Wood-Tuscarawas County OhArchives Obituaries.....Van Blarcum, Captain George H. February 8, 1868
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The Weekly Perrysburg Journal.  Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. Feb 14, 1868, p. 3.
DIED.

	At Ulericksville, Tuscararawas County, Ohio; of typhoid fever Captain 
George H. Van Blarcum, February 8. I868, aged 29 years.

	Captain Van Blarcum moved Into this county with his father when quite 
young. He has been well known to a large class of our fellow citizens through 
the whole period of his business life. For some time ho worked As clerk for 
Captain Lock, in his store at Bowling Green, where, by his unvarying kindness 
and cheerful attention to customers, he soon became a favorite of the people, 
and, by his diligent attention to business, incorruptible honesty and 
Integrity, he established himself strongly in the confidences of his employer, 
and through his employer, and the knowledge of these sterling and valuable 
characteristics, which had come to their own knowledge, he was selected oy 
Messrs. Dr, Peck and Miller to take charge for them of a branch of their dry 
goods house in the village of Tontngany, in which place of great trust, giving 
the fullest satisfaction, he continued until the second call for 300,000 men 
was made by the President, in the Fall of 1862, like a true patriot, feeling 
that the Nation's life and perpetuity were in great Jeopardy, he willingly 
resigned his post of honor with all its promises of emolument, and gave his 
whole life and influence to stirring up the minds of his young associates to 
the realization he felt of his country's dangers and necessities, and, in the 
short space of a few days, enough were enlisted to form a company, of which, 
with great unanimity, he was chosen to the 1st Lieutenancy, and the company was 
made company D of the lllth Ohio Infantry. In this capacity he served with his 
company, giving the best of satisfaction to his superiors in office and so 
winning the affections of his men that he is ever yet spoken of by them in the 
strongest term of esteem. After the regiment had been in the field for six 
months, by the resignation of its Quartermaster a vacancy was left and he Was 
selected to act in that capacity. Soon after, the regiment was put in the 2d 
Brigade of the 2d Division of the 23d Army Corps, and, for his diligence in 
business and the honesty and integrity of his character, he was appointed 
Quartermaster of the Brigade. In this position of great and responsible trust, 
both upon the part of the Government and men, in the midst of opportunities for 
unlawful speculations and fraud, which none can know only those who have been 
with the army and which so few in those positions resisted he stood fast in his 
integrity, and by his untiring industry and faithful discharge of his duties 
gave a most striking and also very beneficial exhibition of a patriotism which, 
was stronger than selfishness, and made him a striking example of "enduring 
hardship as a good soldier." After Hood had been driven from Atlanta and his 
corps were sent to hold it, in accompanying his train upon a foraging 
expedition, after his wagons had been loaded and started for the camp, he 
learned that some of his men by some means were yet left behind and in great 
danger from the bushwhackers he believed to be lurking near. He alone remained 
behind the guard to help and hurry them out of danger, and, in doing so was 
himself shot just under the arms, and fell from his horse. His murderers, 
supposing him dead, stripped him of most of his clothes and everything of value 
to them, in which wretched condition he lay during a long stormy night until 
near daylight, when he was found by Colonel Bond, Commander of the brigade, who 
had taken a few men and searched most of the night for him.  On being brought 
to camp, contrary to all expectation, he in a few days sufficiently rallied, 
from the shock as to enable him to be sent to his family. Though entirely 
paralyzed below the arms and in a most helpless and suffering condition he 
maintained his always great cheerfulness and gave hope of living for many years.

	Last Fall, at the Republican Convention of the county, his fellow 
citizens recognized his exemplary character and meritorious services by 
unanimously declaring him their candidate for Treasurer of the County, to which 
be was elected.

	At the request of his parents he went to Ulricksville last fall, to 
spend the winter with them. Some four weeks since he was attacked with typhoid 
fever, during which, with patience and Christian resignation he suffered much 
until the 8th day of Feb, with entire trust in Christ who he felt was his 
Savior, he rested from his labors and entered upon the reward of a true, 
loving, noble Christian man. His remains were accompanied to his home in 
Tontogany, by his wife, parents and four of his Masonic brethren appointed by 
Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 103, to accompany his remains to their final resting 
place.

	The funeral services were held at Tontogany, on Tuesday last, 
commencing at 12, 1/2 P.M.. under the auspices of Wood County Lodge. No. 112, 
and the beautiful and impressive ceremonies of the Order were witnessed by a 
large and attentive assemblage of the friends and fellow citizens of the 
deceased. A portion of the Scriptures were read by Rev. G. A. Adams, followed 
by a prayer by Rev. J. Macartey. Rev. A. Hollington gave a brief but impressive 
funeral discourse based on the following passage of Scripture :'"I

have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness."

	The Reverend gentleman closed with One of most impressive and eloquent 
eulogies upon the life and character of the deceased that we have ever heard 
from the pulpit a tribute, that did honor to the eulogist, and which the life 
just closed eminently merited, as a- good citizen, a faithful soldier, a true 
Mason, and an honest man. 

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