Wednesday afternoon the friends of Uncle Adam Arms were greatly shocked to hear of his sudden, and we might say violent death. About two o’clock he was in the JOURNAL office, and on the way home, almost at his own door, he slipped and fell and was found dead by his wife. She had seen him coming from the window, and thinking him a long time reaching the door, opened it only to see him lying lifeless before her. The good old man will be pleasantly remembered by all who have known his unbounding good nature and kindly character. He came to this county during the war with John P. West, and lived with him many years when he came to this city. He was a prominent member of the Second Baptist church, and a devout Christian all his life. He had always had a cherished desire to have some of his friends write his life for him at his dictation, and thought his emancipation from slavery one of the grandest blessings, but now he will find his life written in the Book of the Recording Angel. The old gentleman was quite aged, and is sincerely mourned by his aged wife, aunt Pauline.

(“Mount Pleasant Journal”, Thursday, January 12, 1888, page 2)

Transcribed and contributed by Pat White, June 2024.