The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-25
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The following motto


DIED,
In New Orleans. on Friday morrG..
April IA, 1872, nc III o'clock, of congestion.
the brain, JOHN PATTON, aged $50 tt....
months and daye, d native Ui Ir..I... l.
for the last fifteen years resident H...
city.
1t was not our intention 20 Ia-s uu
80 brief a mention the death Of q worth.
citizen and personal friend, but the la,
ness Of the hour Al which the mo.u,.....
intelligence was received precluded laa
this issue, our paying to his memory r.
appropriate tribute.
John Patton is dead We aro +.
often called upon to chronicle Che pa.r
away Of so bright and noble 4 -p.r.a
his. In his life there was much ..
Young men TO emulate. much thut alI..
beauty 10 the worlds l1e By hr d.aH
a chord in the great and many taa.
lyre Of nature has been broken. "A FL.
has blossomed forth, and witbcrcd ami
gone from among us TO shine, lot 10. tfae
like a star upon the tree of immortal I.l
A good citizen in time Of war and pea
true friend, loving brother, O devoted
son, a faithful and adcctiouato husband
has been taken from those be- loved. a.I
who loved him. lie will meet with I..
around the family circle on this earth u.
more forever.
Mr.. Patton was an Irishman. lIaW
born in Ramelton. county Donegal.
the 4th Of May, 1888. Fortune did r..
smile upon his birth, but carciug uolhH
for her frowns he immigated when s.
teen years Of age, in 1881, and 90 taa a.
stance Of the lamentod John McFarm|
who sacrificed his life with unscif.hH...
ton upon the altar Of Southern iudop.
dence, John Patton east his Dot with nh.
people Of the South. lie had quaIit.o. ....
eminently fitted him 10 how d. palaw.
through the rocks Of life. lie vu Iu#
and true to all with whom he cam0 H
contact, and by his integrity, his nI.
pendcnce, his maninoss and his sler..n.
business qualities, he soon won Do ..
adopted country the confidence of t.#.
who knew him. With hundred
friends he probably had not ua.
enemy.
When the tocsin Of war ra0uu0.
throughout the length and breadth .
the land, be was among the trt lo AFT.
untecr, and upon the 4th Of April is0.
marched as n private soldier with Cm
pany A, New Orleans Crescent ltd. A.
the battle fields Of Virginia. lletm
Of service having expired, he rco.IH"
in the lst Mississippi Artillery Regimen.
with which command he participate. u
the battle of Chickasaw Bayou uI ...
siege of ViclSsburg. Being made pnHU
he was for a time in the Federal m..IH
prison on Ship Island. After hc wu .
changed he participated boa tho dcU.u.
and bloody engagement at BlakoIy. al.
bama, just before the surrender OPT Mobile.
and laid down his arms at the general u.
render. For his jealous attachment o.
the Confederate cause and his known
gallantry he was promoted through aI
the non-commissioncd grades, an0 CIV.
ring the last years of service haII 0.
rank Of Captain and Adjuiant IF ..
regiment No native Son of tho South
put forth his energies ia her dol,ae. H...
more earnestness. None gave his -.rs"
with less thought Of personal lea0..
In all ages Erin has boosted of '..
bravery Of her children she hu mu
to be prouder Of none than him. I0.
war being over, he returned to N,w Uu
leans with but little more of tbis N0|..
goods than were his when, eloyon N.u
before, as an Irish immigrant bog F"
placed his foot upon American soil. li.
native energies had not deserted h.m
and he soon, by his unsurpassed bu..n.
qualifications, occupied a position am.
the merchants Of that city of Wh...
much older man might well Doe proud
On Friday last, the 10Th in.t. ..
closed his eyes in that long sleep tu.
knows no earthly waking, and ou OLA.
succeeding day his remains were c.cor.
TO their final resting place By Quitmm
Lodge, No. 20, A., +. and A. NJ Ia.
and inferred with all the honors and n.
tic rites Of that most honorable m0
ancient order, there 10 rcmain until U.
general resurrection Of the iu.l with
them may we be permitted o. say "I..
will Of God is accomplished. So m..
il be"