Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-10-25
DIED.,

In Marlborough District, ). e., on the o'l
inst. Mrs. FLORA NreHoLsoN, wife of Malcom
Nicholson Esq, in che Goth year of her age.
: In the death of Mrs Nicholson, the COM
munitv in which she lived, does indeed, feelthat
it has lost one of its most amiable members.
She possessed Asre combination of lovely and
excellent qualities, which this brief notice will
not permit us to mention. Such was the char
acter of her mind, and such was the extent of
her knowledge on many subjects, that the rich
and the poor. the learned and the unlearned
found no ordinary pleasure in her company.
And of her, it may indeed be said, she was
lovely wife, tender affectlonate mother, and a
kind obligingneighbour; andwhat is paramount
to every other consideration, she was an hum
bic, devoted, sincere christian. In her shone
conspicuousv those traits of character which
adorn the humble christian. At the age Of
fifteen she made a public profession OF her
faith in that religion, which bouyed up her spir
its through all the changing vicisitudes of this
life, and which enabled her to die in the full
hope of a glorious and happy Immortality. A
dsconsoatc husband, several children, nu-
merous friends and acquaitances, and the i'll
FAINT Pee Dee church of which she was men,
Der fromits organization, and for whose estab-
lishmcnt, she had long prayed, have sustained
an irreparable loss. But their loss, they have
every reason to believe, is her unSpeakable
gain and they would calmly and quietly sub
nit to this affective dispcnsation, knowing that
the Lord did it; and with fond anticipations
would they look forward to that time, when they
shall Join her, in walking the golden streets of
God, in blowing the silvery trumpet of tho
lamb, and in singing redceming love forever and
ever. Communicated.
Lately in Perquimons county N. c., JESSE
Wilson, Esq. Senator elect for that county.
In the same county, HENRY SKINNER Esq
for several years member of the State Lesls-
lature from that county.
In Wayne county n. c., CT the 25th ult.
Mrs. Zilpha Davis, consort of Robert Davis,
agen 53 years.
On the 9th inst, Mr. John Cox, in the Goth
year of his age. He was soldier i'll the Rev.
olutionarv War, and since that time has been
a respectable citizen of Anson county,N. G.
On Bear Creek, in Moore county, on the
2Oth September 1896, Mrs. Hannah Shovel,
aged LOG years. She was the mother of ele-
ven children, when her husband died in l776
Her maiden name was Hannah Smith. 1t is
not reconected that she ever was member of
any church, but was pious, moral, honest and
upright in all her dealings; always cheerful and
fascinating in her discourse to her acquaint-
ances. In July last, she spun on the little
wheel six cuts of thread in one day. She re-
tanned her perfect sense till about the 10th of
September, when she was taken with chils
and high fevers, andthey continued to increase
in severity until she died. She walked briskly
and lively, with'.lt assistance, until the day
she died. She lived on coarse, strong diet,
which was always'her choice. She never was
fond of coffee or tea She stated she had been
accustomed to constant, hard domestic labor
all her life; also that she had been in the habit
of drinking spirits all her life, in moderation.
saw her in June, and thought she was not
more than sixty, until she began to tell me her
age She walked perfectly erect her speech
was easy and free; her memory perfect and
sound for she related things that had taken
place but few weeks before, and some things
that had occurred number of years before. |
would challenge all the States in the Union to
show us her equal.-RaLeigh Star.
In Newbern, N. c., on the 9th inst. Mrs.
Elizabeth Bell, aged 100 years.
In Edenton N. c., on the 9th inst, Mrs. De-
borah Horton, aged 50 years.
In Raleigh n. c., on the 18th inst, David
Brainard, son of Rev. D. M'Pheeters, aged 7
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