Interred Oct. 21 1859
Memphis Daily Appeal
October 21 1859
Funeral Invitation
The friends and acquaintances of Maj. Andrew J. Donelson are invited to attend the funeral of his son, Lieut. A.J. Donelson, from the second Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock p.m. today. Services by the Rev. Dr. Grundy. Hacks will be in attendance at the church, Friday, October 21st.
Nashville Patriot
October 29 1859
Obituary
Death of Lieut. Andrew J. Donelson
DIED--at the residence of his father, the Hon. A.J. Donelson, near Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, the 20th of October, 1859, Lieut. Andrew Jackson Donelson, of the United States Corps of Engineers.
The deceased was born on the 6th June, 1826, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and spent about eight years of his boyhood in Washington City, during which time his father was private secretary of General Jackson. At the age of seventeen he made a bright and enduring profession of religion at the Hermitage Church, on which occasion Dr. Edgar, of Nashville, made a most feeling allusion to the old and young warrior enlisting under the banner of Christ. His christian brethren attempted to dissuade him from going to West Point, but he said: "If my conversion is sincere, there is no danger." He graduated at West Point in 1848, with the second honors of his class, and as an honorary distinction, was placed in the corps of Engineers. Thereafter he applied himself with no diminution of interest or zeal to the studies he loved, and to perfect his knowledge of military engineering, in the fall of '48 he visited the fortresses and strongholds of Europe. On his return he was stationed on the frontiers at Forts Kearney, Laramie and Leavenworth, to give protection to the pioneer settlers. He was then transferred to West Point, in command of a company of sappers and miners. In 1853 he volunteered for the purpose of surveying the proposed Northern route for the Pacific Railroad, and it is principally owing to his able published report that this route has been abandoned. On his return in 1855, he was again stationed at West Point as assistant Professor of Engineers. In the spring of '57 he was attacked with acute inflammation of the throat, which has terminated so fatally. But so conscientious was he in the discharge of every duty, that he remained at his post until January, '58, when he went to Cuba. He returned in the spring from that land of sun and flowers, entertaining strong hopes of his recover. He was then stationed at Old Point Comfort, Va., where he remained until a few months ago. He once more returned to his parental roof, not as in days gone by, enjoying manly health and vigor, but stricken down by disease contracted in his country's service. His noble life ebbed slowly away, and at last, without a groan, or sigh, or glance to show a parting pang, he felt God's finger and he slept.
We have learned that the noble genius, the great heart, the loved and loving friends are often the brightest marks for the Destroyer.
By his comrades in arms and by a large circle of friends, there was no one more respected and loved than the subject of this obituary. Who can forget his genial smile, his warm sympathy, his self sacrificing generosity, his thoughtful kindness, his well balanced intellect, his Christian worth! As an officer--brave without boastfulness and wise without ostentation--he was ever prompt, faithful and punctual in the performance of every duty. Charitable toward the weaknesses of others, he was alive to every failing in himself--always courted, always beloved. With the modesty characteristic of true genius, he was slow to discover in his own mind the strength which others were quick to perceive. He was a man of the largest susceptibilities; he was ardent in his attachments, a faithful friend in good and evil report. A true, humble christian, he shrank from display, and doubting himself, trusted and believed in a power above his own. But as a son, brother and friend, language fails to express the full measure of his worth, the innate sweetness of his character. His friends and relatives had looked with confidence to a career in which a being so noble and so promising would do his country long service but a wiser mind had shaped his course and an all-powerful hand beckoned him away to the "mansion in the Father's House." As he lay upon the dying couch, his eloquent looks seemed to say...
"The world recedes; it disappears!
Heaven opens on my eyes! My ears
With sounds seraphic ring:
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I Fly!
O, grave! Where is they victory?
O, death! Where is they sting?"
Memphis, Oct. 25, 1859
Memphis Daily Appeal
October 21 1859
Funeral Invitation
The friends and acquaintances of Maj. Andrew J. Donelson are invited to attend the funeral of his son, Lieut. A.J. Donelson, from the second Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock p.m. today. Services by the Rev. Dr. Grundy. Hacks will be in attendance at the church, Friday, October 21st.
Nashville Patriot
October 29 1859
Obituary
Death of Lieut. Andrew J. Donelson
DIED--at the residence of his father, the Hon. A.J. Donelson, near Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, the 20th of October, 1859, Lieut. Andrew Jackson Donelson, of the United States Corps of Engineers.
