Smith - William S - 1834 - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

It is with the greatest sorrow that we record the death of little Dorris L., youngest daughter of James and Mattie Quick, who died August 2 of that dread disease, cholera infantum, which is the terror of parents. She was taken almost without any warning at all, making it all the harder for the grief stricken parents and friends.

She leaves father, mother, and three sisters to mourn her loss. Their hearts are crushed and torn, seemingly never to be healed. But heaven is made so much nearer and dearer. Does not this truth bring thee light in they darkness, joy in thy sorrow, peace in they anguish, and even rejoicing in they great sorrow and bereavement? Think of it; one of the home circle is now once more added to the white robed throng of heaven.

The funeral was preached at Elmdale Church and she was taken to Wesley Cemetery for burial.

The three oldest marked graves in western Ripley Township and their location are as follows: Stonebraker Cemetery, infant daughter of David and Elizabeth Black, died March 26, 1828. J. N. Titus Cemetery, Covington Bevius, died Nov. 15, 1832. McCormick Cemetery, William S. Smith, died Sept. 15, 1834. The Stonebraker Cemetery is noted not only as being one of the earliest burying grounds in the county, but as containing the remains of the county’s oldest citizen, George Fruits, who died at the ripe age of 114 years. As one wanders mid the turfy mounds and gazes upon those stone slabs leaning with storms and over grown with the moss of three quarters of a century, plain and simple as the lives they memorize, how vividly recur the lines of Gray’s deathless elegy:

“Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-trees shade,

The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”

The little daughter of James Quick and wife died of cholera infantum on last Thursday. She was sick only a few hours. She was loved by all. She was 7 months and 17 days old. She seemed to be a pet with all. Funeral was conducted by Rev. Postil at the M. E. Church at this place, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Wesley Cemetery. The family has the sympathy of the entire community in this their sad bereavement.