Houston, Harris County, Texas

Died, in this city, on the 16th inst., Mrs. Sarah Ann Minerva CARPER, aged 19; consort of Dr. William M. CARPER. 5/26/1841

Died--At the residence of his brother Shelby SMITH, in Montgomery county, on the 10th inst., Maj. Ben Fort SMITH. Maj. SMITH was an old Texian; he emigrated to this country in 1833, when there was but little hope for the country. He was one of that glorious band who on the plains of San Jacinto achieved the liberty of Texas. He was through all the troubles and trials of the country, one of its best friends. He was a member of the last Congress, and father of the insolvent debtors' law.--A Friend. 7/28/1841

We regret to state that Gen. R. G. DUNLAP, formerly Secretary of Treasury of Texas, died in New Orleans on the 24th of June. 7/14/1841

Died, in San Felipe, Austin county, Texas, on the 6th of July, Mrs. Elizabeth C. McCREARY, late of Galiatin, Sumner county, Tennessee, wife of Dr. James K. McCREARY, in the 21st year of her age. 7/14/1841

Died at Dorchester, Massachusetts, on the 12th of August, 1841, Mrs. Sarah AMORY, aged 69, mother of Nathaniel AMORY, Esq., Secretary of Texas Legation to the United States. 9/22/1841

Died, at Prairie Huff, Galveston Bay, on the 20th instant, Sally ALLEN, consort of Rowland ALLEN, age 54 years, lately a resident of Baldwinsville, New York, from whence the family emigrated. 9/29/1841

Died, on the 7th of October, 1841, at the residence of John H. HERNDON, Esq., in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, his infant daughter Mary Jane, aged ten months and seven days. 10/13/1841

Died, on the 8th instant, Mrs. LIPSCOMB, consort of Judge A. LIPSCOMB, at his residence on the Brazos. Also on the 12th instant, his daughter, Ann Rebecca, aged 9 years. Thus by an inscrutable dispensation of Providence, have a beloved wife and daughter been torn from the embraces of a fond husband and father. May he who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, sustain and console him in this terrible hour of tribulation and anguish. 10/20/1841

A gentleman from Austin brings the intelligence that Mr. FOX was lately killed within two hundred yards of the corporate limits of that city, by three Indians while ploughing his field. This man had no arms and of course fell an easy victim. 3/2/1842

Broils--A young man named Flournoy HUNT was killed near Harrisburg on Saturday last, by a pistol shot by a young man named BLACK. Mr. BLACK has surrendered himself to the civil authorities. The quarrel occured at the Race-Track! It will be recollected that no less than three persons have been killed in broils at race-tracks within three years: Mr. SYMS at Nacodoches, Mr. J. VANCE in Houston, and Mr. Hunt at Harrisburg. Terrible, indeed, is that sport which is so often stained with blood. 5/11/1842

Died, 5th of March, in Robertson county, at the house of James R. ROBERTSON, the Hon. Stirling C. ROBERTSON, founder of ROBERTSON's Colony, and late Senator from the district of Milam and Robertson. 5/18/1842

Died--at Bexar, on the 2nd inst., Hon. Cornelius VAN NESS of a wound received from the accidental discharge of a gun. The deceased was born on the 17th October, 1812, in Burlington, Vermont--was admitted to the bar in the city of New York and was for several years attached to the American Legation at the court of Spain. He emigrated to Texas in March 1837, since which he resided at Bexar; and during nearly the whole period of his residence, officiated as representative of that county. His eloquence and manly independence, gained for him a high reputation, and entitled him to a high rank among the statesmen of his adopted country. 5/25/1842

Died--On the night of the 26th inst., at the residence of Capt. Randall JONES, near Richmond, the Hon. Wyly MARTIN, in the 67th year of his age. The deceased emigrated to this country in 1823, as an original colonist of Austin; and has ever since remained a resident. He was an active witness in the varied scenes of his country, in its progress from a colony until it took its place among the nations of the earth, and at the time of his death was the Senator of that district. Of his character much might be said; few were like him, but all, it is believed, will say that Wyly MARTIN was an honest man. 5/25/1842

