Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-20

- CnxNUSIcATSD.
niEDl-Laie in December last Cooncl THOMAS
PARKER, of Acconlack co.fnty
An"'her revolutionary solder and pair,i is gone -
IL Is melancholy reelection that very few wears more
viii take away the last Of Faiian, M en- Il win n,
we owe our existence asa nation. Indeed scarcely
month passes mat does MOI number ai,ig It's victims
some one oi The Gathers country MANY of them
no doubt are destined pass silently no oblivion
without even tue perishabe memorial OF an obituary
noiice and with them, feared will peiish
hc 1nJ records OF many patriotic sacrifice many
a gallant achievement.
Col Parker entered the army al a very early and
Continued i'll 1t, with unahated asdor 10, th. service
through ise important and irving n.riod of ~
war He did ROT carry with him any of those adventi
t"us recommendations to which so many owe tbeit
success hnt trusting, as he safely might, to the
strength OF his own character, fidelity Of mis-
services, he gradually rose 10 a highly resucetabe
command IN the army. II was hts fortune 10 be en-
saced in the most active campaigns of the revolution
aud those who served with hiui bear the strongest
testimony to tue uniform galantrj of his conaurt.
he was iaken prisoner at tue battle OF GerInantown
and suffered, with many others If HE unfortunate
connt,men who shared in ihat defeat z ,org and
pain!u' enhIheiaent Ia ii Btitish prison ship After
'S ne PASSED Abert une ~ mis- native
~, where he rendered the most important services in
repelling the attacks of the British ana tories .h
res"iied To that peainsula IN the9 haiges with
to plumber. In this partisan war, he dlstusmithea
himself not less by his hunanit, than by bis bravery
repeated Instances Of which shew many strong r oo(s
OF respect aHd admiration from hi, rnenIie.. He re-
,@,ned Tue army vas engaged in many bloody
nc.' encountered all the dangers Of the htld, and
sustained ali The priva,ions fthe camp and Ia every
situation, manifested an share of that Corr
rage III action, and than fotutuGe In suffering which
are The snrest evidences Of an heroic mind HIS
modest merit win escape the OF history but her
page will never he adorned with the name OF a biaysr
man or tTuer patriot.
In private life. Col. Parker particularly amiable
indeed, such his modest estimate Of himself ,hzt
ne uechhed many important stations which his fellow
ciiizehs would gladly have conferred on MIN and re-
tired with peculiar fondrrss TO thai sorinl ci,rie 10
winch his virtues had eDdeaTed him. Hospitabe gen.
erous, liberal and frank TO a degree seldom see, if
VIII he long before another such will supply his mace
III society and his interiors who eBjoyed his bounty
ard protection and his equals who shan ed his friend
shp WIN ne alike 'eady to declare that he has left
behind him better man.
Departed This life, "wednesday lat. in
the 62nd wear OF her age Nts NARY BLAIR
ANDREWS, late OF Williamsburg. and only
surviving daughter ol Judge John Blair, for
mer!y of that place Few, If any, have passed
thrnueh this vale of tears whose every act
and word wle more in unison with the pre-
certs of that master whose will she delie hted
to study, AID upon the rock of whose sa!valinu
she now rests. In til hour of death as " ri' IA
during ali the struag lies 70 which human nats,e
rs subjected, her toriiinde remained IN laug-
ed. her religion was that ct Chris, anc, Inn,
crhcined' CommS Ricdied