc.Carron, Green, and Murray and two blood hounds. This seemed a formidable force to make one arrest, but the sheriff knew from experiences of form¬er officers of the law that desperadoes of Wheelerville are as likely to ambush officers of the law as their own people and that once murder is started there no one knows where it will end. The fact that he was shot in several places is taken to indicate that more than one had a hand in the killing. In The City Yesterday The dead man was said undangerous to a remarkable degree and had built up a competency by hard years of hard labor, possessing at his death a home of ample proportions, though rou¬ghly built, some hundreds of acres of pasturage and land under cultivation, many head of stock, and several hundred head of sheep. In addition to stock and poultry raising and farming, he cut cord wood on his land and sold it to the city at a good profit. He was in Mobile yesterday morning taking orders for cord wood, and among the regular customers whom he visited was Dr. P.R, Tunstall on Dauphin St. He left the Dr. early and was seen at the court house. As Young was a great litigant his presence there was not commented on. It is said of him that he never felt happy unless he had a property dis¬pute before the Chancery Court or a case pending in one of the courts of the county. In this respect he had the character of Dickens put in the shade, though the litigation was seldom ex¬tended beyond the first court. Everybody at the court house saw Bill. All who saw him greeted him yesterday. He seem to be in good sprits then, or as in good spirits as a man can be who is under the constant fear of assassination and evidently knew not that his enemies were active. Young transacted his business in the city and must have to go home about noon, as he passed Goodmans Store at Springhill at one o'clock. He passed the time of day with Mr. Goodman and Mr. A. K. Powell and this was the last time he was seen aliye. Young must have had no chance for his life as he was a man absolutely without fear, and always went armed expecting the fate that finally overtook him. He would fight with or without weapon at the drop of a hat, was tough as a pine knot and with a temper equally inflammable, but, withal he was gentle -and courteous in the presence of a woman or children, big¬hearted and as hospitable as the Kentucky mountaineer, of whom he was a type in- every feature, and it is said of them by those with whom he had dealings that his integrity was unquestioned. Among others who speak of him in this respect are Dr. Claude Mastin and Frank R. Sherard. Only recently Young had trouble at a Wheelerville dance with a native named Thompson, because the latter persisted in using profane language in the presence of women and Bill would not permit it. It is suspected that the encounter hast¬ened his tragic end. Young leaves a father and mother, a brother Dan Young and a widow and four children, all of whom live within hailing distance at Wheelerville. The authorities are apprehensive that trouble will be experienced with Dan, as he is the counter¬part of the dead man and a firm believer in a life for a life. FEUD OF LONG STANDING. There is hardly a doubt that the general acceptance of this doctrine that vengeance by the old families of Wheeler¬ville is responsible for Young's death and to reach the beginning of the feud leading up to yesterday's tragedy the enquirer must go back forty years. Wheelerville was founded by Simeon Wheeler, who gave the precinct its name. Assassination had not become a fine art in Wheelerville in its early days and “Sim” Wheeler lived to be eighty years of age, but on reaching this advance age about the year 1868,, he was marked for the slaughter, being shot from ambush by Tom Fincher in identically the same place where Bill Young met death yesterday. Fincher was reported to be the son of Gale Wages, a member of the Copeland Gang of outlaws, who terrorized this sec¬tion in the early fifties. He was tried four times for the murder of Wheeler. The first time he was sentenced to be hanged, but the Supreme Court reversed the verdict; the second time he was given a life sentence, and this was also broken on appeal; the third time another flaw was found in the proceedings, and on the fourth trail the jury disagreed an and a mistrial was entered. In the meantime the witnesses died until there was none left and state abandoned the effort to convict Fincher. He had a friend named Allen who was appointed constable at Wheelerville for one of the justices of the peace in town and because of some offence against the law he had trouble with Allen and shot him down in cold blood, bringing the body to the Court House in an ox wagon a mock ceremony of deliver¬ing the prisoner, He pleaded resistance to the process and escaped for this murder. Some time afterwards Tom Fincher was shot from ambush and his slayer was never discovered. Among the interesting progeny left by the deceased was Mike Fincher who, on