Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-12
OBITUARY..

after Iilc's i.rul fever he sleep %e'.
Dc1, in AleNsndria, Va., On EHh1sy n'H m
ing March -, 1870, MlLli: III II; var u -
in the 42i ya..r OF lis age. The SUBJECT: 'n'S
obituary notice WIS so we'll known III THIS coin
rnuuIty that any reference t. hiS character !.
:uperGuous. lie mas lett benin" hl'i ih"iE
friends who know him intlm%tcly, "!i VII"
ir.usurc IN the recollection al his %cnI:I man
ner, his cordial, frank, Winning aI!T"ss, HI;
warmth Of hcurt and fidelity ct ";tnrhnrh! 80
He va; y mos. liberal hearted ina! IL MS C";''
inys with ni, and there mrc tc", probably. VINO
knew him who were MOI, vt some time or 'the7'
laid under obligations hy som: n' -! kil'u:i"@H
performed by hiIl.
man OF business, he was pro lnp. END On
errctic, faithful - the Interests 81 th":4 he
served, and unil agg ing IL lis Devotion t. the
enterprises in which he was - various tlnlc>
enungcd Bat it Was especially - i friend That
he won the admiration of those vito knc% him,
and TO whom he so much c.dcArci hEn-o!! hE
his goodness Of heart And rca,:y sympathy. IL
will be long before those vino S!A:ol hl7 nos
ptaiity viii cease - remember hls iFie-iS.'DiS
winning manner, his sparkling VIZ, MS l'1v">-
snt lest, his ready huInur anI his GulcN hnprc
citation OF tho humorous IN Others. Ana l-"!c
are many, too, who will rccal! his i:cI-ea: a@:S
of liberali,y-fOr hi: tanG va hter*lly eve?
open TO the call Of the need -:!nd sI:H 10: such
another bcneiactor
He is gone from US gone before the curn"A
of his life Was reached, y"ung and loved gone
before the high hopes OF his friend: cGnCcrnn=
him were realized before tn" station III nc i2r
which he was fitted by Iii: more than ordinary
talents WAS reached goae from life 5 toi.s "!it.
su.Fcrngs, !: is hoped t. 3 better sphere. Gone
from the little family that va: dencn-c;i. on
him, from the circle Of choice friends iSn) ~"
so sadly bereavcd, from the world Ii.:.i tH@ :"
i'll spuro such man. How much ttOa" VINO
formed thst choir, circle o: relatives ana lends
miss him Tho pot brother. the !cTotet nus
band the kind And loving; !@:hcr, me bosom
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sympathy and coincidence are II vain, i'r We
cannot but feel our loss "" l;.i ! niln away
beside the eldest boy OF his who persisted - In-
timely but little while before, III tie nope that
all shall one day nee: again AM! OR hearts
arc sad, .or we !eci th*.
Take him for all in all
We shall not look upon HI. :!@" a;@;ri';:'
II. 4. j.
Died, u! Markham, w: on the G.h instant,
of paralysis, BENJAMl% FEAGAN', &c.
in the Glst year of his age.
Few men, who have never filled an "iuc!aI
pluce, have been more widely kE""n more
generally liked or more universally ErHfciLeh
in death. "Cousin'' Benny l.: dead "nd now
that his noble soul has pas. the ports lna; st''l
out this strange world OF on from the ihunllc
Unseen, nll VINO hal the pleasure ri his Sc
uunintnncc can bear h"unT"bic te:tim@ny I" Ia"
spotlcSsncss OF his integrity, the superiority {"
his practical wisdom !.i,u the genuine inbred
generosity Of his nature. farming; :L time ~
high rs four thousand acres Of lard. with entire
success, his life rs - farmer hH= been HiUst ~"
lively ard usefully spent. Such men "rc csscIi-
tial 10 the prosperity q Il Country. Though &C.
centric in many Of his ways. lac WAS cEiphati-
cslly g man of large soul. lie Was the lundes.
man of boys ever SAW, and ;hn high regard he
ever manifested for their interest :I.d Welfare
shows the genial disposition Of nob!" heart -
lie ,eayes :; large circle of relations mHd - h".t
Of friends TO 1nuuv1 their loss. Rest be !" his
ashesl Il. Il. L.