Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-02-03
OBITUARY..

20 Died on Tuesday, 18th ult,, of Pulmonary
IS CONSUMPTION, il. Adamsvlile. Fla, Lieut.. Isaac
a ". HESTER, of the u. s. Navy. The de-
3 ceased gaS born in Granville Co., II. c. on tie
g 20th of January. 1882. He left n. c. quite
fyou&g, his father having moved 10 Lincoln
c Co.. Tenn, III 1887. he entered the IT, S
e Naval Academy, on the 12th,of Oct, 1913,
4 as Acting liiashi Iinan, and in the short space
5 of years and Ii months he rose to be a Lieu
I tenant. Having filed the offers of Acting
4 Midshipmau, Midshipmar, Passed Nidship-
man, Master, aud his Commission as Lieuten-
ant is dated Sept 10Th. 1855. He was with
the q. S. Frisate INDEPENDENCE during her
last CT use i'll the Pacific. and obtained leave
J, of ABSENCE at Aspinwall in Central America
I. a desire TO see his friends led him to vsit
Tennessee Immediately. ard the sudden tram
i sltion from the tropics to Tennessee, was more
than his constitution could bear, especially az
4 the seasonsof the year at which he came
j the middle ef January every one can
( reeoi.ect- two years ago what cold weather
was IN January. This brought on that fatal
disease, consumption. AT the suggestion of his
friends in Tennessee, he applied to the NAVY
Department for orders for the Pensacola NAVY
]. lard, at which place and i'll the vicinity be |
remained until April. 1853, when he again
visited his friends in Tennessee Deerl;uy il |
imprudertyto spend the winter in Tennessee |
!. in October, BE With his bother. Dr. ". W |
j flester, left fer Tampa Bay. The yellow fe-' !
yer biiig in lamps, they did not deem i; !
prudent for them to remain there. so they
came to this place. ] hey had not been here
long. butby their gentlemanly deIortment had
attracted 10 themselves a large circle cffriends
and for tie satisfaction Of his relatives. /
would say though he died among stlaugers, he
died surrounded by friends. lie had been for
anHmber of years a member Of the B&p ist
Church. and day or two before his death "a
ii mister Of the Gospel had a conversation
with him. He said he felt perfectly resigned
to the viii of Geo. He breathed his last a.
out 6o,clock on the morning of the 18Th
lie died without struggle
j. 7. ANDREWS
AlamstA7e, Fla, Jan 2Ist, 1859.
Mr.. NArHaNIEL Ashley is 10 more. On the
evening Of the 28th Of December his spirit
passed into the hands of Him who gave it
His exit was.like the calm fading of sum
mer's eve: not a grOan, nor even a sich brdSe
the stiffness Of, his departure He was b,grn
N L.ncolL comfy. Tenn, on the lIth OF II
Mar CHI eyed 26yesrs and 10 months lis u
health bad been delicate fer some time previ- a
Gus to his death. but 10 serious fears were =
entertained until he was attacked with the n
ever of which he died. He leaves behind him ?
many relatives aud friends TO NOUN his loss Il
Nay God ssuetify this bereavuient to their a
'ternal welfare; especially m " his aged moth n
resiI courage take in warfare uf fiith that he 81
nay win a home in ''the land of the blest.'' \
md be reunited with his loved sister. He 4
vas a kind and affectionate boy. most excel a.
ent neishbor, either in sickness or in health o.
y hat more need We say lie loft behind him le
the SAVIOR of good nalne," and has entered %
nto the Test that remaineth to the people Of
iod." J.M.G.