The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-14
Obituary.

Died. al his residence, an Jackson street, June
i3.h, 1864. MI EDWARD GeNiRY, i0 the f9. h
year of his age.
He volunteered In the service Of The Coniede-
rate States In March, 1882, joined COuttney's bat
terry, and was with IL uGul It's health becam. 80
much impaired he could no longer undergo tho IA
tIgues of active service he was detailed for
other duties, and inaiiy, when consumption rem
defed him unfit for any duty, he permitted TO
go hone and remain with bis family until his
spirit called from this 10 a brighter world
above, To which his loving wife and affccti0nate
little daughter and his many friends have every as
surance be has gone. He was wei and favoEably
known, and had many friends. iie was kind
and afiectlonate husband and father, generous
and noble friend, an honest man, and brave sol
der. But he Is gone to Join the army of his
blessed Rcdecmer, where sickness, sorrow, pain
and death felt and feared no more and, OH
may 4 kind Providence soOtbe the SORROWS of his
discons0late companion and his desr little daueh.
ter, ard so prepare their hearts that, when The
messer ger of death shall come, they may be car.
ried on angels wings 10 the realms Of evsyla sting
bliss, 10 meet with him who has gone before.
Happy SOUL thy days are ended
All lay mourning days below;
Go, by angel guards att nied-
To The arms OF Jesus go.
LItUr CE5IL BAKER.-Feil from q bullet
which pierced his heart, whilst Comm and !, q ana
nob,y leading his tqusdros in q chang upon a bar
ricade ncsr ssiem church, Coaries CITY county,
on the evening Of the "a b day OF June 1854 Lieut.
CECIL BhKEt, at the Caroline Light Dragons,
9th regiment Virginia volunteer cavalry.
kico as is the Soil tf our State with bleed which
e0urscd the veins OF patti,. heroes no pobier
sacrifice 10 liberty has teen Il red I'D than this
Generous snd kind, afeotona,o aud dutiful he
WAS loved. ExactCg and rigid in 9 essentials Of
duty, impartial and nrm 10 enforcing upon other,
the c0mpiist CO which he rendered sheerfuiiy him
self, he held, though q iuuior, the entire Coz,
dencc and warm respect II his men
Full Of promise was the opening CT his msphood--
high honor to h!msef, ell sctive ,ervice to his
try In her struggle lor life, Consolation to wild.
owed mother, coaliost and " to a trusting wife
The shaft IL br)sen, the rainbow has vanished
the mAnly spirit bss returned to the God who gave
Il. Braveg had he lived, bravsIy has be fRlen.-
Grcon be the mcmery of his blameless life, and
bright the reoolieclion of his glorious death The
last sound which greeted his csr on earth Was our
sbcu. of vi,tory. Nay we rest in the hope that
his proud sririt bore upwar' 20 Heaven The gl aG
acclaim "a louder strains OF death and the grave
cs 1t entered the proud realms of The blest.
Died, Of typhoid pneumonia, on the 9th Of July
1864, at the residence of Capt Lambkiu, corner of
25th and Grace SITS, A W THOMAS, in the eth
year Of his age.
Called to an untimciy grave by the unrclcnting
hand of death, his loss is keen!y felt aud deeply
by his associates In arms, who will. ever
with feelings of mingled pleasure and
sadness the many hours of camp lite rendered
pleasant and supporiable by The wOnted Iiveliuess
OF his disposition. To the many relatives aud
friends Of the deceased, who are Unexpectedly
called upon To lament his early death, we tender
the united sympathies OF his comrades, who
would comfort The bereaved by suggesting the wis
dam Of Ali divine ordination, aud hope and
belief that In death he fe1ps the rewards III Cud
less bliss. We t-ndef cur thanks, also, To those
whose uBSemittiGg care and attention ,niuisiCTed
10 his wants during his painful iiiness. and
sure them that thtr disihjgIcsted kindness II, b.
gratefully remembered by those who claim par:
hi the loss which his death has occssioaed.
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