Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-20
OBITUARY.
In Memoriam,


eighty-two Years.
The calm, sequcstered role of life had
been ever the choice of this excellent
the noiseleSs tenor of his way
at all times evinced the purity and integ,
rity of his heart
Nevertheless, when thp times that try
mems souls came, he was tOrGmoSt to re-
spond to the call Of his country. .
His infancy had been cr;idled midStd
the storms of the Revolution for Ameri-
can Independence. He had been ofthose.
w lrv f,rrt5irt INC Urtic, TOIsIolZ.
He. had also fought and lost the late dis
astrous struggles for the freedom of his
native iaiid. H. Ind et9r fought cheer
fully and manfllly the arduons contest
of life.
And above all, he fought the good fight
of the Apostle, kept the faith, and sleeps
the sleep of the Christian.
Through all-in sunshine and in Storm
in prosperity as in adversely, he pre-
served the honesty and integrity of the
real, old, hearty, manly Southern Gentle
man. Those who kneA1 linn well say
that, to the last, he "kept the whiteness
of his soul'-and that stern. and silent
men wept over his grave.
And after all, when the greatness and
grandeur of life shall have passed, when
its mockings and its glamour shall have
vanislea, when its pleasures and pains
shall have ended, gliat more desirable
than the end of this good man, a calm and
quiet death, the green turf for sepulchre,
with cross ahd garland over his tomb, anA
the love of children and friends for l,i
cpitaph?
Z" In life, nothing so became him rs the
1oayintr uf IL ,,
RequieScat inpace.
DEPARTED this life, on the oath day of
january 1871, CHARLES FREEMAN,
Of Chronic pyseNtery, ut the advanced
age of sixty-four years, leaving surviving
him, his wife and five children to mourn
his loss.
Mr.. FREEMAN was an old and highly
honorcd and esteemed citizen of our
County; strict and constant member Of
the Methodist Church for over forty
wears; n Just neighbor, an affectionate
husband, fond father, and a good man.
'Tis not ulone lis immediate family
that feel his loss, ''Tis MOI alone Il wife
and son and daughters that sorrow at his
earthly end, but all who knew him in
life lament his death, ALI it is the sad
dest of all griefs, the vail of the living
for the dead. The kinsmen and friends
weeping for their dead loved ones! But
it is the sweetest of life's consultations, to
know that by unostentatious .piety and
good deeds while Lying, we shall attain
everlasting happiness when dead "a hab-
itation, as promised, III house not built
with hands, eternal in the heavens" ~
j.. Such was the life Of this good old man,
such will be his reward.
May we all, when we come to lie down
to die, so give an account OF our thoughts,
words and actions, TINT we may hope to
enjoy the same blessing beyond thegraye.
Blessed are they which die i'll the
Lord; yea, saith the spirit, for they rest
from their labors,. and their works do
do follow them" ~
DEPARTED this life, on the morning Of
the both March, A. II: ISL, after long
and lingering attack Of Ntesis Palin0-
nails, DAVID ". CHRISTIAN, in the
41st year of his age..; ~
Although everything was done for him
;by kind friends that could be done, still
his disease baffled the skill of all, and
he was at last compelled to yield to the
mandates of the grim monster Death.
And when tho final hour came, he called
his sorr0wing wife and weeping little
children around his.dying couch, and told
them he felt that q gracious Savior had
pardoned his sins, and that he was go
ing homes" told his. wife not to weep at
ter him, but to meet him in Heaven and
stretching out his feeble arms, he took one
long last embracp,-and then quietly and
peacefully fell asleep in Jesus -.
Mr.. CHRISTIAN was benevolent ana
generous friend,-a good citizen and
I,ei ip.h bora tender, loving and IN indul-
gent father, and q kind and affectionate
husband. a.4- ,f;.H
He leaves widow, four children,
brothers and sisters, and an aged mother,
besides numerous relatives and friends
to mourn his loss, But they mourn not
as those without hope, for those who wit
messed his last moments are confident
that he had made peace with God, and
is now singing the song of Moses and
the Lamb around the throne of tho great
jehovah !. w. r..
A., At half past st one Ell qsk Ga5a4sa t5s Tqas
ANNIE LAMAR COLE, wife of Col.
ARCHIE H. COLE, and daughter of RHY-
DoY G, and SARAH B. MAYS, of Orange
Mills, st, Johns RIVER, Florida. ON the
10th of February, nineteen DAYS pel9re,
bright and beautiful spirit dissolved OF
the 'body terrestrial" in celestial form,
entered the Spirit Life. Her1nind filled
with dear memories and sweet affections
of the first life, there expanding into
Heavenly perfection. Again the GreaI Ieat
Record contains another life, and the dear
child and her Aunt and adopted mother,
are Reunited, Father, Mother, Daughter,
Aunt and Mother by adoption. me clr-
Gle almost Complete; only the few deso-
lata lat Inourners, left behind. :. The writer a,
we'll remembers Mrs. Annie Lamar Coies
n the bloom Of her splendid and beantl5, u,
3Sil Voutf!!!. In tie midst OF those OF on
,sI,SSn; associatioii, led alton .ala Weatth