Charles Anderson
In loving memory
of
Charles Anderson
Born
July 2, 1857,
Died
Oct. 31, 1888
Aged
31 Yrs., 3 Mos., 29 Dys.
Dear Charley in the prime of life
You're gone from earth and waters blue
Thy kindred friends loving wife
Regret thy loss with fond adieu
Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales
- Certificate of matrimony
- Obituary:
ANDERSON—In this city, Oct. 31st, 1888 at 1:10 p.m., of typhoid fever, CHARLES ANDERSON, aged 31 years, 3 months, 29 days.
Mr. Anderson's sickness was of short duration, and his death was unexpected and a surprise to many. Only twelve days before he was on the streets and the picture of health. Mr. Anderson respect of all who knew him. Brief words convey a world of meaning. He was the son of Capt. John Anderson an old and highly respected citizen of this place. The deceased, who was the captain of the schooner Two Brothers, had followed the life of a seaman from his boyhood and had many warm friends among acquaintances. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock and was one of the largest ever seen in Corpus. To the bereaved father, wife sisters and brother the CALLER extends it sympathies.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller, November 3, 1888
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission
Charles Anderson
Obituary Capt. Charles Anderson ______ this life in Corpus Christi Texas on the 31st Oct. ____ (by a fellow boatman)
“There is reaper, who’s ______
And with his sickle keen,
He reaps the beard’ed grain,
And the flowers that grow _______â€
Death is no respecter of persons he cometh on us at all times and at many unexpected moments- in the dead of the night- in the broad glare of the day he visith alike the fair and the foul, the grave and the gay, the brave and the coward. Few are prepared for his coming or expecting his ______. None are exempt the __________ wretch has no frailer hold on life than the mightiest monarch that rules the earth with his footsteps. It is said to love a shining mark. The subject of our sketch had not shown marks of wealth or fame, but a large circle of acquaintances, of a rough but whole-souled class with whom his everyday boat was identified. He was universally respected and known for his pleasant manners and genial disposition when he was afloat everyone knew the smiling face of Charley Anderson. Cut off at monument’s notice from his kindred and friends, all he held dear on earth. It is but little over a fortnight since he was strong and hearty with full power and strength of his manhood. Oh! Boys, we are all (drifting away), floating silently on to the common fate of humanity. A few years and but few citizens will remember little of the history of the freighting business of the past- the portion of which Capt. Charley and his well known vessel took an active part in. Now, nearly all the old boatman and lighter fleet and its traffic have passed away, and a perfect net work of _________ and large European steamships in the prophetic future, but for years to come, tales of those lively times will told by the oldest citizen, who remembers the genial and whole souled crews who were the mainstay of inland traffic and were as free as the billows they sailed, “Some are in the church yard laid, Some sleep beneath the sea,†But the children of the present generation will cherish long their memory when the ocean steamships and the diminutive fishing fleets have supplanted them forever. But, two years since poor Charles passed through two of the most _______ events of life’s journey first death deprived his family of the loving _______ who had long watched over its _______ and impressed their minds with the need of industry and temperate habits. This Mr. Anderson was married to a well known lady of this city who will long fell the terrible and sudden affliction of his death. Long will the young people of the city will remember him and his vessel ______ the old schooner Two Brothers shall have long since laid her bones on the _________ they will gaze at the laughing waters of our lovely bay and think of the _______ continence of her well known _____. His wife and family have the heartfelt sympathy of the whole community in their bereavement.
IN MEMORIAM
“In ‘midst of life we are in death,â€
Our time, nobody knows-
Alas! How frail is human breath?
As fickle as the wind that blows
But yesterday, it seems to me,
You sailed your vessel o’er the wave.
Now, naught but sacred memory
Is left to guard thy early grave.
Poor charley, in the prime of life,
You’ve gone from earth and water
Thy kindred, friends and loving wife
Regret thy loss with fond adieu.
When ere we view our lovely bay,
Where restless foaming billows swell
Its rippling waves and silvery spray
Will seem to murmur-fare thee well.
Author __________
Source: Corpus Christi Weekly Caller, November 10, 1888, p. 4, col. 6
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission