MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Thoms Butler, 1841
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Thoms Butler obituary: 19 Jun 1841
'Died'  At his residence in Montgomery Co., NC on Thursday the 13th Ult, Mr.
Thomas Butler in the 92nd year of his age.  A highly valuable and
respectable citizen in all relation of life; he uniformly discharged to the
upmost of his ability, his obligations to his family, his friends, and to
his God.  He had been a consistent member of the Baptist Church upwards of
fifty years, most of the time a deacon.  He was for some years a Justice of
the Peach, and member of the Legislature.  He was emphatically and to the
fullest extent, an honest man; and has left to his afflicted and bereaved
friends, a legacy more valuable than all the riches of the world could have
given.  Thus he went on for the last fifty years handing down to the
uprising generation, moral and religious instruction.  But he is now gone to
reap the rewards for his labors on earth.  He has left very numerous
offspring, most of them seem to be trying to walk the narrow path their
father trod on the day he was interred at the grave.  A friend proposed that
all who had a hope in Christ Jesus would make a certain sign; and out of
100, fifty three made the signs, most of whom were his relations.
>From 'Biblical Record & Southern Watchman" Raleigh, NC, Sat. Jun 19, 1841
(Vol VII; no 23) (Whole # 237)