reaching man’s estate, continued the line of blood. He was con¬victed at the City Court House at Mobile for criminal assault and got ten years. Escaping from the Penitentiary he committed a murder and was returned to the Pen for life. He again made his escape and reaching Wheelerville, Kept close for some time, During the period of peace and while constantly armed and on the watch for officers trying to effect his arrest, he built a six room house, raised two crops and one child and one child and then commenced to terrorize the Wheelerville neighborhood. Phelan E.. Dorlan was sheriff of Mobile County at the time and he started plans for the capture of Fincher, who was as difficult to approach as a deer in the hills. A posse was formed to trap Fincher at Wheelerville. When Wesley Thomas a one- armed deputy in the employ of the sheriff ordinarily stat¬ioned at Whistler, walked in the courthouse one morning and announced that he had killed the desperado. It was known that Thomas had gone to Wheelerville to get Fincher, and Fincher was shot with a shotgun such as Thom¬as used with deadly aim, although one-armed, but among the people at Wheelerville and the officers who were in the sheriff's department at that time the belief was general that Bill Young killed Fincher, and as a re¬sult a deadly enmity sprang up between Fincher's family and the Young's. Wesley Thomas was killed some months afterwards by Gilbert Dease and John Ryan and their trial was the cause celebree of a year in the early nineties. Two years ago Wesley Thomas's son was accidentally killed in a boat at Whistler with the same gun his father claimed to have used to kill Fincher. WILLED BODY TO DOCTER. When Young got on his feet again, hearing of the interest among the medical profession in his case, he formally willed his body to Dr. Claude Mastin for postmortem examination. Dr. Claude Mastin left the city for Wheelerville last night to hold autopsy which will settle whether the rifle ball passed through Young's heart or not. H. was accompanied by Dr. Sherard. Knowing the country and the possibility of trouble with feudists as well as sheriff Powers knows it. Both doctors were armed. Before lea¬ving they stated another phenomenon in connection with the first shoot¬ing of Young. A male child was born to Young and his wife five months after he was shot and before its birth the mother stated to Dr. Mastin that she believed her baby would be marked. The doctor endeavored to overcome the mother's fear, and pooh- pooed the idea, but on the birth of the child it was marked on the breast and back in similar manner to the healed wounds of the father, and carries the marks to this day. The doctors consider this an extraordinary case of maternal impression. Fred Fincher, brother of Mike Fincher, and a man who settled in Wheelerville from Texas, named Robinson were tried and convicted on the charge of assault to murder on Young and were each sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Robinson died there but Fincher was pard¬oned by Gov. Joseph F. Johnson and returned to Wheelerville. With the return of Fred Fincher the authorities thought that the feud would die in Wheelerville. Violent features, but for some time all was quiet. In the fall of I900 " Bill" Young was rounding up cattle one morning when a rifle ball whizzed through the air and penetrated a soft felt hat he was wearing. He dropped to the ground between two rows where a crop had been planted and crawled to where he could look around without expecting another bullet, but he could see no one in any direction. After this Young was accustomed to go armed when at work in his fields. The attempt was reported to the sheriff, but discovery of the bushwhackers was found impossible. For fifteen years Young lived in constant fear of a violent death though no one would suspect it unless they knew him intimately as he did not allow the impression of danger to interfere with his work or pleasure. He told Dr. Sherard during a drive out to his home at one o'clock on a mor¬ning in August I904, when, the doctor was going to attend his daughter, Mrs. E. Pierce, that he expected to be killed just in the manner he was killed yesterday. SHERIFF'S SEARCH FRUITLESS. Sheriff Powers and his force returned to Mobile at two o’clock this morning without discovering the slayers of Young. Chief Deputy Powers states that John Williams and Fred Fincher were on the gallery of the lat¬ters house when Young was killed and the officers discovered nothing wh¬ich would justify them in making an arrest.. They are making an inquiry along a slender clue obtained at Wheelerville and after continuing it is in the city today it is possible that sufficient evidence will be obtained to justify the execution of a warrant for murder against a party in Wh¬eelerville. SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. “Bull" Baker a half brother of Fincher, was the next to meet with Wheelerville violence. He received & charge of buckshot in