A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Franklin http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2700 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=40781 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: Richmond Enquirer Article Date: October 5 1838 Article Description: Death of John HARVIE Article Text: The following obituary from the Kentucky "Commonwealth," announces to the citizens of his native State, the death of a gentleman, who was generally known to the old residents of Richmond. To know him was to respect and to love him--it was our good fortune to be acquainted with Mr. HARVIE, when we first came to this city--and we never knew a man of a nicer sense of honor--of higher principles of action, or more amiable in all the relations of life. He visited Richmond, about two years ago, when he renewed all those ties which he had formerly contracted--in his mind, more improved by experience, but in manners still the same--still the same generous spirit, which had formerly drawn around him and knit to him a large circle of friends. Mr. HARVIE died in the 54th year of his age. He was a native of the city of Richmond, but in consequence of his marriage with a lady of Kentucky, about 30 years ago, he disposed of a fine estate in the county of Albemarle, and removed to the West, where he became the companion and friend of the leading men of his adopted State, who quickly discerned the admirable qualities of his head and heart. While he was characterized by an extraordinary degree of firmness in the performance of whatever he deemed his duty, he was kind in all his feelings, and liberal in his intercourse with society. Although he never sought popularity, he was, from weight of character, a popular man. As a brother, he was beloved; as a friend, highly esteemed; and as a man, universally respected by those who knew him. Mr. HARVIE was the son of Col. John HARVIE of this city: (From the (Frankfort) "Commonwealth," 26th of Sept.) Died, at his residence in this town, at 8 o'clock, P. M., on Thursday last, John HARVIE, Esq. About two months ago Mr. HARVIE complained of a slight soreness in the back of his neck, and in a few days thereafter a small tumor made its appearance, which was supposed by him to be nothing more than a common boil. The pain and inflammation continuing to increase, he was induced to call in Medical aid, and the result of the examination was, the discovery that he was laboring under a Carbuncle of the most malignant character. All that the most enlightened Medical talent in the State could do to arrest its progress was done, and at times it seemed as if their skill had saved the patient, and the hopes of his friends wee cheered with the prospect of his speedy recovery. But these hopes were kindled only to be quickly extinguished; the discouraging symptoms returned, and, after almost incredible sufferings, the scene has at last closed. We do not know in what terms to portray th! e character of the deceased. We are not afraid of being hurried into the ill-founded panegyrie--but the difficulty is, what traits to particularize; where the excellency of the man consisted in the harmonious blending of so many virtues. No man ever had a nicer sense of honor. He was one of those men with a loftiness of soul that never entertains an unworthy thought. To do right was the great aim of his life, and in the prosecution of that purpose, he knew no fear, but would effect it at every hazard. To a temper thus finely attuned, was added a spirit of hospitality which was bounded only by the degree of honest merit in those to whom it was extended. As a friend, Mr. HARVIE was confiding and true, and there was no man among us who had more friends than he had. In his character as a citizen, he came fully up to the mark--shrinking from the performance of no duty that society could require at his hands but always found among the foremost, with head, and hand, and pur! se, to meet any demand on either, for the furtherance of the public go od. We will not trespass upon the stillness of that deep grief with which his afflicted family are overwhelmed, and we only allude to it as the unerring evidence, that, at home, where the soul is most truly read, all was right. He was, indeed, a father of whom any family in the land might well be proud, and had he left them nothing else, the legacy of his good name, and the memory of his virtues was enough to make them truly rich. His loss to this town and county is severely felt. The estimation in which his intelligence and integrity wee held by this community, were evinced two years ago, by choosing him as their Representative in the State Legislature--a trust which he discharged to their entire satisfaction. Mr. HARVIE was a Virginian by birth, but for the last thirty years has been a citizen of Kentucky. He was one of the very finest specimens of the Old Virginia gentleman, and that term, applying as it did to him with all its force, conveys the most perfect idea o! f his life and character. But few of that noble class now remain; a new generation has sprung up, with different pursuits and manners, and tastes; but our country can never rear up another set of men who will cherish, with more sedulous care, all the loftier attributes of human nature." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com