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v X ... Me%\.ntiCIIKU—At his residence. thrpm-f mrllU of aniilo nnrili-ond of MuArthur, afitd o'clock. on.«niuidny afternoon, ManJi tftt, i«*J. .1 am km J »i.i'tifih, ftgod tH years, 11 months, itml lfilt;my*. • i •The funeral lock pi a re front ?lii» M. K. lt;hund,. *n ifciudny nftonumo, at J ovjnnfc tjip tendon ht*}n* pr*toh«l by Uev. John lt;;lt;»hl. of the Chris tlnn Cnioa t I lurch. Ill* remains weru interred |i» I lie* graveyard in tiilv town,•Mr. Pjnukti wo# l»orn In Prince William eotfniy, Virgin in, uit jhn Tlli of April, [VI* *nlt;| at llto of his ilonth w u Uio oldest pvnton In thirveounty, having I ••‘•it a resident of ft lion* and Vinton comities tor ft* year*, lie \rn* miito din njnriingt op. tho Jfli «»r .Inminry, IKM, to Ratify 8«g«», daughter of My niM llMr‘.rlngo Mr. Pllnhoi* win the fatlmr at eighteen rlilltlnsn—eevnn mtn nml ofercn daughter*; but fwojpn* fM»*t ■lxJnigltUir» nre now living. About tho yonrlSS lie removed and settled near whoro Warren btotlon non* If, which i* known im the “Wsnvn Farm, near Alliens count), Ohio, where lie icm.dnud until about, pjww 1817, wIk'o Ik* removed i.» n wieU farm In the Us* tern part of fctk towitKhh), nimut two miles north-wc*l of where /lUtokl now-ton Is which farm U now known m* the **lhnwn Imm. Them ho re-hied fur two or tliw •enn. wlipn Uomnipvod to this t’lloiii Kami, on the i.o* in roivl north of McArthur. Afa.if Uu* year mil bo removal to tin* farm on w hfyh In* resided at the time of hU death.Ho hiul onloyna Uio bo«t orhfitUb nil tftrndvh UK.Ioug llto. never being slok l.ut Ion wo k*. whon he had fever Mini ague. Tlih nlckimn he-hijr when he yftp young. Ware In- non ring.*, nun at n Mind when hr was fa the wihf mums «r Point i nek. near t hlUIeoil rufur wain li time In* rctunud to Virginia.At the time ho setlbd hero t’tl* count* was hut an unbroken wJMerness, thoro bolittf hut very few-ohlcr-. within mun mIlea, annumwhom waft? those of fkcnniiiQfr *»r linwd, .sago.d,v\\ or. I ,Itlt;ir.It M. • it Ml it. W.I pi ■ .« Itlwhen the town of McArthur was Ini I out, helrur one of tho obnln carrier*.IIU •Vfrmlfat In April, 1817, at Out age of f!) years...In tlwywir I ftp?, ho was united In mmiiKtf to Mrs. 11 ifn null Blackman. Who survive* him. he* Ing now about Wtye.irstof a fe'.He IIveil to sen In- huirllr ^.Miernllou—Hie number of hi- grnml children, great grand, and great -great-grand children, uunihei ink It ran be truly said of I lie demt-ed. that In nil the lt;]uiial iiml hud ness relutinfis uf |fe hf* wu-a grtel; num. a loving hushnnd. h kind fill her, an obliging and CMtflcnii* neiglnmr. a litwhlv rvnnoeted citlscn. and uuumg nil win* kneu hlin, Ko bom t|io crpntnthm of Mug an iKuw-d and upright mao, am! a 'rue hchim rrd.Tho dates uIioyo given were furnished us by Robert Sage. another old cllUeu of thin towiitddji, who Iiuh resldihl here f»r more than hall a century.I At hen* papers plouo* c^py.J
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Democratic Enquirer
Mcarthur, Ohio, US
Wed, Mar 27, 1872
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