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Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 6:02 PM
Subject: 1811 Marriage & Death Notices


THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE
>Published By The South Carolina Historical Society
>Volume XXXVI
>(pp. 20-24)
>
>MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES FROM THE CITY GAZETTE AND DAILY ADVERTISER
>Contributed by Elizabeth H. Jervey
>(Continued from October, 1934)
>
>[Break in Charleston Library file of the City Gazette from December 31st
1810,
>to January 3, 1812. The Courier has been used to fill the gap.]
>
>Died, deservedly regretted on his voyage from this port to England, William
>Milligan, Esq., for many years a respectable merchant in this city.
>
>The Friends and Acquaintances of Mrs. Richard Howard are invited to attend
her
>Funeral, from her late Residence in Wallstreet, This Morning at 9 o'clock.
>(Tuesday Morning January 1, 1811.)
>
>An Inquest was held on Monday last, in the Poor-House before James Brown,
Esq.,
>City Coronor, over the body of Stephen Emberly, a seaman, aged about 26
years, a
>native of Massachusetts, who hung himself on the preceding night, with his
>handkerchief. Verdict - Insanity.
>
>Another Inquest was held on Tuesday morning, at the Merchants' Hotel over
the
>body of Mr. Edward Gunter, merchant, who was found that morning, at
day-light,
>before his store-door, lying on his face. He was not quite dead when found,
but
>expired shortly after. Verdict - Died by the visitation of God, having
fallen
>down in a fit, and perished by the extreme severity of the weather.
(Thursday
>January 3, 1811.)
>
>Married, at Stono, on Friday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Matthews, Mr. William
>Lindsay, merchant, to Miss Sarah Teasdale, both of this place. (Friday
Morning
>January 4, 1811.)
>
>Died, at Ayre, 31st Oct. last, Miss Elizabeth Beth, daughter of Mr. D.
Beth, of
>this city. (Monday Morning January 7, 1811.)
>
>Died, at Spartanburg, in October last, at her son's plantation, in the 42d
year
>of her age; Mrs. Rebecca Laval, of Charleston, wife of Major Laval, of the
>United States army. (Thursday Morning Jan. 10, 1811.)
>
>Died, at his farm, near St. Francisville, West-Florida, on Sunday, the 8th
>ultimo, John M. Pintard, late of the state of New York. (Saturday Morning
Jan.
>19, 1811.)
>
>The Friends and Acquaintances of Benj. Boyd, Esq., are invited to attend
his
>Funeral, This Evening, at 4 o'clock, from his late residence, No. 134
>King-Street. (Monday Morning Jan. 21, 1811.)
>
>
>At a full meeting of the Gentlemen of the Bar, convened in the Equity Court
>Room, and upon John Julius Pringle, Esq., being called to the chair,. the
>following Resolutions were unanimously adopted:
>
>The members of the Bar in Charleston, deeply regretting the death of the
late
>Hon. Hugh Rutledge, and bearing in mind the many public and private virtues
and
>important services to his country, which distinguished him throughout a
long and
>honourable life; being convened for the purpose of testifying their respect
and
>veneration for his memory, have adopted the following resolutions:  -
Whereas
>the Honourable Hugh Rutledge, late and for many years a Chancellor of this
>state, from early life devoted himself to the service of his country:
during her
>struggles for liberty gallantly fighting in her ranks, and by his example
>throughout, animating his countrymen in the field, in captivity, and in
>banishment, to meet and sustain with heroick fortitude all the various
trials of
>the Revolutionary conflict; and after the establishment and consolidation
of the
>Independence of his country, requiting her well earned confidence by the
able
>and faithful discharge of the duties of several high and important
stations, and
>in his late capacity of Chancellor (wherein those who pay this tribute were
the
>constant witnesses of his conduct) administering public justice, during a
long
>course of service, with great learning and ability; with unsullied purity
and
>inflexible virtue; always adorning the judgement with a deportment mild and
>dignified, humane and liberal; and in private life uniting all those
amiable and
>valuable qualities which prompt esteem, cement friendship, and produce
extensive
>usefulness: And whereas, the recent death of this excellent judge and most
>worthy Citizen, is a publick bereavement greatly to be deplored, and is
deeply
>regretted by the Members of the Bar, they have therefore
>
>Resolved, as a testimony of their sense of the loss sustained by the
publick, of
>the esteem which they bore to his person, and of the respect and veneration
>which they cherish for his memory, that the Members of the Bar, now
convened,
>will put on Mourning for him, by wearing a crape on the left arm, for
thirty
>days from the date hereof.
>
>Also, That the chairman of this meeting do request the Reverend Mr. Simons,
>Rector of St. Philip's Church, to preach a Funeral Sermon on the occasion,
as
>soon as may be convenient to him.
>
>That the foregoing Resolutions, signed by the Chairman, be published in the
>Charleston News-papers.
>
>John Julius Pringle,
>Chairman.
>
>January 21, 1811.
>
>Died at Havana, on the 21st December last, Mrs. Eliza Lincoln, in her 30th
year;
>wife of captain Luther Lincoln.
>
>Married, in St. George's Parish, on Monday, 14th inst. by the Rev. Mr.
Gadsden,
>Christopher G. Hasell, Exq., to Miss Martha Perry; eldest daughter of the
late
>Dr. Perry. (Tuesday Morning Jan. 22, 1811.)