the back from an unknown source, and his death some time afterwards was attri¬buted to his wounds. There were minor affrays and charges and counter¬charges, involving City Court proceedings affecting the warring families for a period, and then came the sensational shooting of Bill Young with a rifle while he was gathering corn in one of his fields. Who ever shot him was concealed under a fence. Young was brought to the city in a wagon and was jolted on route in a manner sufficient to kill any ordinary man. He asked to be taken to the Court House to state his convictions that one of the Finchers had shot him, and this off his mind, he was removed to the home of his wife's sister, Mrs. French on Beauregard and Jackson St. Dr. Claude Mastin was called to attend him, and he earned the undying gratitude of Young, manifested on drivers occasions and in many ways when the wounded man recovered from his wounds. Careful observation by the attending surgeon and others, who were called to see the remarkable case, showed that Young must have been shot through the apex of the heart. When he recovered, his case was the subject of a report by the late Dr. Claude Mastin Sr. to the national organizations of surgeons at their Detroit meeting, and by Dr. Claude Mastin to the meeting of the Southern Asso¬ciation at Birmingham. It was also dealt with at great length in all the medical journals of the country, which published plates showing where the rifle balls had entered, and where it came out of Young’s back. In the whole medical fraternity of the United States no one questioned that Young had been shot through the heart, but all marveled that he lived. It was found impossible to use the dogs, because the fact of Young's being killed soon reached all parts west of the city and the assassin was concealed in a clump of bushes near the road which had been trampled over by hundreds of people before the sheriff’s force arrived. Deputy Powers states that the murder was evidently well planned and that he took the most unfrequented place on the public road' facing a dense thicket, for the commission of the crime. Young was shot at close range with a double barreled shotgun and both loads were discharged, his neck being broken. The County Coroner instructed Justice of the Peace John Fincher to hold an inquest, and this was done at Young's home, where the body lay. The following formed the Coroners jury; Thomas A. Long, Cheery Mc.Carron, Green, Murray, John Maples, Charles Jordan and Morgan Brooks. Their verdict was that deceased came to his death at the hands of an un¬known party. JOHN S. ANDERSON. The Consumer's Seltzer & Mineral Water Manufacturing company, limited, at 132 and 134 North Rampart street, with a capital stock of $20.000, is one of the most important and extensive business interests of the city of New Orleans. With John S. Anderson, president, and James Davis, secretary and treasurer, the affairs of the company are well and profitably managed. The business was established June 24, 1891. when the company purchased the plant at 350 Bienville street, where they continued to operate until their removal to their present quarters, where they are more centrally located and are provided with better quarters and accommodations. They have a large and profitable business, extending over a radius of 108 miles from New Orleans, but their most valuable trade is local ,and with steamboats. Although the company on starting had much to contend with, it has secured through the efficient management of its officers a large, permanent trade, and recently declared a ten per cent. dividend. They have the most modern and improved machinery, the Matthews Automatic Continuous Apparatus, which is the best in the market for the manufacture of mineral and seltzer water. Their machine is the only one of the kind in New Orleans, and was the first sent to the South. They employ eight delivery wagons and two telephone wagons, and their trade is constantly expanding. John S. Anderson, the able president, was born in Sweden in 1849. He grew up and was educated in his native land and in 1869 crossed the ocean, having previously learned the businesses of leather finishing and of carriage painting. Upon his arrival in the United States he went to Chicago and worked at his trades of painting carriages and finishing leather, but after a while began traveling and visited many portions of the country, locating finally at Memphis, where he engaged in the stave business. In 1881 he went to New Orleans and was there engaged in various business enterprises prior to his connection with the present company, which was founded by his enterprise and intelligence. He is now one of the substantial business men of the city. He is a member of the Young Men's Gymnastic club, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Order of Pente. The secretary of the company, James Davis, was born in New Orleans in 1867 and is the son of William Davis, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States previous to the great Civil war, and became a resident of Maryland. