----- Original Message ----- From: "Archives" <archives@poppet.org> To: <ALDATA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: [ALDATA] Al-Cullman-Morgan-Winston Co. Obituary (Sheats) > > Cullman-Morgan-Winston County AlArchives Obituaries.....Sheats, William > Wiley December 2, 1895 > ************************************************ > Copyright. All rights reserved. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm > ************************************************ > > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > Kenneth Sheats csheats@upperspace.net December 7, 2005, 8:23 pm > > unknown > IN MEMORIAL > > WILLIAM W. SHEATS WAS BORN IN WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 22, 1809, > AND > DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CULLMAN COUNTY, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 2, 1895; AGED > 86 > YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 10 DAYS. > > > MR. SHEATS MOVED TO NEAR OAKVILLE, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN 1820. > AND > FROM THENCE TO THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE, THEN WALKER COUNTY, WHERE HE DIED. > THE > NAME OF THAT PORTION OF WALKER COUNTY WAS CHANGED TO HANCOCK, THEN TO > WINSTON > AND THEN TO CULLMAN, MAKING HIM LIVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES WITHOUT > CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE. > > IN 1870 HE WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE THE CENSUS; SERVED AS COMMISSIONER AND > JUSTICE > OF THE PEACE OF WINSTON, AND IN 1877 WAS ELECTED THE FIRST TAX ASSESSOR OF > CULLMAN COUNTY. ALL THESE POSITIONS HE FILLED FAITHFULLY AND TO THE > SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE. > > THE VENERABLE WIFE OF MR. SHEATS WAS BORN IN 1810, AND IS NOW LIVING AND > ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH FOR ONE OF HER ADVANCED YEARS. > > THEY HAD TEN CHILDREN- NINE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. TWO OF THE BOYS DIED IN > THE > FEDERAL ARMY AND ONE SINCE THE WAR. ONE SON J. A. SHEATS, AND THE > DAUGHTER, > MRS. E. J. JONES ARE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. BENAJAH, CHRISTOPHER, W. D. AND > J. C. > SHEATS ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE ONES WHO DIED > ARE > H.P., J.T. AND N.W. SHEATS. SAMUEL J. SHEATS NOW 40 YEARS OF AGE, IS > LIVING ON > THE OLD HOMESTEAD WHERE HE WAS BORN. > > W. W. SHEATS LEFT 45 GRANDCHILDREN AND 62 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ONE OF HIS > SONS, C.C. SHEATS OF DECATUR, HAS SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA. > INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR OF ALABAMA, MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND COUNSEL TO > DENMARK. BENAJAH SHEATS IS AN HONORED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE > OTHER > SONS ARE TILLERS OF THE SOIL AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. > > INTELLECTUALLY, MR. SHEATS WAS ABOVE MEDIOCRITY; A MAN OF TRUTH AND STRICT > INTEGRITY. POLITICALLY, HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND A STRONG PARTISAN, BUT > NEVER > LET HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS INTERFERE WITH HIS SOCIAL RELATIONS. HE WAS A > GENIAL COMPANION AND A STEADFAST FRIEND. > > HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND DIED IN THAT FAITH, > FULLY > SATISFIED OF A HAPPY ENTRANCE INTO THAT WORLD WHERE SICKNESS AND SORROW IS > FELT > AND FEARED NO MORE. > > > "COULD WE LOOK BEYOND THE CLOUD LINE, > TO THE SPIRITS LAST RETREAT, > LIFT THE VEIL THAT NOW DIVIDES US, > FROM THE HEARTS WE LONG TO GREET, > LOOKING FAR BEYOND THE SUNSET, > WITH OUR EYES UNDIMMED AND CLEAR. > WOULD WE CALL AGAIN OUR DEAR ONES, > WOULD WE WISH THAT THEY WERE HERE? > > J.A. J. IN MEMORIAL > > WILLIAM W. SHEATS WAS BORN IN WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 22, 1809, > AND > DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CULLMAN COUNTY, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 2, 1895; AGED > 86 > YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 10 DAYS. > > > MR. SHEATS MOVED TO NEAR OAKVILLE, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN 1820. > AND > FROM THENCE TO THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE, THEN WALKER COUNTY, WHERE HE DIED. > THE > NAME OF THAT PORTION OF WALKER COUNTY WAS CHANGED TO HANCOCK, THEN TO > WINSTON > AND THEN TO CULLMAN, MAKING HIM LIVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES WITHOUT > CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE. > > IN 1870 HE WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE THE CENSUS; SERVED AS COMMISSIONER AND > JUSTICE > OF THE PEACE OF WINSTON, AND IN 1877 WAS ELECTED THE FIRST TAX ASSESSOR OF > CULLMAN COUNTY. ALL THESE POSITIONS HE FILLED FAITHFULLY AND TO THE > SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE. > > THE VENERABLE WIFE OF MR. SHEATS WAS BORN IN 1810, AND IS NOW LIVING AND > ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH FOR ONE OF HER ADVANCED YEARS. > > THEY HAD TEN CHILDREN- NINE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. TWO OF THE BOYS DIED IN > THE > FEDERAL ARMY AND ONE SINCE THE WAR. ONE SON J. A. SHEATS, AND THE > DAUGHTER, > MRS. E. J. JONES