Beeville Bee
Beeville, Texas
August 8, 1900
GATTES, Rev. W. G.
"What was reported as a local sensation last Friday turns out to have been magnified into such. Rev. W. G. Gattes, an old Methodist minister who resides at Clareville, has been ill for some time with dropsy and for the past week has evidenced signs of gradual dissolution.
Last Thursday night he appeared to be dying and a couple of young men were dispatched to Beeville for a coffin, the object being to have it ready for his speedy interment on account of the peculiarity of the malady of which he was possessed. The vital spark held on longer than seemed possible and he lingered until yesterday morning when he died.
E. J. Kinkler who is a neighbor, and to whom we are indebted for the information, says it is all a mistake about the old gentleman being up when the messengers returned with the coffin, that he is unable to move and has been so for weeks. At times his pulse sinks so that it is scarcely perceptible, and it was easy for the watchers to suppose his end was near.
The interment took place yesterday evening in the Beeville Cemetery under the direction of the Masonic fraternity."
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Rev. William G. Gatteys was the son of William and Charity (Briles or Williams) Gatteys. The family came from Jackson Co, Al to Tishmongo CO, MS. His siblings were: John, Celia, Absolum, Samuel and Nancy. He married Delila Hutchins on 5 Sept 1842 in MS. They moved to Texas and back to MS. Delia apparently dies before the 1880 census, probably in MS. The Reverend and the younger children end up in Texas, mainly Bee Co. The Reverend marries two more times, to a Mrs. M.A. Sterling and a Cynthia Harp. Children of Delilah and Rev. William were: Tennessee (Hagood), Malona (Adams), Charity, Sarah, John Robert, Mary Josephine (Nevil), William O, and Martha (Rust). He also raised his two grandchildren James Partin and Mary Hagood when their folks died, Alvis and Tennessee Gatteys Hagood.
His daughter Tennessee Gatteys born 1843 in Miss. She married Alvis C. Hagood (born 1835) in Alabama. He was a Confederate soldier. They were married May 1, 1860 in Alcorn Co., Miss. Alvis died about 1864 ? after being paroled veteran by U.S. Govt.. Tennessee Hagood is 17 years old and born in Miss. on the 1860 Tishomingo Co., Miss. census; she is shown in the Preston / Partin Hagood / Haygood household. The graves of Alvis and Tennessee Hagood cannot be located as well as the grave of William's first wife, Delilah Hutchins.
Source: Hagood Looking by Mel Hagood; census records; obituary from Beeville Bee newspaper
Beeville, Texas
August 8, 1900
GATTES, Rev. W. G.
"What was reported as a local sensation last Friday turns out to have been magnified into such. Rev. W. G. Gattes, an old Methodist minister who resides at Clareville, has been ill for some time with dropsy and for the past week has evidenced signs of gradual dissolution.
Last Thursday night he appeared to be dying and a couple of young men were dispatched to Beeville for a coffin, the object being to have it ready for his speedy interment on account of the peculiarity of the malady of which he was possessed. The vital spark held on longer than seemed possible and he lingered until yesterday morning when he died.
E. J. Kinkler who is a neighbor, and to whom we are indebted for the information, says it is all a mistake about the old gentleman being up when the messengers returned with the coffin, that he is unable to move and has been so for weeks. At times his pulse sinks so that it is scarcely perceptible, and it was easy for the watchers to suppose his end was near.
The interment took place yesterday evening in the Beeville Cemetery under the direction of the Masonic fraternity."
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Rev. William G. Gatteys was the son of William and Charity (Briles or Williams) Gatteys. The family came from Jackson Co, Al to Tishmongo CO, MS. His siblings were: John, Celia, Absolum, Samuel and Nancy. He married Delila Hutchins on 5 Sept 1842 in MS. They moved to Texas and back to MS. Delia apparently dies before the 1880 census, probably in MS. The Reverend and the younger children end up in Texas, mainly Bee Co. The Reverend marries two more times, to a Mrs. M.A. Sterling and a Cynthia Harp. Children of Delilah and Rev. William were: Tennessee (Hagood), Malona (Adams), Charity, Sarah, John Robert, Mary Josephine (Nevil), William O, and Martha (Rust). He also raised his two grandchildren James Partin and Mary Hagood when their folks died, Alvis and Tennessee Gatteys Hagood.
His daughter Tennessee Gatteys born 1843 in Miss. She married Alvis C. Hagood (born 1835) in Alabama. He was a Confederate soldier. They were married May 1, 1860 in Alcorn Co., Miss. Alvis died about 1864 ? after being paroled veteran by U.S. Govt.. Tennessee Hagood is 17 years old and born in Miss. on the 1860 Tishomingo Co., Miss. census; she is shown in the Preston / Partin Hagood / Haygood household. The graves of Alvis and Tennessee Hagood cannot be located as well as the grave of William's first wife, Delilah Hutchins.
Source: Hagood Looking by Mel Hagood; census records; obituary from Beeville Bee newspaper
Beeville Bee
Beeville, Texas
August 8, 1900
GATTES, Rev. W. G.
