Clay-Buchanan County MO Archives Obituaries.....Inskeep, Rev. J.M.C. November 11, 1849
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Liberty Weekly Tribune, Nov. 23, 1849
OBITUARY
Mr. Editor:  It is with painful emotion that we record the death of one of the 
members of our order, Rev. J.M.C. Inskeep, a warm and devoted Son of 
Temperance.  Bro. Inskeep, we think, was among the first that espoused the 
cause of the Sons of Temperance in this place, and during his stay here, which 
was until a few weeks before his death, manifested great interest and zeal in 
its welfare.  Some two months since he located in the town of St. Joseph.  
After residence there of a few weeks, he was attacked with typhoid fever, which 
in eight short days threw down his earthly tabernacle, in the 38th year of his 
age.  But he met his end with that fortitude and composure that is 
characteristic of a Christian and a Christina minister.  On the 14th inst., his 
remains were brought to the residence of Mr. Simms, of this county, by his 
request before his death that the Sons of Temperance of Liberty division should 
bury him.  The division dressed in their appropriate regalia with the usual 
badge of mourning, proceeded to the house of Mr. Simms, under the direction of 
Capt. O.P. Moss, a member of the order; the corpse was then borne by them to 
the grave yard, after which, a portion of the word of God was read, and a hymn 
sung by the Division;  Rev. Z.N. Roberts, the offered prayer.  The coffin was 
then deposited in the grave, and H.L. Routt. D.G.W.P. standing at the head of 
the grave, after a few and appropriate remarks, deposited a badge of the order 
in the coffin with the deceased.  The Division then joined in singing the 
following Ode:

“Yes we in those principles join,
And such shall our actions display;
Our hands and our hearts shall combine,
To extend their beneficent sway!

Our laws we will ever respect,
Arise all contention above – 
And stand by each other erect,
In Purity, Friendship, and Love!”

To the Family and Friends of the deceased, the Division offer their condolence 
in this the hour of their affliction and bereavement.       H.L. Routt,  P.B. 
Grant,  J.M. Jones. 

Previously published:
Nov 16, 1849:
In St. Joseph, on the 11th inst., after an illness of some 12 days, Rev. J.M.C. 
Inskeep, (formerly of this place) aged about 38 years.



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