The Monroe News-Star
Friday, July 2 , 1909
Page 5, Column 4
Death of Judge Dorman
Arcadia, La., July 2.-Judge J.A. Dorman, a well known lawyer of this
place, died at his family residence in the southern part of town
Wednesday night of acute indigestion. Mr. Dorman had an attack of
indigestion last Monday, but thought he had fully recovered from it and
intended going down town the next day to transact some business, when
the attack returned again and he succumbed to it after an hour or two of
intense suffering. His death comes as a distinct shock to his many
friends in Bienville parish whom he has ben actively associated with
practically all of his life, having moved here a few years after his
birth from Chambers county, Alabama, where he was born in 1846.
Judge Dorman was admitted to the bar of the State of Louisiana in 1872
and has been actively engaged in the practice of law ever since that
date, having a large and extensive practice in this parish at the time
of his death and was recognized as one of the leading lawyers of the
State.
He leaves five children, Jim Dorman of Crowley, Ben Dorman of
Shreveport, George Dorman of this place and Misses Virginia and Carrie
Dorman, besides a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his
untimely death.
Interment took place in the Arcadia cemetery yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock.

The Monroe News-Star
Saturday, July 3, 1909
Page 5, Column 3
Mrs. Hilton Dead
Mrs. Elizabeth Rebecca Hilton, one of the oldest and most respected
ladies in Monroe, died this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs.
James L.N. Nelson on Jackson street, after an illness extending over
several weeks. Mrs. Hilton was 76 years old. She is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Newman, and two granddaughters, Mrs. Steve
Burke and Mrs. Woodburn Spencer.
The funeral services will take place from Mrs. Nelson's residence at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. The interment will be in (th)e city cemetery.

The Monroe News-Star
Wednesday, July 7, 1909
Page 1, Column 5
General Eshelman Died on Yesterday
Served Gallantly as Member Washington Artillery.
Deceased Was Head of Large Hardware Firm in New Orleans-Remains to be
Buried in New Orleans
New Orleans, July 7.-Gen. B.F. Eshelman, head of the big hardware firm
of Stauffer, Eshelman & Co., who commanded the Washington Artillery
during the Civil War, died yesterday at Narragansett Pier, N.Y. News of
his death was conveyed to his partners here in a telegram.
General Eshelman had been in failing health for some time and went to
Narragansett Pier on the advice of his physicians, his daughter, Mrs.
J.W. Castles, and his son, Dr. Chas. Eshelman, accompanying him. He
reached New York in the midst of excessive heat. He seemed, however, to
improve for the time being, but a relapse came and he passed away early
yesterday morning.
The deceased spent his early youth on his father's homestead at
Lancaster, Pa. and obtained his first employment there. The late I.H.
Stauffer, during a visit to his sister at Lancaster, took a fancy to
Eshelman and brought him here. His business career was successful from
the start.
In May, 1861, general Eshelman left here in command of the Washington
Artillery and went straight to the front, participating in the first
battle of Bull Run. He was seriously wounded and was invalided for two
months. He returned to the army just before the battle of Gettysburg,
and was made major of his battalion. He participated in the seven days
fighting around Richmond and other important engagements. He
surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox, and after the war commanded
the Louisiana division of the United Confederate Veterans, which he
helped to organize.
General Eshelman had vast business interests and was a member of the
Boston and Pickwick Clubs ad various carnival organizations and served
for some time as president of the Board of Trade. Three daughters and
three sons and a wife survive him. The body will be brought to New
Orleans for interment.

The Monroe News-Star
Saturday, July 10, 1909
Page 8, Column 2
Funeral of S.L. Bracey
The funeral of S. L. Bracey took place at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at Grace Episcopal Church, where services were conducted by Rev. H. R.
Carson. The church was crowded with relatives and friends of the
deceased, attesting his popularity. Monroe Lodge No. 454, B. P. O.
Elks attended in a body. The interment was in the city cemetery.

