Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-05
DEATHS IN GEORGIA.

FORT VALLEY. Sept. 30.-Mrs. Charlie
G Gray. wife of Mr.. c. G.. fray, president
! OF the Exchange bank. of this place. died
early "Wednesday morning, from typhoid
/ fever.
DALTON. Ca, Oct. Mrs. Mary Ro-
setta Pinkerton, widow of DR.. Ormond
Pinkerton, of Cartersyille. and the daugh-
I ter of Judge John Henry Starr. of Cor
/ don county, died here this morning.
! The deceased was a prominent member
OF the Dalton Chapter of the Daughters
| of the Confederacy and was a leading
member of the societies of the local
Methodist church.
| She is survived by her brother. Col,
| o. NJ. Starr, of Calhoun; a sister, Miss
+, Amelia Starr. of Oxford; two children,
Paul Pinkerton, of Atlanta. and Mrs,
Charles H. Field. of Dalton.
BUFORD. Ga. Oct. 2.-Steve Dobson,
aged g. died at his fathers home here
yesterday and was buried today. He was
prominent member of the United Broth
| erhood of Leather Workers, and a COM
mittee from that order attended the
| funeral.
| He leaves besides his father and mother
three brothers and three sisters. His
| funeral was conducted at the Methodist
church by Rev. S. A. Harris, assisted by
Rev, j. p. Neese.
! Walter s: Dewolf aged So an employee
! of the United States postoff1ce depart-
ment, died Friday Afternoon at his resi-
dence. 70 West Peachtree street
] Mr. DeWolf was a native of Columbus,
4 Ga, where he was prominently connect
ed. and before being employed by the
government had served as editor on the
Columbus Times for ten years in his
home town-leaving the Times to accept
the position as one of the clerks in the
! senate at Washington.
= Since then he had been employed by
the government as a postofice Inspector
both in Virginia and Atlanta, being an
Inspector of this district at the time
of his death.
He was an intimate friend Of Gen. John
B. Gordon for several years, serving him
| in the capacity as secretary. and was
with him when he wrote his "Reminis-
| cences."
! He is survived by two brothers, Gilbert
DeWolf. in the railroad business in Mex
| leo: Silas DeWolf, of Camden, Ark
and two daughters, Mrs Claude Miller.
of Columbus, Ga. and Miss Kate De-
Wolf, a student at the =, ashington Sem
mary; and one sister, Miss DeWof, Of
Pelham, Ga. g.
WEST POINT, Ga, Oct. 1.-The death
of William Brown, atwell-known mill man
| and prominent in secret orders, occurred
at an early hour this morning as the re-
| suit of a stroke of paralysis.
]. II. Daniel, a travelling salesman, was
stricken with violent commissions in his
room at the Albion hotel, Is IL South
Pryor street, Saturday morning, and was
sent to the Grady hospital, where he died
later in the day.
Twenty-Five years ago, it is stated. Dan
tel underwent an operation in the course
of which his skull was trepanned, and the
hospital physicians think this old malady
was the cause Of his death.
DR.. w. A. Childress. a Confederate vet
eran, and one of Atlanta's pioneer citi-
zens, died Friday morning at IL O'Clock al
the residence, No. 43 P0nders avenue, after
a lingering illness. The funeral will be
held at the residence Sunday morning at
10 o'clock, and interment at the family
cemetery at Goonwin s.
He is survived by his wife, one son.
II. Childress, three daughters, Mrs. A
Martin. Mrs. Ada Northcutt and Mrs.
| G. w. Bowman; sister, Mrs. z. c. Ma
son. OF Flowery Branch, and one brother
T. c. s. Childrass, of Fountain Inn, S. c.