DIED
In Auburn, Macon county, Ala., on the 10th Inst., AUSTIN
WOOLFOLK, on his way from Baltimore to his home and family in Louisiana. In the fond-hope of reaching them ere death
had laid his icy hand upon him, he struggled on from place to place, against
the advice of his friends and the ruthlessness of his desease [sic], notwithstanding he was utterly
unfit to bear the fatigues of traveling, and his unavoidable exposure to an
inclement season. He died about 50 years
of age after an illness of two years duration – his constitution, originally a
strong one, gradually giving way, despite of human remedies, to the fell
destroyer, Consumption. Though far from
home and family, his last moments were not soothed and tended by strangers
alone. His Uncle, John Woolfolk, was
with him and brought his remains to be interred in the cemetery of this city. To the people of Auburn, his relatives here,
and bereaved family, owe many thanks for their kindness and attention to him in
his last illness. He left a Father, a
Brother and three Sisters in Tennessee, and a wife and five children in
Louisiana to mourn their loss. My
that Providence “who tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb,” take them under is fostering care.
J.
Columbus Enq. Ga.
SOURCE: “Died,” The
Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, Friday, March 5, 1847, p. 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: Austin Woodfolk was a slave trader who became
notorious for selling Frederick Douglass's aunt.
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