The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-21
MRS. C. A. L. LAMAR DEAD.
Funeral This Morning at 10 O'Clock
From the Independent Church.

Funeral This Morning at 10 O'Clock
From the Independent Church.
News reached Savannah yesterday
morning of the death near Clarkesville
of Mrs. Carolina Ada Lamar of Sa-
vannah. The information was convey
ed by a telegram to Capt. c. A. L. Cum
ningham. a grandson of Mrs. La
mar. 1t gave no details, but it was
known that Mrs. Lamar had been in
failing health, and for the last ten days
she had been growing gradually worse.
Owing to her extreme age. rs years, 1t
had been feared that she could not
rally.
Her many friends and those of the
several families with which she was al
lied by ties of blood or marriage heard
the news of her death with profound
sorrow. Mrs. Lamar was widely known
and beloved. The noble qualities of her
mind and heart had endeared her to all.
BY her relatives she was warmly loved,
while others who knew her held her in
the highest esteem.
Mrs. Lamars long life was useful
and many missions of mercy and re-
lief carried her among the sick and the
needy. One Of her chief pleasures was
the aid she rendered to the Savannah
Female Orphan Asylum, an institu-
ton to which she had long devoted
much of her time and labors. She was
devoutly religious. and in the indie
pendent Presbyterian Church she was
one of the most faithful and consist
ent members.
Mrs. Lamar was born and reared in
Savannah, and it was in this city that
she always made her home. Her resi-
dence of late years has been the old
CASTOR place at the corner of Haber-
sham and Broughton streets. She was
the daughter of Judge John c. Nicol.
who was a lawyer of distinction in Sa-
vannah. Judge Nicoll was United
States District Attorney, and suose-
quently. before the Civil war, was
Judge of the United States Court.
She was married to one of the best
known men in Savannah of his day
C. A L. Lamar, who was a cotton
merchant He won distinction in the
Confederate service, bearing a reputa-
ton for engineering ability that ne
rather deplored, for it meant his as
signment to the construction of forth
fications. Growing tired of this, he
sought relief, but orders came for fur
Their service of the same sort. There
upon he resigned. Later he served the
Confederacy in other ways, however,
running the blockade of the Federal
fleets and conducting financial deals
for his country abroad.
Late in the war he returned to ser
vice in the field, acting as volunteer
aide upon the staff of one of the
Southern generals He was at Columa
bus when Gen. Wilson entered the
town. Refusing to surrender as the
Federals charged across the bridge
over the Chattahoochee river, he was
killed.
A story has long been current in
Savannah of an experience that be-
fell G. A. l.. Lamar and his prospec-
tive bride The story runs that Mr..
G. B. Lamar and family and Judge
Nicoll and his daughter were passen-
gers aboard the Inflated steam packet
Pulaski, which sailed from Savannah
for Baltimore on June 13, 1888, to be
wrecked off the North Carolina coast.
In the terrible sufferings and priva-
lions that followed, the boy, G. A. l..
Lamar. and the little girl, whom he
was afterwards to wed, were storm
tossed on the same wreckage. There
was little to eat, and this was divided
out among the shipwrecked people. To
the little girl young Lamar gave his
portion.
Relatives were asked about this
story, but said that they did not think
1t true, as the accounts they had heard
from Mrs. Lamar of the wreck had
always been related by her as those
detailed to her by her husband. They
said she was not aboard the Pulaski.
Mrs. Lamar leaves three surviving
children. These are Mrs. T. NJ Cum
ningham, Mrs. Fleming G. duBignon
and Mrs. Charles B. Malone. Six chill
dren are dead. OF these, two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Charles NJ. Cunningham and
Miss Mary Lamar, died within
the last two years. Mrs. duBignon
and Mrs. Malone were at the
place in Habersham county, when
the end came Mr.: >and Mrs.
T. NJ. Cunningham, who were at Ken
nebunkport, Me, were on their way
to Gainesville, having been notified
of Mrs. Lamars extreme Illness. The
grandchildren Mrs. Lamar leaves are
Mrs. Arthur HaineS, Mrs. Robert Ais
ton Mrs. T. Mayhem Cunningham, Jr.,
Miss Nan duBignon, Miss May duBig-
non, Miss Lima Woodbridge, Capt. c.
A L. Cunningham, Mr.. Charles GuBig-
non, Mr.. Wylly Woodbridge and two
children of Mrs. Malone
The funeral will take place this
morning at 10 o'clock from the indie
pendent Presbyterian Church, Rev Dr.
Kirby. the acting pastor. officiating.
The interment will be in the family lot
in Laurel Grove Cemetery. The follow
ing gentlemen will be the pail bearers:
Messrs. w. w. Mackall, c. G. Ander-
son, C. r. Woods, Malcolm Maclean,
T. Lloyd Owens. w. w. Williamson,
| w. l.. CLAW and Reirne Gordon