Thrasher, J. B. - 1833

Notice.

Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned, by the Honorable the Probate of Jefferson County, on Monday the 27th May 1833, on the estate of Benjamin Blanton, deceased-- Notice is hereby given, to all persons having claim against said estate, to present them, duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or they will be forever barred, and those indebted to said estate, are Requested To Make Immediate Payment.

James Watson, Admr.

June 1st, 1833.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       31
P. S.  Those having claims against said estate or business to transact with the Admr. will please call on J. B. Thrasher, Esq. of Port Gibson, my Agent and Attorney, who is fully authorised <sic> to transact said business, etc.

J.W.

~ The Port-Gibson Correspondent 01 Jun 1833, Page 3, Columns 3

Watson, James - 1833

Notice.

Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned, by the Honorable the Probate of Jefferson County, on Monday the 27th May 1833, on the estate of Benjamin Blanton, deceased-- Notice is hereby given, to all persons having claim against said estate, to present them, duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or they will be forever barred, and those indebted to said estate, are Requested To Make Immediate Payment.

James Watson, Admr.

June 1st, 1833.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       31
P. S.  Those having claims against said estate or business to transact with the Admr. will please call on J. B. Thrasher, Esq. of Port Gibson, my Agent and Attorney, who is fully authorised <sic> to transact said business, etc.

J.W.

~ The Port-Gibson Correspondent 01 Jun 1833, Page 3, Columns 3

Blanton, Benjamin - 1833

Notice.

Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned, by the Honorable the Probate of Jefferson County, on Monday the 27th May 1833, on the estate of Benjamin Blanton, deceased-- Notice is hereby given, to all persons having claim against said estate, to present them, duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or they will be forever barred, and those indebted to said estate, are Requested To Make Immediate Payment.

James Watson, Admr.

June 1st, 1833.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       31
P. S.  Those having claims against said estate or business to transact with the Admr. will please call on J. B. Thrasher, Esq. of Port Gibson, my Agent and Attorney, who is fully authorised <sic> to transact said business, etc.

J.W.

~ The Port-Gibson Correspondent 01 Jun 1833, Page 3, Columns 3

Goodwin, Samuel - 1833

Departed this life, in Port Gibson, of Cholera, on the 24th ult. Mr. Alfred S. Sullivan.
Mr. S. was poor but good man, and the death of this humble Christian presented the strongest vindication of the high merits and the saving truths of the Gospel of Christ.  He was permitted to take his departure from this life with a pure and sanctified spirit.

At his request a number of his brothers and sisters of the Methodist church attended his last moments, and offered up many an anxious prayer for his kind reception at the throne of God.  When the ceremony commenced, there he lay all motionless, and nothing but the occasional heaving of his breast shewed <sic> the spirit has not fled; the last breath appeared flickering at his lips, ready to depart at the final summons;-- But as the ceremony proceeded, a renovated soul was breathed into the body, the inanimate became more animate, the dying man was allowed a return of strength and consciousness for a few moments, and the voice that erst could not command a whisper, now burst forth in a song of resignation with his brethren, and fervent prayer, replete with home and thankfulness; and as he finished his holy invocation, and pronounced the name of his adored Jesus, his soul departed for the home of the righteous.

Thus did this poor man, in a triumphant death, compensate for the life of poverty and privation, of weariness and toil.  We have conversed with the widow and the orphans, who are left destitute, and the dwell with an inspiring consolation on the circumstances attending his departure.  Verily, who would not live a life, even of sorrow and suffering, for such a death?

Well might the good man, who had taken from his eye the prism through which the generality of mankind view the world, exclaim, in summing up the event of his wishes, “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.”-- Commu

--  In Port-Gibson, on the 24th, of Cholera, Samuel All.
--  On the 26th, of same, Adel Prescopp? Prescoff?
--  On the 28th, of same, Samuel Goodwin.
~ The Port-Gibson Correspondent 01 Jun 1833, Page 3, Columns 3

All, Samuel - 1833

Departed this life, in Port Gibson, of Cholera, on the 24th ult. Mr. Alfred S. Sullivan.
Mr. S. was poor but good man, and the death of this humble Christian presented the strongest vindication of the high merits and the saving truths of the Gospel of Christ.  He was permitted to take his departure from this life with a pure and sanctified spirit.

At his request a number of his brothers and sisters of the Methodist church attended his last moments, and offered up many an anxious prayer for his kind reception at the throne of God.  When the ceremony commenced, there he lay all motionless, and nothing but the occasional heaving of his breast shewed <sic> the spirit has not fled; the last breath appeared flickering at his lips, ready to depart at the final summons;-- But as the ceremony proceeded, a renovated soul was breathed into the body, the inanimate became more animate, the dying man was allowed a return of strength and consciousness for a few moments, and the voice that erst could not command a whisper, now burst forth in a song of resignation with his brethren, and fervent prayer, replete with home and thankfulness; and as he finished his holy invocation, and pronounced the name of his adored Jesus, his soul departed for the home of the righteous.

