The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-10-21
DEATHS.
EDGAR.

After an illness of only a few
hours Col George M. Edgar, one of
the best known and most popular cit
liens of Paris, died at the home of
DR.. J. T. Vansant, Saturday morning
at 1880 o'clock The announcement
of his death was a severe shock to his
ing was known of his illness,
has been very noticeable for several
months. Col. Edgar, who was re-
markably well preserved for one of
his years, was on the street Wednes-
day Friday morning he appeared as
we'll as usual, but about four o'clock
in the afternoon was taken violently
ill, and it was realized by his family
that the end was near.
Col. Edgar was gallant COnfed
crate officer and soldier during the
war between the states, and carried
the marks of battle upon his body; he
loved the Confederacy and delighted
to recall his personal relations with
General Robert E. Lee and other
noted officers.
His war record is one to be proud of
as attested by the reports of superior
officers, to be found in Records of
the War"
Colonel George NJ Edgar was born
March 1, 1887, at Union, Monroe
county, Virginia, of Scotch-Irish par
ents. In 1853 he graduated from the
Virginia Military Institute, the fifth in
his class. He began his career as
teacher in his Alma Mater, a year
later, and held two other professor
ships, in North Carolina, at Charlotte,
and the Florida State Seminary, at
Tallahassee, until the Civil War
broke out He enlisted as a private
in Florida, but after Virginia seeded
obtained a discharge and assisted in
raising company in his home town.
In 1875 he established the Edgar In
stitute in this city, one of the most
noted institutions of learning in the
State.
AS an educator Col Edgar had no
superior in ability and scholarly at
tainments. For many years he con-
Quoted schools for boys and girls in
Kentucky. In later years he held po-
sitions of honor as president in the
State institutions of Arkansas and
Florida, also professorship in the
dental College, California. He pre-
pared and delivered many addresses,
one especially noted being on "Stone-
wall Jackson"
He is urvived by his wife, two
daughters and three sons. The
daughters are Mrs. ]. T. Vansant, of
Paris, and Mrs. Ormond Somerville,
Of Montgomery, Ala. The sons are
DR.. Graham Edgar, of the University
of Virginia; r. B. Edgar and John B.
Edgar, of Montgomery, Ala. One
sister Miss Kate Edgar, of this city,
also survives
The funeral took place yesterday.
Services at the Presbyterian church,
at o'clock, conducted by Rev. DR.. B.
M. Shive. Burial in the Paris Genet
cry. The pall-bearers were: ]. D.
McClintock, w. w. Mitchell, William
H. Webb, DR.. C. ]. Clarke, George r.
BELL and Walter Clark.
HATFIELD.
Mr.. Smith Hatfield, of Cynthiana
died Friday at the Massie Memorial
! Hospital, after being in that institu-
ton about week, suffering from an
attack OF pneumonia. Mr.. Hatfield
was recovering from the effects of the
disease in one lung, and was caution
ed by his physicians and nurses to be
/ very careful, but in spite of their
warnings he imprudntly left his bed
in their absence, the result being the
/ development of pneumonia in the
other lung, causing his death. He
leaves family. The body was sent
to Cynthiana for burial.