aged 55 yrs

"Father"


ARBOGAST, GEORGE L -SAPPINGTON, MARTHA E 10/26/1858 00B/0112 DE WITT

George L. ARBOGAST
March 6, 1885
Clinton Public

Again we are called to make the dark announcement of death, to pen the record of mortality. One more has arrived at that place where action ceases; where probation ends; where all the powers of life have ceased their operations. It is now our sad duty to chronicle the death of Brother George L. ARBOGAST, who departed this life Thursday, Feb. 26, 1885, from the effect of a paralytic stroke two weeks ago, when he lost the entire use of his right side and partly of his whole body. His death was not, however, wholly unexpected, as he and his family had been informed of the liability of a sudden termination of his suffering. He endured his sickness with Christian fortitude, seldom complaining, and looking upon death as a relief.

He was born in the State of Ohio July 26, 1829, and on October 28, 1858, he was married to Miss Martha E. Sapington, who with four daughters and one son are left to mourn their untimely and irreparable loss. He was a devoted husband, and one who has leaned on him these many years finds her strong staff broken. He was a kind and indulgent father, the children suddenly find that the fatherly heart has ceased to beat, and the fatherly hand closed, they are fatherless. He was a friend. Many outside his home called him their friend. But in a moment, in the twinkling of [an] eye, he has vanished from their sight. They shall think of him and recall his life, but the places which he gladdened with his presence shall know him no more. He was a man. Indeed he was a man. Noble, beautiful in every relation. In his business relations he was prompt to his engagements. No man regarded his word or his obligation more than he did, and as a result he enjoyed the confidence of all those with whom he had to deal. As a neighbor he was kind and obliging in every particular; with him it was a pleasure to accommodate when in his power to do so. In his family he governed with diligence, but the best of all he was a Christian. He loved Christ. In his church relation he was meek, modest and unassuming, chaste in his conversation, and careful of his religious integrity.

His funeral took place at the Fullerton Church, Friday, Feb. 27. Pursuant to the request of the family, the writer delivered a sermon to his memory to a very large congregation of relatives and friends, from 1 Cor., XV, 55-57. After which his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery just south of the church, under the auspices of the I.O.O.F., of which order he was a member. No more will we see his manly form in the church. No more will we grasp his friendly, cordial hand, but by the grace of God, we will meet him in the sweet by-and-by, the far off home of the soul. To the devoted wife, who spent so many sad and lonely hours in ministering to her husband's wants, hoping against hope for his recovery, and to the dear children, we tender sincere condolence. Rev. L. S. HITCHENS.