The obituaries below are extracted from historical newspapers; submissions are welcome.
CARTER, Sam (Captain) - acting chief of police of Tampa, died yesterday in consequence of the wound inflicted on him by P.W. KNAPP. [Source: Ocala Evening Star, 3 June 1905].
CASEY, Capt. – Death of Capt. Casey – This officer of the army, long Indian Agent for South Florida, died at Tampa on the 25th ultimo. Capt. CASEY graduated at West Point in 1827, and entered the second regiment of artillery. He was appointed commissary of subsistence the 7th of July, 1838, and served under Gen. TAYLOR in Mexico; but the elevated position of Monterey being very unfavoragle to his disease, he was compelled to seek a residence nearer the level of the sea, and selected Tampa. In 1849 he was appointed United States Agent for removing the Seminole Indians, the duties of which post he continued to perform with the exception of a short interval, until his death, with the strictest fidelity. [Source: Daily National Intelligencer (Washington DC), January 12, 1857].
J.M. CASEY - a well-known newspaper man of Tampa, died at that place September 16th. He had a host of friends in Hillsborough county. [Source: Gainesville Daily Sun, 19 Sep 1905].
CATCHINGS, Thomas C. – Young Catchings Dead. Washington, D.C., July 29 – A telegram has been received in this city announcing the death at Tampa, Fla., of Thomas C. CATCHINGS, son of Representative T.C. CATCHINGS of Mississippi. Young CATCHINGS was appointed a commissary of subsistence in the army, with the rank of captain, and left for Tampa some weeks ago.[Source: Trenton Evening Times (New Jersey), July 29, 1898].
CHAMBERLIN, Geo. T. - one of the leading business men of Tampa, died in Tampa on the 26th. He was sandbagged several weeks ago and died from the effects of the same. He was one of the founders of Ybor City. [Source: Ocala Evening Star, 01 March 1901].
CHRISTOPHER, M.J. – Negro Editor Killed – He had Criticised a Police Officer in His Paper. Tampa, Fla., June 24 – M.J. CHRISTOPHER, a negro, who ran a newspaper here, was killed today in a scuffle with Police Officer WOODWARD. WOODWARD last week forcibly vaccinated a negro woman, and CHRISOTPHER caustically criticised the officer in his paper. Today the men met by appointment in a negro restaurant and a fight ensued, the officer beating the negro’s head almost to a jelly with his pistol. The negro pulled his pistol when the officer made his approach, but by some manner it was discharged, the ball taking effect in his abdomen and lodging in his spinal column. The negro population had been notified of the meeting of the two, and a large number of them were on the spot ready for any emergency but when their principal was killed they weakend. [Source: Dallas Morning News (Texas), June 26, 1899].
CLARKE, J.D. - a prominent business man of Tampa, died suddenly Thursday in his orange grove at Mango. [Source: Ocala Evening Star, 27 April 1906].
COBB, J.M. (Capt) - an aged veteran and commission man of Tampa, died at his home Monday. Capt. COBB’s death creates another vacancy in the rapidly thinning ranks of the Confederate Camp, Loring, of that city. [Source: Gainesville Daily Sun, 23 Sept. 1909].
CUSHING, M.D. - the veteran publisher of Tampa, died in that city Saturday night from the effects of an attack of typhoid fever. Mr. CUSHING owned and operated one of the leading job printing and book publishing houses in the state. He was a native of New Jersey and was fifty-seven years of age. Editorial Note: a search of records indicate this is the death notice for Monroe Delevan Cushing. [Source: Ocala banner,20 June 1902].