Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-06-14
ALMOST A c~ENTENARIAN.
Death of the AeserAhle-> Or. n. P.
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From thursdays Daily,

From thursdays Daily:
Died, at the home of his only daugh-
ter, and only surviving child, Mrs. Ida
C. Humphrey, in this city this morn
ing at 1890 o'clock, DR.. Henry Patilla
Clingman, father of the late gifted
Nixon P~oindeXter Clingman, aged a3
years, two months and three days,
having been born on April 4, 1873, at
Huntsville, N. c., on the poetic Yad-
kin River, at the IL homestead Where
his ancestors for generations had re-
sided.
DR.. Clingman was a lineal descend
ant of Henry Patilla, d. D., NJ. D., who
was a Scotch Presbyterian, chairman
| and chaplain of the first Colonial Con
| gress, that met in Halifax, n. c., in
| 1875, and was the founder of h Pres
byterian church in North Carolina, a
| man noted for his eminent piety, pa
triotism and learning.
| DR.. Clingman graduated from JET
| erson Medical College, Philadelphia,
| in 1912, with leading honors, and while
] a student there was held in such dis
tinction by Dr. Benz. Rush, of the fac
| ulty of that institution that when
| matters of controversy arose in his
| class he invariably ruled with Cling
man, until it got to be proverbial of his
| college career that "Clingman's decis-
ion should pass" and when his gradua-
/ ton came off he was Immediately ten
dered the chair of anatomy of his alma
O-O, Tho >rnr IOnfnr
declined, being averse to h environ
ment of city life, loving nature and
humanity, and desiring to spend his
life in the associations and enjoyment
of the former and devote his probes
sional skill in the alienation of the all
ments and sufferings of the latter;
and. so devoted was he to his profes
sion that he ever kept abreast OF its
progress and was conversant with its
latest achievements, even to the pur
ping twilight and into the cleaning
of his long and eventful life, his splen
did physique and mental proves:
maintaining themselves with marvel
Gus alertneSS to the very end.
Dr.. Clingman was a double frs
cousin of the late renowned Senate
and General, Thomas Lanier Cling
man, their mothers, the Misses Poin
dexter, being sisters, and their faith
ers being brothers. He was a veteran
of two indian wars-the Seminole an
!, the CherOkee-and was OF the militar.
contingent that conducted the Chero
: KEGS to the Indian Nation. Re%turnin
. to his native home, he pursued hi
e profession with eminent success fO
years, and was one of the early pres
= dents Of the Mocksville Medical 81
= ciety.
In his early manhood he marie
S Mrs. Emily Magee Nixon, of Louis
ana, whose maiden home was j
S N~orristown, Pa, and to this unio
three children were born, these bein
a Lieut.. Edw. P. Clingman, who gave L
his young life in the Confederate ser
: ice, being shot dead from his hOr.
while leading a brilliant charge arouI
Atlanta; the late Nixon P. Clingma
of this city, and his only daughte
. herein referred to.
In the early ~fifties, he immigratt
% with his family to Arkansas, makil
,s the long journey in a wagon, and
\. l ILLS IIlp anu Ills NdIlSu experiences
r. the far West, professionally and as
IS pioneer AMI huntsman, he always tai
m ed most Interestingly.
During the latter years Of h la
[e war his only daughter, who attend
d school at Salem, N. c., married Il
to late Col. Lotto W. Humphrey and can
Of to reside in this city, with whom,
ii their declining years, her paren
d made their home, her mother havil
j. died here in 1886, and lies buried
st the family plot in Willow Dale Cen
terry, and here the interment of I
p Clingman will be made, the fune1
he taking place from the home tt
evening at $50 O'Clock, conducted
y Rev. T. H. S. Horsfield, rector of
Stephens Episcopal church.