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From the Wednesday, April 18, 1894, issue of
the Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida:
MRS. F. F. DANCY DEAD
After A Long and Memorable Life She Seeks Her
Reward
Mrs. F. F. Dancy died at her home near Orange
Mills in Putnam County at 8 o'clock Monday night after an illness of some time.
The funeral took place yesterday afternoon under the direction of undertaker
Gordon of this city and the internment was in the family burying ground.
Mrs. Dancy was one of the oldest residents of
Florida and was a lovely and amiable woman. Under disadvantages in the way of
church and schooling, she reared a very large family. She was loved by all who
knew her and her life has been one of usefulness.
Mrs. Florida Forsyth Dancy was born in or
near Augusta, Georgia, in the year 1818 and was the daughter of United States
Judge Robert Raymond Reed, afterwards Governor of Florida under the Territorial
Government. She lived with her parents in Georgia until she was 14 years of age,
when she removed with them to St. Augustine, where she was afterwards married
to Lt. Francis L. Dancy of the United States Army, a native of North Carolina.
It will be remembered that Col. Dancy built the sea wall at St. Augustine. They
lived in St. Augustine until the close of the Seminole War when her husband
resigned his commission as lieutenant in the Army and they moved to the
plantation at Buena Vista which has been their home ever since.
Her husband died a little over three years
ago. She leaves eight children, six sons and two daughters: Lee of Savannah,
Robert, Dr. W. McL., Edward, James M., and Benjamin; Mrs. Porcher L'Engle, and
Miss Jennie.