Georgia:  Hancock County:  Obituary of John Vinson
1772-1850

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Obituary: John Vinson (1772-1850) of Hancock Co., GA.

Source: Southern Christian Advocate, 29 March 1850 issue.

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by 
Laura Vinson Northrop 
bdnlvn@bellsouth.net 
18 July 2002

Died, near Smyrna, Hancock co., Ga., the Rev. 
JOHN VINSON, in the 78th or 79th year of his age,
of typhoid pneumonia.  This venerable man of God
has been an exemplary member of the Methodist
Church for upwards of 40 years.  About the year
1806 he obtained religion, and joined the M.E.
Church at Smyrna, and has been a regular and con-
sistent member from that time till his death.  He
soon obtained license to exhort, and subsequently, to
preach, which he did as long as he had strength suf-
ficient.  His talents were not of the first order, and
his literary attainments limited, but his constancy,
zeal, and energy have been surpassed by few.  While
many semmed to faint by the way, his course was on-
ward and upward, and in his last illness he bore his
afflictions with all the patience, ...rkness, and hu-
mility of a Christian, and when asked by his ..
what his prospects were beyond the grave, his an-
swer was "I am going to glory."  A few minutes
before his departure he as him again if he saw
his way clear, he bowed his head as if to say "all is
right."  He has left an aged and afflicted wife, three
sons, and three daughters to morne his loss; but he
rests from his labors, and his works no doubt will
follow him.                          I CULVER

               
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