Extract of Obituary of Matt Springer, Died 14 December 1913, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Subject: Obituary of Matt Springer

Database: Georgia Historic Newspapers

Library: Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo).

Publication: North Georgia Citizen

Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Day and Date of Publication: Thurs., 25 December 1913

Page: 1 (digital image 1 in database)

Headline: 'Old Citizen Found Dead'

Subheading 1: Mr. Matt Springer's Lifeless Body Found in Bed Saturday.'

Subheading 2: 'Was Apparently in Excellent Health'

Subheading 3: 'Deceased Was One of Dalton's Oldest Citizens, Being 75 Year of Age--Survived by Large Family--Funeral Monday'

Name: Mr. Matt Springer

Age: 75

Birth: (est. 1838), Ohio

Death: 'Saturday morning' (est. 20 December 1913; died between Friday night and Saturday morning)

Place of Death: (at home in bed) [inferred as Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

Funeral: 'Monday morning' (est. 22 Dec. 1913)

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

Survivors: 'his widow' (name not stated); (five daughters, as follow) Mrs. Lake Quillian (Atlanta); Mrs. Harvy Guy (Cleveland, O.); Mrs. Jennie Lambert and Mrs. Myrtle Pritchett (Rome [Floyd, Georgia]); Miss Allie Springer ('of this city') [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]; (one son, as follows) Mr. Frank Springer (Dalton [Whitfield, Georgia]).

Residence in 1913: Dalton [Whitfield, Georgia]

Length of Residence in City: 27 years (est. from 1886 - 1913)

Membership: Hamilton Street Methodist Church [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

Remarks (from subtitles and article): He 'Was Apparently in Excellent Health,' 'Survived by Large Family,' 'highly esteemed,' 'respected citizen,' 'modest in his demeanor and of a retiring disposition.'

[Citation]: North Georgia Kin (contributor), 'Old Citizen Found Dead: Mr. Matt Springer's Lifeless Body Found in Bed Saturday,' North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 25 December 1913, page 1 (digital image 1), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1913-12-25/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_595x817_from_2005,136_to_4824,4000/ (clipping, from full page accessed 07 March 2020).