"What was reported as a local sensation last Friday turns out to have been magnified into such. Rev. W. G. Gattes, an old Methodist minister who resides at Clareville, has been ill for some time with dropsy and for the past week has evidenced signs of gradual dissolution.
Last Thursday night he appeared to be dying and a couple of young men were dispatched to Beeville for a coffin, the object being to have it ready for his speedy interment on account of the peculiarity of the malady of which he was possessed. The vital spark held on longer than seemed possible and he lingered until yesterday morning when he died.
E. J. Kinkler who is a neighbor, and to whom we are indebted for the information, says it is all a mistake about the old gentleman being up when the messengers returned with the coffin, that he is unable to move and has been so for weeks. At times his pulse sinks so that it is scarcely perceptible, and it was easy for the watchers to suppose his end was near.
The interment took place yesterday evening in the Beeville Cemetery under the direction of the Masonic fraternity."
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Rev. William G. Gatteys was the son of William and Charity (Briles or Williams) Gatteys. The family came from Jackson Co, Al to Tishmongo CO, MS. His siblings were: John, Celia, Absolum, Samuel and Nancy. He married Delila Hutchins on 5 Sept 1842 in MS. They moved to Texas and back to MS. Delia apparently dies before the 1880 census, probably in MS. The Reverend and the younger children end up in Texas, mainly Bee Co. The Reverend marries two more times, to a Mrs. M.A. Sterling and a Cynthia Harp. Children of Delilah and Rev. William were: Tennessee (Hagood), Malona (Adams), Charity, Sarah, John Robert, Mary Josephine (Nevil), William O, and Martha (Rust). He also raised his two grandchildren James Partin and Mary Hagood when their folks died, Alvis and Tennessee Gatteys Hagood.
His daughter Tennessee Gatteys born 1843 in Miss. She married Alvis C. Hagood (born 1835) in Alabama. He was a Confederate soldier. They were married May 1, 1860 in Alcorn Co., Miss. Alvis died about 1864 ? after being paroled veteran by U.S. Govt.. Tennessee Hagood is 17 years old and born in Miss. on the 1860 Tishomingo Co., Miss. census; she is shown in the Preston / Partin Hagood / Haygood household. The graves of Alvis and Tennessee Hagood cannot be located as well as the grave of William's first wife, Delilah Hutchins.
Source: Hagood Looking by Mel Hagood; census records; obituary from Beeville Bee newspaper
Beeville, Texas
August 8, 1900
GATTES, Rev. W. G.
"What was reported as a local sensation last Friday turns out to have been magnified into such. Rev. W. G. Gattes, an old Methodist minister who resides at Clareville, has been ill for some time with dropsy and for the past week has evidenced signs of gradual dissolution.
Last Thursday night he appeared to be dying and a couple of young men were dispatched to Beeville for a coffin, the object being to have it ready for his speedy interment on account of the peculiarity of the malady of which he was possessed. The vital spark held on longer than seemed possible and he lingered until yesterday morning when he died.
E. J. Kinkler who is a neighbor, and to whom we are indebted for the information, says it is all a mistake about the old gentleman being up when the messengers returned with the coffin, that he is unable to move and has been so for weeks. At times his pulse sinks so that it is scarcely perceptible, and it was easy for the watchers to suppose his end was near.
The interment took place yesterday evening in the Beeville Cemetery under the direction of the Masonic fraternity."
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Rev. William G. Gatteys was the son of William and Charity (Briles or Williams) Gatteys. The family came from Jackson Co, Al to Tishmongo CO, MS. His siblings were: John, Celia, Absolum, Samuel and Nancy. He married Delila Hutchins on 5 Sept 1842 in MS. They moved to Texas and back to MS. Delia apparently dies before the 1880 census, probably in MS. The Reverend and the younger children end up in Texas, mainly Bee Co. The Reverend marries two more times, to a Mrs. M.A. Sterling and a Cynthia Harp. Children of Delilah and Rev. William were: Tennessee (Hagood), Malona (Adams), Charity, Sarah, John Robert, Mary Josephine (Nevil), William O, and Martha (Rust). He also raised his two grandchildren James Partin and Mary Hagood when their folks died, Alvis and Tennessee Gatteys Hagood.
His daughter Tennessee Gatteys born 1843 in Miss. She married Alvis C. Hagood (born 1835) in Alabama. He was a Confederate soldier. They were married May 1, 1860 in Alcorn Co., Miss. Alvis died about 1864 ? after being paroled veteran by U.S. Govt.. Tennessee Hagood is 17 years old and born in Miss. on the 1860 Tishomingo Co., Miss. census; she is shown in the Preston / Partin Hagood / Haygood household. The graves of Alvis and Tennessee Hagood cannot be located as well as the grave of William's first wife, Delilah Hutchins.
Source: Hagood Looking by Mel Hagood; census records; obituary from Beeville Bee newspaper
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Evergreen Cemetery is the only non-Catholic cemetery which was in use in Beeville in 1900, and was commonly called "Beeville Cemetery."
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