Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-02-07
OBITUARY,

/ PATIILA r. BLAL0CK died at his residenc
in this District on tho lst Of January last, in tn
3Sth year of his age, leaving disconsolate widow
and two small children to mourn the loss of
kind husband and devoted father.
| Tho old year had just died out, with its sac
meinories-and tba new, with lis hopes and aspi
rations had commenced, when death entered th
family circle and bore l away loved friend ant
| companion.
The testimony Of alf who knew him is, .hat nc
| man in the District was moro esteemed as an mp
! right, honest, useful and oonscentiout citizen
Tho widowed wife writes to u.s." spent uoarly
six years with hin. as happily as was possible on
this earth. never knew call of charity u
pass unheeded. He was most devoted and affec.
ionato Husband, Father and Friend"
Tho loss Of 80 good citizen and friend is no,
easily replaced society.
WesympathiAc with the bereaved family and
relatives, and tonder our coincidence, pointing
them to tho Source of all Comfort for strength
and consolation. W.. R.
DIED, in this District, Of Phtisis Pulmon ais,
on Wednesday, the oath January, Dr. GEORGE
MAYS0N ETHEREDGE, in the 10th year of
ehis age. .7s;e
Truly it may bs said that In tho midst of Iifs
We die-as tho subject of this notice had not yet
lived half the days allotted to man, when that
fell-desiroyer, Consumption, tho srourge of .the
human race, had marked him for its own.
~ Midland. unasauming in his department, his
course through life was characterised by industry,
energy and perseverance,, tempered With quict
and peaceful disposition. He was the dutiful and
,obedient SON; kind, afectionate and indulgspt q.
20 husband and parent; and as friend, generous,
confding and true.
- He was for many years q member of the Bap.
'ist Church ut Rcd Bank, regularly. and quietly
filling his seat clearly evidencng during his pro-
tracted illness, that his dependence was not in
man alone; as in his own words TO his companion
during his sufferings he stated that :ho felt the
warming and rowling influence of Gods holy
spirit, and hoped not to loso sight of tke same
through life; and short time previous to his
death expressed o willingness to. die.
diaconsolate widow with two small children
mourn his loss as irreparable to them, while nu-
mcrous friends, and especially the aged relatives,
feel the bereavement most sensibly.
They sorrow not, however, MS those without
hope, but feel the comfortable. assurance of bis
acceptance ut tho right hand of God, when sin
and surrow can mover enter, but joy and happi-
ness and peace feign forever. asa
DEPARTED this life; at his fathers residsne, in
this Village, on tho 19thrJan. 1896, of ,Uisoase
Of the Hrurt, JOSEPH GRAY. inrthe 10th year
of hislgo. =. ..-,..;,,...a
Death is ut nil times q sad and melancholy
theme, but when ono 30 young, so noble, and
promising, and in the very bloom and vigor of
lifn, is snutchcd away, IL renders it doubly so.
The subject of this notice WAS only to be known
to be loSsdfor his many agreeable traits both of
heod and heart. He was ON obedisnt and dutiful
son; mn ,efectionate and; loving brother, and
firm and fnithful friend. In all the relations of
life he performed whatever was assigned faith
Hs,r trp1 forL
industry. -.
: In late war between tho North and South, |
70 took IN active parh having volunteered when /
10 was only fourteen years old; and was always |
ound ,at his post, over ready whom duty Called
y hia surviving comrades can testify. And at |
he hard contested field Of Gaines Mills, in the /
even days fight around Richmond, he received
'ainful wound which crippled him for lise !; and
10 doubt the fatigue and exposure of camp has
enedshii curly death. ~, -, a
1Our young friend has left an aged father and
aother, three brothers, three sisters, and largo
irclc of relatives aud friends to mourn their loss
ut they mourn not as those who have no hope, =
Or though he had never made any pnblic profess
ion ofreligiou, yet they entertain the hope that
Inexperienced aschange Of heart which prepared |.
i'm tosIpect dcnth; aud that his spirit Is now I
one TO The God rho gaYeit :,
We deeply synipathize with the bhreaved fami.
in this, their irreparnblc loss. May they sub
1T to this aflictive dispensation of Goa,s audi
'iyine ugon u Hispfoaious promises, try to live ]:
light 80 that they may9 tle, ,apfernred to- msstj
sirl9st ma in The mansiona Of ths Ble,.od. j 81
40 tie bloom Of thy yeutbge laid ihse. TO fest.
Aodte9S 9he last LUCK at,ihyimage SO dear; ! u
: = saE tho ta5f,,eoyer thyMdttohless breast -,
Ahs Az t,ifnsd re- array ssa gI,h Aaay stSaeR .s H
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