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Third Maryland cavalry and was made quartermaster of the regiment. After the war he came to New Orleans and secured a position as salesman with Langle's cracker concern, and was thus engaged at the time of his death, in 1868. His wife was formerly Miss Anna Fitzgerald, a native of Ireland, who is yet living, a resident of this city. Their son James was but eight months old when his father died. He grew up here and was educated in the city schools, succeeding which he secured employment with the New Orleans Worsted store as collector, but later became messenger boy for the cotton presses, continuing thus three years, when he was engaged as a clerk and collector for J. J. Hooper, whom he served faithfully for seven years, and finally when the above company was founded he became its secretary and treasurer. As such he has shown special fitness for his position, and has performed his duties with skill and ability. Physically he is an all-round athlete, and has been a base ball player since he was old enough to throw and bat a ball. It was mainly through his influence and efforts that in 1890 the Amateur Athletic Club league of this city was formed, of which organization he was made secretary. He is a member of the Young Men's Gymnastic club. Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 468-469. Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892. Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 482-483. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. Allgeyer, Charles Emile, president of the corporation of Allgeyer & Co., cotton exporters, New Orleans, is a son of Mathew and Marie Louise (Beuster) Allgeyer, and was born in 1847 at the town of Altkirch, Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Before the son had attained his tenth year he was left an orphan, and was subsequently reared by relatives. His early education was obtained in public schools. At the age of 20 years the young man entered a commercial school that had recently been founded by subscriptions from some successful merchants. In this school he took a full commercial course, and upon its completion entered the service of some of the promoters of the school. One of these firms, Siegfried Bros., of Havre, was very well known in New Orleans. This was a firm of cotton merchants, and in 1871 they opened a branch of their business in New Orleans, and Mr. Allgeyer came over to take charge of this branch. The business prospered under his management, and in the succeeding years the firm name underwent various changes, until finally in the year 1912, it became the Allgeyer Co., incorporated under the laws of the state of Louisiana, with Charles Emile Allgeyer occupying the position of president of the corporation, and doing a large business in the exportation of cotton. Mr. Allgeyer is a member, respectively, of the Boston and the Pickwick clubs. Charles Emile Allgeyer was married to Miss Lisette Delvaille, daughter of Aristide Delvaille, a successful stock broker of the city of New Orleans. To Mr. and Mrs. Allgeyer the following children have been born, all of whom at this time are living under the parental roof: Robert, Louise, Marcelle, Ernest, and Lucille. Aiken, John Gayle, M. D., of New Orleans, was born Oct. 16, 1859, at Charleston, S. C., son of Col. Hugh Kerr Aiken, native of Winnsboro, S. C., and Mary R. Gayle Aiken, of Alabama. By birth and family connections, Dr. Aiken is related to the most distinguished people in the Southern states. Gov. William Aiken, of South Carolina, was grand-uncle of Dr. Aiken, and had the distinction of having been one of the first 10 millionaires in the Southern states. The town of Aiken, S. C., was named for Gov. Aiken 's father, who was killed on that spot by a frightened horse. John Gayle, maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was twice honored by the people of Alabama as governor of the state, and twice as judge of the supreme court. A tablet has been erected to his memory in the court-house in Mobile. Gov. Gayle's daughter, Amelia, was the wife of Gen. Josiah Gorgas, chief of ordnance in the Confederate States army. His son, Dr. William C. Gorgas, now surgeon-general of U. S., has won international reputation through his eminent services in matters of public sanitation and hygiene, notably his having rid Havana, Cuba, of yellow fever for the first time in 150 years, and as chief sanitary officer of the Canal zone, and in having been consulted by the state of Ecuador, South America, on the sanitary condition of that country, making a visit there at the special request of the government of that state. On several occasions, Dr. Gorgas represented the United States at European conventions of physicians. Col. Hugh Kerr Aiken, father of Dr. John Gayle Aiken, was born in Winnsboro, S. C., July 5, 1822, son of David and Nancy Aiken, whose family