Saturday, March 7, 2020

Obituary of Sarah Malinda (Gongwer) Springer, 1919


Subject: Obituary of Sarah Malinda (Gongwer) Springer.

Note that her parents and maiden name are not given in the obituary. Thes are known through cross-referencing other sources.
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Name: Mrs. Sarah Malinda Springer

Age: 79

Birth:
Death: 'last Friday' [inferred, 28 March 1919]

Date of Funeral: 'Sunday' [inferred, 30 March 1919]

Place of Funeral: Chattanooga Ave., Dalton, [Whitfield], Georgia ('at the home of [her] son, Mr. Frank Springer')

Officiator: Rev. R. M. Dixon

Music By: 'the Philathea class of the Methodist Sunday school'

Interment: West Hill Cemetery [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

Residence: Dallas, [Dallas], Texas

Former Residence: Dalton, [Whitfield], Georgia ('for many years).
Place of Death: Dallas, [Dallas], Texas (at home of daughter, Mrs. John Lambert)

Survivors:

--sister, Miss Hattie Gongwer (Chattanooga [Hamilton, Tennessee])

   -Five Daughters: 

--Mrs. John Lambert (Dallas, [Dallas], Texas)

--Mrs. Lake Quillian (Atlanta [, , Georgia])

--Mrs. Frank Pritchett (New Orleans [, , Louisiana])

--Mrs. H. H. Guy (Columbus [, , Ohio])

--Miss Allie Springer ('of this city' [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

--son, Mr. Frank Springer ('of this city' [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

Membership: Methodist Church ('practically her entire life')

[Source]: 'Body of Mrs. Springer Brought Here For Burial: Deceased Was Former Beloved Resident of Dalton,' in 'Mortuary,'  /North Georgia Citizen/ (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 03 April 1919, page 7 (digital image 7), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo).

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1919-04-03/ed-1/seq-7/print/image_574x817_from_0,2144_to_1375,4099/
(clipping, of page accessed 04 Mar. 2020).
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Other:
Mrs. Frank Pritchett,  mentioned above, is  in a 1919 obituary as a surviving daughter of Mrs. Sarah Malinda Springer, who died in Texas and was brought back to Georgia for burial. Cross-referencing shows that she married Columbus F. Pritchett on 22 December 1909, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States.

[Source]: Whitfield County, Georgia, Probate Court Records, Marriage Book F, page 374: Columbus F. Pritchett, male, married Myrtle B. Springer on 22 Dec. 1909.

So far, Columbus Frank Pritchett's parents remain unknown. His birth and early childhood falls into the 1890 census gap. By the time he appears in census, he is a grown man with a family of his own.


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