Monroe County WV Archives Obituaries.....Beirne, Andrew Plunkett  April 2, 1842
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Richmond Enquirer Newspaper, 4/5/1842

Richmond Enquirer, April 5, 1842

 

Died at his residence in Union, Monroe County, on Wednesday, the 2nd, after an 
illness of four weeks, Mr. Andrew Plunkett Beirne, leaving behind him an 
amiable and affectionate companion and a tender infant, born 3 days after his 
death.  Mr. Beirne was in the in 34th year of his age, had been married 
upwards of two years and was in the enjoyment of every earthly comfort 
calculated to smooth the rugged path of life.  By correctness in business, he 
had secured to imself the reputation of an unimpeachable character. He was 
esteemed by all of his acquaintances but those only who knew him intimately 
could properly appreciate his merits.

 

In his death, the community in which he lived has sustained a loss that will 
be felt for many years.  His concern for his future welfare and the perfect 
composure evinced in his last hours, together with other no less favorable 
circumstances justify the pleasing reflection tht he now rests from his 
labours.

Never did the writer witness a more affecting scene than the one presented, 
when his wife and two small children, accompanied by his sister, entered the 
chamber to gaze in sadness upon that countenance which the spirit had just 
ceased to animate.



Additional Comments:
His wife, Frances Evelyn Smith Beirne, moved back to her father's home in 
Rockingham County, Virginia with her two children (Frances and Andrew Plunkett 
Beirne, Jr.) after the death of her husband.

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