Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Sep. 20, 1917
The Passing Of A Noble Woman
older families of Gonzales and vicinity who have resided here since the early 50's will learn with regret of the passing of a noble woman, Mrs. Ann Eliza Pleasants, widow of the late Judge H. Clay Pleasants, who died in Cuero Monday, September 17, at 9 p.m., aged a little over 80 years.
Mrs. Pleasants was a former Gonzalian, a sister of W. M. Atkinson of this city and Miss Belle Atkinson of San Marcos.
In her death there passed on to her reward one of the noblest woman of the old South, known and loved for her many beautiful attributes of charter.
The following tributes is from an obituary in the Cuero Record:
"Mrs. Pleasant was born in Lunenburg county, Virginia, on September 2, 1837, and was therefore at the time of her death, fifteen days more than 80 years of age. As a young lady she was Miss Ann Eliza Atkinson, her family name being one that is prominently known in South Texas.
She came with her family to Gonzales, reaching that then very small village on December 25, 1856. On December 22 of the following year she was married to H. Clay Pleasants, who was later to become one of the leading citizen of this town and section.
Ill health prevented Judge Pleasants from enlisting with the Lost Cause of the 60's but he and his good wife shared the many hardships of the reconstruction period, facing their lot with the fortitude characteristic of those hardy pioneers of early Texas history.
Mrs. Pleasants was of a family of Episcopalians and she embraced that faith, so long ago that it seemed that she had always been an Episcopalian, and she was loyal to her church and faithful to its doctrines.
The Passing Of A Noble Woman
older families of Gonzales and vicinity who have resided here since the early 50's will learn with regret of the passing of a noble woman, Mrs. Ann Eliza Pleasants, widow of the late Judge H. Clay Pleasants, who died in Cuero Monday, September 17, at 9 p.m., aged a little over 80 years.
Mrs. Pleasants was a former Gonzalian, a sister of W. M. Atkinson of this city and Miss Belle Atkinson of San Marcos.
In her death there passed on to her reward one of the noblest woman of the old South, known and loved for her many beautiful attributes of charter.
The following tributes is from an obituary in the Cuero Record:
"Mrs. Pleasant was born in Lunenburg county, Virginia, on September 2, 1837, and was therefore at the time of her death, fifteen days more than 80 years of age. As a young lady she was Miss Ann Eliza Atkinson, her family name being one that is prominently known in South Texas.
She came with her family to Gonzales, reaching that then very small village on December 25, 1856. On December 22 of the following year she was married to H. Clay Pleasants, who was later to become one of the leading citizen of this town and section.
Ill health prevented Judge Pleasants from enlisting with the Lost Cause of the 60's but he and his good wife shared the many hardships of the reconstruction period, facing their lot with the fortitude characteristic of those hardy pioneers of early Texas history.
Mrs. Pleasants was of a family of Episcopalians and she embraced that faith, so long ago that it seemed that she had always been an Episcopalian, and she was loyal to her church and faithful to its doctrines.
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Sep. 20, 1917
The Passing Of A Noble Woman
older families of Gonzales and vicinity who have resided here since the early 50's will learn with regret of the passing of a noble woman, Mrs. Ann Eliza Pleasants, widow of the late Judge H. Clay Pleasants, who died in Cuero Monday, September 17, at 9 p.m., aged a little over 80 years.
Mrs. Pleasants was a former Gonzalian, a sister of W. M. Atkinson of this city and Miss Belle Atkinson of San Marcos.
In her death there passed on to her reward one of the noblest woman of the old South, known and loved for her many beautiful attributes of charter.
The following tributes is from an obituary in the Cuero Record:
"Mrs. Pleasant was born in Lunenburg county, Virginia, on September 2, 1837, and was therefore at the time of her death, fifteen days more than 80 years of age. As a young lady she was Miss Ann Eliza Atkinson, her family name being one that is prominently known in South Texas.
She came with her family to Gonzales, reaching that then very small village on December 25, 1856. On December 22 of the following year she was married to H. Clay Pleasants, who was later to become one of the leading citizen of this town and section.
Ill health prevented Judge Pleasants from enlisting with the Lost Cause of the 60's but he and his good wife shared the many hardships of the reconstruction period, facing their lot with the fortitude characteristic of those hardy pioneers of early Texas history.
Mrs. Pleasants was of a family of Episcopalians and she embraced that faith, so long ago that it seemed that she had always been an Episcopalian, and she was loyal to her church and faithful to its doctrines.
The Passing Of A Noble Woman
older families of Gonzales and vicinity who have resided here since the early 50's will learn with regret of the passing of a noble woman, Mrs. Ann Eliza Pleasants, widow of the late Judge H. Clay Pleasants, who died in Cuero Monday, September 17, at 9 p.m., aged a little over 80 years.
Mrs. Pleasants was a former Gonzalian, a sister of W. M. Atkinson of this city and Miss Belle Atkinson of San Marcos.
In her death there passed on to her reward one of the noblest woman of the old South, known and loved for her many beautiful attributes of charter.
The following tributes is from an obituary in the Cuero Record:
"Mrs. Pleasant was born in Lunenburg county, Virginia, on September 2, 1837, and was therefore at the time of her death, fifteen days more than 80 years of age. As a young lady she was Miss Ann Eliza Atkinson, her family name being one that is prominently known in South Texas.
She came with her family to Gonzales, reaching that then very small village on December 25, 1856. On December 22 of the following year she was married to H. Clay Pleasants, who was later to become one of the leading citizen of this town and section.
Ill health prevented Judge Pleasants from enlisting with the Lost Cause of the 60's but he and his good wife shared the many hardships of the reconstruction period, facing their lot with the fortitude characteristic of those hardy pioneers of early Texas history.
Mrs. Pleasants was of a family of Episcopalians and she embraced that faith, so long ago that it seemed that she had always been an Episcopalian, and she was loyal to her church and faithful to its doctrines.
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