Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-06
OBITUARY.

DlgD, of Diptberia. on tho 7th Dec, Mt the resi-
dsucs of his grana-fatber, Mr.. VIZ. WELcH. OF
Newherry, GEORGE only child.of DR.. SPENCER
AID Mrs CARRIE c. WEIGH, aged just two years.
Too Intelligent and beau,iful for earth, God has
taken hin to be an angel in Heaven. Be CON-
fortsd, monraing parents, for though no cannot
come to az, We can 90 to him. You now have u
srang tic in heaven. Christ said, "Sufsr little
thidren 10 came unto mo, ard forbid them no
for Of such ID tho gdom Of heaven E..
DIED, at his residence, on the Ridge, in Edge
aeld District, on the Goth December, WILLIAM
NORRIS, -ged ainety-oue years, eight months
and foar days.
Born before tao declaration Of independence.
and crA died in tho midst uf revolutionary strug-
slc which wrested his country from British ruls
and tyranny, he lived to witness rise, progress
aud development 10 a full hlaze OF national pros
puritS, and iiually to see it torn asunder by the
dscer'lA Mt factions aud jarrng crecds which it
had cherished in its growth. Having uutlived
on- Of the greatest nations that the world ever
SAW, he bchrid y It's ruins, in tne closing years
of lis life, tb- fer:es aud st. .rec tlrss strug-
Gle in the s.n, / ut warfure wa sci by the .ium
nan. party against thU.e whp would preserve tue
principles esrs sblished by n common ancestry in
the days of his youth. lie was end WED with
.rut s,rengb Of Intellect aud relnu:ka5le clear
desert him in the inirnitics If age, nnr in tho
suLerings OF iissuse. tie WAS oarnnst in Ills en- i.
dcsrrrs, Candid iii his dealings, and deci.,ed in
his opinions. Tho purity oe HE morals was with.
odt repr6ach., He was thoroughly rnn~crsnnt
with the Scriptures, and pc.scsscd AN inexhausti-
bic iu.d VI religious u.axiu.s. with wIiyn Le WAS
won't to diversity his Instructive and eEtcTsni ming
conversation. Mature in grace and goodness, BIO
ended his long aud w-li-.rent lifo with an un-
F-.I II IL. r ~ =
ie"us, breathing out with biz expiring breath the
memorable words of Job: Though he slay me,
yet will | ust in Lin " g
WILLIAM HENRY GRAY. son If N. NJ.
GRAY. Esq. deed, mad Mrs. G. a. NAYS. ui
Hamburg. ieil martyr to his coun,rys c,u @ on
the 2D;h September las, in Charge ut the mem.
orabc bn'.le of Chrkamauga, pierced through
the heart bya MIME balr
llc entered the service at the tender nce of
seventeen in very feeble heal b, and was .ffrrr.
discharge s""n ,ft,r entering she service which
he reused, stating tnst lie psefe red death to re-.
inaning nj h"rne whom his c,.uutry su much need
ed his ices He mrintwr of Company
G, 19in Rcg't. S C. Vol, Wither's Division,
BragS's Army. lie held the position o; Post
Master "f that Regiment, aud enjoyed the cnnii-
d"ncr and respect of the Rsgimrnt- both Officers
and men. His conduct through sll tho trials and
harhshps that army underwent was that Of a
Chris.isn ard tIur Soldier, never nlurmurinx or
coiaplI inny At his lot but To- king forward 10 the
time wh+n all who survive | should return to tho r
friend' and families. He never enjoyed Lle priv
iege Of rcter ins home Ii a furlouyl from the
day hs entered tho service. His romuins were
brought honfe and deposition by his fathors side
i: 'hc family buryiug ground in one hundred
yards of wheru he was born and raised.
Dear HESnY, thou nrt gone! b.. we mourn
not as those that have DO hope, for we feel tha,
oar lo't s thy eternal gain. 'Tis hard to give up
one of surh tender yoors but such is the fsts oi
war. He has fsllrn at the age of ! year,, louv-
ing sn afflicted ui"tser, an ohly .brstbsr. and
numerous friends and relztres to mourn his loss
Asleep in .Iesu.-uh. how sweet
To hc for such sumher meet
Securely shall his ashes lilo
TIL God shall call THEN, to In. sky