Surgeon (mustered in as a Private), Field and Staff Company, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards) [Surgeon of Toombs Regiment], Confederate States Army (CSA)
Death of Dr J B Carlton.
Dr Joseph B Carlton died Thursday morning about three o'clock. He had been in bad health some months but if we are not mistaken, his illness was not considered dangerous until a short time before his death. He was fifty five or sixty years of age and was probably the oldest physician in Athens engaged in practice.
Dr Carlton was a man of noble heart, full of the best impulses. The practice of his profession afforded ample scope for the exercise of those impulses, and his work was good ~ whether as a physician or as a philantheopist (sic) ~ which every good physician is. The writer cannot speak personally of Dr Carlton, but the testimony of others ~ the universal regret that pervades the city ~ the many tributes to his worth that fall almost involuntarily from the lips of those who knew him long and well ~ these tell better than the pen of a stranger could, the excellence of the man.
Dr Carlton's Funeral.
Seldom, if ever was there a larger attendance at a funeral in Athens than that of Dr J B Carlton. His fine talents, used to such advantage in his profession, and his kind heart which found so wide a field for the operation of its noble qualities, had given him hold upon the regard of the people which brought them out in crowds to attend the last sad rites performed over his mortal remains. The services were at the First Methodist church; the house was crowded, and the discourse by Mr Wadsworth was appropriate and eloquent.
Thus has passed away from earth forever one the of best known and popular citizens of Athens.
Athens Banner, Feb 8, 1881 ~ page 3
Death of Dr J B Carlton.
Dr Joseph B Carlton died Thursday morning about three o'clock. He had been in bad health some months but if we are not mistaken, his illness was not considered dangerous until a short time before his death. He was fifty five or sixty years of age and was probably the oldest physician in Athens engaged in practice.
Dr Carlton was a man of noble heart, full of the best impulses. The practice of his profession afforded ample scope for the exercise of those impulses, and his work was good ~ whether as a physician or as a philantheopist (sic) ~ which every good physician is. The writer cannot speak personally of Dr Carlton, but the testimony of others ~ the universal regret that pervades the city ~ the many tributes to his worth that fall almost involuntarily from the lips of those who knew him long and well ~ these tell better than the pen of a stranger could, the excellence of the man.
Dr Carlton's Funeral.
Seldom, if ever was there a larger attendance at a funeral in Athens than that of Dr J B Carlton. His fine talents, used to such advantage in his profession, and his kind heart which found so wide a field for the operation of its noble qualities, had given him hold upon the regard of the people which brought them out in crowds to attend the last sad rites performed over his mortal remains. The services were at the First Methodist church; the house was crowded, and the discourse by Mr Wadsworth was appropriate and eloquent.
Thus has passed away from earth forever one the of best known and popular citizens of Athens.
Athens Banner, Feb 8, 1881 ~ page 3
Surgeon (mustered in as a Private), Field and Staff Company, 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards) [Surgeon of Toombs Regiment], Confederate States Army (CSA)
Death of Dr J B Carlton.
Dr Joseph B Carlton died Thursday morning about three o'clock. He had been in bad health some months but if we are not mistaken, his illness was not considered dangerous until a short time before his death. He was fifty five or sixty years of age and was probably the oldest physician in Athens engaged in practice.
Dr Carlton was a man of noble heart, full of the best impulses. The practice of his profession afforded ample scope for the exercise of those impulses, and his work was good ~ whether as a physician or as a philantheopist (sic) ~ which every good physician is. The writer cannot speak personally of Dr Carlton, but the testimony of others ~ the universal regret that pervades the city ~ the many tributes to his worth that fall almost involuntarily from the lips of those who knew him long and well ~ these tell better than the pen of a stranger could, the excellence of the man.
Dr Carlton's Funeral.
Seldom, if ever was there a larger attendance at a funeral in Athens than that of Dr J B Carlton. His fine talents, used to such advantage in his profession, and his kind heart which found so wide a field for the operation of its noble qualities, had given him hold upon the regard of the people which brought them out in crowds to attend the last sad rites performed over his mortal remains. The services were at the First Methodist church; the house was crowded, and the discourse by Mr Wadsworth was appropriate and eloquent.
Thus has passed away from earth forever one the of best known and popular citizens of Athens.
Athens Banner, Feb 8, 1881 ~ page 3
Death of Dr J B Carlton.
Dr Joseph B Carlton died Thursday morning about three o'clock. He had been in bad health some months but if we are not mistaken, his illness was not considered dangerous until a short time before his death. He was fifty five or sixty years of age and was probably the oldest physician in Athens engaged in practice.
Dr Carlton was a man of noble heart, full of the best impulses. The practice of his profession afforded ample scope for the exercise of those impulses, and his work was good ~ whether as a physician or as a philantheopist (sic) ~ which every good physician is. The writer cannot speak personally of Dr Carlton, but the testimony of others ~ the universal regret that pervades the city ~ the many tributes to his worth that fall almost involuntarily from the lips of those who knew him long and well ~ these tell better than the pen of a stranger could, the excellence of the man.
Dr Carlton's Funeral.
Seldom, if ever was there a larger attendance at a funeral in Athens than that of Dr J B Carlton. His fine talents, used to such advantage in his profession, and his kind heart which found so wide a field for the operation of its noble qualities, had given him hold upon the regard of the people which brought them out in crowds to attend the last sad rites performed over his mortal remains. The services were at the First Methodist church; the house was crowded, and the discourse by Mr Wadsworth was appropriate and eloquent.
Thus has passed away from earth forever one the of best known and popular citizens of Athens.
Athens Banner, Feb 8, 1881 ~ page 3
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