The obituaries below are extracted from historical newspapers; submissions are welcome.
BIVENS, T.A. - a widely known citizen of Tampa, died Sunday at his home in that city. [Source: Suwannee Democrat, 16 July 1909].
BUTLER, Liet. C.R. P. – Death. At Fort Brooke, Tampa, Florida, on the 1st ultimo, of yellow fever, Liet. C.R.P. BUTLER, of the 2nd artillery, a native of South Carolina, and a young officer highly esteemed and of great promise. Upon the death of Gen. Childs and Lieut. Cook at Tampa the headquarters of the troops in Florida was left without an officer, and Lieut. BUTLER was ordered to repair to that post and take charge of the public property there. Followed by much solitude, on the 19th of October he left Charleston. A high sense of duty constrained him to devote himself with diligence to the task, looking after the effects of the two officers who had preceded him, as well as the public property, removing the soldiers from the garrison into camp, and visiting the hospital to see that the sick received proper attention, thus exosing himself to the contagion. On the 22d of October he received a long-looked-for and well-deserved leave of absence, and on the 26th an officer relieved him. The next day he was to take the stage for Pilatka, and in a week would have been with those he dearly loved. Man proposes, but God disposes. During the night he was seized, and notwithstanding the skill and attention of his two physicians, he struggled in vain. [Source: Daily National Intelligencer (Washington DC), December 7, 1853].