Category Archives: Death

DAVENPORT, Haywood – (d. 1900)

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The death of Capt. Haywood DAVENPORT on Tuesday morning last sent a thrill of grief throughout this town. He had been in ill health for a year or more, and his seeking relief under the treatment of the best medical men was of little avail.

He recently came to Plymouth to make his home once more where his early years were spent; he contracted a deep cold which terminated in pneumonia, causing his death seven days later. There never lived a truer man; kind-hearted, sympathetic, and generous to a fault. Those who knew him best loved him most.

He leaves two children, a son and daughter, a sister and other relatives as well as a host of friends to mourn his death.

His remains were laid to rest in family graveyard under the shadow of the M.E. Church, to which he belonged, on Wednesday.

The writer, who if possible, loved him better than the rest, join all in heartfelt sympathy. — FLETCHER

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 2 March 1900.  Available online at digitalnc.org.

KELLY, A.S. – (d. 1900)

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His many friends here will be pained to learn of the death of A.S. KELLY, which sad event occurred at his home in Washington on Tuesday night last.  Mr. KELLY was a former resident of this town and was beliked by all who knew him.  The remains were brought to this county and interred in the Jackson burying ground, near here, yesterday.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 7 September 1900.  Available online at digitalnc.org.

SWAIN, Thos. (Mrs.) – (d. 1900)

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It is with sorrow for the family, relatives and friends that we chronicle the death, at the home of her brother, Mr. Mathias OWENS, in this town on Tuesday last of Mrs. Thos. SWAIN, of Tyrrell county. Accompanied by relatives and friends the remains were taken to Tyrrell county on the Str. Edith on Wednesday and laid to rest in the family burying ground.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900.  Available online at digitalnc.org.

OWENS, (infant) – (d. 1900)

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Our sympathies are with Mr. and Mrs. W.R. OWENS whose infant child died on Friday of last week.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900.  Available online at digitalnc.org.

THOMPSON, W.R. – (d. 1900)

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SALISBURY, Aug. 20 — W.R. THOMPSON, of Danville, a brakeman on the Southern Railway, was instantly killed at Spencer Saturday night while riding as a passenger on No. 12, the northbound local.  The unfortunate young man was returning from Concord, where he had been visiting.  Wishing to save himself a walk from the station, he stepped from the train as it passed opposite his boarding place at a considerable rate of speed. No one on the train observed the accident, which was the result of being throw [sic] between the wheels in some way.  Later, the body was discovered by the track, much mangled.  The remains were sent to to the home of the deceased yesterday morning.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900.  Available online at digitalnc.org.

BUTTERS, Abigail – (d. 1801)

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DIED — At Wilmington, (Mas<…>), Miss Abigail BUTTERS, aged 90.  The longevity of the Family to which the deceased belonged, is remarkable.  She was the last of ten children, whose ages at their decease, amounted to Eight Hundred and Twenty-Eight Years.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, November 24, 1801.

WILKINS, Hester – (d. 1801)

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DIED — On Friday last, Mrs. Hester WILKINS, consort of Mr. John WILKINS, of Wilmington.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, November 24, 1801.

ABRAMS, (son) – (d. 1801)

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DIED — At Wilmington, on the 20th instant, Mr. John ABRAMS, formerly of Boston.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, October 27, 1801.

HATCH, Charles (Mrs.) – (d. 1801)

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DIED — In Craven County, on the 27th ult., after an illness of nearly three years, Mrs. HATCH, wife of Mr. Charles HATCH.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, October 13, 1801.

STARK, William – (d. 1801)

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DIED — On the 19th inst. at Norfolk, Dr. William STARK, aged 65 years.

Source: Raleigh Register & North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, September 29, 1801.