Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Wingard, Valentine October 25, 1851
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The mountain sentinel: (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853: November 13, 1851
At his residence, in Petersburg, on Shaver's Creek, on Saturday morning, October 25,
1851, Valentine  Wingard, who was born in Lancaster county, October 16th, 1787. His
disease, which at first was cramp in the bowels, was determined to be chronic
Diarrhoea. The deceased was among the early settlers in this county, and during his
long residence in it, was uniformly distinguished for the puritanic simplicity of
his manners, the unswerving piety of his life, the unimpeachable honesty of his
dealings, his sincere, fervent and constant parental attachment, and good will to
all mankind. Of him it might eminently be said, "He owed no man anything, but to
love." During his long affliction of four months, the assurance of his acceptance
with Christ, his cheerful resignation, and his confident belief that a rest remained
for him with the redeemed, never for a moment abandoned him; but with his expiring
breath, with which only his consciousness of passing events expired, he declared, "I
have no will of my own--all is right"...

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