Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18
MEMPHIS, NJ 19. 1855

J. ]. Busby and Mr.. J. c. Griffngs has been
amicably and honorably settled to the entire
satisfaction of beth parties.
TIE editors and reporters and all the en-
ployes of the APPEAL, his co-lsborers and
friends, deeply sympathize with Mr.. Walker
Kennedy in the bereavement he has sus
tsined in the loss Of his wife. But little while
ago they began TO climb ''the hill thegither," /"
to weave web that should gather strength
with every year, but the threads have been
rIthlessly broken. One Is taken and the other
Is left. Happily mated, their lives blending
in the same tastes, uniting in the same chan
nels of culture, with very much the same
sptitudes and inuitions; educated and re-
fined, and with aspirations quite within their
reach, with Times assistance, their lives
seemed laden with promise and weighted with
hope. Like dream this has passed away
and our friend and companion is inconsola.
bic for the greatest loss man may know.
Mrs. Kennedy was only twenty-five years Of
age, and had been married but little over
a year. Exhausted by labor during which
she gave birth TO twins, one OF whom died,
intermittent fever superyened and she sue
cumbed after few days. The best medical
skill and the most nursing care could not
stay the destroyer's hand. Her reI1sirs were
removed to Louisville last night, Mr.. Ken
nedy and his mother accompanying them
All the members of the press OF the city and
host of friends whom Mr.. Kennedy has
made during his short stay in Memphis unite
with US in expressions OF heartfelt sympathy
and regret for his loss.
A FEW days ago we published letter
from Colonel L. W. OBsnnon, who will be
specially remembered by the survivors of ths
yellow fever epidemic of 1878 az brave and
earnest worker. He had for some time beer
mining and prospecting in Mexico, at which
business he had an extensive and varied
experience, and desirous OF keeping our read
ers apprised of his progress and of the condi
ton of Mexico, opened correspondence
the few letters of which that came tc
hand being rich with promise. Colonel
UBannon was gallant soldier o.
much experience in war. He wa:
born in South Carolina and went TO the Mex.
lean war as orderly sergeant OF Walkers
company OF the Palmetto regiment OF vol
unteers, commanded by colonel, afterward
Senator Butler, his brother, A. Z. O'Bannon,
being first lieutenant. He was promoted to
be second lieutenant on the field for gallantry
in action, and after the war, in 1S48, wa:
commissioned lieutenant in the third regi-
menl United States army. He continued with
this regiment, nearly all the time on the
plains, until the Sd of March, 1861, when be
resigned, his resignation being the last re-
ceived by the Federal government. He al
once entered the service of the Confederacy
as captain Of infantry, was soon after pro
NOTED to the command Of the Second Regl
ment Alabama Volunteers, and eventually
to that Of brigadier-general and quar-
termsster OF the Trans-Mississippi De.
partment. After the civil war he served
under Juarez in the Mexican army, and was
with that general at the bombardment of the
City of Mexico, which ended Maximillian':
career. No braver man ever breathed than
OBannon, nor truer, and the APPEAL
unites with his other friends in mourning
his unlocked for and sudden death.