The deceased was born on the 6th June, 1826, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and spent about eight years of his boyhood in Washington City, during which time his father was private secretary of General Jackson. At the age of seventeen he made a bright and enduring profession of religion at the Hermitage Church, on which occasion Dr. Edgar, of Nashville, made a most feeling allusion to the old and young warrior enlisting under the banner of Christ. His christian brethren attempted to dissuade him from going to West Point, but he said: "If my conversion is sincere, there is no danger." He graduated at West Point in 1848, with the second honors of his class, and as an honorary distinction, was placed in the corps of Engineers. Thereafter he applied himself with no diminution of interest or zeal to the studies he loved, and to perfect his knowledge of military engineering, in the fall of '48 he visited the fortresses and strongholds of Europe. On his return he was stationed on the frontiers at Forts Kearney, Laramie and Leavenworth, to give protection to the pioneer settlers. He was then transferred to West Point, in command of a company of sappers and miners. In 1853 he volunteered for the purpose of surveying the proposed Northern route for the Pacific Railroad, and it is principally owing to his able published report that this route has been abandoned. On his return in 1855, he was again stationed at West Point as assistant Professor of Engineers. In the spring of '57 he was attacked with acute inflammation of the throat, which has terminated so fatally. But so conscientious was he in the discharge of every duty, that he remained at his post until January, '58, when he went to Cuba. He returned in the spring from that land of sun and flowers, entertaining strong hopes of his recover. He was then stationed at Old Point Comfort, Va., where he remained until a few months ago. He once more returned to his parental roof, not as in days gone by, enjoying manly health and vigor, but stricken down by disease contracted in his country's service. His noble life ebbed slowly away, and at last, without a groan, or sigh, or glance to show a parting pang, he felt God's finger and he slept.
We have learned that the noble genius, the great heart, the loved and loving friends are often the brightest marks for the Destroyer.
By his comrades in arms and by a large circle of friends, there was no one more respected and loved than the subject of this obituary. Who can forget his genial smile, his warm sympathy, his self sacrificing generosity, his thoughtful kindness, his well balanced intellect, his Christian worth! As an officer--brave without boastfulness and wise without ostentation--he was ever prompt, faithful and punctual in the performance of every duty. Charitable toward the weaknesses of others, he was alive to every failing in himself--always courted, always beloved. With the modesty characteristic of true genius, he was slow to discover in his own mind the strength which others were quick to perceive. He was a man of the largest susceptibilities; he was ardent in his attachments, a faithful friend in good and evil report. A true, humble christian, he shrank from display, and doubting himself, trusted and believed in a power above his own. But as a son, brother and friend, language fails to express the full measure of his worth, the innate sweetness of his character. His friends and relatives had looked with confidence to a career in which a being so noble and so promising would do his country long service but a wiser mind had shaped his course and an all-powerful hand beckoned him away to the "mansion in the Father's House." As he lay upon the dying couch, his eloquent looks seemed to say...
"The world recedes; it disappears!
Heaven opens on my eyes! My ears
With sounds seraphic ring:
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I Fly!
O, grave! Where is they victory?
O, death! Where is they sting?"
Memphis, Oct. 25, 1859
Interred Oct. 21 1859
Memphis Daily Appeal
October 21 1859
Funeral Invitation
The friends and acquaintances of Maj. Andrew J. Donelson are invited to attend the funeral of his son, Lieut. A.J. Donelson, from the second Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock p.m. today. Services by the Rev. Dr. Grundy. Hacks will be in attendance at the church, Friday, October 21st.
Nashville Patriot
October 29 1859
Obituary
Death of Lieut. Andrew J. Donelson
DIED--at the residence of his father, the Hon. A.J. Donelson, near Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, the 20th of October, 1859, Lieut. Andrew Jackson Donelson, of the United States Corps of Engineers.
The deceased was born on the 6th June, 1826, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and spent about eight years of his boyhood in Washington City, during which time his father was private secretary of General Jackson. At the age of seventeen he made a bright and enduring profession of religion at the Hermitage Church, on which occasion Dr. Edgar, of Nashville, made a most feeling allusion to the old and young warrior enlisting under the banner of Christ. His christian brethren attempted to dissuade him from going to West Point, but he said: "If my conversion is sincere, there is no danger." He graduated at West Point in 1848, with the second honors of his class, and as an honorary distinction, was placed in the corps of Engineers. Thereafter he applied himself with no diminution of interest or zeal to the studies he loved, and to perfect his knowledge of military engineering, in the fall of '48 he visited the fortresses and strongholds of Europe. On his return he was stationed on the frontiers at Forts Kearney, Laramie and Leavenworth, to give protection to the pioneer settlers. He was then transferred to West Point, in command of a company of sappers and miners. In 1853 he volunteered for the purpose of surveying the proposed Northern route for the Pacific Railroad, and it is principally owing to his able published report that this route has been abandoned. On his return in 1855, he was again stationed at West Point as assistant Professor of Engineers. In the spring of '57 he was attacked with acute inflammation of the throat, which has terminated so fatally. But so conscientious was he in the discharge of every duty, that he remained at his post until January, '58, when he went to Cuba. He returned in the spring from that land of sun and flowers, entertaining strong hopes of his recover. He was then stationed at Old Point Comfort, Va., where he remained until a few months ago. He once more returned to his parental roof, not as in days gone by, enjoying manly health and vigor, but stricken down by disease contracted in his country's service. His noble life ebbed slowly away, and at last, without a groan, or sigh, or glance to show a parting pang, he felt God's finger and he slept.
We have learned that the noble genius, the great heart, the loved and loving friends are often the brightest marks for the Destroyer.
