OBITUARY: Samuel Thomas Stewart, 17 Sep 1859 - Smith County, TX Submitted by Vicki Betts 21 Sep 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, November 17, 1859, p. 4, c. 2 SAMUEL THOMAS STEWART, son of Rev. George A. and Mary Stewart,-- formerly of Coosa county, Ala.—died at the residence of his father Smith co., Texas. Sept. 17, 1859. He was born April 29, 1838, lived to the age of 21 years, 4 months, and 18 days. Samuel was a member of the Temple of Honor, had filled every office in the same with dignity and honor. The Order appreciated him while living honored him with a decent interment when dead, and felt, in his death, that one of its most valuable members was taken away. Our beloved brother had also been a member of the M. E. Church, South, for several years. He loved his Church, was devoted to her interests; was an obedient son, even to the end. We had no young man to whom we looked for more than was promised in him. He was a young man of more than ordinary mind, kind disposition, simple heart, rarest prudence, and unquestioned piety; blending in himself the humility of a child and discretion of a father. He was studying for the ministry, and would have made a man of whom we would not have been ashamed. His death was as much lamented as that of any young man could be. We have lost a brother, God received a child; we are one less on earth, the pious dead one more in Heaven. May God sanctify his death to our good! J. ALEXANDER. Jamestown, Oct. 17, 1859.