MARTIN COUNTY, NC - OBITUARY - Mrs. Eliz. Biggs, 1856. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: E. Ross Nov 1998 ======================================================================== From The Democratic Banner, newspaper published in Williamston, Aug. 7, 1856. Microflim wlmMISC-1. "Obituary. Died at her residence near this place, on the morning of the 18th inst., after a painful illness of several weeks, Mrs. Elizabeth BIGGS, wife of Jos. D. BIGGS, Esq., in the 39th year of her age. She leaves a husband and two children to mourn her loss besides an infant a month old. Her afflictions were severe and protracted, but she endured them with great Christian fortitude and to the last moment of consciousness seemed perfectly resigned to the will of God. She seemed aware from the first of her approaching dissolution and fell into the embraces of death without a murmer. As the king of terrors approached, her faith in the Redeemer of sinners became stronger and she died in the full hope of a blessed immortality. Among her last words were there, 'O what a salvation, what a great salvation this is.' How calm, how happy and how encouraging to others are the last moments of a Christian. --Com. Since the above was written, the little motherless Babe has winged it's flight to Heaven. --Eds. Banner."