Died--in Austin county, Thursday, June 23rd, Mr. Richard BULLOCK, late of the city of Austin. By this afflictive providence an affectionate wife and family are called on to mourn the loss of their earhtly protector, and wht whole community that of a highly valuable citizen. Mr. BULLOCK was an active member of the Presbyterian Church for many years previous to his death, and has left a large circle of friends, both in the United States and in this country, who can attest his worth. Many have experienced his kindness in the hour of affliction. He always delighted in acts of beneficence. He ordered on one occasion, a reward of a thousand dollars for the recapture and resoration to its parents, of a child, taken by the Indians; and frequently gave large sums to various benevolent objects. In the path of duty, he knew no fear. An impulsive ardor pervaded all his actions, and the honest sentiments of his heart he would never disguise. With this trait he lacked, perhaps, that address in administering reproof which would on some occasions have saved his motives from being misconstrued. His character was one of marked decision, to such a degree that those whose acquaintance with him was slight, often regarded him as austere, while in fact he possessed a heart full of tenderness and sympathy for his fellow-men, whether in their joys or their afflictions. He was taken away suddenly by a fit of the apoplexy, and died at the hospitable mansion of Mrs. GROCE, attended by several skillful physicians, and surrounded by friends. He leaves a surviving mother and brothers and sisters in his native land, to sympathize in grief with his bereaved family here. May they look for consolation to Him who is the only support in time of trouble. 7/6/1842

Died--In this city, on Friday evening, the 8th inst., Capt. Samuel D. EVES, formerly of Wilmington, (Del.). Mr. E. had been long and favorably known to the citizens of this city and Galveston, and died in the full possession of the respect and esteem of a wide and numerous circle of friends and acquaintances. In his last illness he received every attention that his situation required, and his remains were attended from the Houston House, to their final resting place by the members of the Order of Odd Fellows. 7/13/1842

Died--in this city on the 6th instant, Mr. Alexander McCLURE, late of Versailles, Kentucky, father of the late Judge McCLURE of Gonzales. The deceased was a soldier under Washington, and served in the American Army at the Battle of Yorktown. Although at the advanced age of seventy-nine years, he ventured to emigrate to this country; but his constitution proved too frail to sustain the change of climate and the privations and exposure incident to journey. He was attacked with a fever about a week after his arrival, and after lingering about six weeks, expired. It may be a relief to his friends and relatives to learn, that he bore his illness with christian fortitude and resignation, a nd every attention was bestowed by kind friends to comfort and relieve him in his last moments. 7/13/1842

Died--On the 2d of August inst., Captain David ROSS, late of the Ordnance Department, aged about 35, a native of Ross Shire, Scotland. He emigrated to Texas from Lake Simcoe, Upper Canada, in the spring of 1839. The Toronto papers will please copy. 8/3/1842

Nathaniel WATROUS, Esq., Representative elect for the county of Travis, died at Austin on the 12th inst., of congestive fever. He had travelled a long distance just before the election, and the fever was probably induced by the exposure on the journey. 10/5/1842

Obituary--Departed this life at Franklin, Robertson county, on the 23d of September, Col. Henry E. SCOTT, a native of Virginia. 10/12/1842

Died--On the 17th inst., at Fort Bend, Janes Anson DUNN, after a protracted illness of nine months. The Chicago, Ill. papers will please copy the above. 10.19.1842

Died--In Fayette Co., on the 21st ult., James O'FLYN, son of Dennis O'FLYN of Mallow Lane (Ireland) who emigrated to the United States in 1836, and came as a volunteer to Texas last spring, in the company commanded by Capt. James H. HOOD. 11/2/1842

