Pike County Georgia News - Wyatt Blasingame 1894 ********************************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lynn Cunningham lcunnin1@bellsouth.net Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm The Pike County Journal Zebulon, Pike Co., Friday, August 3, 1894 An Old Landmark Gone Mr. Wyatt Blasingame of Upson County died at his home last Friday. He was the father of our efficient clerk, Judge T.J. Blasingame. The remains were interred at Shiloh church cemetery on Saturday. Mr. Blasingame was born in South Carolina May 16, 1806, and moved to Jones county, Ga., in 1822, and from there to Upson county where has lived for 40 years and reared a large family of children, eight of whom are living now - the youngest being 52 years of age. He was a deacon in the Primitive Baptist church for years and was regarded by those who knew him as a model Christian gentleman. It was rather a strange coincidence that Mrs. Blasingame, the wife of the deceased should have been buried on July 25, 1874, and Mr. Blasingame placed beside her on July 25, 1894 - exactly 20 years afterwards. The country misses such men, but no one can doubt that they are immeasurably benefitted by the great reward promised to the faithful. (Transcribed 9/24/02 Lynn Cunningham)