Copy of Newspaper clipping of the "Sun" Osceola, MO, 1886:
GONE TO REST
Died - at his residence six miles northeast of Osceola, Mo. on Jan. 3, 1886, after a lingering illness of three years; Albert Whaley, age 81 years, 9 months and 10 days.
Deceased was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 23, 1804, and imigrated to Marion Co., Mo., with his parents in 1821, while the state of Missouri was yet a wilderness. On December 16, 1826, he led to the hymenial altar Miss Mary F. Bird with whom he lived for nearly sixty years and who still survives him. To them were born thirteen children, seven sons and daughters, ten of whom are now living, five of whom are now citizens of St. Clair County.
Until age laid its burden upon him, as it must us all, he was an active energetic business man, and by frugality, industry and strict integrity he won ample fortune and a host of friends. During the war he lost by torch and the hands of marauders, the fruits of long years of patient toil and was himself thrown into prison for refusing to obey the dictates of foreigners and strangers, and swear allegiance to the land of his birth and inheritance won by the blood of his Sires on the plains of Valley Forge and Yorktown, and subsequently defended by the sword of his father, Capt. Edward Whaley, in the bloody struggle of 1812. (Where IS that sword? Who has it now? CWV)
At the close of the war he went West, returned to Texas, thence to Arkansas and finally settled down in St. Clair county, Mo. where he secured a quiet home for the few remaining years of his life.
During his long and eventful life he maintained throughout the strictest integrity, and the most unfaltering devotion to his family and friends. A safe councilor, a true friend, a kind and affectionate parent, a devoted husband, and a patient sufferer he met the messenger of death as he had met every turn in fortune's pate, with firmness and decision and without a murmur.
He leaves no gold nor estate as an inheritance, but that which is far better; he leaves a character which, having been tested in the crucible of war and adverse fortunes had proved absolutely incorruptible; an inheritance that will live when all the gold of earth shall have turned to dross.
Being dead, yet shall he live
All is not loss when we bear out our Dead.
Under the sod in their coffins to lie
Then sadly return to deulute homes
To weep and to mourn as the days go by
and miss the sound of their coming feet
And listen no more for their voices sweet.
GONE TO REST
Died - at his residence six miles northeast of Osceola, Mo. on Jan. 3, 1886, after a lingering illness of three years; Albert Whaley, age 81 years, 9 months and 10 days.
Deceased was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 23, 1804, and imigrated to Marion Co., Mo., with his parents in 1821, while the state of Missouri was yet a wilderness. On December 16, 1826, he led to the hymenial altar Miss Mary F. Bird with whom he lived for nearly sixty years and who still survives him. To them were born thirteen children, seven sons and daughters, ten of whom are now living, five of whom are now citizens of St. Clair County.
Until age laid its burden upon him, as it must us all, he was an active energetic business man, and by frugality, industry and strict integrity he won ample fortune and a host of friends. During the war he lost by torch and the hands of marauders, the fruits of long years of patient toil and was himself thrown into prison for refusing to obey the dictates of foreigners and strangers, and swear allegiance to the land of his birth and inheritance won by the blood of his Sires on the plains of Valley Forge and Yorktown, and subsequently defended by the sword of his father, Capt. Edward Whaley, in the bloody struggle of 1812. (Where IS that sword? Who has it now? CWV)
At the close of the war he went West, returned to Texas, thence to Arkansas and finally settled down in St. Clair county, Mo. where he secured a quiet home for the few remaining years of his life.
During his long and eventful life he maintained throughout the strictest integrity, and the most unfaltering devotion to his family and friends. A safe councilor, a true friend, a kind and affectionate parent, a devoted husband, and a patient sufferer he met the messenger of death as he had met every turn in fortune's pate, with firmness and decision and without a murmur.
He leaves no gold nor estate as an inheritance, but that which is far better; he leaves a character which, having been tested in the crucible of war and adverse fortunes had proved absolutely incorruptible; an inheritance that will live when all the gold of earth shall have turned to dross.
Being dead, yet shall he live
All is not loss when we bear out our Dead.
Under the sod in their coffins to lie
Then sadly return to deulute homes
To weep and to mourn as the days go by
and miss the sound of their coming feet
And listen no more for their voices sweet.
