Freed-Hardeman Connections
Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
M. H. NORTHCROSS
1849-1941
M. H. NORTHCROSS PASSES AT AGE OF NINETY-ONE
by H. C. SHOULDERS
After a short illness, M. H. Northcross passed away at his home, in Eagle Lake, Fla., January 23, 1941. He was born September 23, 1849, making his life on earth ninety-one years and four months. He was reared in northern Mississippi near the Tennessee line. He attended the schools of his neighborhood and began teaching when just a young man. While teaching school he began to preach the gospel, and was actively engaged in the proclamation of the gospel for about sixty years. During the last ten or twelve years of his life his health has been such that he was not able to preach, but often said that he was planning to preach yet.
When in his prime, Brother Northcross was a power in the pulpit. His work as an evangelist began in Mississippi and took him into Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.
During his active preaching he engaged in a number of debates, being a bold defender of the New Testament church. He was a member of the church for about seventy years.
When about twenty-one, Brother Northcross was married to Miss Anna Gillum, of his home neighborhood. To this union were born a boy and a girl. The girl died in early life, but the son is still living in Nashville, Tenn. During the lifetime of his first wife they lived in Franklin, Tenn. She died in 1905, and in 1908 he was again married to Miss Cynthia Warren, of Sumner County, Tenn., who still survives. For about two years I have spent quite a bit of time in Brother Northcross' home. He was always cheerful and glad to see me. I often called him "the boy," and it seemed to please him. He would call me his ''big brother." Garvin M. Toms and I conducted the funeral service Saturday afternoon, January 25, at Eagle Lake, and the body was laid to rest in the Eagle Lake Cemetery.
Matthew H. Northcross
Inscription: He died as he lived - a Christian
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 27.97170, Longitude: -81.76670
Eagle Lake Cemetery. Off US-17 on Cemetery Rd. south end ot town
1849-1941
M. H. NORTHCROSS PASSES AT AGE OF NINETY-ONE
by H. C. SHOULDERS
After a short illness, M. H. Northcross passed away at his home, in Eagle Lake, Fla., January 23, 1941. He was born September 23, 1849, making his life on earth ninety-one years and four months. He was reared in northern Mississippi near the Tennessee line. He attended the schools of his neighborhood and began teaching when just a young man. While teaching school he began to preach the gospel, and was actively engaged in the proclamation of the gospel for about sixty years. During the last ten or twelve years of his life his health has been such that he was not able to preach, but often said that he was planning to preach yet.
When in his prime, Brother Northcross was a power in the pulpit. His work as an evangelist began in Mississippi and took him into Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.
During his active preaching he engaged in a number of debates, being a bold defender of the New Testament church. He was a member of the church for about seventy years.
When about twenty-one, Brother Northcross was married to Miss Anna Gillum, of his home neighborhood. To this union were born a boy and a girl. The girl died in early life, but the son is still living in Nashville, Tenn. During the lifetime of his first wife they lived in Franklin, Tenn. She died in 1905, and in 1908 he was again married to Miss Cynthia Warren, of Sumner County, Tenn., who still survives. For about two years I have spent quite a bit of time in Brother Northcross' home. He was always cheerful and glad to see me. I often called him "the boy," and it seemed to please him. He would call me his ''big brother." Garvin M. Toms and I conducted the funeral service Saturday afternoon, January 25, at Eagle Lake, and the body was laid to rest in the Eagle Lake Cemetery.
Matthew H. Northcross
Inscription: He died as he lived - a Christian
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 27.97170, Longitude: -81.76670
Eagle Lake Cemetery. Off US-17 on Cemetery Rd. south end ot town