Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-26
OBITUARY.

| WILLIAM SARGENT WISDOM-Died at
his residence in PuFdy MeNairy, i county on cI len
pm, WIN. s. WIsDoA, aged seyenty-nve years
| and five days. -
The Intelligence conveyed In the above an
nouneement viii carry deep and unaffected
sorrow to many hearts. 1t can be truly said
of the dC6 .sed that he has been ever the friend
of thef9e5or and deserving, the staunch sup
porter of the widow and the orphan. The
writer Of this article has from boyhood known
Mr. Wisdom, b aving been reared in the village
! in which he h as passed his life, and having in
early Life been the recipient of his kindness,
and preserved his fast hfor1ship up 10 the
day of his death, he now feels that 1t is but a
labor OF love to speak OF him IS he was, now
that ne sssleeps with his fathers"
Mr.. Wisdom was born In Rockingham coun-
ty, North Carolina, on the l4th July, 17s6 his
father, James Wisdom, moved 70 Anderson
county, East Tennessee, in 1909; in 1911 he
moved to Overton county, and from there In
1870 he moved to Western Tennessee, and
settled near what is now known as Henderson
Station; in the following year he came to Nc
Marry county, where the subject Of this notice
resided mp 10 the day Of his death. Mr.. Wis
dom had but a limited education, but as 1t has
been aptly said of another, GAS Cornish dis-
monds are not polished by any lspidary, but
are pointed and smoothed even as they are
taken out of the earth, SO manure Itself was all
the A., v,,l,ob ,vas. nsed upou him SD -r.
He went n, schoe,l at night and worked dur
inc the fIav 10 nav his tuition and assist his
father. Reinq a man OF extraordinary mind,
he advanced rs{p,dly and acquired the ordina-
~ rudiments o. an English education in half
the time requIrtsd by most scholars with the
best advantages. He afterwards taught a
small school in his neil.hborhood, supplying
the ylaoa ofbis ,,,,,,ay tea cher who had died,
He sarvad for some time as a deputy in the
office OF the conn tveot,r clerk of his county,
and was subsequently, elected CLERK These
were all the public offices he ever held yet his
personal populartty was very great, and in
creased mn 10 the dav ~ HE death. He after
wards engaged I'm merchandise, and became
one of the largest land-holders tn the State
He acquired a handsome fortune. .Nnd was al
ways foremost in works of charity a nd public
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