Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-08-14
DIED..

In this county, Thursday, 7th inst, of fux,
Mr.. THOMAS McGAUeH, aged about 20 years
In this county, Sunday, 10th inst, Mrs
NANCY, wife of Mr.. Rufus Harris, aged about
20 years.
In this county, Monday. 11th inst. of liver
complaint, Mrs. PARKS, relict of Mr.. Allen
Parks aged about 30years.
In this county. Sunday, goth ult, of hux
and fever, MINERVA A., eldest daughter of
James B. and Affair Gill, aged 10 years IL
months and 20 days.
The subject of pr sent notice was youth of
rare talents and piety. and she departed this
life in the brightest prospects. and most bissful
hopes of glorious immortality. Mr.. Gill, her
father, was not member of any church, and
a man of limited education, but moral, trust
worthy and respectable citizen; and he en-
deavored early to teach her her fallen condition
by nature, and the means of restoration through
the redemption of a Saviour. Both the life
and death of the deceased furnish us with the
strongest evidence TO believe that his endeav-
ors were not In vain, but were blessed of God.
She had all the characteristics Of good and
dutiful child, and manifested them to her pa
rents by paying them the utmost respect--a
flial affection for their persons, a constant and
cheerful attention to their advice, and a tender
regard for their safety and preservation. And
we rest assured that God who said '1onor and
obey thy father and mother" not only reward
ed her Obedience here, but b as rewarded it with
the blessing of Heaven. At an early ace she
deceased manifested a strong desire to become
acquainted with the several branches of the
English Language, and was makingrspid pro-
eress in Geography and History at the time
she was taken sick. She had been attending
school from the first of April, and always ex-
hibitsd an industrious and persevering dispo-
sition in the acquisition of knowledge. She
was firm in her habits, agreeable in disposition,
graceful in manners. and easily governed in
every condition in which she could be placed.
She was scholar in every sense of the word,
and one in whom the greatest confidence could
be placed, and had by her mild aud generous
department gained the affection of her teacher
and all her playmates. In aword, she was ex-
celled by none and equaled by few The rap
id progress she made in her studies warrant us
in saving. that by her death her parents have
been deprived of one of their brightest orna-
ments, and the school has lost one of its most
promising youths. During her illness, which
lasted but thirteen days her mind seemed to
be concentrated upon her school, and the affairs
connected Herewith; and often in the time of
extreme suffering she would call out for her
teacher or some one of her beloved playmates,
and at other times she would repeat Scripture
that she had committed during her attendance.
The Friday before her departure. when in the
Jaws of death. she repeated the 9Th chapter OF
Matthew. and sung the Parting Hand, as if
conscious that she would receive the blessings
contained in the one, and the approach of dis
solution or the parting hour in the other.
To her surviving parents and friends the
writer would say, mourn not as those that have
no hope; she cannot come to you, but you can
go to her. Then prepare to meet her far be-
yond this mortal WORLD
Where friends beloved will nsrer die, s.
Nor loveliness decay;
Where not q parting sigh
Will dim eternal day. j. II, Wy.