Death

Letter written by A. Bar in Chagren Falls, Ohio, to Melinda Bartlett of Fowlers Mills, Ohio, sending her condolences on the death of one of Melinda's family members. She also tells of the births, deaths, and illnesses in her family.

Letter from Abigail Dodge, of Granby, New York, to her brother John Thacher Hopewell, of Ontario County, New York. She discusses her dead husband, John's dead son Samuel, God's mercy, directions to her house, and praying for every one's well-being.

Papers submitted for credit in University of Alabama course EXT318 “Cemeteries and Local History,” a course in the New College Life Track. The focus of the papers is on cemeteries as reflecting the history of a locale and may examine burial patterns, customs, ornamentation, or simply be an inventory of interments.

Letter from Ellen Wilson of Berlin, Wisconsin, to her aunt about the death of her grandmother. She said that her grandmother had a "shock of paralysis" during the night and died. She also described the funeral.

This file contains a two-page untitled poem that was "composed on the death of Bebeuah(?) Stevens, who died June 27th, 1816." The poem mourns a woman who died at age nineteen and reflects on the eternal life of her soul from a Christian perspective.

Papers submitted by students for credit in the Blount Program's seminar "Marking Graves: Self and Society in Death" and ANT 444/544 "Anthropology and Cemeteries" at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The papers consider how individuals and society are reflected in burial practices and the differences between Anglo-American and African-American graveyards. The papers may examine burial patterns, customs, ornamentation, or simply be lists of interments.

This file contains a handwritten version of the 1896 folk song "In the Baggage Coach Ahead." The song, by African American songwriter Gussie Davis, is about a man riding a train with his infant child who tells the other passengers that his wife "is dead in the coach ahead." There are five verses of the song included here.

Letter written by Jesse Boulton in Boone County, Missouri, to his parents in Dover, Kentucky, telling them his wife, Mary died of bronchitis after being ill with typhoid fever, leaving him with two small children, Mary Alice and David Rice. His letter implies that not only his wife, but another daughter and son, Mary Eliza and Edwin, also died. Jesse also states that a negro woman he hired after his wife was first taken ill, also died of typhoid fever as did one of her sons.

Letter from Allie in Brunswick, Ohio, to her friend Eugenie Starbuck in Ada, Ohio, telling her about a bridge collapse on the Cumberland River near the Cumberland Gap in which five men fell, but only Allie's father was killed. The letter gives details about the accident and memorial arrangements.

Letter from Margaret, in Litchfield, Illinois, to her sister Nancy Coleman, in Union, Pike County, Indiana, consoling Nancy on a death and speaks of the sorrow of losing a loved one and the hope of seeing them again.

One letter from Luella Smith of Readfield, Maine, to her cousin Cora B. Smith, giving her news of deaths in the family, her sorrow and loneliness, as well as other family news.

A letter dated 15 September 1840, to a cousin describing the death of Professor Horace S. Pratt of the University of Alabama. The collection also includes other material on Pratt and his family.

Letter from Ruth Richardson, of Acton, Massachusetts, to her daughter Ann H. Thompson, of Landgrove, Vermont, describing the sudden death of her husband, Ann's father.

A January 1927 letter by W. C. Strong of Mobile, Alabama, recounting the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert F. Bell, Jr., an employee of the Munson Steam Ship Company docks who died on the job in late 1926.

Letters to and from Thomas Y. Knies of Chicago, Illinois, written between 1880 and 1889, from his cousins and friends, as well as a letter from "Uncle Robt" telling of the death of Arthur along with Thomas' letter of condolence.

Letters to and from Thomas Y. Knies of Chicago, Illinois, written between 1880 and 1889, from his cousins and friends, as well as a letter from "Uncle Robt" telling of the death of Arthur along with Thomas' letter of condolence.

Contains records of births, marriages, and deaths.