MALONE, Frederick J., Beeville Bee, Friday, 11 Dec 1891:

One of the almost irreconceivable features of death is a man who has lived so long that his 
experience is useful to the community in which he has lived, he must die and the younger and 
less experienced must take his place.  Just such a calamity does this community feel in the 
death of Colonel F. J. Malone which occurred at the residence of Dr. G. M. Stephens in this 
city last Saturday morning at 8:30 o’clock after an illness of about 10 days.  Deceased had lived 
in this county about 15 years, was born in Limestone County, Alabama, June 12, 1826.  He moved 
with his parents to Tennessee in 1834 and to Mississippi in 1841 where he resided until the 
turbulent times of the Mexican War period.  He entered the war as a Lieutenant under Captain 
Deloy’s command and served with distinction in many battles prominently mentioned in history.

After the war he returned to his former home in Mississippi.  In 1849 he made a trip to the gold fields 
in California, returning to Texas in 1850 and selecting as a location, Lavaca county which he claimed 
as his home until the later war.  Ever faithful to his people and true to his county’s call he entered as a 
volunteer in that war as a Colonel in Haup’s brigade and served throughout the full term.

Colonel Malone was married on September 11, 1850 to Miss Abigail Humphries, who survives him, besides 
nine grown children, a mother of over 90 years of age and many relatives and friends to mourn his untimely death.

The funeral took place from the Methodist Church Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock, the religious ceremonies 
being conducted by the Rev. J. C. Russell, assisted by Rev. G. H.M. Wilson.  His remains were followed to the 
cemetery by a large procession of the Masonic fraternity and a large concourse of friends.

The extent of the sorrow felt by the death of Col. Malone could be understood by the large number who gathered 
in for miles around to pay the last respects to their friend.  It was the largest funeral procession ever before 
seen in this city.

In the death of Col. Malone, Bee County loses one of its most valuable citizens, belonging to that chivalric era 
of ante bellum days, he was generous to a fault, and his demise recalls to us that those who link the new south to 
the old are fast passing away.