NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - James Madison Larkins, 1847
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James Madison Larkins, son of Robert S. Larkins and Debora Jane Sharpless of 
New Hanover County, NC

Rev. James M. Larkins - Friday, January 28, 1848:  "Blessed are the dead who 
die in the Lord" - Died of phrenitis, in Sumter Co., Al., on the 28th Dec, 
1847, the Rev. Jas. M. Larkins, aged 38 years. He was an affectionate husband 
and father, an indulgent master, and a kind and obliging neighbor.  His 
characer as a minister of the gospel was without spot or blemish, - a firm, 
zealous, and devoted champion of the cross, pursuing the even tenor of his 
way.  He turned neither to the right nor to the left; neither did he linger 
upon the highway, but for the space of 12 years he ceased not to point 
sinners to the Lamb of God.  Brother Larkins was born in New Hanover Co., N. 
C., was converted in 1832, and immediately felt a call to the ministry, and 
embraced it fortwith.  The word of God was blessed to his hands, and he soon 
succeeded in establishing several churches.  In 1838 he came to the State of 
Alabama (Sumter Co.) where he died in great peace, his confidence in God 
being unshaken, and his trust in the cross of Christ unwavering.  The 
Richmond and Nashville Christian Advocate, and Washington Journal will please 
copy.