Thus did this poor man, in a triumphant death, compensate for the life of poverty and privation, of weariness and toil.  We have conversed with the widow and the orphans, who are left destitute, and the dwell with an inspiring consolation on the circumstances attending his departure.  Verily, who would not live a life, even of sorrow and suffering, for such a death?

Well might the good man, who had taken from his eye the prism through which the generality of mankind view the world, exclaim, in summing up the event of his wishes, “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.”-- Commu

--  In Port-Gibson, on the 24th, of Cholera, Samuel All.
--  On the 26th, of same, Adel Prescopp? Prescoff?
--  On the 28th, of same, Samuel Goodwin.
~ The Port-Gibson Correspondent 01 Jun 1833, Page 3, Columns 3

Sullivan, Alfred S. - 1833

Departed this life, in Port Gibson, of Cholera, on the 24th ult. Mr. Alfred S. Sullivan.
Mr. S. was poor but good man, and the death of this humble Christian presented the strongest vindication of the high merits and the saving truths of the Gospel of Christ.  He was permitted to take his departure from this life with a pure and sanctified spirit.

At his request a number of his brothers and sisters of the Methodist church attended his last moments, and offered up many an anxious prayer for his kind reception at the throne of God.  When the ceremony commenced, there he lay all motionless, and nothing but the occasional heaving of his breast shewed <sic> the spirit has not fled; the last breath appeared flickering at his lips, ready to depart at the final summons;-- But as the ceremony proceeded, a renovated soul was breathed into the body, the inanimate became more animate, the dying man was allowed a return of strength and consciousness for a few moments, and the voice that erst could not command a whisper, now burst forth in a song of resignation with his brethren, and fervent prayer, replete with home and thankfulness; and as he finished his holy invocation, and pronounced the name of his adored Jesus, his soul departed for the home of the righteous.

Thus did this poor man, in a triumphant death, compensate for the life of poverty and privation, of weariness and toil.  We have conversed with the widow and the orphans, who are left destitute, and the dwell with an inspiring consolation on the circumstances attending his departure.  Verily, who would not live a life, even of sorrow and suffering, for such a death?

Well might the good man, who had taken from his eye the prism through which the generality of mankind view the world, exclaim, in summing up the event of his wishes, “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.”-- Commu

--  In Port-Gibson, on the 24th, of Cholera, Samuel All.
--  On the 26th, of same, Adel Prescopp? Prescoff?
--  On the 28th, of same, Samuel Goodwin.
~ The Port-Gibson Correspondent 01 Jun 1833, Page 3, Columns 3

Wilson, Alvah - 1833

Communicated.

Departed this life, on Tuesday 28th inst. Dr. Alvah Wilson, after a few hours illness.  He was a native of the State of Maine, and about 36 years of age.  During his five years residence in this state, he had acquired the esteem and affection of many friends.  Endowed with more than ordinary mental powers, he was surpassed by none amongst us in the science of that profession to which he was enthusiastically devoted.

In {illegible} a physical acuteness-- in an accurate and useful acquaintance with physical science and philological phenomena-- in perspicuity of thought and force of reasoning-- in fine, in every department of useful knowledge, he had made attainments which commanded universal respect.

But in the midst of an extreme practice, (his professional zeal carried him to the bedside of a patient when he should have been himself in bed,) surrounded be devoted friends, and enjoying the sweets of domestic happiness, the destroyer came and the most abundant and unremitted exertion of his medical Brethren and friends could not command the monster, disease.

To his anxious Pastor and weeping Wife, he expressed a sense of unfaithfulness, and a want of a brilliant hope; but while he asked their prayers, and wept over sins, he expressed a reliance in the Redeemer, and a trembling expectation of heaven.

His death-bed confession was like that which is heard from a majority of christians, <sic> and still it consoles the hearts of those who knew and loved him, with a pleasing assurance the thro' <sic> faith in the Redeemer, he has found rest in Heaven.  While his mournful and unexpected death should lead all to watchfulness, and prompt appliances at the first premonition of that fatal malady which is sweeping our country, it ought to operate as an immediate warning to every one, to be in the attitude of preparation for an immediate summon to the world of spirits.

Slight, as yet, has been our chastisement, and comparatively few the number of deaths; but they are more than enough to teach us the importance of christian character, and the hope of future salvation.

“Oh, God! It is a fearful thing,
To see the human soul take wing,”
in any shape, kin any mood:
I've seen at rushing forth in blood,
I've seen it on the breaking ocean,
Strive with a swole convulsive motion,
I've seen the sick and ghostly bed
Of sin delirious with its dread :
But these were horrors-- this was woe
Unmixed with such-- but sure to go :
He faded, and so calm and meek,
So quickly worn, so sweetly weak,
So tearless, yet so tender, kind,
And grieved for those he left behind.
~ The Port-Gibson Correspondent 01 Jun 1833, Page 3, Columns 2 & 3