By his comrades in arms and by a large circle of friends, there was no one more respected and loved than the subject of this obituary. Who can forget his genial smile, his warm sympathy, his self sacrificing generosity, his thoughtful kindness, his well balanced intellect, his Christian worth! As an officer--brave without boastfulness and wise without ostentation--he was ever prompt, faithful and punctual in the performance of every duty. Charitable toward the weaknesses of others, he was alive to every failing in himself--always courted, always beloved. With the modesty characteristic of true genius, he was slow to discover in his own mind the strength which others were quick to perceive. He was a man of the largest susceptibilities; he was ardent in his attachments, a faithful friend in good and evil report. A true, humble christian, he shrank from display, and doubting himself, trusted and believed in a power above his own. But as a son, brother and friend, language fails to express the full measure of his worth, the innate sweetness of his character. His friends and relatives had looked with confidence to a career in which a being so noble and so promising would do his country long service but a wiser mind had shaped his course and an all-powerful hand beckoned him away to the "mansion in the Father's House." As he lay upon the dying couch, his eloquent looks seemed to say...
"The world recedes; it disappears!
Heaven opens on my eyes! My ears
With sounds seraphic ring:
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I Fly!
O, grave! Where is they victory?
O, death! Where is they sting?"
Memphis, Oct. 25, 1859
Memphis Daily Appeal
October 21 1859
Funeral Invitation
The friends and acquaintances of Maj. Andrew J. Donelson are invited to attend the funeral of his son, Lieut. A.J. Donelson, from the second Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock p.m. today. Services by the Rev. Dr. Grundy. Hacks will be in attendance at the church, Friday, October 21st.
Nashville Patriot
October 29 1859
Obituary
Death of Lieut. Andrew J. Donelson
DIED--at the residence of his father, the Hon. A.J. Donelson, near Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, the 20th of October, 1859, Lieut. Andrew Jackson Donelson, of the United States Corps of Engineers.
The deceased was born on the 6th June, 1826, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and spent about eight years of his boyhood in Washington City, during which time his father was private secretary of General Jackson. At the age of seventeen he made a bright and enduring profession of religion at the Hermitage Church, on which occasion Dr. Edgar, of Nashville, made a most feeling allusion to the old and young warrior enlisting under the banner of Christ. His christian brethren attempted to dissuade him from going to West Point, but he said: "If my conversion is sincere, there is no danger." He graduated at West Point in 1848, with the second honors of his class, and as an honorary distinction, was placed in the corps of Engineers. Thereafter he applied himself with no diminution of interest or zeal to the studies he loved, and to perfect his knowledge of military engineering, in the fall of '48 he visited the fortresses and strongholds of Europe. On his return he was stationed on the frontiers at Forts Kearney, Laramie and Leavenworth, to give protection to the pioneer settlers. He was then transferred to West Point, in command of a company of sappers and miners. In 1853 he volunteered for the purpose of surveying the proposed Northern route for the Pacific Railroad, and it is principally owing to his able published report that this route has been abandoned. On his return in 1855, he was again stationed at West Point as assistant Professor of Engineers. In the spring of '57 he was attacked with acute inflammation of the throat, which has terminated so fatally. But so conscientious was he in the discharge of every duty, that he remained at his post until January, '58, when he went to Cuba. He returned in the spring from that land of sun and flowers, entertaining strong hopes of his recover. He was then stationed at Old Point Comfort, Va., where he remained until a few months ago. He once more returned to his parental roof, not as in days gone by, enjoying manly health and vigor, but stricken down by disease contracted in his country's service. His noble life ebbed slowly away, and at last, without a groan, or sigh, or glance to show a parting pang, he felt God's finger and he slept.
We have learned that the noble genius, the great heart, the loved and loving friends are often the brightest marks for the Destroyer.
By his comrades in arms and by a large circle of friends, there was no one more respected and loved than the subject of this obituary. Who can forget his genial smile, his warm sympathy, his self sacrificing generosity, his thoughtful kindness, his well balanced intellect, his Christian worth! As an officer--brave without boastfulness and wise without ostentation--he was ever prompt, faithful and punctual in the performance of every duty. Charitable toward the weaknesses of others, he was alive to every failing in himself--always courted, always beloved. With the modesty characteristic of true genius, he was slow to discover in his own mind the strength which others were quick to perceive. He was a man of the largest susceptibilities; he was ardent in his attachments, a faithful friend in good and evil report. A true, humble christian, he shrank from display, and doubting himself, trusted and believed in a power above his own. But as a son, brother and friend, language fails to express the full measure of his worth, the innate sweetness of his character. His friends and relatives had looked with confidence to a career in which a being so noble and so promising would do his country long service but a wiser mind had shaped his course and an all-powerful hand beckoned him away to the "mansion in the Father's House." As he lay upon the dying couch, his eloquent looks seemed to say...
"The world recedes; it disappears!
Heaven opens on my eyes! My ears
With sounds seraphic ring:
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I Fly!
O, grave! Where is they victory?
O, death! Where is they sting?"
Memphis, Oct. 25, 1859
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