Greensborough Patriot

October 23, 1862

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Died—Of typhoid fever, at the residence of his uncle William Pritchett in Guilford County, on the 19^th Sept., 1862, Robt. H. Donnell, son of Ervin and Hannah Donnell, in the 19^th year of his age. The deceased was a young man of amiable and sweet disposition and very highly esteemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. His parents died when he was an infant, and he was left to the care of his aunt Mrs. Pritchett, who trained him up to love and fear the Lord. Being urged by a sense of duty he volunteered his services in defense of his country on the 6^th of May 1862 in Capt. Shober’s company, 45^th Regt. N. C. Troops, and went forth with the noble youth of the land, in the glorious contest for freedom. But his delicate constitution could not endure the hardships naturally devolvent in the life of a soldier. He was honorably discharged and returned to his much loved home and friends, but he was doomed to enjoy the luxuries of home and love of devoted friends for only a short time. And now while a large connection, and many warm and devoted friends are mourning in bitterness, “refusing to be comforted because he is not,” yet we humble trust that our loss is his eternal gain.

N. C. Presbyterian please copy.

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]