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I1ST 3VL EMORIAM., :0:-Pi Kit peace f'ull.v ami quietly, at his home■ Wade's Ray, in 1 hr 3It! K!e tion District, on ihe 1 Ith in.M al I() o’clock. P. M , Captiin• William S. (’nines, only son of llie late Rev.• Win. I. anil Jane Chiles in the 41st year of his age.Writing a tribute to the in“inory of the departed is always • sad an*! painful task; especially so when hound by the closest ties of a life long friendship. The writer his known I'ipt.' Chiles froiu early boyhood and during this• period of years nothing has occurred to disturb the strongest social relations existing between them. On the contrary each succeeding year lias ad led a new link to Frien (ship's Ch ti.i, to tie broken, al is ! by the cold band of death — lie was of a kind and generous nature, — warmhearted and charitable, jocund and happy in manner be has enshrined himself in ttie hearts of hia people and bound to him by imperishable ties very, cry many of bis extensive acquaint uiees abroad. Public-spii ited, patri-■ otic and a tin- Democrat, be has rendered in u quiet manner, very efti dent service to his county. Ilemg cug igcd in a very xtensi ve bu-iness tor 3 ears, it b is t*een bis custo.u as well as |dc isure to find cmplov m tit for in my, thereby,i supplying the needs of life and making himself■ a putilic iicMeficto’. How inu h be a as ad nir-“jtd and esteemed will be at ested by I lie large nasscmidigc, white and black, that attended bisfuneral,not withstanding an exeedingly wet and -tunny day, and the great sorrow tbit pervaded the entire multitude. Scarcely an eve but» *was weeping throughout the impressive ceremony. The services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Meadow, ot Washington, |. (J., -clioolmite of ibe deceased, aud the pall-bear-t-rs were, Messrs. R. A. (iolden J. B. Smith, and Uuynu llairis, of Washington, P. C., and Win. P. Harc«i, John W. Cox and Junes II uslip of this county. Of the m uiv that b ive I gone from among us for the put tew years | there were lew, very few, so sidlv mined so npfettii deplored as be will be. 11 is death his ’, caused a vacuum that mint be fang frit, as there is no one fi who can t ike his place or ! execute the p an- Ins brain conceived, enlarged ■and successfully conducted. We fe Ins loss Jaadly, p inluHy. ('..a lole with his affectionate ( wife and reiitives m l mingle our tears of ior-• tow and sympathy with their'*. May the j blessings ct a Kind mu 1 »wnirtc*ut Father rent upon hft and them and attend him tbrougboul j the counlbss ages of eleiuily; and may our 1 loss he his etei ii it gsin. ||.
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Port Tobacco Times And Charles County Advertiser
Port Tobacco, Maryland, US
Fri, Apr 27, 1883
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