Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-25
Obituary..

DIED, O. era?m;c dysentsry. ut his rv3i3anca.
Cru Orchard. Blsnd county. Va. Tuesday,
o'cl CT y. n September eth. 1901, JOHN G.
SHANNON, ESQ in .hs thiry-seycLth yen o:
his age.
The a1;j :ct Of this notice We the 'hirl son Of
.Iohu nd JaEr Shannnu ard ~Gs b ru in Wyths
county. Va March % 1877.
In ISL he rstabl shed himself as Il merchant
st lis 1T. rrsd nee, III which busine;s hp con
tinu"d :; his 'ea'h He took an gctiye part in
the I rlnAI'on of this county, chGerfnlly gave hs
time, al free ly contributed his means without
expect ,'i"l: g reward. He WIS elected one OF
The hr't justices Of the peace, 70 which pest of
hoE": he was recently re.el.aed. With fsvo'a-
bic opportunities to arquir1 wealth he has mort
rroDsbly If. his fmily in limited circumstances.
As . merchant he Wa hnnest, and too indulge M.
OF his chariy Il msy be said noue were mora
willing nni ready 10 give to the POOR snd ueedy.
We have Fcen him, Sfer heirp robbed by the
enemy, with nothing left to divide, opsn his
pocket-bonk and give 10 soldiers WIVES part
CT its c0ltents. His charity was void # os:sn.
.stion.
In 1857 he married Mar Jane, daughter of
Rnulcl ph IND CYNTHIA Grayson. By th;s Union
they re bl ssed with three sons and dsugh-
ter; two only survive their fether-lIenry W.
and John p. Th'se little hoys, mothers Fro
sent cure anl comfort md her hope and ftaff in
declining ye'r5. May they grow up orrHmorss
70 society, become useful men in life; and when
their earthly cnreer shall Close like their father,
lie down in peace, lamen!ed by many and sur.
round=d by weeping friends.
Though required TO erieve over the fsl Of 80
many friecd Is md relatives in this unholy war,
it mi.igste5 net our sorrow, when the messenger
of death enters the home.crcle in tho peaceful
walks of liza and selects his victim in the prime
6f MANHOOD, nader circumstances Of great sffiic-
ton.
Frs. the mother ia attacked. next the father,
,i,j then Ell infant boy cnly NO months old. Il
could wrestle with the disease but fsw DAYS,
sh,n the -pr.t took its flight to the fair region.
of eternal b.i.s.
Tlc frt',rr survived E.. come .lays. with in,.l-
le't urcloried to the las: hour. lis age, mo.hsr
arrived Il few hGwrs before his disaolo;ion In
'rr own language. with his han1 in h,rs, she
4.i John. il appears ha7e come only 20 toll
yGu goodbye" To which he gave assent. After
palse she said. John. are you hsppy m ths
I,rl." He replied dis iuctS, Ys' This flied
m1ther's Ponl with joy. and sha gave thsnas to
Go! for his grent mercy.
lie hid sid to his physician that 9TH, perishs.
b. ''IirgI OF earth were a.. vanity: U0uli sd-
Tiie evlr ~ one to lay up ir3Rsures in Heaven,
and n.rer min what the world might say"
Such WIS the voice Of one who had lived
mo'I and upright life, ready t1 leave the shores Of
time, al1 happy in the faith of ce.,er stn.e in
tin spprnaching future. sach wss the man va
aner,-1ho is last to his friends lost to his
family and lost 70 the good paOp:s OF Bland couu.
ty.
lfha hnd oneniss it wss through Jealousy. and
they nr. found only among the ignorant and sus-
pcinus
To sba teresve0 wife and chill Iren we cff ,r our
sincere coincidence, ard can s.snre them .ha:
we share in their great loss snd sad taIcsge;c4n 4n.
yet Se are MT without consolation. fer evidence
is not wantiny !hGt our less is his eternal gaiu
JohH g. SraIncn is ~ more lie died not
oulJ the good citzsn, t., aSsclionate compsn.
ion. tha Kin f.tlIer, the true friend, RI, perfect
gent eman, tn, honest man; but he died the ioy-
fol, triumphant Christian. Peace % his memory.
A. B. Nc,