The Monroe News-Star
Monday, July 12, 1909
Page 5, Column 4
Horace Ferrand Dead
Mr. Horace Ferrand, for many years a resident of Caldwell parish, but
well known in Monroe, died at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
yesterday from a stroke of apoplexy. Telegrams announcing the death
were received by Father L. Enaut and Mr. T. G. Easterling this morning.
The funeral services will take place in Colorado Springs. There are
many relatives and friends of the Ferrand family in and near Monroe, who
will regret to hear of Mr. Ferrand's death.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, July 13, 1909
Page 4 Column 4
Ensign Aiken Killed
Accident Due to Explosion of Coal Gas on Cruiser North Carolina
New Orleans, July 13.-News of the killing at Naples, Italy, aboard the
cruiser North Carolina of Ensign Aiken of this city was a great shock to
his relatives and friends. It is stated that his death was due to an
explosion of coal gas in the bunkers of the vessel.
The intelligence came upon the heels of mail advices that Aiken was in
good health and spirits and of his recently entertaining with other
officers of the ship, a party of twelve at Smyrna, Asia Minor.
The deceased was 25 years of age, and the son of Dr. and Mrs. Gayle
Aiken of this city. He secured his early education here and entered
Annapolis and graduated in 1906. He was appointed ensign and assigned
to the North Carolina, with which vessel he had served ever since.
Ensign Aiken was with the vessel when it was ordered to Turkish waters,
and recently wrote home, giving a graphic description of the conditions
there. He was popular and had a promising career.
His parents, five brothers and one sister survive him.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, July 13, 1909
Page 8, Column 1
In Memory of Mr. Sedley L. Bracey.
My sense of personal loss is so keen, my sympathy with his nearest and
dearest ones so great, as I think of their overwhelming sorrow, that my
pen almost falters as I write of my friend, Mr. Sedley L. Bracey.
He was born October 9, 1873, and passed away shortly after midnight,
Thursday, July 8, 1909. Mid sorrowing relatives and friends his remains
were laid to rest in the city cemetery Friday afternoon July 9.
His death was a shock, not only to loved ones, but to all his friend as
well. Our city will be poorer without him and lonelier. I have not
grown accustomed to the thought that he is no longer with us, that we
will never more gaze on his face; that never again will he work among
those he so much loved. At the fireside and table his chair will
forever remain unoccupied.
From a human standpoint it seems indeed hard, that a life so young, a
life so full of hopes, should be taken from us so quickly. His true
devotion to his mother was simply beautiful. Dear friends, one more
link is added to your family chain that has passed on before.
The best of all, dear friends, God is in your home; to sad, there rests
upon it not a pall of darkness, but there is permeating it the glorious
light and consolation of the gospel of Christ. then in all love and
sympathy, I beg you to look upward. For Sedley has only gone to the
clime
"Waiting for others
Coming some time
Safe with the angels,
Whiter than snow.
Watching for dear ones
Waiting below."
R. M. H.

The Monroe News-Star
Thursday, July 15, 1909
Page 2, Column 3
Oswald Dunn
On Tuesday, as another day was dawning, the sweet spirit of Oswald, the
little infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Dunn winged its flight to a
heavenly home, leaving hearts desolate, for he was the light and life of
the household, just beginning to lisp the baby words, and while his
little voice is stilled, and no more the childish prattle heard, there
will always be a sweet echo to those who held him dear.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunn and mother left last night with the remains for
Birmingham, Ala., where they will be interred.

The Monroe News-Star
Tuesday, July 20, 1909
Page 8, Column 2
Mrs. Martha Butler Dead.
Mrs. Martha E. Butler, aged 73 years, one month and nine days, died at
her home on Jefferson street last night, after an illness of several
weeks. Mrs. Buter is an old and respected resident of Ouachita and the
news of her death will be received with regret by a wide circle of
friends. Mrs. Butler was a member of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church and
the funeral took place in the cemetery there at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Mrs. Butler is survived by three children. Mrs. Nora Rex and Mr. R. L.
Butler of this city and Mr. J.. Butler of Forksville.

