Elizabeth Hillman, (cousin)

The following article from an unnamed New Orleans newspaper:

Yesterday, at one o'clock, died, suddenly, at her residence on St. Charles Avenue, Mrs Elizabeth Hillman, wife of our esteemed townsman, J W Hillman, Esq.

Young, accomplished, and with all the adornments and luxuries around her that wealth could procure, her life was singularly free from care, and a bright future seemed assured, when, with scarcely an hours warning, death came, and today all that is left of her here is the beautiful casket, around which her sorrowing friends are gathered, and upon which are strewn delicate white flowers, fit symbols of the purity of the spirit which has flown Heavenward.

It is both sad and strange how misfortune comes to some families "not as single spies but in battalions". The deceased belonged to one of those families where death, having entered once, becomes a familiar guest - a visitant who will not be denied.

In the Ill-fated Evening Star that went down in the wild waves of the stormy Atlantic in October 1866, Mrs Hillman lost her father, ... the late George Hillman, of this city, and a dearly loved brother and sister. The shadows of that terrible loss weighed upon her gentle spirit like a frightful dream, and it may be well imagined was an ever recurring source of sorrow. She was a sincere Christian, however, and her grief was chastened by a beautiful, steadfast faith. She leaves one daughter, whose tender age will happily prevent a realization of her great bereavement. The funeral will take place this evening at 4 o'clock from her late residence, corner of St Charles and Nashville avenues.