Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-24
OBITUARY..

Died, IN this town. on "Wednesday evening, thu
10th INST, Miss Eiz.BErn MnoRM.N in ,he
2lN year ai her ncc. But lev PERSONS Of her age
have passed through more severe aud pro,ra cted
aiii,st"n, and hut few have displayed more pa
tfnee and Christian fortitudr. For s years she
has suffered, md has niiep brvn reduced so low
rs to pp"s" thai the end Of her pain q, hand.
| Saon alter She was first taken sle sought and OBJ
| tanned "A knowledge of her personal justification
through iallli IN Christ, AMI joined ia, Methods,
f. Churci of which she continued II si-adf,s, and
| worthy member I'LL her death. She possessed such
unsl,a>' confidence in God as to deliver her from
lear, and her lasi hours were peaceful and la n.y.
Her death affords striking instance Of tho ,n,rn.
sic "se'llency Of our Holy Religion, and its ciea-
cy To afford peace aud comfort when all earthly
comfort fails.
-. ut his residence in Goochland county, on
"Wednesday, Gil, November, after " long aud mel
anchoy illness, JAMES PLEASANrS, in the
6S'h year OF his age. His las, moments were So.
rem, and he met death with comI~s,re.
MIR. Pleasants entered public life IN 1867, as
dtrpnrr IN the General Assembly from The conn
I ofGooehland. Asa member oi he l., gislaIur.,,
he took very decided uand with the Republican
pirts of that day, against the neroachnppis Of the
Federal Governments government whose
pretrnsions hc cyrr dreaded, ~ destined, sonn-
"r or latter. 10 swallow mp the don,rsc ins,itu-
i"n at the States. aud With lh'm public liberty.
Ne speedily acquired great popularity with thu
i"'s'' 81 Delegates, ana At III. s"sston of 1903,
succeeded The late v am il, as its Clr,l, n
posi- Which h" retained uni,l the ,.>.nn of lSlO-u,
when h" was 'lrs.d judy, ol tn. Conrr OF Ar
I"ais, much IN orp,Siiion Ia his own wishes. liz
resigned Tins station before entering upon IT, du-
ties, and was IN TIM April "lon,nr, with mn
una unity, ,Lc I'd la Congress fon ,h,. Di>lri,
IT Chrsr lIld, Amelia, Pc. ha,anand Goo,hiand.
~ i,lacr Of NJ EpprS Who had lru removed Ia |
IA roun al Buck CHAM: In the House. Of |
H. 'rf'>'n'aii'"N, liz was firm >upIn,er of til.
val oi 1877. Man, mrn hcrs ri that body ~.rr |
mn,r prominent b., lo,c The puLiu In, few Il or.
p">sc>s"i m.rr lis ronfial,ncr Tor II IL bri we'd |
'''at ne WIS 'hr single public man 1T hs da, ~ho,
hn. III success ION all the high ofli ~ oi his |
State, had the remarkable fortune, in high part,
times of passing through them aIl without being |
once aS'aIled II, party spirit, private scandal
nor WAS h. indebted for this exemption to mean
c"mpanc.s with III" popular wish for no man ,
vas more lnlrNh" in his political principles bui |
!; was an honorable tribute to an inicprit, whirh |
was n",rr suspected, To goodness Of heart
winch ever construed the arli"ns of others tavnta-
hl,, and To II nodcs,v which induced him con,inn-
ally Ia think himself unwo,h, @: the great popular
ny which hr "nlo,td. II was his scnin,en,
which lrd him Ia resign tn. judp, ship in Tho Conr
"f Appeals III 1871, and IN 1926, la, inp been APP
po'drd bv iir Executive. District judge on the
Eastern Shorr, he immediately rlnqu,slrd that
also, ON discovering that ,hr arpnnnrn, WAS oh
lcclsd 10 through the public prints, Oh The score Of
III nnn-rtsdrncc.
In 1919, Mr.. peasants was elected a member
Of HE SENATE Of the H. States To I'll the vacancy
occa>,"ned h, the death Of Jno. w Eppes, where
he continued unlil Drcrmber 1922 when he sue
crcd,d the late Thomas NJ. Randolph rs Go.
vernon OF Virginia. Al the expiration of his term,
hr WAS appointed Di>l,ici Judge. as above n.eI,-
TONED, aud h" closed his political career as II
mrnicr 81 the Virginia Convention, which as<en-
h'"d III 1920 for tho amendment of the Safe Com
>hutlon. ESrrpi for Il seat il the House Of Dol
"gate>, he canvasscd for Office which IN. cy.
ct held, and Save that Of the rlrrkSi,ip Of ihr
House 81 Delegate, they all more rrpurnani
than acceptable 10 Inn, disin,rrrstcdnr>s more
respected than lnllatrd
No man ever irod the path Of liz. viii more
modest aud nnnbs'rnSi,c step. Il he ever had an
enemy, none know him ard To have avowrd en-
m'Iy 10 him, would have hem equivalent, in pub
lie "pini"n, To declaring hostility aea,ns, virtue
and justice. Richmond WHY
-, on the 12h inst. Mr.. JAMES BOWLING,
SEN "f Amherst. "a Soldier of the Revolution, in |
the s7ih year of his age Tie WAS long IA member
al the Mrihmsi +. Church. and died in the l,op..
of u glorious immortality leaving large circle OF
relatives aud iIn nds 10 mr,'j, over his grave.