The Monroe News-Star
Thursday, July 22, 1909
Page 2, Column 3
Called Home.
On yesterday at 3:30, the sweet spirit of little James Lowery, one of
the little ten month's old twins of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Lowery winged its
flight to a home eternal.
The little one, with his sister has been ill for several weeks with
whooping cough and for the past two weeks have been under the constant
care of a physician and trained nurse at the Sanitarium, the sister
continuing so critically ill that the funeral of little James was held
this morning at 10:30 from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Keller,
which is conveniently located to the Sanitarium, as Mrs. Lowery could
not be spared from her baby girl.

The Monroe News-Star
Friday, July 23, 1909
Page 4, Column 3
Two Deaths at Minden
Death of Captain W. H. Brice and Emerson E. Roberts
Minden, La., July 22.-Captain Will H. Brice of this place who conducted
a cotton brokerage business at Delhi, LA., until his health failed last
year, died at his residence here this evening at 5:30 o'clock in his
sixty-ninth year. He followed the fortunes of Wade Hampton during the
Civil War and won distinction for gallant and meritorious conduct during
the four years struggle. A wife and 12-year-old son and a host of
friends mourn the loss of this noble, gallant and generous man.
Emerson E. Roberts, an old and highly respected citizen of this place,
died at his home, twelve miles west of Minden today aged about 60 years.

The Monroe News-Star
Friday, July 23, 1909
Page 4, Column 3
Death of Mrs. Mollie Lee.
Farmerville, La., July 22.-At her home in this town Mrs. Mollie Lee, a
refined, Christian lady, died early Tuesday morning, following an
illness of about a week. Mrs. Lee was the wife of Mr. E.J. Lee, Sr., a
prominent citizen of this community, and leaves one son and a
step-child. The deceased was an active member of the Baptist church of
this town, and her remains were laid to rest in the Protestant Cemetery
at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, a large number of friends and relatives
being present at the funeral service.

The Monroe News-Star
Saturday, July 24, 1909
Page 8, Column 4
Death of Thos. A. Heath
Citizen of Tallulah Passed Away Suddenly in Vicksburg
Special to News-Star
Tallulah, La., July 23-There died at an early hour this morning, in a
sanitarium at Vicksburg Thomas A. Heath of this place. He had only gone
there a day or so previously, accompanied by his wife. She returned,
with no apprehension as to his condition, when the sad news came this
morning announcing his death.
Thomas A Heath was a young man about thirty-four years old. He was in
the employ of Hon. J.M. Johnson. He was prominent in Pythian and
Masonic orders. Mr. Heat married the daughter of Archie Calhoun, for
whom Calhoun station is named. He is numerously connected in Madison
and Ouachita parishes, and was a man without an enemy, esteemed by one
and all. His sudden taking off is a great shock to this community.

The Monroe News-Star
Wednesday, July 28, 1909
Page 4, Column 4
Mrs. Alice A. Herring Dead
Mrs. Alice A. Herring, an old and highly respected resident of this
city, died at her home on Washington street last night at 7 o'clock.
She was sixty-six years of age. Mrs. Herring is survived by three
daughters. Mrs. Mamie Fisher, Mrs. M.E. Pruitt and Mrs. E.C. Rolleigh.
Mrs. Herring was the stepmother of Messrs. A.J. Henry, A.M. and John J.
Herring and Mrs. Mamie Jones, and the grandmother of Mr. J.E. Larkin.
The funeral services will be held at St. Matthew's Catholic Church at 5
o'clock this afternoon and will be conducted by Father C. Mahe.
Interment will be in the Catholic cemetery immediately afterwards.

