Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Whitten, Esquire Giles S.  June 1887
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The Georgia Enterprise, June 17, 1887
GILES S. WHITTEN IS DEAD
  Near six o'clock, Tuesday evening last, Esquire Giles S. Whitten hung himself
in an out house on the premises of his son-in-law, Mr. J. L. Grier, of this 
city. 'Squire Whitten was a charitable, upright and a strictly honest man. He 
was proud in spirit, generous in nature, kind in disposition, and had friends 
everywhere. Financial troubles weighed upon his mind- he had loaned money and 
could not collect it- he was tired of life, and expressed no fear at all of 
death. He bought the rope and quietly hung himself. He lived in an age of his
own, for the companions of his earlier and happier days had passed from the 
stage of existence, and there was no charm on earth for him. Let no man pass
harsh judgment upon the rash act of this aged man. Let the God who made him 
judge him, for no one else has a right so to do. In life he was good and kind
to us- he was our friend, true and tried- and we lament his unfortunate and 
tragic death and drop a tear to his memory. Aged about 79 years.

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