The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-10

ander W McGrcsnr. Not feeling n IL W. |
- thI- departed citizen with :" short a no
Iicc. We have asked the favor &c the Re,
Mr.. Magsn. IT "A capy "f that portion Of
hi- funeral discourse which related To- the
early history IL Mr.. Mc,;regnr. Believing
this viii prove interesting to the old friends
an'l former fellow citizens &c the deceased
We make no aI-plnsy f"r presenting il ia our
columns.
ALENASDrg WuLrorr MCGRrGoK was
born in Orange county. North Carolina. Jan
-, ls,o. He died Tuesday morning. sd
ult.. at the age "f forty-cight year, and five
months IIis life has been until within a
few years past, pioneer life. life passed
amidst the struggle. and rriva,ions Of new
settlements With such a life he was Ia
miliar from carly childhood. Not many
years did he live in the State and county II
ki> birth; in the year 1916, when he was
seven wears old, he was found with bis par
ent- cmigrating across the Cumberland
Mountains 10 the new State of Kentucky
The early Immigration into ti,a, State wa
largely by land from hi~ native State n well
a. ir',m other nciehhring States prnnssi
wanna, Virginia and MARY land Fn,m NORTH
carolina, the ernicrants passed the noun
tain, through the Cumberland Gap at the
point where Virginia, Tennessee and Ken
tucky c,ne together. and il Is remembered |
81 the young Alexander with what entLn
.ia>n ipr the family movement towards a |
new home in the West, be greeted their
reaching one day the highest point on the
Mountains. Western States in those ,lays
were few-kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and
LouI-iana-these were all for the rest. In
diana Territory. \. ". Territory. Missouri
Territory and Mississippi Territory were
the naine- that covered this immense do
nam cut Of which imperial republics hay,
since been carved. lii parents moved L.
the Green River country, IA the western
part Of Kentucky. This had been the orig
inal country &c the Chickasaws-extendine
irom the Ohio To- the Naz"o, aud comprising
Western kentucky, Western Tennessee aud
Northern Mississippi. Their occupancy in
kentucky had not long ceased IL ceased in
the neighborinT portion II Tennessee the
year the Mc''reg"r family immel a,ed. Non
can ,inaginc--no, y"n cannot ,n.a.ine--Lul
Few ~ Won have ever been in circumstance
70 frrm t'- iainte,i conception II III. trial.
ami hardship. II that pioneer life. nj tie
commencement II ia. present century. III
The c'unir, just vacated by h".til. Indian.
wet 81 th. Mountains
Nuh~eluentl, hi, parent. moved Ia Ohio.
AMI lived at or hear Cincinnati. He va.
thu second IL seven children. 1T mh.m fn,r
saster~ survive him one a few mile, frs.m
thi- place. one IA Ohio. TIVE in Missouri
lie greatly desired an education Iii, fatll |
81 calling MAS that IT !, teacher of English |
stn'l'->, and having done " hat he could for
han. the son left h"ine at am early az. d.
IND other opportunities and WORK In own
Way. Institutions and teacher. were few
much toil the bo, had and long foot POUR
ney- 10 the place OF daily instruction. In
le2s, al the age of ~, he MAS first married.
and hrs first occupation in life wa at Port.-
moith, Ohio. in connection with hi. father
in-iaw, Mr. Ead-, who was contractor for
the construction IL the locks on th. river /
ut Portsmouth. Ia iso9, hi, Young vii,
died. died instantly of disease of the brain.
and he sought occupation, for relief, ava, |
irnn the scene &c bereavement, AT Louis
VILE, by. Affection followed him here
three Years afterwards, in l~aa.. his store
and stock a dry goods were burnt IN Ill.
great Tar. which visited the city 81 Louis
vale, and which originated in the store abo,.
b., own. he ha.. lost all that made L..rne
before, he now lo-t all he possessed. all HI,
papers even. sickness then seized him
disease that hal well nigh pr.,ed fatal. i.r
his life Wa despair.d of lie has meyer been |
well man sincc. A miniatar. taken jul
"ei're--ase 81 23-sives him the fresh AMI |
raddy look II youth and health. eve. In
complexion. all are full of life and hope. v
one who has know him onl, 81 late. e,,,l.,
see n trace of that he then Ma. in the len,
frame, the laneuid step. the emaeiate ami
pain-stricken features given him b, after |
years 10 August, ls32. after the lime.
that changed all h,, life, be wa. married 1. |
Mss Sarah Ann Lawe-, of Louisville. who |
survive hin. His next occupation was thar
OF publishing and editing th. Nemeastl.
Wees1g Adrediser, At Newcastle. Henr, 10
NY, with which labors he combined TN.
publication of the Mfsoaic N.e,af al O. |
oairatica Atrooats, twice a month : aud all. |
the study OF Law, which lac had commenced
with the Hon. Henry Clay. and continued
with Mr.. Prior, mn attorney II repute a,
Louisville. In order a. be- read, for h. r,
citations with his fellow students. liz VA,
obliged in his i'll health % take Ill. late
hours after hi daily toll We're over for
study, and 20 ask another. whose car. has
never failed him, 10 put "a him from the
book The questions be- must be prepared l.,
90 answer.
he commenced legal practice AZ first Ia
Louisville, with gentleman mir. Benhan)
whose after appointment a. Professor in
the Cincinnati Law School left him free
60 make . new location and he came IN
the Mississippi for that purpose in NOV.
1887 Boats sscended the river then Ian,
once in two or three week. they were
sixteen days from st. Louis 10 go.k l..
land or rather to Fl. Armstrong, which VA,
thsn the point 90 seek for safety and com
lbst. With Gen. Jos. N. Street, the In |
dian Agent n the fart, m abode was E.und
CT the winter. The whole eountr, was
wilderness. Next season he made hi,
houe few miles below the present city
a Davenport, vhee be resided for four
teen and hall years. No Indian title
Aad l,sen extingsizhsd here till the sum
n<r n l633. Thss ~ BLACK hawk rur
cAAss a ~ pssvioas year csdiag the
lands IRON a. D. NOinss to the Yellow
Rivsr . ~ sosth (fosty miles north II