consisted of 7 sons and 2 daughters. Hugh Kerr Aiken was reared on the old plantation of his parents and received his education at Mount Zion academy and South Carolina college. He engaged in planting, and after a few years moved to Charleston, S. C., where he was living when the Civil war broke out. From early youth, he was fond of military life, and in 1850 was elected brigadier-general, and afterwards was chosen successor to P. H. Nelson, major-general of South Carolina state troops. His sword, presented on that occasion by Gen. Nelson, is among the most cherished relics in the keeping of his son, Dr. Aiken. As soon as South Carolina seceded from the Union, Col. Aiken entered the Confederate army, and served on the coast until elected colonel of the Sixth South Carolina cavalry. The regiment was ordered to Virginia as part of Gen. M. C. Butler's brigade, and at the battle of Trevillian Station, Col. Aiken distinguished himself. That engagement took place June 11, 1864. The colonel's regiment lost a great number of men, and he, while leading a charge, was desperately wounded, being shot through the body, and the bullet grazing one of his lungs. He was taken by the enemy and placed in an ambulance, but was rescued by his soldiers and carried to the house of Mr. Hunter, near Louisa court-house. He was brought home by his wife and after recovering from his wound, was offered a position of partial retirement in one of the departments at Richmond but he preferred rejoining his regiment in the field, on the Petersburg lines. Here he daily witnessed sorties, desperate fighting, and thunderous bombardments. He saw General Wade Hampton's son shot and unhorsed and killed while dashing across the field. Col. Aiken was put in command of Butler's brigade, consisting of the 4th, 5th and 6th South Carolina cavalry when it was transferred to the Carolinas to meet Sherman's advance. Feb. 27, 1865, he was ordered by General Butler to proceed with his troops, down the east bank of Lynch creek, to ascertain if any of the Federal army had crossed into Darlington, and while in the performance of that duty, received a mortal wound, and expired in the arms of his nephew and courier, William Cloud Aiken. His brother, Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, came out of the war with a fine record, and subsequently represented his state in Congress for several terms. A younger brother, A. M. Aiken, was a private soldier. Col. Hugh K. Aiken was married Dec. 15, 1852, to Mary, third daughter of Gov. John Gayle, of Alabama. Their surviving child is Dr. John Gayle Aiken, of New Orleans. Dr. Aiken received his education at Sewanee university, in Tennessee, graduating in 1881. After a residence of a few years in Mobile, Ala., where he was engaged in the service of the Mobile & Ohio R. R., Dr. Aiken came to New Orleans and entered Tulane university, from which he graduated in 1891; next going to Hahnemann Homeopathic college, Chicago, where he graduated in 1892. Returning to New Orleans, he began the practice of medicine in partnership with his father-in-law, Dr. William H. Holcombe, and continued with him until Dr. Holcombe's death in 1893, and practiced alone since, residing in the home which Dr. Holcombe had occupied for many years, and which he purchased after Dr. Holcombe's death. Dr. William H. Holcombe was born at Lynchburg, Va., May 29, 1825, of an old Virginia family; his grandfather having served in the Continental army, and his father was a distinguished physician of the old school. Dr. William H. Holcombe was sent to the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1847. He removed to Cincinnati, and was there during a siege of Asiatic cholera, which caused him to become interested in homeopathy. The great success he met with in his experiments induced him to devote himself to the new school of medicine, and he became one of its most talented disciples. Dr. Holcombe went to Natchez, Miss., in 1852, and he and his partner, Dr. Davis, were appointed physicians and surgeons to the Mississippi State hospital. In 1864 Dr. Holcombe removed to New Orleans, where he made his home until his death, Nov. 28, 1893. He was chairman of the Yellow Fever commission in 1878, and published an excellent report of the work done during the epidemic of that year. For many years he was one of the editors of the North American Journal of Homeopathy, and president of the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1876. He was the author of several books and treatises, publishing, in 1852, "The Scientific Basis of Homeopathy," and, in 1856, "Yellow Fever, and its Homeopathie Treatment." Dr. Holcombe also wrote 2 volumes of poetry, and 8 religious works, embodying the doctrines of Swedenborg. His last literary composition, "The Truth About Homeopathy," was completed a few days before his death. Dr. Holcombe was a man of lofty and noble nature, and of tenderest charity, a true philanthropist, who won the respect and devotion of all who knew