Wake-Franklin County NcArchives Obituaries.....Heartsfield, Andrew December 17, 1862
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The Standard of Raleigh, Jan. 14, 1863
The Standard of Raleigh, Jan. 14, 1863
Died in Wake County, at the residence of DR. WESLEY HEARTSFIELD, on the 17th 
ult., ANDREW HEARTSFIELD, aged ninety-seven years, one month and twenty-six 
days. He was born in Franklin County, Oct. 21st, 1765, under the Provisional 
Government of King George the Third. He lived through the last years of 
British dominion over the American Colonies, and was sixteen years old when 
the last battle of the Revolution was fought and Yorktown surrendered. He saw 
the Colonies established as the United States of america, and their 
independence recognized by the Powers of the earth. He lived through the 
entire period of that Government's existence -- witnessed its giant strides to 
prosperity and grandeur, and finally, when the bonds of the Union became 
oppressive, saw them dissolve before the fire of Southern patriotism. His last 
days were under the Confederate States, for the establishment of whose 
independence he freely gave the blood of his second and third generations, and 
devoutly prayed that he might live to see his country free and peace restored 
once more. But He who does all things well,has taken the hoary headed 
patriarch and father in Israel unto himself, to a land where there is no 
strife, nor war, nor bloodshed. He lived to see the offspring of his fourth 
generation, and his posterity increase to near one hundred. His intellect was 
remarkable for vigor, sound judgment, and clear discrimination; even in his 
last days one could scarcely perceive any weakness. He saw through character 
almost by intuition, and it was a rare thing for him to err in his estimate of 
men. He was noted for his piety, and for more than half a century was an 
exemplary member of the Methodist Church. Religion with him was something to 
be acted out and a most upright and Godly life did he lead. The man does not 
llive who can say that ANDREW HEARTSFIELD ever did him wrong. Let his 
posterity behold with love and veneration the bright example of his life; for 
it is a light given to lead them in the ways of virtue and holiness.

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