Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hargrove,  Capt. James S. January 14, 1891
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Georgia Enterprise, January 22, 1891
CAPT. HARGROVE IS DEAD.

     Capt. James S. Hargrove died in Covington on Jan. 14th. Aged about 65 
years. He was a kind and courteous gentleman, pleasant and agreeable to 
everybody. He carried sunshine with him where ever he went and numbered his 
friends by the hundreds. He is gone and we will miss him. Peace to the memory 
of this good and true man. He leaves a wife and children , friends and 
relatives to mourn his departure.
     Hon. L. L. Middlebrook gives us the following brief history of he gallant 
man who has been called from earth to a home beyond the stars:
     “Captain Hargrove was a Georgian, born in the year 1825. Early in life he 
moved to Montgomery, Ala., where he engaged in mercantile pursuits up to the 
beginning of the war, and was quite successful, accumulating considerable 
property.
      In 1858 he was married to Miss Lizzie Carr, of Covington. They had born 
unto them two children, Hugh and Mary, both living. Soon after the war Capt. 
Hargrove had the misfortune to lose his wife. In 1871 he again married, this 
time a daughter of Dr. Henry Gaither, Miss Ella. When the call for troops was 
made in 1861 he enlisted in the defense of his country. Before going into the 
army he carried his wife back to her native county, where she remained until 
his return. In 1863 Jim Hargrove was elected Captain of a company in a Georgia 
Battalion, since which time I have known him well and loved him dearly and bear 
cheerful testimony to his kindness of heart and integrity of purpose. In the 
army he was gentle and considerate to his men, brave in battle and deservedly 
popular as an officer.
     When the war was over he returned to Newton County, where he has lived 
since. On returning he found all his property swept away by the results of the 
struggle, but instead of sitting in the shadow of the past and dreaming of its 
departed glories, he resolutely entered anew into the battle of life, and like 
the good soldier that he was, illustrated that excellent injunction “that 
whatsoever thy hands find to do, do it with all thy might.”
     Capt. Hargrove was faithful as a friend, honest as a man, loving and 
indulgent as a husband and father, and as a Christian he was as humble as a 
little child, trusting implicitly in the promises of our blessed Savior.
     His wife and two children survive him, and may the Good Shepherd soften 
the blow that has deprived them of his presence and society, and may they, 
through the eye of Faith, hope to meet him again, in that land where there is 
no death, nor parting, but peace and joy and rest forevermore. Peace be to his 
ashes. Rest and eternal life to his soul.”


Additional Comments:
NEWTON COUNTY GEORGIA MARRIAGES, BOOKS I-XI, 1822-1912
James L. Hargrove----------Susan E. Carr---------4-20-1859
I am not connected with the Hargrove surname. So, I have no knowledge of which 
middle initial is correct for Col. Hargrove.

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