On Sunday morning at three o'clock Elijah Paulk a well known and highly esteemed young citizen of Coffee county died at his home in Willacoochee, Ga.

Mr. Paulk was about twenty eight years old, and had been married only about three months to Miss Laura Corbett of this county.

Although he was young in years he, by correct business methods and close application, had accumulated a nice property, and his home in Willacoochee was one of the best in the county. He was generally known as a young man of safe mind and sound character and his future was fraught with brilliant promise. He was prominently spoken of as the democratic nominee for the next house, and no doubt he would have been Coffee's next representative had he lived. His death was a blow to the county as well as his immediate connection, and the sympathy for his people is general, especially for his heartbroken young wife. He was an only son of Mr. Dennis Paulk.

The Douglas Breeze, Douglas, Georgia, 31 January 1896, page 4, column 3.

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