Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03
MARRIED..
In Henderson County, on 25d e JsIss
1872 st the residence Of Mrs EliEsbeth-
Douglass. by Rev. r. S. swift DR.. A. 7.
Hart TO Miss Mary Z. FArquhar.
DIED,
Near Andrew u hAppel. ia this county,
on the s3d ult-, Mrs.. Sus1n Buntin.


Near AndreW'-aChappel. in this county,
on the sd ult-, Mrs. Susln Buntin.
Five miles North OF jackson, On Tuesday
s5d ult.. OF measles, Mr.. ID. e. Henderson,
wife OF W. =. Henderson, sgesi - years, IL
months and II days.
In this city, on Saturday, the 18th ult., Of
measles, Mrs. Tennie '. Taylor, wife Of Mr..
W A. Taylor, in Ike S2nd year OF her age
She leaves husband aud SIX children
At the residence Of Jno. L. Brown, Esq,
in this city, on Friday, the 81 OF Aug, MI
eaiah Bullock, Esq.
The news ofthe death OF orr old and distin-
guished friend, was received just as our pa
per was going 10 press. which iOrbids an
extended notice OF his many virtues and
sterling " orth a. neighbOr, friend and ciil-
zen.
July -, 1872, about two o'clock z. NJ,
Natb aniea EdH ards Lancaster. eloes- son OF
. John l.. Lancaster and Mary Jane Bdw ards.
lie was 6oru August 5hhr loi5. IN Cnr1s-
tan Co, by.
/ Il Is bright record that NC pen Of this
noble life, brought to its sudden, painful
close on the Threshold OF a most promising
career CT usefulness. Taught by his father
! from has earliest infancy, the principles
tnst constitute true manhood. he Wss able
/ 70 be len while still youth the sole protee-
l tor Of his step-mother and g helpless fam
I iIy at bis fathers home, Chattawa, Miss.
/ during his absence in the Confederate
service Upon his fathers return
on furlough, though not seventeen years
Of age, be insisted upon ennsting in the
same cause, saying that he was so large for
his age that others would think him older.
His comrades best know his firm adher-
euce to his principles amid the temptations
Of camp-liGe, and his fidelity 20 the service
OF his country. Soon after the close OF the
war, at the baptism Of his present mother,
he pTofessed conversion under the ministry
Of Rev. ). r.. GsasoE- He wss baptized m
70 the membership Of the Church. Angus
1885, in the same beautiful waters Of In
Minne-ha Ia, near Magnolia, Miss.
In October following, he removed with
his fathers family TO jackson, TenH., ana
united with the church here. His nObll
impulses, self-saerifcing devotion TO pFin
| ciple, and unostentaflous christian life ar
too well known TO Rsed comment. Always
first in the hour Of need he sacrificed has III
In noble effort TO rescue a little boy, un
known 10 himself, about 10 be drowned il
the Forked-deer river, az De Berry's mill
The boy was saved, but his preseryer ssnl
TO rise no more, except in the arms OF hi
Dear Redeemer. After I'VE hours search
and almost super-human exertion on Ia
part OF more than a hundred friends Zane
even many negroes, his body was reeOv
ed and taken in the arms OF his heart-striek
en- father to the home Of his childhood, sew
en- miles distant. The last solemn rite
were administered by his beloved /. o. o
F., amid a concOurse Of weeping friends q
every denomination.
Sudden and heavy As the blow has been
few families have more precious eonsola
ton in his death, or sweeter memories Q
his life. As son, a brother, friend,
citizen, n christian, few have have lett
brighter example
Greater love hath no man than thu
that he lay down his life for his brother"
Wemourn. not for him, but with his b.
resved family.