ARE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. BENAJAH, CHRISTOPHER, W. D. AND > J. C. > SHEATS ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE ONES WHO DIED > ARE > H.P., J.T. AND N.W. SHEATS. SAMUEL J. SHEATS NOW 40 YEARS OF AGE, IS > LIVING ON > THE OLD HOMESTEAD WHERE HE WAS BORN. > > W. W. SHEATS LEFT 45 GRANDCHILDREN AND 62 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ONE OF HIS > SONS, C.C. SHEATS OF DECATUR, HAS SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA. > INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR OF ALABAMA, MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND COUNSEL TO > DENMARK. BENAJAH SHEATS IS AN HONORED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE > OTHER > SONS ARE TILLERS OF THE SOIL AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. > > INTELLECTUALLY, MR. SHEATS WAS ABOVE MEDIOCRITY; A MAN OF TRUTH AND STRICT > INTEGRITY. POLITICALLY, HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND A STRONG PARTISAN, BUT > NEVER > LET HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS INTERFERE WITH HIS SOCIAL RELATIONS. HE WAS A > GENIAL COMPANION AND A STEADFAST FRIEND. > > HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND DIED IN THAT FAITH, > FULLY > SATISFIED OF A HAPPY ENTRANCE INTO THAT WORLD WHERE SICKNESS AND SORROW IS > FELT > AND FEARED NO MORE. > > > "COULD WE LOOK BEYOND THE CLOUD LINE, > TO THE SPIRITS LAST RETREAT, > LIFT THE VEIL THAT NOW DIVIDES US, > FROM THE HEARTS WE LONG TO GREET, > LOOKING FAR BEYOND THE SUNSET, > WITH OUR EYES UNDIMMED AND CLEAR. > WOULD WE CALL AGAIN OUR DEAR ONES, > WOULD WE WISH THAT THEY WERE HERE? > > J.A. J. IN MEMORIAL > > WILLIAM W. SHEATS WAS BORN IN WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 22, 1809, > AND > DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CULLMAN COUNTY, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 2, 1895; AGED > 86 > YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 10 DAYS. > > > MR. SHEATS MOVED TO NEAR OAKVILLE, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN 1820. > AND > FROM THENCE TO THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE, THEN WALKER COUNTY, WHERE HE DIED. > THE > NAME OF THAT PORTION OF WALKER COUNTY WAS CHANGED TO HANCOCK, THEN TO > WINSTON > AND THEN TO CULLMAN, MAKING HIM LIVE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES WITHOUT > CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE. > > IN 1870 HE WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE THE CENSUS; SERVED AS COMMISSIONER AND > JUSTICE > OF THE PEACE OF WINSTON, AND IN 1877 WAS ELECTED THE FIRST TAX ASSESSOR OF > CULLMAN COUNTY. ALL THESE POSITIONS HE FILLED FAITHFULLY AND TO THE > SATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE. > > THE VENERABLE WIFE OF MR. SHEATS WAS BORN IN 1810, AND IS NOW LIVING AND > ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH FOR ONE OF HER ADVANCED YEARS. > > THEY HAD TEN CHILDREN- NINE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. TWO OF THE BOYS DIED IN > THE > FEDERAL ARMY AND ONE SINCE THE WAR. ONE SON J. A. SHEATS, AND THE > DAUGHTER, > MRS. E. J. JONES ARE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. BENAJAH, CHRISTOPHER, W. D. AND > J. C. > SHEATS ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA. THE ONES WHO DIED > ARE > H.P., J.T. AND N.W. SHEATS. SAMUEL J. SHEATS NOW 40 YEARS OF AGE, IS > LIVING ON > THE OLD HOMESTEAD WHERE HE WAS BORN. > > W. W. SHEATS LEFT 45 GRANDCHILDREN AND 62 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ONE OF HIS > SONS, C.C. SHEATS OF DECATUR, HAS SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA. > INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR OF ALABAMA, MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND COUNSEL TO > DENMARK. BENAJAH SHEATS IS AN HONORED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE > OTHER > SONS ARE TILLERS OF THE SOIL AND RESPECTED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. > > INTELLECTUALLY, MR. SHEATS WAS ABOVE MEDIOCRITY; A MAN OF TRUTH AND STRICT > INTEGRITY. POLITICALLY, HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND A STRONG PARTISAN, BUT > NEVER > LET HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS INTERFERE WITH HIS SOCIAL RELATIONS. HE WAS A > GENIAL COMPANION AND A STEADFAST FRIEND. > > HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND DIED IN THAT FAITH, > FULLY > SATISFIED OF A HAPPY ENTRANCE INTO THAT WORLD WHERE SICKNESS AND SORROW IS > FELT > AND FEARED NO MORE. > > > "COULD WE LOOK BEYOND THE CLOUD LINE, > TO THE SPIRITS LAST RETREAT, > LIFT THE VEIL THAT NOW DIVIDES US, > FROM THE HEARTS WE LONG TO GREET, > LOOKING FAR BEYOND THE SUNSET, > WITH OUR EYES UNDIMMED AND CLEAR. > WOULD WE CALL AGAIN OUR DEAR ONES, > WOULD WE WISH THAT THEY WERE HERE? > > J.A. J. > > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/cullman/obits/s/sheats441gob.txt > > This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ > > File size: 9.1 Kb > > > > ==== ALDATA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Alabama USGenWeb Archives > http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/al/alfiles.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. 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