Quite a number of white people were present at his funeral, which is unusual in case of teachers of or laborers for the good of the colored people. A southern man once said to him that he was perfectly safe there because they liked him. Thus we see one may do duty and at the same time overcome opposition by kindness and uprightness. The nobility of his character is seen in the fact that when above the necessity of labor, he not only sought some useful employment, but chose that which he knew would cause him to be hated and despised by a large class of those among whom he lived. The men who dared want and toil and danger to save the Union, were heroes and deserving of lasting fame, but not more so than those who freely give their time and talents amid danger, social ostracism and privation, to strike the shackles of ignorance and superstition from the minds of the colored race, that their liberty may be a blessing both to them and to the country.
Much sympathy is felt in the community for the sorely afflicted and bereaved family.