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Henrietta Amis - Madison Parish, Louisiana
From Roanoke News Weldon, NC September 19, 1889

DEATH OF MRS. AMIS

A NATIVE OF NORTH CAROLINA DIES IN LOUISIANA

"In the death of Mrs. Henrietta Amis, which occurred Sunday, Madison Parish loses a most estimable landmark. Every one throughout this entire section of country had heard of and revered this noble and truly admirable woman. She left a large estate. She was the mother of Mrs. W. B. Murdock.

The deceased was 70 years of age and had been a resident of the parish forty-nine years. She was buried in the family ground in the parish.

Dr. Logan of the Holy Trinity Church of this city, performed the burial service.

Mr. Frank Fisher superintended the burial."

The above announcement appears in the Vicksburg Herald of September 6th. It will attest the attention and invoke the profound sympathy of very many of our people.

Mrs. Amis was the daughter of the late Governor Hawkins of North Carolina and the widow of Junius Amis, Esq. formerly of Northampton County, but at the time of his death in 1853, residing on his plantation in Madison Parish, Louisiana of which State he was then a citizen. Thus, by her birth and marriage, she had a large and distinguished family connection in North Carolina. Few persons of either sex were more widely known in the Mississippi Valley. Her name can not be mentioned, in all that country, without calling forth emotions of love, and reverence and honor for her memory.

After the death of her husband, in her young womanhood, she took up, at once, the management of his large estates with such consummate skill and judgment, as to excite the wonder and admiration of a people accustomed exhibitions of the highest administrative talent in the conduct of large interests. When the late war came on, it was conceded that she was not only one of the largest, but also one of the most successful planters of the valley. No liegemen were ever more loyal and devoted to their chief than were her slaves to this most kind, human and thoughtful Mistress. Amid all these cares of business, her integrity, her kindness of heart, her generosity, and all the graces of her character grew and expanded stood forth, easily among the noblest and most honored of women.

Her two sons, Captains R. E. and A. B. Amis died not long after the late war. She leaves, as her family circle, her daughter Mrs. Annie Murdock, wife of W. B. Murdock, Esq. of Claiborne County, Miss., two grand - daughters, children of Capt. A. B. Amis, and their mother, who is now the wife of J. R. McDowell of Madison Parish, and Mrs. Fannie Amis, widow of Capt. R. E. Amis, who resided with her. The nearest relations of herself and her husband in North Carolina are the members of the Hawkins family in Wake, Franklin and Warren, and of the Long family in Halifax. Through these and other connections, she has a large circle of kindred in our State.

The memory of such an one as she was gives to our thoughts their highest and noblest poise.