Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-08
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Died, IN L,nchburg, on Friday nigh, last, Mr..
JACOB Boon, sou oil Mt john Boon Of Frank IN.
aged aboM 2i years alter an Illness OF IA ioruighs
duration. lie had been resident Of THIS place IA
very bret period, aud has acquaintance vas conse-
qutntly IlnIled ; but all Who ,ew, respected him.
Departed lhls life, The ooh ulmo, at the res
I'd nee OF his athet, Rose Mills. amherst CO. Va #.
terra lingering illness If 60 days duration, Thomas ID.
Nc DONALD, IN tie 20 h year OF his aye. Not~uh.
STANDING the AMY oriludc oi the patient, the en-
Lent skIll Of the physicians. and the kind attention
OF Trends, the Angel ui Deuh has broudcd over
peaceful ianiy, whose stream Of happiness had ne
yer before been alleged by solemn and adl ctlng
aGspensatloni and lie shadow Of ms dark wing has
shToud d IN The sdde OF del'h, one, whose vigorous
constnutioh and temperate hdbus might seem 10
have insured Ion aud happy Iiie But alas lor all
human expeciatol ID sappounmeni sis stniliap
al Hopes care TIN the midst Of HE we ne ~
dedtn"-"Be ye also ready"
UF' The Religious Herald will please copy
lit Mount Pleasant Amherst county, on the
10 Ia ulI. after paiaul and lingering disease of a
continued irseran who"plng cough, VIRGINIA. IN
"'t daughlrr OF Dir. Guslavus A. .nd Sa,an f. Ed
watds, aged montils and 8 DAYS.
The Saviour, with inviting voice.
Says, ''Let Your children come;
foI them there Glove within my breast,
And inmy ngdon ,oonl.'
Lord III thy call we bring babes,
ahds' them up TO thee;
le angels, aud behold
And now our witness be,
III lile seven ,lau1s, l. luvanna Co., the
Is h inst. 1Hos. SHORES, Esq. aged about 90 years,
gentleman oi great moral worth, vigorous intel
ect, and rare ingenuity, lie was Tor great NUN
Der OF years. i Justice OF the Pc ce Ia i iuvanua
Couny-and ~ unirIng industry, graf Jetseve-
rance, aud sinet integrity, had tal,ed himself om
indulgence To Ill renee aud secured the co fl ence
aud esteem OF very numerous acquaintance. Nh.
>. was soldier III TIE Revolutionary War. and $
su posed 10 have been the only who offered an,
resistance TO the progress Of Col. Taron his
peddioa 10 Charlottesville. Whilst Col. Tarlton's
regiment were at ManihIn Tow H. where Mr.. :. re
sided. lumber OF his ,ntn @ere bathing IN James
klVer-Mr, ), with Il heavy shot gun, charged with
uuck shoi. concealed himself IN some undet gtowth
on The iIver bsnb, aud conmeuced fang upon them
across HE iyer. The Tro, pers appre hendlng an
attack IRON Gen. Lafayette, or so c other numet-
Gus iotce, Immediately retreated. Mr.. S. was not
sure that he killed or wounded any of the enemy
but ever exuited that he had put to hght a whole
regiment OF Brush Cavalry!
-,on the 10 h u, about a O'Clock p. NJ. at
ter short but painful disease Of purrid sore throat,
HENRY NJ SOU OF Nh. Stephen p. Smith, OF the
county OF Campbell, IN he 18Th year OF his age
No child could have been more afrctionaie aud du-
tul o hls parents than the deceased. The writer f
ms n"tlce has zen intimately acquainted with Mr..
S"I'h.. ftmiiy Tor hve OF SIX years. and has often
heard Henry Oxen II as good boy; he VISITED
the iamily While the SUBJECT OF this conf
ned on his death bed. IL his last visit he request
ed that "e"onld Tray Tor HIM, winch request was
co" ped with, and IN short time after he breathed
ms iasl' "it"nI express NJ any fears of death, per
'ecy Ia his senses 10 The last lie has left
"l"Dd father and an affeclonaIc MOI her six sisters
ana Tour brothers 10 mourn his death. If good atten
uon and tears could have saved his hfc, he would
not have died
why do we mourn for dying friends
Or shade al deaths nlarnsl
is but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them TO his arms"
-, IN this place. the 9Th inst. al the resi-
hence OF Mr.. jams NJ. Yan,ey, Nj. HENDERSON
COOPER OF North Carolina, in about the 20tlI year
OF ms age. 1t mi hi be some snlslac ION to his
dlsant relatives, TO add that every thing in the way
Ut attention was strictly administered and the best
medical aid employed.