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Obituary
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Eulogy
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Rivers and Rails
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Smith Genealogy
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Page 60 of 63
Eulogy
The Loss of a Soldier Lamented
Orderly Sergeant William A. Smith, of Marion County, Illinois, belonging to Company “F” 7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, fell in battle on the 5th of December, 1862, near Coffeeville, Mississippi. And who with a loyal heart and from honest motives, enlisted at the call of his country in August, 1861, to assist in putting down the Rebellion and enforcing the laws of the Government and the Constitution as it was; has also fell a victim to the enemy after constant service of over sixteen months of hardships and privations of a soldier’s life that proved that he was a brave gallant man of high moral character and was possessed with a noble daring mind.
He insisted on the necessity of enforcing all military laws to the letter, yet he was possessed with a generous heart and was ever ready to render assistance to all his associates and fellow soldiers. He scorned not the lowly and ignorant, but sympathized with them in their unfortunate condition, and was ever a friend to those in distress; being studious in his habits and tenderly and delicately reared, his society was courted by all his associates… he was dearly loved by all.
He was the idol of his family, the pride and comfort of his parents of declining years. But he is gone and has left an aching void in the hearts of all his friends, that can never be filled on this earth. Society has lost one of its brightest ornaments. No companionship, or his brilliant conversation, but his memory will ever be in our minds when long years have passed away. His friends will often think of the happy days and years that he has passed with them and no doubt would think it a great blessing and comfort to visit his last resting place. May God in His mercy deal gently with his bereaved and broken hearted family, comfort his parents in their declining years and grant that when we all shall have passed the Jordon of death, we may meet where sin and sorrow and death will come no more forever.
R.F.Y. (Robt. F. Young)
The departed, the departed
They visit us in dreams,
And they above our memories,
Like shadows over streams,
But when the cheerful lights of home,
In constant luster burns,
The departed, the departed
Can never more return.
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