>
>Died at Boston on the 11th instant the Rev. Joseph Clay, aged 46, late
Pastor of
>the First Baptist Church, in that town. Thursday Morning Jan. 24, 1811.)
>
>Died, yesterday, Robert Doyne, Esq., formerly of Baltimore, but late of
Augusta,
>(Georgia) Merchant - His friends and acquaintances are invited to attend
his
>Funeral, This Day, at 4 o'clock, P.M. from the House of Mr. James Huston,
>Church-street. (Saturday Morning, Jan. 26, 1811.)
>
>Died, at Georgetown, on the 18th ult. Erasmus Rothmahler, Esq., Attorney at
Law.
>
>Died, at Falmouth, (Eng.) on board His Britannick Majesty's Packet Princess
>Charlotte, Mr. John N. Macomb, late of this city merchant. The Princess
>Charlotte was attacked on her passage from Lisbon to Falmouth by the French
>privateer Venus, which she succeeded in beating off. Mr. Macomb volunteered
in
>defence of the Charlotte, and fell a victim to his hardy and adventuring
>courage. He received a wound from a musket ball thro' his body, which he
>survived only 18 hours. The conduct of Mr. M. drew forth the plaudits of
the
>whole ship's crew; & his name is mentioned by captain Ker, the commander of
the
>Packet, in his official return of the action, with the most decided
ecomiums.
>His remains were interred at Falmouth, attended by the whole of the ship's
crew
>who survived the action, and a monument was about to be erected to his
memory by
>the inhabitants of that town, as a tribute to be erected to his memory by
the
>inhabitants of that town, as a tribute to the spirit of a gallant and
>disinterested stranger who nobly fell in a cause not his own. - New York
>Mercantile Advertiser. (Saturday Morning Feb. 2, 1811.)
>
>Departed this life on Thursday evening last, much and deservedly regretted,
Mr.
>James Evans. (Tuesday Morning Feb. 5, 1811.)
>
>Died, at Nassau, (N. P.) on the 19th ult. Mr. Nathaniel Howell, Taylor,
late of
>New-Haven, (Conn.) - And on the 21st, Christopher Champlin, Esq., a young
man of
>respectable connexions in the U. States, who had gone over in December
last,
>from Newport, (R. I.) for the benefit of his health. (Saturday Morning,
Feb. 9,
>1811.)
>
>Died on Thursday, the 7th inst. Mrs. Susannah Stevens, wife of Jervis Henry
>Stevens, Esq. - Let all who knew her, while in this transcient state of
>existance, recount her virtues: they need no other ecomium. Uniform
goodness
>will ever find a shrine in the heart of feeling and gratitude. (Monday
Morning
>Feb. 11, 1811.)
>
>Died, on Sunday, the 3d inst. Mrs. Jane M'Kenzie, in the 71st year of her
age. -
>She was a native of London, and an old and respectable inhabitant of this
city.
>(Tuesday Morning, Feb. 12, 1811.)
>
>Died, on Sunday the 20th ult. Benjamin Boyd. Esq., in the 58th year of his
age;
>for many years a respectable merchant of this city. (Wednesday Morning Feb.
15,
>1811.) (Wednesday Morning, Feb. 13, 1811.)
>
>Married, last Thursday at Turkey Hill, St. Paul's Parish, by the Rev. Dr.
Mills,
>John Boyle, Esq., to Miss D. Sarah Wilson, eldest daughter of Jehu Wilson,
Esq.,
>deceased. (Monday Morning Feb. 18, 1811.)
>
>Married, on Sunday evening, by the Rev. Dr. Gallagher, Mr. Henry Morgan to
Miss
>Bethany Overton, both of this city. (Tuesday Morning Feb. 19, 1811.)
>
>Died, at Georgetown on Wednesday morning last, after a short indisposition,
Mrs.
>Elizabeth Trapier, aged 77 years. (Wednesday Morning Feb. 20, 1811.)
>
>Married, on the 18th inst. by the Rev. Dr. Gallagher, John Baptiste Gabriel
>Menude, Esq., to the most amiable and accomplished Miss Louisa Charlotte
Amelia
>Carendeffez, both of this city. (Friday Morning Feb. 22, 1811.)
>
>Married, on Saturday, the 23d inst. by the Rev. Dr. Buchan, Mitchell King
Esq.,
>to Miss Susanna Campbell, daughter of M'Millan Campbell, Esq., all of this
city.
>
>Died, in this city, on the 13th ult. Mr. Anthony Marshall, a native of
Pelermo,
>in Sicily, and late merchant of N. York. (Monday Morning, Feb. 25, 1811.)
>
>Died, yesterday morning, Mr. Joseph Harper, of the Charleston Theatre, aged
52
>years. Mr. H. was a native of Norwich, (Eng.) but for the last 22 years
resided
>on the Continent of America. - The friends and acquaintances of Mr. Harper,
are
>requested to attend his funeral, at 8 o'clock. This Morning from his late
>residence, upper part of Queen-street.
>
>Died, suddenly in St. Paul's Parish, on the 17th February, Henry Veitch
Esq.,
>Planter. (Thursday Morning Feb. 28, 1811.)
>
>(To be continued)
>
>
>
>Any chance of getting a look at a similar list for August 23 1826 or
thereabouts for William Carithers of abbeville? Trying to locate where he is
buried; and his birthplace...appreciate any help you might have.
Jan

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