CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - James McCargo, 21 Jul 1843
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From Card file in Va State Library Richmond, listing Death notices, Marriages 
from Richmond papers

James McCargo - Friday July 27, 1843 Page 2 Col 6

Died at his residence, in Charlotte county on the 21st, ult; in the 73rd year
of his age, James McCargo. The subject of this notice, was a man of singular
originality of character. Without much aid from what is called "book learning,
by the simple force of good natural understanding, untiring industry and
inextinguishable energy, and a Roman firmness of purpose, he succeeded in
accumulating considerable property. After saying he amassed a large estate, it
might look like an unreasonable demand upon the credulity of the public to add
that he was a strictly honest man all the while; yet his neighbors, and those
that knew him can best testify to the literal truth of this statement. As a
husband and father he was kind & indulgent; as a master, reasonable and
merciful; as  neighbor, kind, cordial and hospitable; as a friend, when he
professed to be such, as true as the sun. The strength of his character was as
conspicuous on the couch of sickness as in the field of active life. He bore
his painful and protracted illness with almost unexampled fortitude and
resignation to the will of heaven. He sunk at length, amid such regrets and
sympathies as spoken loudly "Behold he has taken on the affection of his
family and the respect of his acquaintance

    A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
    an honest man's the noblest work of God


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