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WILLIAMS, H. Clay – (d. 1900)
Suffolk, Va., March 10 – Hon. H. Clay WILLIAMS died this morning at 7 o’clock in Gates county, N.C., aged 62 years. He lived at Willeyton, twenty-one miles from Suffolk. The funeral will take place at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon from Kittrell’s M.E. Church. The deceased had twice represented his county in the General Assembly of North Carolina, and was formerly State Senator and County Commissioner. He was among the most prominent men in his section. He leaves a widow, five daughters, and two sons, among whom are Mrs. Elisha CROSS and Hardy WILLIAMS, of Norfolk, and B.G. WILLIAMS, of Ahoskie, N.C. Mr. CROSS was a family connection of…
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CASTIGAN, Patrick – (d. 1899)
Patrick Castigan Commits Suicide by Drowning Himself Suffolk, Va., June 29 – Far away from dear ones and made morose and desperate because he couldn’t talk in life, Patrick CASTIGAN, an Irishman, 60 years old, preferred the quiet of death. If he had to keep still he’d rather die. Pat. Yesterday threw himself into the dark waters of Bennett’s Creek, near Gatesville, N.C. Last evening they found his body floating on the creek’s still bosom. He was dead. Pat. CASTIGAN had no blood kin nearer than Ireland so far as is known. He moved to America about twenty years ago, since when he has lived nearly all the time in Gates…