The News-Star
Wednesday, July 28, 1909
Page 7, Column 5
Robert G. Cobb
Tribute to his Memory by One Who Knew Him
Tallulah, La. July 27, 1909
I do not know when I have been more shocked than when I read the
announcement of the death of Robert G. Cobb in Atlanta, Ga. ,at the
residence of his son. It was my fortune to know this talented man in
his palmier days when just after the war he was one of Monroe's most
brilliant attorneys. He was associated at the practice with the Hon.
Frank P. Stubbs, under the firm name of Stubbs and Cobb, and afterwards
with Judge A.A. Gunby. He was in no sense an orator, but for close,
concise and analytical reasoning I have never known his superior.
He was a thorough scholar, well versed in the ancient languages,
especially Latin, and could read French with wonderful accuracy. He was
not so much a case lawyer, but directed his researches to find out the
motive and starting point of the law. He was also very original in
developing theories of his own, which for depth of thought were
superior.
But I knew him under less favorable circumstances and that was during
the war. He enlisted as a private in the Pelican Grays, which
subsequently formed part of the Second Louisiana volunteer infantry. At
the reorganization of the regiment after its first year's service, he
was elected a lieutenant. Often at times he acted as adjutant when his
regiment lay in that "terrible deep cut." Along the line of the
projected railroad at the second Manasas, confronted by thousands of
the enemy in their attempt to dislodge our forces, and when ammunition
began to fall Cobb would go out on the rising ground just in the rear of
the position, which was swept with a deluge of fire, and haul our dead
up to the cut, strip the cartridge boxes from them and throw them into
the cut.
Singularly, in the many battles he figured in, he was never struck but
once, and that was on the breast at Malvern Hill by a piece of spent
shell which barely left an impression. At Manassas however, his clothes
were almost torn from him by the shot.
It is truly sad to realize that such old landmarks of a grander, more
historic and more patriotic period are leaving us-such men, too, who
have made their impression in an age which giants lived.
I have never known a braver man, nor one who was so perfectly fearless
in the most supreme danger. I could not refrain from writing this mail
tribute in memory of one who deserved the praise of every one for his
loyalty to a cause he knew was right, and for which he fearlessly served
during the four years of strife.
God rest his soul. A.J.S.

The Monroe News-Star
Friday, July 30, 1909
Page 4, Column 2
Captain R. G. Cobb
The Pelican Grays was the name given to the largest and one of the
earliest companies that went from Ouachita parish to Virginia at the
outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Among those who enlisted in this
company of noteworthy Confederates was a young lawyer who had recently
come from Alabama to Monroe where he obtained his license to practice
law. He served bravely and faithfully from the beginning to the end of
the war. He was in all the battles of Stonewall Jackson's Valley
campaigns and he was proud of having been with and talked to that
peerless leader on the field of battle.
He was not in the least a soldier of fortune. He saw hard service but
did not brag about his "hair breadth escapes by flood and field". He
shrank from making a blowing horn of his brave and brilliant record. He
loved the South and served her well, but he seemed averse to ever taking
part in Confederate reunions, and I do not think he belonged to any Camp
of U. C. V.'s. He fought his fight and lost and he was willing to
leave it all to history in () silence.
At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law, first as a
member of the firm of Stubbs & Cobb, then by himself, then as a member
of the firm of Cobb & Gunby.
He had a strong and able legal mind and in mental equipments ranked as
one of the ablest lawyers who ever adorned the Monroe bar. From Monroe,
he went to Birmingham, Alabama, and thence to New Orleans in both of
which cities he practiced law for a number of years.
He married Miss Mattie Green of Vicksburg and from this union three
children where born, Mattie, Ralph and Harold. It was at the home of
his youngest son in Atlanta, Georgia that Captain Cobb died on Saturday,
July 24, 1909. His wife preceded him to the grave one year ago.
The people of Monroe and Ouachita parish will long remember that North
Louisiana had no truer son in all the dark nights of Reconstruction. He
was a leader in thought and action, but never sought nor accepted
office. His devotion was unselfish in war and peace, he richly deserved
the title of patriot.
In personal association, he was the most genial and companionable of
men. At all times he was the soul of generosity, always kind and
charitable, always with a heart full of the milk of humanity. It was
characteristic of him to befriend the poor, the unfortunate, the
friendless and the stranger. One whom he befriended writes these lines.
Perhaps the best thing that any one can say of him is that he was a
soldier tried and true. He had that fine metal and splendid force that
made comrades proud of him. Of such a one, perhaps, it is not cause for
regret to say that he has joined the march of the deathless dead.
"Of the warriors tried and true,
Who bore the flag of a Nation's trust,
And fell in a cause, though lost still just,
And died for me and you."
Gather them one and all,
>From the private to the chief,
Come they from hovel or princely hall.
They fell for us and for them should fall,
The tears of a Nation's grief.
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