Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Steed, Robert E August 6, 1833
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Norfolk Herald August 7, 1833
It is a painful duty to record the death of a good citizen, but when the 
citizen was a particular friend and neighbor, we cannot but feel more deeply 
distressed whilst we think upon his virtues and the many traits in his 
character, which had endeared him to us. This feeling, the writer is now 
sensible of, he is called upon by the death of Captain Robert E. Steed, (who 
breathed his last yesterday, morning) to say a few words which he deems due to 
his memory, and appropriate to the sad occasion. The deceased was a plain man, 
upright and benevolent-a protector and guardian of the widow and orphan; the 
poor knew him well, in him the Church has lost an efficient member, the Clergy 
one to whom they could always look as a tried friend, his house, like his 
heart, was the seat of hospitality, the tabernacle of charity and good feeling. 
The death of an affectionate mother, first awakened him to that consideration 
which led him to come out from the world, and with the then amiable partner of 
his bosom, he sought in the sanctuary of the Lord the instruction which he 
needed, and which led him to embrace the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, who is 
the way, the truth, and the life, and upon whose kind arm and merciful promises 
he was enabled to rely for pardon, peace and eternal life. The tenor of his 
life proved the sincerity of his profession; he was ever ready to promote the 
cause of his Redeemer. Ardent in his attachment to the Church of his choice, 
never was he known to shrink from any duty connected with her interest or 
welfare. Our civil and religious community has lost in the deceased a worthy 
member; a numerous family, ah! This is the tender string, so various the 
relations, so important the offices sustained, his and, father master, the main 
stay is swept away, and the moment is a complete wreck seeps to be left to 
buffet the storm of adversity. But no! There is a bow in the cloud. Three score 
and seven years allotted to his pilgrimage on earth, during which, as is the 
lot of fallen men, he had encountered trial, trouble, and affliction. The last 
few years  of his life his vigorous frame was shocked by apoplexy, by a severe 
stroke of which he was finally brought to his end, after lingering three days 
in nearly a speechless state.
 
The funeral will take place from the late residence, this afternoon at 5 
o’clock, at which his friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.

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