Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-10-18
The Death of Mr.. Adam Stephenson.
1From the Highland Recorder, Oct. 4th.]

1t is with deep regretand sorrow that we
are compelled to announce the death of
this widely known and universally es-
teemcd felIow-citiZen. For the last three
months he has been an intense sufferer, the
result of an internal abscess, which he
bore with Christian patience ana heroic ne elS
fortitude; though everything that medical
skill and the ministrations OF a1fectlonate,
devoted children aud kind friends could
afford, continually surrounded INN, he
gradually declined, until on wednesday
last, the I'd inst, he gently breathed MS
last at "Glenwood," his late residence,
near this place.
Adam Stephenson was born on the 10th
dav of March, 1911, Oh Jackson'S River IN
what was then Bath county, and for more
than thirty wears has been a conspicuous
and controlling figure among the people OF
Highland. In 1883 he married Miss Omar
lotfe Wilson, daughter of the late VIM
Wilson, of this county, who survives nm:
For more than half century they nave
been spared to comfort and sustain each
other in the great battle OF life.
In 1910 MI Stephenson became deputy
sheriff of Bath county, which position ne
held until the creation OF Highland IN 1871.
In the formation of this county he took an
active and efficient interest, and in con-
junction with Samuel Ruckman, Col. Byrd
and others, was instrumental i'll creating
the public sentiment that secured the dis
memberment OF that portion OF territory
from Bath and PendletOn counties, from
which Highland was formed. In 1917 he
was elected the first clerk Of Highland,
which position he held for seventeen years.
In 1850 he, with the late Judge Hugh W.
Sheffey and David Fultz of Augusta, David
E. Moore and John Letcher of Rockbridge,
represented this district in the COnstitu-
tional Convention that met that year.
Since then he has resided on his farm,
devoting himself to the comfort and educa-
ton of his children, and dealing in the fine
cattle for which his county is so justly
famed. During his long and active life he
acquired a large and affiuent estate, and
leaves seven children surviving him, viz ::
A. Tyler Lucius H., Oscar A., John w,
James B., Miss Sudie E., and married
daughter, Mrs. WV. Arnett of Wheeling
w. Va.
No man has ever impressed his person
ality and left more lasting impression for
good upon his county and community than
Adam Stephenson; of fine and command
ing person. endowed with great intellec-
tual force of great intelligence, to which
was united character of spotless purity
and strict integrity, he welded a moral
influence upon the people among whom he
lived and died, never surpassed by any cit
izen of the county,
While Highland has honored him and
his children it may truthfully be said that
he more than repaid the great debt he
owed to her people by an influence that
was always eXerted for their moral, intel
1ectual and social progress, and by an eX-
ample that will shine brighter and bright
er as we begin to realize the loss we have
sustained in the death OF such a man. lie
could always be relied upon to be upon the
side of right, and was never neutral upon
any question that affected the welfare of
his people. He was a living, acting, posi-
tive power for good in all the relations of
life Those whose privilege it was to ell
Joy his friendship and hospitality, (and
who did not that ever know him at his
home found in him the Prince of hospi-
tality and genuine kindness, they left re-
gretfully the open door, the kind and gent
al face and felt better for having known
such man.
The smaller, yet noble, charities of life
We're his daily duties. The poor never went
unaided and comfortless from his door,
and his giving was of that kind that takes
away the sting that turks in poverty and
want. The large cOncourSe OF friends that
followed his body to the grave on last
Thursday afternoon, was but another, and
touching evidence of the esteem in which
he was held by his cOuntymen In accord
ance with his last request his remains
were inferred on his tne estate, "Glen-
wood" about six miles west of Monterey,
on the head of JackSon's river. The beau
tiful stream that sang to him its lullabies
amid the scenes of his childhood, now
murmur a requiem at the base of his tomb,
that has closed upon life that was price
less to his sorroWing widow and children,
and an honor to his county. X.