Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-21
DEATHS.

niod m the 81 January last in county OF Louisa MI
a. "rcJ 81 ,cn leaving an fopa,e wife and ten
children besides cshbOrs aud friends he
moan their irrcparae lie eompoed and retained his
RECOLLECTION to tie asfuY sensible oil HE APPROACHING dssoiu
,;on,nj ~ trust he has entered into PROMISED
Died, the Goth instant, nj Mr. H. ynchs ~ his Cy, M
RorEsT Mo,Rr Lcbury Mostly Of PowhG,an and
for upwards twenty rcscn, oil this Cny part Of which
time avorab known the Junior partner mad conductor
of the Richmond ComPer where he secured Tor himself The warm
rcsnr of many friends Ile has left widow aud child 10 Ia
men, the husband and Ghe-s unera will take place
OF Mr.. Lynch this morning, at ~ O'Clock ne
family end the deceasedafe nusnd with
(Fron the Whccling 7imes)
Died al the residence OF his brother, John Thompson,
near ST, C!arsvie Ohio, Friday, lst day OF March
instant, WILLIAM p TnoMPsoS Esq, formerly OF Rich
mond, Va, in the 10Th year OF his age lie was an ear
v settler of North Western Virginia, man OF simple
manners and sincere virtues: his life was manifesto
ton of correct principle, producing lis influence on all
within his humble circle and his death was The consum-
nation of such fe-reslgned, composed and serene
lie uassed 50 gently TO the world spirits, that none
could tell the moment when he not. Death
has gathered the ripe fruit and confident hope assures
US that the harvest sSmnIoal lie. lie was inferred,
ns was his WISH beside the remains OF his fofefathers
at the Stone Meeting House, near Col Shepherd o!u
Fort
This beautiful burial place where many OF the earlier
settlers of this portion of Virginia lie Inferred has been
made the subject of Elegy by of the descendants
Of this family, &c. w. Thompson Postmaster OF THIS
ci,v and which was published in the Gilt for 1887 We
rive the following portion of the Eegy. although not
PROPERLY belonging the present OCCASION yet not alto
..Iye,o tho iorealhers Of NY hubble
Repose. with year. and homely virtues cTown'd
Who near this lonely anh secluded place.
From knsy power peaceful 'ergciou
Res: TO tlcir ashc, BY their LESSON taught,
Should king tyrant :rle tie grooming land,
Their 4on, in the las field by Freedom fought,
Shall proudly die or seek some foreign strand
The moon il up: Ills indian summers reign,
And smoky light is spread DER uil tho lands
Tine stone. built church, low aGd simple fine,
In misty moonlight midst tie OAK trees stands
Here the settlers, in rude atrb arrsy'd,; -
lrhc mockssin and home spun hun.ing irock,)
Me. and in but homely accents pay'd
To God their Father and their steahfast Rock.
And c, Pride with naughty snecrs repToye
Their simple manners and Their humble sq:sc;
The nniausht heart that's hcd with Natures love
Is the chief blessing when the mortal dies
The solemn scene the forests depend gloom,
The mnuruful breeze Of Autumn moaning by,
The lonely church. the dim and riouii't ring tomb,
Speak to the heat and 1T! the sadden'dcye
Come here, Ingenious Youth, whose secret soul
High classic visions long hath silent Esrs'd,
Heard from curni lips tic moral ,hundet roll,
Seenfrom the eye the mental lishtnIns bnfat:
Come and behtd the melancholy waste,
Where dim Remembrance fingers DER the Just,
And learn, when Dealls last seal IL coId'y PLACID, .
Lilies no5ost truths spring from our mould ing dust.