From: rstroud@mastnet.net (Randy Stroud)
To: Marjoribanks-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:45:37 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Obituary
Howdy yall,
Sorry to be so slow but the realty of five children is very demanding.
Not mention problem servers.
Now, Let's get down to business. The photo copy I have of this obituary
came along with the photo copies of Rev. A.R. Banks' bible pages. I haven't
had the time to compare them with Janet's, but I'm looking forward to some
late night reading. As for the obituary, It is illegible along the left
side in places and various other spots. I will refrain from adding any
thing that is not clear so that maybe any one of you could help fill in the
blanks,
Begin:
OBITUARY
Ephraim F. Banks died at
Greggs Hospital, Sept. 5, 1862, of a
___ receivedat the battle of Manas-
______ the Friday preceding. He was
______ber of the Co. F, 12th Regt. S. V.
____ in the full enjoyment of the
___ 's blessed hope.--Aged 17 yrs.
___ onths.
John W. Banks was killed in the
______Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the
____8_ '62, being his birthday aged
____ years. He was a member of ___
S_ek_ead Guards, and died almost in- {could be Shekhead or Snekbead}
__antly, pierced by a ball through the
__ft breast.
Both these young men were the old
___s__ns of Dorcas and the late Samuel
Banks, Esq., of Little river, Fairfield.
They are gone to the grave but we will
__not dep_ore them.
____ugh sorrow and darkness encompass
the tomb.
_____ Saviour _as passed through its por-
tals before them.
____the lamp of his love is their guide
through the gloom."
----
______Lin_s in memory of Ephraim F. Banks
___he was wounded at the late battle of
_an__as, and died a few days afterwards
_ow i_ the winter of the heart,
Now morrow's chilling blast,
When friends like Autumn leaves do fall
around us thick and fast.
_ike flakes of snow on O__an's bo___om,
like ________________________
Like _iry pictures on the sky,
Dear ones, quick passed are gone.
Dear Ephraim! I mourn for thee
That one so yound should die,
So just so generous, and so kind,
So soon from earth should fly.
Though small the circle of the days
___ife's ends it compassed all,
A ___orbed duty nobly done,
Thou didst in glory fall.
___ State a wailing mother now
doth weep with downcast brow
_k __obe, for children slain;
But none more true than thou.
____ing, but was not the force of law
That sent thee to the fray;
_____on heardst, the clang of arms
A_ home thou couldst not stay.
____ ike a noble Roman, thou
Didst grasp the deadly steel,
_______ to suffer, bleed and die
To gain thy country's weal.
___ody field the vanquished foe
Thou gladly met'st once more,
___lry valor was displayed;
____d then thy work was o'er.
In Ephraim's mortal par_in dust
_____sweet and glorious rest,
_ ut he__ vetrust, has passed the skies
And shines amoung the blest.
E__candor, justice, humor, truth,
Those jewels of the mind,
_____ _ll the actions of his life
Resplendent ever shined.
______Mother brothers, sisters, friends,
____Wy longer weep and mourn?
_______ toil below to bliss above
Your Ephraim has been borne.
The memory of the righteous man
Oft breathes a sweet perfume,
And consolatious cheering voice.
Cries even from the tomb.
Dies\d 17 years,
______ dies in the full assurance of a
blessed immmortality.
End of Article.
I have no idea what paper this came from or when.
