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Simeon Taylor
Reba Templeman
John Thomas
Simeon Taylor
Submitted by Mary Tyler.
Obituary found on microfilm at the University of Texas at Austin in their
newspaper collection at The Center for American History, Sid Richardson Hall.
Navasota,
Texas DAILY EXAMINER, Wednesday, March 26, 1902, "Roans Prairie, DEATH OF
MR. TAYLOR. A gloom was cast over the community on the 19th, when the
announcement was made that Mr. Simeon Taylor, Sr., was dead, not only from the
lips but every heart felt that a good and useful man was gone.
"He
moved from Hertford, N.C., to Texas in 1849, and settled in Fort Bend county,
near Richmond, and on account of that county being sickly he moved to Grimes
county and settled on his late home place near Roans Prairie in the fall of
1853.
"He
was born January 19, 1812, and was, therefore, 90 years and 2 months of age. He
made a profession of faith in Christ in 1853, and was baptised
into the fellowship of the Anderson Baptist church by Rev. G. W. Bains, remaining with that church until the organization of
the Oakland Baptist church, near Roans Prairie, where he was a member and
deacon till his death.
"His
house was the preacher's home. He was charitable; not only in helping those
that were in distress, but in his opinion of his fellow man. His counsel was
often sought, and was always given with care and consideration and those who
were mourning for lost loved ones he would give them comfort and consolation,
that which had supported him in his sorrows. He was a Christian of the truest
type. We can thus speak with docility and unwavering faith that was so
prominent in the man whose death we all so deeply mourn.
"He
will not only be missed in the church, but the entire community. Now, that he
is gone we realize with sadness how large a place he filled. The memory of his
upright life is a rich legacy to his children. His heart placed his God first
in everything, and may his spirit work on earth continue by his children as a
memorial hallowed love of their father.
"This
is another link between heaven and earth. His God and his soul have met in
eternal friendship. At the grave the angels whisper, "Not here, but
risen," and in the dread hour, when he knew death stood near he could
thoughtfully say:
"Though earth be fading from my view
And darkest nights seem nigh,
When I must bid the world adieu,
It is not hard to die.
"For
O, how sweet in Death's deep shade,
Amid its strange alarms,
To feel beneath my spirit laid
The Everlasting Arms."
"He
leaves five children to mourn his death: Mrs. Carrie Smith, of Erath County;
Mrs. Hattie Jolly, Mrs. Maggie Cone, and Messrs. P. D. and Sim
Taylor, Jr., of Roans Prairie. - A Friend"
Also
under the Roans Prairie heading - "Messrs. Sim
and John Dowdy, of Houston, attended the funeral of their grandfather, Mr. Sim. Taylor."
Reba Templeman
Found in the 13 Dec 1898 issue of The Daily Examiner
Reba, the baby daughter of Mr. Ward Templeman,
died at 3:20 o'clock this afternoon.
John Thomas
Found in
the 13 Mar 1899 issue of The Daily
Examiner
Fell Dead Saturday
Justice
Forrester went over near the City cemetery Saturday afternoon and held an
inquest into the cause of the death of John Thomas, colored. It appears that
the deceased had been troubled with a heart affection for some time; he had
been working "in the bottom" and Saturday noon came home and ate a
hearty dinner, after which his wife went to some neighbor's house and returning
about 2 o'clock found John lying face down on the kitchen floor, where he had
apparently fallen dead from a chair in which he had been sitting. He was 53
years of age.
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