Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States. For 1857[-1858]Phillips, Sampson, 1858 |
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... relations him who has long been its counsellor , its guardian , and its comforter , and especially so to his own deeply - afflicted family . ALDERSON , Mrs. Mary , Lewisburg , Va . , April 13 , æ . 88 , widow of the late Joseph Alderson ...
... relations him who has long been its counsellor , its guardian , and its comforter , and especially so to his own deeply - afflicted family . ALDERSON , Mrs. Mary , Lewisburg , Va . , April 13 , æ . 88 , widow of the late Joseph Alderson ...
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... relations of life he was rigidly prompt and methodical , and of an integrity un- sullied . Towards the close of his life , those gloomy doubts , superinduced by his melancholy temperament , which had at times obscured his religious ...
... relations of life he was rigidly prompt and methodical , and of an integrity un- sullied . Towards the close of his life , those gloomy doubts , superinduced by his melancholy temperament , which had at times obscured his religious ...
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| B. thing which might give offence . In the private relations. practical and convincing preacher . Such were his energy and firmness of character , that in all business depart- ments of life he was quite sure to suc- ceed . He was for ...
| B. thing which might give offence . In the private relations. practical and convincing preacher . Such were his energy and firmness of character , that in all business depart- ments of life he was quite sure to suc- ceed . He was for ...
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thing which might give offence . In the private relations of life , all who knew him loved and admired his character . He was a truly good man . United to a cultivated and refined mind , and a genial disposition , he possessed the ...
thing which might give offence . In the private relations of life , all who knew him loved and admired his character . He was a truly good man . United to a cultivated and refined mind , and a genial disposition , he possessed the ...
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... relations . As a lawyer , as a cit- izen , and as a man , among those who knew him longest and best , he was uni- versally esteemed ; and it is not too much to say that , in the wide range of his acquaintance , and among all those with ...
... relations . As a lawyer , as a cit- izen , and as a man , among those who knew him longest and best , he was uni- versally esteemed ; and it is not too much to say that , in the wide range of his acquaintance , and among all those with ...
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