Caldwell-Rutherford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Leventhorpe, Gen. Collett 1889
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The Charlotte News
25 Aug 1890

A few weeks ago a small pamphlet containing an account of the funeral services 
over the body of the late Gen. Collett Leventhorpe, at the Chapel of Rest, 
Yadkin Valley, N.C., fell into our hands. It contains in full the sermon 
delivered by Rev. Jas. A. Wetson, rector of the parish. We had heard the 
sermon spoken of as a gem of beauty, and so it is.

Among The News' readers are hundreds who followed Gen. Leventhorpe and they 
will read the tribute to his life and character with interest.

He was a general all could safely follow; a Christian in whose footsteps it 
would be safe to tread.

Gen. Leventhorpe was born at Exmouth, Devonshire, England, and was Captain in 
the Royal British Army. He came to the United States in 1843 and in 1849 
married Louisa, second daughter of Gen. Edmund Bryan, of Rutherfordton, NC, 
who survives him.

He entered the war as Colonel of the 34th Regiment, NC State Troops and was 
afterwards Colonel of the 11th, formerly the 1st North Carolina (Bethel) 
Regiment. He was promoted to Brigadier-General. General Leventhorpe died on 
December 1, 1889.


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