Close-up of a typed obituary fragment: 'sleeper now at rest under the live-oaks at Magnolia'
Book 1, Page 310 ·1900–1950
Transcription
Vertical pencil annotation (left margin, in the compiler’s hand, written sideways)
[Historical note?] — [reading uncertain]
Typed/printed clipping (visible portion)
[illegible — top line cut off] later, through education, [illegible] and [illegible] millions to the agricultural wealth of the cotton states.
This and other public services will not be forgotten, but in the hearts that held him close, the sleeper now at rest under the live-oaks at Magnolia will live, while memory lasts, as one who gave himself — a very loyal gentleman.
[thick black horizontal rule]
C[illegible — partial line, torn]
AI Notes
A close-up scan of a small typed/printed clipping pasted onto the album page, much foxed and discolored, with a piece torn away across the lower middle. Only the closing paragraphs of the obituary are visible: a reference to millions added to the agricultural wealth of the cotton states, and a tribute that the deceased lies ‘under the live-oaks at Magnolia’ (Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston). A vertical pencilled annotation in the compiler’s hand runs up the left margin and appears to read ‘historical note’ (uncertain). The bottom of the cutting shows part of a thick black rule and the top of what may be a signature (‘C[harles?]…’). Page surrounding the clipping is otherwise blank.