Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-07-16
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DIED,-On Friday the 9th inst, at his resi-
dence on South River, in this County, Mr. JOHN
CONNER, in the S0ta wear of his aoe
The health Of MIR. Conner had been declining
Tor some mouths, but it was the decrepitude Of
age rather than the wasting BY disease. His dis
solution, therefore, was not unlocked for, though
all regretted to part with their old friend Born
and raised on the spot where he died. it is nat
ural supposition that Mr. Conner should have be-
come intimately associated with the interests of
the neighborhood in which he had spent SO long
lie. The faces Of early friends and acquain-
tances had long since passed away--their chill
dren and their childrens children occupied their
places and he had seen the coGntrv grow up, in
a manner, new around hiln-still, John Conner
and his aged mother and maiden sisters lived in
tho humble dwelling by the roadside Time bro't
no change to them, save that each successive
year yet bleached their locks, and gave them a
winter hue; and, until but recently, Death had
not entered their threshold! no member of that
happy family had been removed from their much
loved home: it seemed place too sacred for his
intrusion. John Conner was a plain, unassunine
aud nnpretending man, and a SINCERE friend His.
nome was the abode OF peace and content, and
no one ever spent an hour under his hospitable
root without reciProcating the cordial friendship
exhibited by him, even though that visiter might
have been stranger. The writer of this humble
tribute to the memory OF departed worth, knew
john Conner, and he knows too, that the South
River neighborhood will,bear him witness, when
he says that John Conner lived and died among
them without an enemy and without reproach.
He was the ''noblest work of God "--an honest
MAINLAND his name Will not soon be forgotten
Peace be to his ashes A.
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DIED, on Monday evening last, of Fluy, T1Mo-
THY, infant son of Mr. Timothy Sullivan, of this
place, aged or years.
From The Charlottesville Jefersonian.
Departed this life, on Thursday, the 14th ult.,
Mrs MARY BARNETT, consort of Mr.. Robert P.
Barnett, OF PralLeyllle, Pike county, Mo-, and
daughter OF Mr.. Archer Brown, of Lynchburg,
Va III the 3Sth year of her age.
The circumstances attending The death of this
lady, are truly distressing. On the afternoon OF
that day, In company with her niece and neph-
ew, she started to visit the daughter Of d friend
who was i'll, After travelling about two miles,
they discovereda cloud rising, and determined
to stop at the house OF an acquaintance, near by
until the cloud should pass over. But, at that
moment, young man rode up and informed
them that the young lady was not expected to
live through the ensuing night. This determine
ed Mrs. Barnett to go on with him, leaving her
niece and nephew 10 follow on after the Storm
which was fast approaching. Immediately after
the rain had ceased which was about an hour
from the time OF their stopping,) the niece and
nephew resumed their journey, and in about a
mile they came upon the dead bodies Of their
aunt and the Young man, Mr.. George Wells,
formerly OF Albemarle county, Va, together
with.their horses, lying by the road side, all
having been killed by lightning. The screams
of the young lady brought to the scene Of death
several neighbors, who We're in hearing when
every effort was made to resuscitate them, but in
vain: Mrs. Barnett has left to mourn their loss
father two sisters, an interesting little daughter
OF II years of age, and an afleetionate husband,
now On an expedition to California But her
friends mourn not as those without hope. She
protested religion and attached herself to the M.
E.. Church about 90 years ago, of which she re-
manned a jealous and consistent member to the
time Of her death The work of death did not
stop here Just after dark Of the same evening,
the sick lady referred TO, Miss Maria Louisa,
daughter of Mr.. Joseph Roberts, formerly Of Mel
son county, Va, who but a week before, was in
the bloom of youth and health, bid adieu to all
that was earthly.
DIED, on the nth inst, at the residence of
Mr.. Addison Maupin, in the University of Vir-
ginia, Rev, WILLIAM A. Roy, late pastor Of the
Baptist Church in Charlottesville.