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the lunge, Hr EMSLEY LA8S*TER, in the 56ih year of Kih age He was greatly afflicted from his youth,uviug been Liade in very early childhood a cr;pple forlift, but r?ot withstanding his inability to get about as other men, yet he was a very useful *«nergetio, honest, kn d-heorted mao, and much liked by ail who knewhim. •’* made profession of religion inrW»l/th ar audt a*tacked himself to the M Jb rhurch South, since wblbh time he h^ia «ver b^en an orderly and con-difc(ent luembei of the b.-.uie, TUougn he had many soro trials yet he patiently endured them alL Aout 14 years ago hie good and estimable w*fe died, leafing five chi lure u who looked unto bin for their futiireMt-?ainlcg, and well did he accomplish thi% proving him- iself i^ he bnti* a father and mother h them Mo children ever w^re bteaeed with a kinder parent than was he.A ren out struggle for liberty commenced his two eldestsons volunteered ana went forth with their fatberVap-proval to battle for oar rights. He wrote them often, always kindly and wisely advising and encouraging them in the cause to which they had already shown themselves so patriotic. Bffi alas! death came and snatched for its victim, his young and promising sen Jonathan while incamp at Evan-port, Va His older boq who was thenin camp ar Raleigh went, and with xcnok difficulty, brlt;jught home the remains of his deceased brother to be icterre^in the family buryiug ground. The death of this young and sprightly son was a sore bereavmeatto his father aid family. Bat yet his faith in 3od remained unshaken; though greater trials yet awaited him. On the 4th of Sept last, he was again bereft of his hindand dunful'daughter, Mrs. M. A. Luther, who died at Tort Anderson, while there on a visit to her husband, who was in the service of his country. His grief for the loss of the son and daughter was very grist, and he often remarked that he would freely hav| given bis own life, could they haye lived. During hm last illness, which wad of the meBt aggravating char- ;acter and which lasted within a few hours of five days,I be was never in a single instance*heard to murmar.PI v i V 1 . 1 • i ■ « • * • m »
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Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, North Carolina, US
Thu, Feb 11, 1864
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