him. He married in 1852, Miss Rebecca Palmer, of Cincinnati. There were 4 children; 3 died in infancy, the survivor being Mrs. John Gayle Aiken. In religion, Dr. Aiken belongs to the Episcopal faith, being a member of the Christ Episcopal church congregation since his 11th year; and in politics he is a Democrat, never actively taking part in public affairs, but always exercising the right of suffrage. He cast his first vote for Tilden, the Democratic candidate for president of the United States, in 1880. In 1882, Dr. Aiken married Miss Ada Holcombe, daughter of Dr. W. H. and Rebecca (Palmer) Holcombe, of New Orleans. His family consisted of 7 children, 1 of whom, Hugo Kerr Aiken, died in 1909. The children now living are: William Holcombe Aiken, medical student in Tulane university; John Gayle Aiken, in mercantile business; Warwick Aiken, in the cotton business; Ralph P. Aiken, who has contributed to magazines and newspapers; Charles B. Aiken, at school; and Edith Aiken, a teacher in the kindergarten for the poor children of the city of New Orleans. Hugh Kerr Aiken, second son of Dr. Aiken, a young man of much promise, graduate of Annapolis naval academy, was killed while in performance of duty as a naval officer, July 11, 1909, on the United States steamship, North Carolina, while at Naples, Italy. On the occasion of Pres. Taft 's visit to New Orleans, he referred to Lieut. Aiken in the following words: "But as I stand in the presence of a New Orleans audience, as I stand in an academic atmosphere, I cannot refrain from allusion to the heroic death recently met by a young, bright, able man of your community, Lieut. Aiken of the navy. He saw his dangerous duty, and, with his men under him, thoughtful of their safety, he led them into the place of danger, fell and was overcome, and the only thought he had as he was about to meet his death was, as he asked his commanding officer: 'Have I made good?' It is such standards of living and of dying that I think are inculcated not only at West Point and at Annapolis, but in all academic institutions, of which this Tulane is one of the best examples. And I am glad, in the presence of his neighbors--the neighbors of his father and of his mother, as commander-in-chief of the navy, to pay this tribute to his memory.'' The following beautiful tribute to this young officer was published: "There are sorrows of such wide significance, that when they come into our midst, the minor chords are struck as by a master musician, and the penetrating pathos of the notes find response in every heart. We would not draw aside the veil to whom the right belongs to mourn, but we, too, who stand without, are dim-visioned from the mists of sympathy. We, too, would add a wreath of laurel to the wreaths already there--the 'honor wreaths' for the 'gallant officer and gentleman,' who walked in honor's path, and in his youth, ere life's sun had reached meridional glow, saluted, at last command--received his passport to eternity--and entered into new fields of action, 'where winged souls fly beyond all change, in the eternal distance to perfected life.' For him, 'all's well.' For those who mourn, 'all's well,' for his life, like a broken column, gleams in unsullied whiteness, unmarred by stains of sin, or rude chisel of dishonor. The honors of country and foreign power have been paid him. The flag at half-mast--the wreath of honor--the pall of the flowers, bedewed by sweet affection. And from the bugle's silver-throat, the long, last, farewell note-the call to rest-for 'all's well'-when 'He giveth His Beloved sleep.' A wreath of laurel, to the memory, of Ensign Hugh K. Aiken, U. S. N., 'gallant officer and gentleman', who died in his youth." The classmates of Lieut. Aiken have placed a tablet to his memory at Annapolis Naval academy, upon which is inscribed: "In memory of Ensign Hugh Kerr Aiken, U. S. N., who was killed in the performance of duty on board the United States cruiser, North Carolina, in the Bay of Naples, July 11, 1909. 'And so this man died, leaving his death an example of courage, his life a memorial of virtue.' Erected by his class mates of 1906." Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 22-25. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. A New Years Gift to Mrs. Sallie E. Glenn From her husband New Orleans, January 1, 1853 Births John W. Glenn, born at Milton, North Carolina, 26th Sept. 1819 Sallie Erwin, Born at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, 23 March 1830 Caroline Erwin - First child of John W. Glenn and Sallie Erwin was born in the City of New Orleans the 15th of April 1853, ten minutes after 2 o'clock AM. Archibald Glenn- second child was born at Sylvan Home, Hinds County, Mississippi on the 19th July 1854, 1/2 past 5 0'clock AM John Wilson Glenn - third child was born at Helena Arkansas on the 24th of October 1855 at 8 o'clock AM Sidney Erwin Glenn - Fourth child was born on the 30th June 1857 in Helena Arkansas