Historical Newspaper: Prince Rivers

Prince Rivers

Historical Newspaper: Prince Rivers

05/04/1887

Historical Newspaper

Chronicling America provides a May 4, 1887 historical obituary, writer unknown, from the Watchman and Southron newspaper for Prince Rivers, a formerly enslaved man turned Union Army Sergeant and trial judge from Beaufort South Carolina. The obituary provides a brief statement on the cause of dead.

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Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The Watchman and Southron, SC)

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