Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-18
Thos. RufHn Camp.

1CbI III ORhAP OOo-
federate Veterans, at its meeting
held in the court house in this city,
on May the 10th, lS93-Memorlal
day-appointed the following CONS
mittee, to wit: E. A. Wright, NH.
Gurley and J. F. Hill, to draft reso-
lations expressive of the sorrow Of
said Camp, on the death of our be-
loved conlrade, Capt. Matt. J. Ham,
and ordered that these resolutions
be published in THE ARGUS
and Headlight of the City of Colds
bore. Complying with this appoint
ment, the committee respectfully
submit the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, it has pleased the al
wise disposer of human events, to
remove from among US, our beloved
companion and comrade Capt. Matt.
j.. Ham, who, on the 18th day of
April '93, at his home in Stony
Greek township, Of that fatal disease,
consumption, quietly and peacefully,
Alike flowers at set of sum- fell
asleep IL Jesus, to awake in His
likeness in the morn of the Resur-
r~ection of those who sleep in Him.
Therefore be it
Resohced, That in the demise OF
our comrade, Capt, Ham, this Camp
has lost n of its most faithful and
Jealous members-one who vel took
much interest in all the work of the
Camp. He was d brave and gal
liant Confederate soldier, enlisting
in Co. |, 45th Reg't. N. U. Troops,
in the year 1868, then in the 18th
year of his age, and served with this
company, until April 1865, at the
date OF the surrender at Appomattox
Court House, under Gen. Robert e.
Lee. He was Eve ready to go where
duty called, and, when in battle, ex-
hibited those qualities characteristic
of a true soldier-bravery aud COOL
cess. He was of a quiet and unexcit-
able disposition, under fir, and when
in the camp fires, he was ever kind
and obliging to his fellow comrades,
the survivors of whom hold these
enobling qualities of his head and
heart in the fondnes remembrance.
But best of all, he was a soldier OF
the cross" having in boyhood en-
listed in the army Of the Lord, by
uniting himself with old Salem NJ.
E. Church, now on the Goldsboro
circuit, and remained a true and
faithful member of this-the church
of his choice, until his death. His
was a practical religion, making
HIM an upright citizen in all the
walks of life, a loving husband, a
kind and indulgeat father. a true
friend, honored and respected by all
who knew him. He served this
county we'll in the Legislature of
Moth Carolina, in the House of
Representatives, in 1888 and 's9, to
which he vas elected by the Demos
cratic party. He could haye been
returned to the succeeding Legisla-
ture, but declined a denomination
rendered to him unanimously. Shurt-
lY after this he was attacked by
that most fatal of dIseases-con-
SUMPTION, aud gradually went down
the chill of life," son the sun Sc
Slue, uHCl1 ny IGS Exhaustive lut
roads upon his physical constitution,
he was finally Frustrated upon his
bed, about three months before his
demise, nursed by loving hands, the
loving hands of wife and children
and friends, when on the 18th of
April, his blood-bonght spirit took
its everlasting flight to its home Sin
that house not made with hands"
eternal in the heaveps-the home
of Gods redeemed ones. To his bes
reaved widow and the children, we
extend the consultations Of that holy.
religion that was his stay and JOY
and comfort all through life, and
his support in the conflict with
the last enemy that he has to con-
quor.-Death-and humbly pray
that they and all his surviving COM
rades and friends may so live and
act that they may meet him in the
Sweet bye-and-bye, just beyond the
River, when with us the "feser
called, living is over at last"
E. A. WRIGHT,
N. H. GURLEY, Com.
j. f. HILL,