at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning David Chalmers Glenn - Fifth child born in the City of New Orleans on the 30th day of April 1860 at 1/2 past one o'clock PM. Sarah Lanier Glenn - sixth child born in the City of New Orleans on the 15th day of September 1861 at half past 11 o'clock AM Robert Lee Glenn - Seventh child was born in the City of New Orleans the 9th day of April 1863 at 10 o'clock AM Emily (Daisy) Chalmers Glenn - Eighth child was born at Belvidere, Burke County, North Carolina on the 27th day of March 1865 at 11 1/2 o'clock P.M. James Chalmers Glenn - Ninth child was born at Mississippi City, Mississippi on the 24th July 1867 at 6 AM Mary Erwin Glenn - Tenth child was born at Mississippi City, Mississippi on the 13th June 1869 at 6:30 AM Carrie Glenn Charles - First Child of Richard S. Charles and Daisy C. Glenn was born in the City of New Orleans on the 1st day of February at ten o'clock (1884) Deaths John Wilson Glenn, Third child and infant son of John W. and Sallie E. Glenn died of "cholera infantum" on the 28th June 1856 at Helena Arkansas at 7 minutes to 3 PM, aged Eight months and four days. Farewell our bright dear little one, Tho' we mourn thee and deplore the loss we should not, for our loss has been thy exceeding great gain and happiness. Thou art with thy Father in heaven, a sinless seraph, never more to know pain or sorrow. Farewell our dear darling little son. David Chalmers, fifth child and infant son of John W. and Sallie E. Glenn, Died in new Orleans on the 26th May 1861 from teething and 1/2 past 2 o'clock PM, one year and 26 days. "A freshly gathered lily A ? of early dawn ? transplanted from the earth To bloom beyond the tomb" Sarah Lanier Glenn - Sixth child departed this life in New Orleans on the 28th day December, 1861 after a short and painful ..?.. A bright, beautiful child of exceeding promise, taken away to her Father's home in heaven. Robert Lee Glenn - Seventh child departed this life at Belvidere, Burke Co., North Carolina, on the 28th of January 1864 age 10 months and five days. This noble boy was born in New Orleans while the city was under Yankee yolk and tyranny, had a beautiful miniature Confederate Flag floating over the bed upon which he was born, was baptized under the same, and was exiled with his father and mother from the City on the 14th May 1863 as "Registered Enemies". He was the idol of his doting but grief stricken parents and was justly considered by them an the noblest and most perfect of a long list of highly ..?.. and well developed children. James Chalmers Glenn - Ninth child, departed this life at Mississippi City on the 1st December 1867 aged four months and four days. Another flower plucked from our Father's garden on earth and transplanted to bloom in the green fields of Heaven. Marriages Richard Smith Charles (born in Loughboro, Leicestershire, Engl. 11-6-1829) to Indiana Delphine Toby (born in New Orleans February 18 1835), March 2, 1858 by the Rev. Mr Bolles Richard Charles to Daisy C. Glenn, April 25 1883, by the Rev. H.H. Waters Deaths Desiree' May, daughter of RS and Ia Delphine Charles in New Orleans on 4 January 1860 Susan, daughter of RS and Ia Delphine Charles in New Orleans on 31st March 1862 Clara Sophia, daughter of RS and Ia Delphine Charles in Canton Miss. On 5 July 1863 Eliza Bogart, daughter of RS and Ia Delphine Charles in New Orleans on 1 October 1866 Fannie Toby, daughter of RS and Ia Delphine Charles in New Orleans on 8 July 1870 Rd Charles, died in Canton Mississippi on 8th August 1864 Charlotte Charles, died in New Orleans 25th May 1873. Other Births marked in Death list Richard in New Orleans June 29 1860 Pauline in new Orleans, April 20 1873 "Josias Elliot Kerr State of Louisiana, Parish and City of New Orleans filed 29 April 1850 C and? Be it known that on this day the 18th of April, in the year of our Lord 1850 and in the 74th year of the Independence of the United States of America at eleven O'clock A.M. I Antoine Doricourt, a notary public in and for the parish and city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, did at the request of Richard Blossman, repair to the domicile of Josias Elliot Kerr, situated in main Street, bnetween Condé and Royal Streets, and there found the said Josias Elliot Kerr sick in bed, but of sound mind, memory and understanding, as he appeared to me notary and to the witnesses hereafter named and said Josias E. Kerr informed me that he had sent for me for the purpose of receiving his last will and testament, which I proceed to write down as by him dictated in the presence of Messieurs Richard Blossman, Auguste Hevier Devezin, and Paul Olivier Devezin all three witnesses of lawful age and domiciliated in this parish and City, and said Josias Elliot Kerr, dictated to me his last will & testament as follows; My name is Josias Elliot Kerr. I give, devise, and bequeath all my property to my children named Robert Kerr, Charles Kerr, Victor Kerr, Amanda Kerr and Malvina Kerr, the legitimate issue of