Copy of Newspaper clipping of the "Sun" Osceola, MO, 1886:
GONE TO REST
Died - at his residence six miles northeast of Osceola, Mo. on Jan. 3, 1886, after a lingering illness of three years; Albert Whaley, age 81 years, 9 months and 10 days.
Deceased was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 23, 1804, and imigrated to Marion Co., Mo., with his parents in 1821, while the state of Missouri was yet a wilderness. On December 16, 1826, he led to the hymenial altar Miss Mary F. Bird with whom he lived for nearly sixty years and who still survives him. To them were born thirteen children, seven sons and daughters, ten of whom are now living, five of whom are now citizens of St. Clair County.
Until age laid its burden upon him, as it must us all, he was an active energetic business man, and by frugality, industry and strict integrity he won ample fortune and a host of friends. During the war he lost by torch and the hands of marauders, the fruits of long years of patient toil and was himself thrown into prison for refusing to obey the dictates of foreigners and strangers, and swear allegiance to the land of his birth and inheritance won by the blood of his Sires on the plains of Valley Forge and Yorktown, and subsequently defended by the sword of his father, Capt. Edward Whaley, in the bloody struggle of 1812. (Where IS that sword? Who has it now? CWV)
At the close of the war he went West, returned to Texas, thence to Arkansas and finally settled down in St. Clair county, Mo. where he secured a quiet home for the few remaining years of his life.
During his long and eventful life he maintained throughout the strictest integrity, and the most unfaltering devotion to his family and friends. A safe councilor, a true friend, a kind and affectionate parent, a devoted husband, and a patient sufferer he met the messenger of death as he had met every turn in fortune's pate, with firmness and decision and without a murmur.
He leaves no gold nor estate as an inheritance, but that which is far better; he leaves a character which, having been tested in the crucible of war and adverse fortunes had proved absolutely incorruptible; an inheritance that will live when all the gold of earth shall have turned to dross.
Being dead, yet shall he live
All is not loss when we bear out our Dead.
Under the sod in their coffins to lie
Then sadly return to deulute homes
To weep and to mourn as the days go by
and miss the sound of their coming feet
And listen no more for their voices sweet.
GONE TO REST
Died - at his residence six miles northeast of Osceola, Mo. on Jan. 3, 1886, after a lingering illness of three years; Albert Whaley, age 81 years, 9 months and 10 days.
Deceased was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 23, 1804, and imigrated to Marion Co., Mo., with his parents in 1821, while the state of Missouri was yet a wilderness. On December 16, 1826, he led to the hymenial altar Miss Mary F. Bird with whom he lived for nearly sixty years and who still survives him. To them were born thirteen children, seven sons and daughters, ten of whom are now living, five of whom are now citizens of St. Clair County.
Until age laid its burden upon him, as it must us all, he was an active energetic business man, and by frugality, industry and strict integrity he won ample fortune and a host of friends. During the war he lost by torch and the hands of marauders, the fruits of long years of patient toil and was himself thrown into prison for refusing to obey the dictates of foreigners and strangers, and swear allegiance to the land of his birth and inheritance won by the blood of his Sires on the plains of Valley Forge and Yorktown, and subsequently defended by the sword of his father, Capt. Edward Whaley, in the bloody struggle of 1812. (Where IS that sword? Who has it now? CWV)
At the close of the war he went West, returned to Texas, thence to Arkansas and finally settled down in St. Clair county, Mo. where he secured a quiet home for the few remaining years of his life.
During his long and eventful life he maintained throughout the strictest integrity, and the most unfaltering devotion to his family and friends. A safe councilor, a true friend, a kind and affectionate parent, a devoted husband, and a patient sufferer he met the messenger of death as he had met every turn in fortune's pate, with firmness and decision and without a murmur.
He leaves no gold nor estate as an inheritance, but that which is far better; he leaves a character which, having been tested in the crucible of war and adverse fortunes had proved absolutely incorruptible; an inheritance that will live when all the gold of earth shall have turned to dross.
Being dead, yet shall he live
All is not loss when we bear out our Dead.
Under the sod in their coffins to lie
Then sadly return to deulute homes
To weep and to mourn as the days go by
and miss the sound of their coming feet
And listen no more for their voices sweet.
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