Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-01-16
Obituary,

We copy the following obituary from
The Statesman, published at Austin, Tex
as, OF Nov. 6, 1888. 1t will be perused
with personal interest, by some of our
oldest citizens, who have read and adj
mired the poetical productions Of the
deceased. His poem ''Shall l See Them
No More" has struck responsive cord
in many a heart, and will live for ever
Capt. Josselyn was younger brother OF
Josiah Josstlyn Of Bridgewater, VT, and
Lewis Josselyn, for many years editor
and publisher Of The Bay State at Boston,
aud Lynn, Mass.
| DEATH OF CAPT. ROBERT JossELYN.
Capt. Josselyn, one of the best known
men Of the state of Texas, died Ia this city
Sunday night, Nov. 4th, after brief i'll
ness. He was born in Pembroke, Ply
mouth county, Mass, December 10, A
d. 1910. At the age of four years he re-
moved to Woodstock, VT, and remained
there until nineteen years of age, when he
| went to Virginia. At the age of twenty
one he was licensed to practice law at
Winchester in that state, by Judges Tuck
er, Scott and Field. Went to MISSISSIPPI
p in 1886 and settled at Oxford; was
member of the legislature from Lafayette
county in 1889; was appointed district
attorney by Gov. McNutt; moved to Hol-
ly Springs. Miss, in 1910; represented
Marshall county in 1S43-44 volunteered
as private in jeff Davis regiment in the
rta- l,, Intt -
terey was commissioned by President
Polk as assistant commissary of subsist-
ance, with the rank of captain in the reg
ular army; resigned after the regiment
returned home in 1850 was appointed
state commissioner by Gov. Quitman, and
held the ofllc eight years; in 1860 held
clerkship in the treasury department at
Washington city; resigned when Missis-
sippi seeded and went home; was ap-
pointed private secretary President Davi.,
and held that position for the first year of
the war, when he resigned and was ap-
pointed secretary Of Arizona territory, us
organized by the confederate government.
In attempting to come to Texas after the
surrender he was taken prisoner by
federal gun-boat; was released and sent
w WIN vi utu.
Ross brigade; practiced law at Shreve-
port, La, about year; then came to Aus
tin, Texas, and took editorial charge of
the old State Gazette during the military
occupation, when that paper was broken
up by the Radicals; edited the Dallas
Herald for about a year; then returned to
Austin and edited the Statesman until
Gov. Coke was elected, when he resigned,
and has not been engaged on the press
since. He was 70 years of age In De-
cenlber last. This is the career In brief
of this remarkable man.
, Capt. Josselyn published a volume of
poems at Boston in 1913, q satire on the
Times, published at St. Louis, and the
Coquette, drama, published at Austin,
both since the war; and besides these, va
rious short poems for the press, North ard
South, many Of which have been set to
music. "The Faded Flower" "The Last
Tear Shed, ""The Young Widow" and
"My Girl with the Calico Dress" have
kept their place in the newspapers ever
since, their publication, thirty or forty
years ago.
The funeral occurred yesterday after
noon, and was largely attended. Quite
large procession followed the remains to
the cemetery. He will be greatly missed
from the familiar places that have known
him so long. One by one the old land
marks are fading away; one by one the
old faces be being missed from the active
scenes of life, and the men who have help
ed to make the history Of the past event
full years are one by one going to the
silent city.