The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-08
MR. ELI n. GAsoUE DEAD.
South Carolina Man Pass
e. Away. The Father Of Mrs. II.
L. Twining.

The Marion Star OF the Goth OF March
contained a W. and a quarter column
article in reference to the death OF Mr..
Eli H Gasque of nat place. Mr.. Gas
que was the father Of Mrs. II. L. Twin
ing OF this city. and Captain c. W. Gas
que OF the Atlantic Coast Line. The
following is AIKEN from the stars ac-
account and we regret that we could
not reproduce the entire article:
Mr.. Eli H. Gasque died at his home
here at Gas O'Clock last Wednesday.
after an illness extending over three
months He vas thought to nave been
better some time ago. but a stroke of
paralysis rendered him unconscious and
FASTENED the sad end. Nj. Gasque was
IN the 10th year of his age and his
death causes a gap in the ranks OF the
the most prominent men OF the coun-
Try. and the loss to the town OF Marion
is wel-night i~rreparable.
All his life Mr.. GasQue had been a
merchant. except during his four years
service in the Confederate States army.
and a always been a leader in every
public enterprise. Always liberal in his
views. he won friends. and by his up-
right character held them as il by hooks
~ Was, no enterprise OF
value TO the community IN which he
was not a prime mover, and his enthu-
siasm in public matters knew no
bound. He was the organizer OF the
Marion Business league which organ
~ization. under his superb leadership.
has done a very great deal for the ma
terial advancement OF Marion, town and
county.
In everything that would contribute
TO the making OF a w~ell-rounded man
he was intensely interested, and his
devotion to his Christianity, to the Con-
federate cause. to the Masons the Odd
Fellows and the knights of Homer Cor
ders OF which he was a member) was
remarkable. He had been a consistent
member of the Methodist church prac-
tically all his life, and at the time Of
his death was a steward in the church
here. He a filled nearly every office
within the git of the fraternal orders
to which he belonged and was the No
BILE Grand Of the Odd Fellows for the
current term.
MI. Gasque was twice married. His
first wife was Miss Sallie F. Shaw,
daughter Of Murdoch Shaw. native OF
Merton who went to Mississippi be-
fore the war. BY this marriage ten
children were born. nine Of whom are
living; Messrs. l.. NJ, Boyd R., Charles
W., John O.. Joseph H.. and Harvey l.,
diQ MIS-. IWlnlnS, Oh wilmington, ana
Miss Edna Gasque. His second wife
was Miss Sallie FoXworth. a daughter
of the late William c.. Foxworth, who,
with four children survives him. The
oldest of these, Herbert. is a student at
the South Carolina college In his do
nestle life Mr.. GasQue was probably at
his best-kind, loving, indulgent. His
demise removes from earth n of Gods
noblemen."
The funeral was held at half-past
four o'clock Thursday afternoon In the
Methodist church, and h GROVE which
assembled could not all get into the
building. If ever the community as a
whole testified to the esteem in which
n OF its citizens was held, that time
was on the occasion of Mr.. Gasque's
funeral. All classes and both races
were there en- masse. The Masons, the
Odd Fellows, the Veterans association.
Board of Trade. and other organizations
4 attended as such. All the business
houses in town were closed during the
time of the funeral and the entire town
wore the appearance Of the sadness
which filled every heart. The interment
was conducted by the Masons with the
rites of that order, and the mortal re-
mains Of Eli H. GasQue sleep the long
sleep beneath the. sod OF the county
which gave him birth"