This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HlB.2ACI/2370 Message Board Post: The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, November 25, 1886 Altar and Tomb Walter Somervell were married to Miss Lizzie F. Cline, 20 November 1886 by Rev. W.H. Niles at the residence of George P. Frazer.[Marriage took place in Jack County, Texas] Walter Somervell, whose death this week has cast so great a gloom over this community was born in Brownsville, Tennessee and came to Jack County about four years ago.[it is suspected that he died soon after his marriage, dh] Commencing the practice of the law here immediately after his arrival, he very soon secured the confidence of this people, and in 1884 was elected county attorney. He was a consistent member of the Methodist church to which he belonged. Two of his sisters came from their home to cheer his last hours. After a short illness he unconsciously passed away. Survived by young wife, his sisters. [burial location was not recorded and unknown]