Still has the original postage label identifying an A. B. Saxon of Augusta, Georgia, who was found to be the following:
"Albert Brantly Saxon.
The death of Albert Brantly Saxon, April 1, 1927, removed
one of the oldest and most honorable citizens of Augusta, Ga.
Few Augustans were better known or more highly regarded.
Known for his high sense of honesty and integrity, he com-
manded the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in
contact.
Mr. Saxon was born in Burke County, Ga., near Waynes-
boro, on April 4, 1846. He was afforded the advantages of
the common schools of
Georgia, and was reared in
a home of distinctive cul-
ture and refinement. Early
in 1862, at the age of six-
teen, he went to war with
the Southern forces, enlist-
ing as a private in Com-
pany F, 63rd Georgia In-
fantry, Smith’s Brigade,
Cleburne’s Division, Cheat-
ham’s Corps, having previ-
ously volunteered and
served in the State Militia
in 1861. He took part in
the campaign from Dalton
to Marietta, at which latter
place he was attacked with
severe illness, which com-
pelled him to enter the hos-
pital at Macon, Ga. Upon his recovery, he rejoined his com-
mand and participated in Hood’s campaign in Tennessee and
North Alabama. He was captured at Nashville and im-
prisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, until the close of the war,
when he was paroled.
He located in Augusta in 1866. On April 19, 1868, he
married Miss Susan Carpenter, of Burke County, who, with
four daughters, survives him, the two boys having died a
few years before their father.
Mr. Saxon was a member of the First Baptist Church,
having joined when he first came to Augusta as a boy, being
baptized by Dr. William T. Brantly, for whom he was named.
He was a member of Webb’s Masonic Lodge, and it was at his
request that the Masonic service was conducted at his grave.
At the conclusion, taps was sounded by the bugler of Camp
No. 435, U. C. V., of which he was an enthusiastic and loyal
member, having served as Adjutant for many years.
A securely entrenched merchant of acknowledged ability,
ALBERT BRANTLY SAXON.
he was the senior member of A. B. Saxon & Brother, a whole-
sale and retail grocery business at the corner of Broad and
Monument Streets, Augusta, which was one of the largest
enterprises of its kind in the city at the time, and in all their
dealings they won name and fame for their courteous, honest,
and fair treatment of the public. Their patrons were their
friends, and for over a third of a century they maintained an
establishment with an enviable reputation.
A. B. Saxon was one of the world's noblemen. He built up
in himself a character so strong that desire for personal gain
could not break it or sin in its mildest could not mar it. A
man with his gentleness of manner, so sincere in devotion to
his God, so unselfishly charitable, so scrupulously honest, and
highly principled as he was can rightly be called a great man.
A soldier of the Confederacy, serving with distinction, he
was no less a soldier in times of peace. He was always at the
front in civic affairs, always aiding those who needed help.
Aged and worn after eighty-one years of service, he has laid
aside the habiliments of mortality; but his work will live long
after him and his deeds will endure for ages."