The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-26
OBITUARY.
TERRY. Miss. Oct.

| VIRGINIA l.. BARKsDALE. eldest daughter al
the late Hon. Harrison Barksdale. No cards.
OBITUARY.
TERRY, Miss, Oct. 10th, 1871.
This community was startled on the Ilth
| INST. by the intelligence that GEORGE " .
| NORRIS was dead. Il had been known for
| some weeks that lie was not well. bur such
| was liis usual robust health and vigorous
| constitution. that no one apprehended any
serious results. He called "A physician on
Saturday, and with such rapidity did the
| disease-maiiguart feyer-run its course
| from that time on, that he died Tuesday
| night. "A little before O'Clock. No one. eX-
/ cept those near his person. was aware of his
critical condition. aud the next morning a.
the news spread rapidly through the coun-
| try people were seen everyMhe eagerly
| enqniring if il could possibly be- true; aud
| As the sad reality could no longer he dis
| guised. every heart wes stricken with grief
aud every tongue gave utteranee 10 words
of poignant sorrow. 1t could not have been
otherwise, for no man was ever more uui-
versally beloved. He was the fEiend O (
every body; constantly doing acts Of kind
ness. aud especially for the poor. Ii NAV
he safely afiirI1ed that no worthy, or de-
serving person ever asked favor of Geo.
w. Norris without getting il, II Il was ia
his power to bestOw il. Is il any wonder
then that this whole community should feel
for his death as though he had been bro
Their.
Mr.. Norris was native of Fanquier
county, Virginia. and was about thirty four
years of age at the time OF his death. He
came To this country when the New Or
leans and jackson Railroad was being con-
structed, and for several years was engaged
as Assistant Engineer on that work. IL was
while thus engaged that he made the
quaintance of our worthy fellow citizen.
John w. Burnett, whose beautiful and ac-
complished daughter he married soon after
the surrender. The issue OF this marriage
was two sons. year ago the dotng pa
rents were called on to mourn the death OF
the eldest, bright and beautiful boy, and
now the stricken wife, and mother is sum
moned to an Infinitely harder trial. that of
giving up most TENDER loving. and devo-
ted husband. 1t looks like mockery to offer
words of coincidence at such an hour. but il
may be some consolation To be assured that
she has the heartfelt sympathy OF all who
know her.
Mr.. Norris had. in an eminent degrse
those noble qualities of head and heart
which never tail to attract and warmly at
tach large circles of friends. But it was AT
home. in the bosom of his own and his wife's
families that his afIectionate disposition was
exhibited in its most delicate and refined
colors. Ii is not proper TOR this writer to
enter that sanctuary now filled To overflow
ing with the deepest grief. But we may
possible say. without intrusion, that more
devoted husband and father, and more at
f"ctionate son and brother. never lived or
died than George w. Norris. He entered
his wife's family as ii it had been the family
of his own father, and it was TO him a source
of inexpreSsible delight that he was there
received and treated as a son and brother.
But am entering upon thoughts too sacred
at this time for utterance, and must there
fore desist.
The point in the character Of Mr.. Norris
which presented itself most conspicuOusly |
To the world at large, was his wonderful
capacity for business. He could transact a
greater amount and greater variety OF bust |
ness in a given time than almost any man /
ever knew. lie was. by common consent, |
the business man of the town. Others AZ |
tended to their own business, but he attend |
ed to his own and that of everybody else |
who called on him. 1t has been estimated |
that four out of six of all the people |
who came 10 town on business Inquired Tor |
George Norris Nothing was too great or |
too small to engage his attention.
1t was not only surprising 10 see teh |
amount and variety of business he would |
transact but the facility aud accuracy with |
which he would do it, Much of IL he did |
gratuitously, and especially for people " no |
were poor. OF all the hundreds on hum |
Greds for whom he transacted business. no |
one il has believed has ever COM planned that |
he did not do ample justice. The freedmen |
feel keenly the loss theS have sustained in |
his death, and they manifested their sorrow |
by attending his funeral in larger numbers |
than have ever known them to attend the |
funeral of any white man before, and by |
mingling their tears freely with those of ais |
white friends over his grave.
liz may seem little strange that a man so |
endowed should have spent so many years
of his life in a village like this. The writer
once asked him why he did not go To New
Orleans, where he would find 80 much lar
ger and richer field for the exercise of his |
business capacity: His characteristic reply
was. "Sallie (his wife) does not want to leave
her family. and cant ask her to go against
her will, when there is no positive necessity
for it, The reply icdS Characteristic, be-
cause it showed his nice sense Of duty to his
wife. and how tenderly he loved her.
He is gone FROM the field of his usefulness
on Earth. We may hope TO join his angel
body in Heaven. Ii is our duty to bow sub
missively TO the DEGREES of Him who doeth
all things well" vet we cBnnOt help feeling
that void has been created by the death OF
our dear friend which win require long
years TO fill.
FRIEND.
Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north winds
breath.
And stars to set; but all.
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, o
Deathr'
Died. OF congestive chill, September lst,
1871. in Franklin parish, La, HEERY MAR
TIN, eldest son of >. +. ard Annie e. Scri-
Der, aged years. 10 months and % days
The dark winged angel OF death has cast
pail OF gloom over a once happy home, aud
borne away on silent pinions the pure spirit
Of this dear little boy, the frst-born and
darling child Of his stricken parents. who
lavished such a wealth OF affection, such a
world of love upon him.
He endeared himself TO all Who knew
him, by his bright eyes, sweet face. his
many amiable qualities Of head ana heart,
happy and loving disposition and it Is not
hazarding too much TO say that:
sNone knew him but to love him,
None named him but TO praise"
To say that he was fOndly attached to
home and Its refined and hallowed associa-
tons; that ne was ever dutiful. affectiOnate
and obedient to his parents, Is but faint
portrayal Of the feelings Of the now desc
late home circle, and will find an echo In
many heart saddened by his early death In
the dawn OF life's morning. when to him
there was naught but ~glory in the grass
and splend0r in the flower His meek,
gentle spirit has winged It's Night from
dreary earth to realms Of perfect love and
eternal bliss. where pain, sorrow and death
are unknown, to rejoice forever there with
the shining host around the Throne of
Heaven. He has passed over the dark river
to fine abright beyond the beautiful land
ON the borders Of Time, and though ft was
hard TO give him up thus I'm LIES bright
spring time, yet
~The lovely bud 90 young and faIr,
Called hence BY early doom,
Just come 70 show now sweet flower
In Paradise would bloom"