American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-09
Death OF JnO. F. BosWOrth

With feelings of the profoundes;
sorrow we record the death of Mr.
JOHN +. BOSwORTH, the editor and
founder of the AMERICAN CITIZEN
which sad event occurred on
Wednesday last, the 9th inst. IL the
performance of the melancholy duty
thus made obligatory upon us, we
shall speak of him as we knee him,
and with freedom sanctioned by
long years of friendly intimacy.
JOHN F. BOswoRTH was born in
Augusta, Georgia, on the fifteenth
day of September, 1921, and was,
at the time of his death, III the fifty
second year of his age. At the
early age of ten years, he entered
the Office of the Enquirer, published
at Columbus, Georgia, in which he
served his apprenticeship. Unlike
most youths who content them
selves with the mere mechanical
skill of iOurneyman, printer, he de-
voted his leisure hours to readlng
and study, and when the term of
his probation expired, he was not
only SIX illed in the science Of the
craft, but had his mind stored with
much useful and valuable informa-
ton. at the early age of severn
teen, we find him well fitted to en-
ter upon the worlds wide and busy,
arena. full of energy, buoyant with
hope and lofty ambition, and.
withal securely fortified in the prin-ss
ciples of the sternest morality, in-s
tegrity, chivalry and honor.
At the tender age above men-s
toned, he removed to Eufaula, Ala
bama, where he published aud ed-S
tied his first paper. The scrupu-
lOus neatness and accuracy display
ed in the mechanical execution ok
his work, and the marked abiiitys
that characterized his editorial col
umns. soon attracted the attentionE
of experienced journalists, and thes
thinking, apprrciative minds of thcS
community, while his graceful! man-E
ners, genial friendships, courteous
bearing and attractive appearances,
drew around him a large circle off
admirinG friends, among whom wassss
the writer of this feeble tribute tos
his memory. The friendship wiichE
thus sprung up between the youth Z
full editor and his boyiSh admirer, 81
soon ripened into an affection as {,
sacred as it was lasting; and in alis.
the long years Of trial, of vicissi- &
tule, of sorrow, Of disappointmentss
and disaster which have passed, notk
one jarring, d1scordant note hass
ever married its harmony and its 4
sweetness.
Flattered, caressed and lOved--a IA
vorite with the wise and good ofboth
sexes, general feeling Of sorrow was
manifested in the community whens
it was announced that interest 9
called him to distant field of ac-S
ton. IS
We next find him in Apalachico-Es
Ia. Florida, at the head OF paper.j
there, surrounded, as in Eufaula, g
by host of warm and stead.ast 8
friends. Owing to the bad manage g
meDt and INSCRIPTIONS conduct ofj
his business partner, the en-n
terprise failed, and he return. 3
ed to Columbus and common e
ced the work of journeyman, UNI
til wider field of usefulness and n
honor should open to his view. Il
With soul alive to the worth off
character. and the tenderu
of divinely inspireds
love, he sought in the realms of So q
cial aud domestic happiness, a com
panion to share his triumphs and
his joys, and to cheer and solacel
him amid the cares and vicissitudesH
of life. Such an one he found inH
the person of the accomplishing
and fascinating Miss AUGUSTA. S. 81
REEVES, of Columbus, and on the
18th day of August, 1916, he ledf
his fair bride to the altar, and conf
the VOWS which were toE
illumiue his pathway, and cheer
his tagging energies in the great q
battle of life. e.
Eight children were the fruits of q
this blissful union, six of whom,E "
three sons and three daughters, aiiE
remarkable for their mental audE'
physical gifts and graces, with then
IGNORED and devoted mother, sur r.
rive to mourn the death of father, e
husband and friend. ~
After several months passed inI
montgomery, Mobile, New Orleanss
md jackson, Mississippi, he came4
O this place and established the y
AMERICAN CITIZEN, the first num- 81
'er of which was issued Oh the FIRST :
lay of February, 1851. e