THIRZA DAVID
Departed this life June 1st, 1876, at her home
in Banks County, Mrs. Thirza David, wife of Deacon James David. She was the only daughter and last remaining
child of Captain Owen J. Bowen. Mrs.
David was born in Jackson county, Georgia, June 20th, 1803, joining
the Baptist church, at Kandler’s Creek, December, 1820; was married to James
David July 31st, 1823. She
raised seven children, all of whom she lived to see profess Christ and join
the Church; five of these, with her aged husband, are left to mourn their
loss. She resided during her life
in three miles of her birth-place and the church to which she belonged. Mrs. David was truly a good wife, a faithful
and affectionate mother, and devoted Christian. For many year she was the warm friend of the temperance cause, and
was a Knight Templar at her death.
Note: Burial was in the James David Family Cemetery located
on Mitchell Rd, off Hwy. 52 north of Maysville, Ga. According to the book, “Cemeteries and Deaths
in Banks County, Georgia” by Richard J. Chambers, the death date on the stone
is May 30, 1876.