Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-02-18
OBITUARIES.

Died in Clinton on the 26th of January 1854 Mrs SARAH
NJ. LEE, eyed Al years wife of Thomss M Iee.
daughter of Col Jonathan MoseIey. OfSsn re ne
suffered loss in community from the death of the
or and best among Often have follow IN
the grave the honoed of village in the destS
Lee, ee that have met with loss far
exceeds them all Her quiet dignity, her pure private
character her phlanthropc heart and h-r unswervinE
and deeply rooted pety render her Of the best aud
purest women has ever been good fortune to nuer
among our friends. -
She was for years exemplary member of the Prssby
her walk in life with that halo which kindly heart draws
around the good the pure and christian Around her
The tear which mostened the eye Of the renned and
ted betokened that they bad lost companion The sor.
rowfu countenance of the worldly declared that thew
had friend. The weeping of the poor showed plain.
Iy that they monrned beueacor who comfortsd them in
deeds woman youth wept Ger
the of that friend whose house the homo hos
love. Hospitable without pretension vrtuous without
false modesty pouI without being puritanica abe was
her, If her less Be thus great to the a0 outside S
world, it must fall with crushing weight upon her
u sons and daughters, almost worshpped her. Death
which she met 80 calmly and with such entire resignation
and hope. While to her friends seemed In mors than
her usual health yet she spoke Of her
tainty Her arrangements were all made IL she were
leaving home for some pleasant journey Those kind
will leave nefaceable impression their hearts,
and make them ever pray that their last end be like
and strive to meet death she it. Her death serves
as bind her bereaved husband and chidn
Heaven. For tits beautiful fancy believe that the
winged angels of mercy who hover beckon
virtue and to Heaven, the redeemed souls of
our beloved earth who not lost but have
only gone before u.s." And may that babe (only a few
hours in this sinful word which she then left ever serve
to keep fresh in their hearts the memory her diving
hour and lead their hearts to that fountain OF consolation
to which the pious Job looked when he exclaimed 1.-THE
Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the
name Of the Lord"
In Atlanta, Geo. the 18th Sept, 1868, private JOHN
A. HOUSE, natiVe of Baltimore and resident New Or.
leans in the 2Sth year of his age.
Young ardent and patriotic he espo1sed the OF
South and entered the service Ia the Crescent Reg
ment louisiana Col. Marshall j. Smith, posed
the best young of New Orleans and after
leaving their mercantile desks this regiment stood vctors
the sword Of Gen. Prenss who his brigade
their Colonel On the reorganization of the the
West young House revounteered Joined the
Light Horse and served Gen. Poks body guard I'm To
boro and Perry vile, and through the campaign In Ken
lucky and the esteem and respect of all his
in Modest virtuous and unassumink, having,
his companions writes, the finest and noblsBt traits
character he served cheerfuy in the ranks and
sought obtained turlough. strict commandment of
through his many prvations by exalted
that God would protect and shield him 10 the hour Of battle
responsive to the nightly prayers of his widowed mother
He fell by disease, typhoid fever, contracted in the
under circumstances painful to his bereaved
and brothers, because they Ter from HIS couch
death but they consoed with the reflection that
Johns life had been gnaly pure and blameess and that
God surely with him in the solemn and undesirable
hour of his translation to another and better world
ID. O. L.