Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1849-07-16
DIED.

AT Bermuda Hundreds, on the 9Th inst, Mrs ELIZA
BETH B. ARCHER, wife OF John Archer, Esq. Her health
had long been feeble, when Saturday she was taken
with the prevailing disease cholera which terminated
death " onday evening May her virtues, which were
many, plead acceptaby and sawngy with the Judge Of all
the earth and as she was member OF His Church (the
Epscopa) here, may she dwell in his Temple above!
On the oath day of June JOHN P NELSON son of Col
John Nelson OF Greene county, Alabama, at the early
age Oh 20 years ABOUT year previous to his Illness he
engaged in planting When first seized with his fatal ma
lady, order that the kindness of father and the ten
derness OF sisters and brothers might mitigate the severity
OF his Affections, he returned to his State, but only
to learn that the affection of relatives and the devotion Of
friends are poWeress to stay the ruthless hand of death
seemed to have tied, still, hoping to avert his unney fate
and conhdmg IN the efficacy OF human skill he placed
himself under an eminent physician OF Tuscaloosa where,
In defiance OF art, he tell victim to the common foe,
during the severes pangs with heroic torude and meeting
his doom with calm resignation.
AT quite youthful age, he became member of William
and Mary College In Virginia, in which, by his assdmty
and exemplary conduct soon gaining the esteem of the
Faculty, and the admiration OF his fellows he, in due time,
reaped the reward OF his abors and graduated with
great credit Cheered by the onos he had won and be-
holding future eemng with the brightest promises of
hope he lett tor his Southern home with the benedcton
OF his Alma Mater and the sincere prayers of his compa
Mons, that his life might be long and happy But alas!
that heart with all It's generous warmth, has ceased 10
beat, and he only lives embamed in the memory of his
friends
The worthy subject of this simple record endowed with
intellect by nature srong and adorned with the beauties of
education, always manifested remarkable evidences of
sound judgment and genuine good qualities OF mind
which never fail to render their possessor valued and
spected member OF society Unassumng in hls manner,
and prudent and dgnied in his general denleanor his
conpanlonshp was pleasing to all who knew HIM,
But TO speak OF his sterling to particulanze the
estlmabe principle OF his head and heart superuous;
tor no man could hate him, and all who knew him loved
him. With heart generous and tree, face unmasked,
and his right hand extended every one he challenged
universal esteem In ne If all that IS pure and elevated
In the human character render beloved surely he
was entitled to the most devoted affection of his relatives,
and the mreserved admiration OF his friends. When
contemplate him. off in the bloom of life very
souls recon- within But while his body sinks into the
grim gull OF DEATH the consolation sweet is left to his be-
reayed father ard weeping sisters and brothers, that his
noble spirit still lives In the hearts OF his friends he has
lett monument more lasting than stone-"tor oirue alone
out-buld the pyramids His sleeping body will be
mosened with the tears of affection poured upon his
grave and his memory cherished by all who value purity
of heart and nobeness of soul.
The writer OF this brief notice offers it as faint and
rude memorial only OF the virtues OF the friend he loved
in whose death he suffers an aflction equal that of
broher--and with these parting lines only bid him
sad adieu:
Our God, in youths unbighed bloom,
Hath called thee to depart;
Thy form is resting in the tomb,
Thy memory in the heart
The hand pressed is moud'ring
Beneath the cofhns lid
The chains of life no longer bind
Thy spirit from Gods throne,
And the released, immortal mind
Ioheavenly bliss has flown
DRMopoLls June 30th l949
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