The daughter of Anthony Wayne Faulkner and Louisiana Gilbert; married Thomas J. Hough, a Columbia, Louisiana attorney. Later, Thomas became a Methodist Episcopal minister. He died of consumption in June of 1888, tragically Mary Elizabeth lost her life in the steamer Corona explosion on October 3, 1889. She was not the only family member lost in the Faulkner family, her brother-in-law Capt. J. W. Blanks was killed also. She is described in a newspaper article concerning the disaster:
Mrs. Thomas Huff [sic], the only woman lost on the Corona, was the eldest daughter of Capt. A. W. Faulkner, and was forty-two years of age. She was educated at Shelbyville, Ky. She married Thomas [Hough], a prominent attorney of Columbia. Through her persuasion her husband studied theology and became a Methodist minister. Mr. [Hough] died in the summer of 1888. Mrs. [Hough] leaves a married daughter, Alice, wife of Mr. William O'Brey [Obier], a well known planter in Opelousas. She was very religious and was in her stateroom reading her Bible and praying when the explosion took place.
A witness reported seeing Mrs. Hough after the explosion:
"Mrs. [Hough], of Opelousas, sister to Capt. Blanks [actually a sister-in-law], on her way to Columbia, was about ten feet from Mrs. Kaufman when they were drawn under the stern of the boat. Despite her efforts, Mrs. [Hough] did not come to the surface again."
*Mrs. Kaufman, of Hermitage, was with her children and her nanny, however she and her six-months-old infant survived, her older child, Adrien and nanny, Maria Henderson, drowned.
[Source: The Times-Democrat. Saturday, October 5, 1889; page 1]
On page 5 of the same newspaper, it was reported Mrs. Hough's remains were recovered and sent to Baton Rouge on the Cleveland the morning of the 5th, another article following that one reported she was shipped to Bayou Sara on the mail boat Grover Cleveland and conveyed to New Orleans on the 2 o'clock Valley train.
Mrs. Thomas Huff [sic], the only woman lost on the Corona, was the eldest daughter of Capt. A. W. Faulkner, and was forty-two years of age. She was educated at Shelbyville, Ky. She married Thomas [Hough], a prominent attorney of Columbia. Through her persuasion her husband studied theology and became a Methodist minister. Mr. [Hough] died in the summer of 1888. Mrs. [Hough] leaves a married daughter, Alice, wife of Mr. William O'Brey [Obier], a well known planter in Opelousas. She was very religious and was in her stateroom reading her Bible and praying when the explosion took place.
A witness reported seeing Mrs. Hough after the explosion:
"Mrs. [Hough], of Opelousas, sister to Capt. Blanks [actually a sister-in-law], on her way to Columbia, was about ten feet from Mrs. Kaufman when they were drawn under the stern of the boat. Despite her efforts, Mrs. [Hough] did not come to the surface again."
*Mrs. Kaufman, of Hermitage, was with her children and her nanny, however she and her six-months-old infant survived, her older child, Adrien and nanny, Maria Henderson, drowned.
[Source: The Times-Democrat. Saturday, October 5, 1889; page 1]
On page 5 of the same newspaper, it was reported Mrs. Hough's remains were recovered and sent to Baton Rouge on the Cleveland the morning of the 5th, another article following that one reported she was shipped to Bayou Sara on the mail boat Grover Cleveland and conveyed to New Orleans on the 2 o'clock Valley train.
The daughter of Anthony Wayne Faulkner and Louisiana Gilbert; married Thomas J. Hough, a Columbia, Louisiana attorney. Later, Thomas became a Methodist Episcopal minister. He died of consumption in June of 1888, tragically Mary Elizabeth lost her life in the steamer Corona explosion on October 3, 1889. She was not the only family member lost in the Faulkner family, her brother-in-law Capt. J. W. Blanks was killed also. She is described in a newspaper article concerning the disaster:
Mrs. Thomas Huff [sic], the only woman lost on the Corona, was the eldest daughter of Capt. A. W. Faulkner, and was forty-two years of age. She was educated at Shelbyville, Ky. She married Thomas [Hough], a prominent attorney of Columbia. Through her persuasion her husband studied theology and became a Methodist minister. Mr. [Hough] died in the summer of 1888. Mrs. [Hough] leaves a married daughter, Alice, wife of Mr. William O'Brey [Obier], a well known planter in Opelousas. She was very religious and was in her stateroom reading her Bible and praying when the explosion took place.
A witness reported seeing Mrs. Hough after the explosion:
"Mrs. [Hough], of Opelousas, sister to Capt. Blanks [actually a sister-in-law], on her way to Columbia, was about ten feet from Mrs. Kaufman when they were drawn under the stern of the boat. Despite her efforts, Mrs. [Hough] did not come to the surface again."
*Mrs. Kaufman, of Hermitage, was with her children and her nanny, however she and her six-months-old infant survived, her older child, Adrien and nanny, Maria Henderson, drowned.
[Source: The Times-Democrat. Saturday, October 5, 1889; page 1]
On page 5 of the same newspaper, it was reported Mrs. Hough's remains were recovered and sent to Baton Rouge on the Cleveland the morning of the 5th, another article following that one reported she was shipped to Bayou Sara on the mail boat Grover Cleveland and conveyed to New Orleans on the 2 o'clock Valley train.
Mrs. Thomas Huff [sic], the only woman lost on the Corona, was the eldest daughter of Capt. A. W. Faulkner, and was forty-two years of age. She was educated at Shelbyville, Ky. She married Thomas [Hough], a prominent attorney of Columbia. Through her persuasion her husband studied theology and became a Methodist minister. Mr. [Hough] died in the summer of 1888. Mrs. [Hough] leaves a married daughter, Alice, wife of Mr. William O'Brey [Obier], a well known planter in Opelousas. She was very religious and was in her stateroom reading her Bible and praying when the explosion took place.
A witness reported seeing Mrs. Hough after the explosion:
"Mrs. [Hough], of Opelousas, sister to Capt. Blanks [actually a sister-in-law], on her way to Columbia, was about ten feet from Mrs. Kaufman when they were drawn under the stern of the boat. Despite her efforts, Mrs. [Hough] did not come to the surface again."
*Mrs. Kaufman, of Hermitage, was with her children and her nanny, however she and her six-months-old infant survived, her older child, Adrien and nanny, Maria Henderson, drowned.
[Source: The Times-Democrat. Saturday, October 5, 1889; page 1]
On page 5 of the same newspaper, it was reported Mrs. Hough's remains were recovered and sent to Baton Rouge on the Cleveland the morning of the 5th, another article following that one reported she was shipped to Bayou Sara on the mail boat Grover Cleveland and conveyed to New Orleans on the 2 o'clock Valley train.
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