Was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Learned, Hazelhurst, and Crystal Springs, MS. Pastor of the Canal Street Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana where he died of yellow fever along with his wife, Sarah Winkfield Prince, and his infant son, Hugh Right Trawick (Named after his father).
Quote on grave: "I would rather stay with my people and die, than to go away and live. Life is not worth anything unless laid upon the altar of Christ as a sacrifice to duty."
Quote on grave: "I would rather stay with my people and die, than to go away and live. Life is not worth anything unless laid upon the altar of Christ as a sacrifice to duty."
Was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Learned, Hazelhurst, and Crystal Springs, MS. Pastor of the Canal Street Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana where he died of yellow fever along with his wife, Sarah Winkfield Prince, and his infant son, Hugh Right Trawick (Named after his father).
Quote on grave: "I would rather stay with my people and die, than to go away and live. Life is not worth anything unless laid upon the altar of Christ as a sacrifice to duty."
Quote on grave: "I would rather stay with my people and die, than to go away and live. Life is not worth anything unless laid upon the altar of Christ as a sacrifice to duty."
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Sergeant, Confederate Army, Civil War
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Served in Co. A, 1st (Percy's) Mississippi Infantry; born in Hinds County, Mississippi; died of yellow fever along with most of his family
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