Died--(At the residence of his brother) in Bastrop county, Republic of Texas, on the 8th day of December 1842, Abner W. BLAIR, (of Coffee county, Tennessee) in hopes of blessed immortality beyond the grave. The Tennessee newspapers will confer a favor on the friends of the deceased by inserting the above. 1/25/1843

Died--In this city, April 16th, 1843, Johnson JACKSON, native of Tennessee, United States, aged thirty. Tennessee papers will please copy. 4/19/1843

Richard JACKSON, one of the prisoners captured at Bexar last autumn, died at Perote onthe first of April last. 5/10/1843

Died--On Friday last in this city, of consumption, Henry SIMMONS, a native of Ireland, but for several years a resident of this place, aged about 27 years. New Orleans and New York papers will please copy. 5/10/1843

Died--In Cincinnati, Ohio,, on the 25th June, at half past 9 o'clock of Chronic Diarrhea, Mary Folger, consort of John S. STANSBURY and daughter of Moses and Judith COFFIN; In her 25th years. 7/19/1843

Departed this life June the 9th, of Cholera Morbus, Fleming BOHANNON, aged 30 years, at his residence near Washington, Washington county, Texas, on the Brazos River. He was a native of Georgia, recently from Cohaba, Alabama. The Mobile papers will please copy. 7/19/1843

Died, at Galveston on the 8th of July, William Augustus, only son of W. M. SERGEANT, aged 27 months. Boston papers will please copy. 7/26/1843

Died--at Washington on the 12th inst., John W. HARRISON. In his death society has lost one of its brightest ornaments, the country one of its most enterprising, patriotic, and useful citizens. He was a young man who had but fairly entered upon life, with prospects bright and hopes buoyant. In all the relations of life as a friend, a companion, and a citizen, he had won the love and admiration of all who knew him. 7/26/1843

Died--In Richmond, on the evening of the 24th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth BEALE, widow of the late Capt. Thomas K. BEALE, formerly of Alexandria, D. C. Mobile papers please copy. 8/2/1843

Died--On Friday night, 25th August, at Independence in Washington County, Captain Warren E. HOUGHTON, in the thirty-sixth year of his age...9/13/1843

Died--at his residence in Fort Bend County, on the 20th inst., Thomas BARNETT, Esq., aged 45. He was one of the earliest settlers of Austin's Colony, and was exposed to all the hardships and dangers that beset the path of those hardy pioneers; he has filled various civil offices before and since the revolution--was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Afterwards Judge of Probate, and in '38 and '39 represented his county in Congress. He was upright and fearless in his conduct, and possessed the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. After a long and tedious illness, he departed from among us, leaving a numerous family to mourn his loss. Papers in Kentucky are requested to notice the above. 9/27/1843

Died, in this city on the 15th inst., of congestive fever, Francis P. HERRING, formerly of Georgia. 9/27/1843

Died--about three weeks since at her residence on the La Baca, Mrs. C. M. FITZPATRICK. 10/11/1843

Died about the 28th ult., at his residence near San Felipe, Mr. G. W. REYNOLDS, formerly a resident of Tennessee. 10/11/1843

Died--September 28th at Bird's Fort in Houston county, while engaged in his duties as Indian Commissioner, Thomas S. TORREY, aged 23, a native of Hertford, Conn. 10/25/1843

Died--In this city on Tuesday, the 27th October, after a short but painful illness, which she bore with great fortitude, Jane Maria QUACKENBUSH, consort of John COUGHLIN, native of Albany, N. Y., in the eighteenth year of her age, beloved in life and mourned in death by all who knew her. 11/8/1843

Died--Sept. 12th 1843, Mrs. Frances C. HODGE, aged 33, of Hodge's Bend. She was formerly Miss PERINO, of Brooklyn, New York. New York papers will please copy. 12/27/1843

Died--On the 20th December, of consumption, H. T. WOODY, aged 40. Virginia papers will please copy. 12/27/1843

Died--In Houston (Texas) on the 15th of June, George W. BELL, a native of Salisbury, Summerset Co., Maryland, aged 30 years. 6/19/1844