From the Hillsboro Reflector, December 9, 1886
Died--In this city on Monday morning, December 6th, 1886, at 9:30 o'clock, at the residence of her daughter, Mr. T. S. Smith, Mrs. A. M. Markham, aged 53 years, 11 months and 2 days. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. T. S. Smith, wife of our County Attorney, and her sudden death was a shock to our community. She was a pure and true woman and a Christian, being one of the staunchest workers in the Methodist Church of the city. Her funeral took place from the Methodist Church last Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and was largely attended. The remarks over the bier of the departed good woman, by Rev. S. J. Franks, was touching and brought tears to the eyes of the sorrowful congregation. The music and singing by the choir was solemn and affecting. In the death of Mrs. Markham her only daughter loses an affectionate and loving mother, the community one of its model women and the church a true Chirstian worker, but what is their loss is her eternal gain. May God soothe the sorrows of her bereaved daugher and family.
Also from the Hillsboro Reflector, December 16, 1886-In memoriam- Our precious dead, Mrs. Alethean Markham was the daughter of William and Eliza Hines-most holy and estimable people-of Marion, Ala. She married Mr. John Garland Markham, of Virginia, who for a time edited a city paper in Mobile, Ala., but when the bugle blast of war reverberated across our Southern land, he promptly responded to the call, and bidding his clinging wife and only child, (little Alice), a long and sad farewell, joined our Southern braves and after passing through many hard fought battles, fell in the fatal struggle of Antietam. He was reported "missing" and his fathful, loving wife, clung to the hope that he was a prisoner of war and would come again. She watched and waited, fondly nursing the hope of a "soldier's return" but as days weeks and months sped by, he came not; still she watched and waited until one long year of torturing suspense had paled her life blood and crushed her withering heart with unutterable despair. But with her Christian faith and trust, she turned from the blood-stained battle field, and looking heavenward, folded around her wasted form the mantle of resignation and bowed in humble submission, "Thy will be done." By and by, little Alice grew into lovely womanhood, and married one of Monroe's best and most promising young men, Mr. Thomas S. Smith. With bright promise for the future they all moved to Hillsboro, Texas, and there is severed the first link in their family chain. Mrs. Markham was not the satellite in this family circle, but the bright, steady sun, around which the minor lights were want to shine. She was indeed the center, reflecting light and sunshine upon all around her.
Died--In this city on Monday morning, December 6th, 1886, at 9:30 o'clock, at the residence of her daughter, Mr. T. S. Smith, Mrs. A. M. Markham, aged 53 years, 11 months and 2 days. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. T. S. Smith, wife of our County Attorney, and her sudden death was a shock to our community. She was a pure and true woman and a Christian, being one of the staunchest workers in the Methodist Church of the city. Her funeral took place from the Methodist Church last Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and was largely attended. The remarks over the bier of the departed good woman, by Rev. S. J. Franks, was touching and brought tears to the eyes of the sorrowful congregation. The music and singing by the choir was solemn and affecting. In the death of Mrs. Markham her only daughter loses an affectionate and loving mother, the community one of its model women and the church a true Chirstian worker, but what is their loss is her eternal gain. May God soothe the sorrows of her bereaved daugher and family.
Also from the Hillsboro Reflector, December 16, 1886-In memoriam- Our precious dead, Mrs. Alethean Markham was the daughter of William and Eliza Hines-most holy and estimable people-of Marion, Ala. She married Mr. John Garland Markham, of Virginia, who for a time edited a city paper in Mobile, Ala., but when the bugle blast of war reverberated across our Southern land, he promptly responded to the call, and bidding his clinging wife and only child, (little Alice), a long and sad farewell, joined our Southern braves and after passing through many hard fought battles, fell in the fatal struggle of Antietam. He was reported "missing" and his fathful, loving wife, clung to the hope that he was a prisoner of war and would come again. She watched and waited, fondly nursing the hope of a "soldier's return" but as days weeks and months sped by, he came not; still she watched and waited until one long year of torturing suspense had paled her life blood and crushed her withering heart with unutterable despair. But with her Christian faith and trust, she turned from the blood-stained battle field, and looking heavenward, folded around her wasted form the mantle of resignation and bowed in humble submission, "Thy will be done." By and by, little Alice grew into lovely womanhood, and married one of Monroe's best and most promising young men, Mr. Thomas S. Smith. With bright promise for the future they all moved to Hillsboro, Texas, and there is severed the first link in their family chain. Mrs. Markham was not the satellite in this family circle, but the bright, steady sun, around which the minor lights were want to shine. She was indeed the center, reflecting light and sunshine upon all around her.
