The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-28
GONE TO HIS REWARD.
a1r. Samuel JspsOn Passes Peace-
fully from Barthly,L Life.
RECORD OF A. CONSECRATEDgLIFE
Left Behind as an Inspiration to
Christian Devotion and Unsolfsh
Work for tho Cause of Christ---Two
Generations Spent in the.Enort to.
Redeem Fallen Men.

Mr.. Samuel Jepson, one OF the Oldest
citizens Of Wheeling, died yesterday at
two minutes past noon. He had u COM
rplication of ailments that greatly
d~ebilitated him, but the primo cause OF
death was old ago; the machinery had
simply worn out, and nature was ex-
hausted.
Mr.. Jepson was born at Ipswich,
Alfreton, England, September "a, 1908.
in his native country he learned tho
trade Of q shoemaker, which he faith
fully followed for many years, both in
England and America. He came to tho
United States in 1920, landing at Balti-
more. Remaining there but a short
time, he wended his way to Philadel-
,phia, where he tarried for q year or so,
working at his trade. From there he
came westward, stopping at Pittsburgh,
where he staid for about two years.
He came to Wheeling from Pitts
gburgh in 1884. and, with the exception
of about two years that no spent with
his daughter in Dakota, his home has
been in Wheeling since that time.
After coming to Wheeling, he followed
his trade up to 1854, at which time he
embarked in mercantile business, at
number 100 Market street, conducting Il
variety and notion store until 1850,
when he engaged with the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad Company rs their store
keeper at their Wheeling shops. He
remained with that company until
1888, when he was retired on q pension,
which is the custom followed by that
company with faithful employees.
Since his retirement, he served as a
notary public, and did considerable
business, the principal part OF which
came to HIM from the Bank OF the Ohio
Valley, OF which his son, Frank 2. Jep-
fson, is cashier.
When about eighteen years of age, he
connected with the Methodist church
in England, and ever afterwards was a
jealous, faithful, untiring Christian
worker. He was a member OF the
Fourth Street NJ. L. church, in Wheel
ing, for nearly sixty years, and the
members of that church will all testify
that Father Jepson," as he was fami-
liarly called, has been a living, walking
exempliication OF absolute Christian
piety. He was always at his post in
the church, in rain or in sunshine, and
was ever ready to perform every duty
assigned to him. He was a lay preach
,eE, commonly termed an eXhorter, and
for over a half century no Sabbath
passed, except when no was too ill to
leave his room, that his voice was not
dleard at the county Jail and workhouse
reading the Scriptures and preaching
the Gospel to sinful men. In this kind
OF work he was the leader in Wheeling
dor nearly two generations. His life
was SO pure and clean and consistent
that his influence among his associates,
in and out Of the churches, was simply
unbounded. Doubtless but few, ii any,
OF the regular ministers of Wheeling
exerted q more potent power for good
than did this devoted, consecrated man
OF God. Such a man will be missed.
The loss OF such q man is no less than q
public calamity.
Up to within q few hours Of his death
his voice was publicly heard calling
upon men to live upright Christian
lives. Indeed, he never ceased to per-
form the duties which he believed were
assigned to him by his Sovereign Crea-
tor, and better than all. he never failed
to practice every moment that he lived
the religion that ne preached to others.
He familiar form in his goings out and
comings in will be missed. 1t will be
difficult to fill his place as q worker in
the church. No one but 3 consecrated
man could live as did he. His impress
for a hall century is left indelibly upon
Wheeling. He is gone, and his reward
ia assured. A.