my marriage with Manette Trudeau who is living. I name and appoint for my testamentary executor, Mr. Robert Kerr, my son to whom I give as such the seizin of my estate. I also nominate and appoint my said son Robert Kerr to be tutor of Malvina Kerr above named, who is yet a minor I acknowledge that my son Robert Kerr owes to me by account ? (dark at bottom of page) a sum of Seventeen hundred & Sixteen? ? and fifty six cents. I hereby revoke ......? testament which may have ......? that the present (next page) one only be executed. dictated to me. It is thus the aforegoing will was dictated to me by the testator in the continual presence of said three witnesses and by me written down, as by him dictated the whole at one time and without turning aside to other acts and without interruption, and having read the said will to the said testator in the continual presence of said witnesses he declared that it contained his last will and testament and that he persisted therein, and the said testator witnesses and me notary signed after reading of the whole in the manner stated signed J.E. Kerr - Rich'd. D. Blossman - Aug. O. Devezin. Paul H. Devezen, and Ant. Doricourt Not. Pub. I hereby certify the aforegoing to be a true copy of the original on record in my office. In faith whereof I have affixed my hand and Seal of office, at new Orleans this 27 April 1850 Name: Maurice, Arthur Henry Date Of Birth: February 16, 1879 Time: County Of Birth: Orleans Place Of Birth: No. 18 North Galvez Street, New Orleans Gender: Male Race: W Parent's Residence No. 18 North Galvez Street Mother's Name: Ople, Theresa M. Mother's Age: 41 Mother's Birthplace: New York Father's Name: Maurice, Charles Father's Age: 42 Father's Birthplace: New Orleans Doctor: Unavailable Hospital: Unavailable Source Of Record: Louisiana State Archives Be it Remembered, That on this day, to-wit: the twenty seventh of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Nine and the One Hundredth and third of the Independence of the United States of America, before me, S. CHOPPIN, M.D. President Board of Health and ex-officio Recorder of Births, Marriages and Deaths, in and for the Parish and City of New Orleans, personally appeared: Charles Maurice, a native of New Orleans, residing No. 18 North Galvez Street, in this City, who hereby declares that on the Sixteenth day of February this present year (Feb. 16th, 1879) at his aforesaid residence was born a male child, named Arthur Henry Maurice (white) lawful issue of deponent a natvie of New Orleans aged 42 years, occupation Tinner and Theresa M. Opal a native of New York aged 41 years Thus Done at New Orleans, in the presence of the aforesaid Charles Maurice as also in that of Messrs. S.C. Hepburn & P.H. Lanauze both of this City, witnesses by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set their hands, together with me, after due reading hereof, the day, month, and year first above written. SIGNED: Charles Maurice S. Choppin, M.D. - President Board of Health and ex-officio Recorder. January 1845 No Resident Long Died Discharged of Rm Name of Patient Vocation Nativity Age Last From N.O. Marr Sick Disease Entered Cause of Disease 7 January/45 Peter Colins Trader Ireland 25 Ireland S 4 dys Mania a potu 3-Jan 21 April/45 Clarissa Papay F. W. C Insanity 4-Jan 9 January/45 Joseph Blair France 31 2 dys Mania a potu 5-Jan 7 January/45 Reuben Tomlinson Sailor Pennsylvania 34 Fort Pike S 3 dys Mania a potu 6-Jan 12 January/45 Pegge Moller* Germany 28 Charleston M Mania a potu 7-Jan 12 January/45 Isaak S. Benson Tailor Sweden 40 Mississippi S Mania a potu 7-Jan 9 January/45 Sherwood W. Smith North Carolina 51 Mania a potu 7-Jan Henry Henderson Rope Maker Denmark 39 Massachusetts S 12-Jan 18 January/45 Barnett Haily St. B. man New York 35 Pittsburg M Mania a potu 16-Jan 7 February/45 John Miller Sailor Germany 34 Bremen Mania 17-Jan 19 January/45 Man Unknown Abcess 18-Jan Rem'd to C. H. 28 January/45 Henry, Slave Mania 18-Jan 1 February/45 John Phelps 28 Insanity 18-Jan Absconded 19 January/45 Thomas N. Jeffreys Printer North Carolina 36 St. Francisville S Castriti 18-Jan Rem. To C. H. 15 March 1845 Narcisse Deville Boy France 15 S Insanity 22-Jan Ecsema 14 June 1845 Suzan Smith Ireland 23 New York M Dementia 22-Jan 27 January/45 Ann Gougginsper Confectioner Switzerland 47 Havre W 1 wk Mania a potu 25-Jan Rem'd to C. H. Margaret Thompson 25 25-Jan 16 June/45 Baptiste F. M. C. Louisiana --** Demasia 26-Jan 31 January/45 George E. Watty Clerk Germany 34 Vera Cruz S Mania a potu 27-Jan 31 January/45 Michael Fury Laborer Ireland 38 Arkansas S Erysipelas & Delirium 28-Jan Rem'd to C. H. 3 February/45 Thomas Wilson Laborer Maine 32 Chicago S 1 wk Mania a potu 28-Jan 13 February/45 Mrs. Hachet Insanity 30-Jan 11 February/45 James W. Johnson Laborer Alabama 17 Grand Gulf S 1 wk Variola 30-Jan 6 Ferbruary/45 Jean Jacques Fayot Teacher France 45 From the Coast S Mania a potu 31-Jan
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