From the Hillsboro Reflector, December 9, 1886
Died--In this city on Monday morning, December 6th, 1886, at 9:30 o'clock, at the residence of her daughter, Mr. T. S. Smith, Mrs. A. M. Markham, aged 53 years, 11 months and 2 days. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. T. S. Smith, wife of our County Attorney, and her sudden death was a shock to our community. She was a pure and true woman and a Christian, being one of the staunchest workers in the Methodist Church of the city. Her funeral took place from the Methodist Church last Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and was largely attended. The remarks over the bier of the departed good woman, by Rev. S. J. Franks, was touching and brought tears to the eyes of the sorrowful congregation. The music and singing by the choir was solemn and affecting. In the death of Mrs. Markham her only daughter loses an affectionate and loving mother, the community one of its model women and the church a true Chirstian worker, but what is their loss is her eternal gain. May God soothe the sorrows of her bereaved daugher and family.
Also from the Hillsboro Reflector, December 16, 1886-In memoriam- Our precious dead, Mrs. Alethean Markham was the daughter of William and Eliza Hines-most holy and estimable people-of Marion, Ala. She married Mr. John Garland Markham, of Virginia, who for a time edited a city paper in Mobile, Ala., but when the bugle blast of war reverberated across our Southern land, he promptly responded to the call, and bidding his clinging wife and only child, (little Alice), a long and sad farewell, joined our Southern braves and after passing through many hard fought battles, fell in the fatal struggle of Antietam. He was reported "missing" and his fathful, loving wife, clung to the hope that he was a prisoner of war and would come again. She watched and waited, fondly nursing the hope of a "soldier's return" but as days weeks and months sped by, he came not; still she watched and waited until one long year of torturing suspense had paled her life blood and crushed her withering heart with unutterable despair. But with her Christian faith and trust, she turned from the blood-stained battle field, and looking heavenward, folded around her wasted form the mantle of resignation and bowed in humble submission, "Thy will be done." By and by, little Alice grew into lovely womanhood, and married one of Monroe's best and most promising young men, Mr. Thomas S. Smith. With bright promise for the future they all moved to Hillsboro, Texas, and there is severed the first link in their family chain. Mrs. Markham was not the satellite in this family circle, but the bright, steady sun, around which the minor lights were want to shine. She was indeed the center, reflecting light and sunshine upon all around her.
Died--In this city on Monday morning, December 6th, 1886, at 9:30 o'clock, at the residence of her daughter, Mr. T. S. Smith, Mrs. A. M. Markham, aged 53 years, 11 months and 2 days. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. T. S. Smith, wife of our County Attorney, and her sudden death was a shock to our community. She was a pure and true woman and a Christian, being one of the staunchest workers in the Methodist Church of the city. Her funeral took place from the Methodist Church last Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and was largely attended. The remarks over the bier of the departed good woman, by Rev. S. J. Franks, was touching and brought tears to the eyes of the sorrowful congregation. The music and singing by the choir was solemn and affecting. In the death of Mrs. Markham her only daughter loses an affectionate and loving mother, the community one of its model women and the church a true Chirstian worker, but what is their loss is her eternal gain. May God soothe the sorrows of her bereaved daugher and family.
Also from the Hillsboro Reflector, December 16, 1886-In memoriam- Our precious dead, Mrs. Alethean Markham was the daughter of William and Eliza Hines-most holy and estimable people-of Marion, Ala. She married Mr. John Garland Markham, of Virginia, who for a time edited a city paper in Mobile, Ala., but when the bugle blast of war reverberated across our Southern land, he promptly responded to the call, and bidding his clinging wife and only child, (little Alice), a long and sad farewell, joined our Southern braves and after passing through many hard fought battles, fell in the fatal struggle of Antietam. He was reported "missing" and his fathful, loving wife, clung to the hope that he was a prisoner of war and would come again. She watched and waited, fondly nursing the hope of a "soldier's return" but as days weeks and months sped by, he came not; still she watched and waited until one long year of torturing suspense had paled her life blood and crushed her withering heart with unutterable despair. But with her Christian faith and trust, she turned from the blood-stained battle field, and looking heavenward, folded around her wasted form the mantle of resignation and bowed in humble submission, "Thy will be done." By and by, little Alice grew into lovely womanhood, and married one of Monroe's best and most promising young men, Mr. Thomas S. Smith. With bright promise for the future they all moved to Hillsboro, Texas, and there is severed the first link in their family chain. Mrs. Markham was not the satellite in this family circle, but the bright, steady sun, around which the minor lights were want to shine. She was indeed the center, reflecting light and sunshine upon all around her.
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