Son of William Newton Hamric & Isabella Walker
Nathan Mc. Hamrick was born on White Water, a branch of Laurel Creek, in Nicholas County, within the limits [then] of Virginia, December 13, 1826, and after a short illness from the effects of paralysis departed this life September 15, 1908, at the advanced age of 81 years 9 months and 2 days.
At the youthful age of 12 years he came into the Elk Valley and made his home with Samuel Given, and in his twenty-second year was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Pierson, [dau. of Jonathan Pierson] of Twistville, December 17, 11845, and entered the occupation of farming. Twelve children resulted from this union, nine boys and three girls,
viz: Lorenzo D., Burton F., Alamander, Elizabeth, Newton B., G. Jenkins, Wiliam J., Louisa A., H. Crayton, Samantha, J. Melvil, and H. Oscar. All except Samantha survive their father, she having died in infancy. The widowed wife and mother, yet living, is more than 72 years and 6 months old and is in splendid health.
In the War of the Rebellion he remained neutral for a time, but finally enlisted in the
Southern Confederacy and was in the battles of Kesslers Cross Lanes and Carnefix Ferry. He
returned at the close of the war to his farm and family, where since, he had led a very meek and humble life as a soldier in the army of Jesus Christ.
In 1878 and 1879, respectively, under the ministry of Rev. L.J. Huffman, his pastor, he
professed faith in the Lord and was by him baptised and became a member of the Middle Run Baptist Church, together with all his living family. And even before he was a Christian, perhaps no man of the county exerted so great an influence for the Master's name
in bearing heavy burdens in the support of the church. He was often invited into the councils of the church and his judgement was considered of much value and respected. The door in his home was always opened to the cause of Christ and to the entertainment of strangers, for he fed the hungry and the empty he refused to turn away. So in return, through his sickness the family in his own home, the neighbors and country all "round" about stood ready to minister unto "Uncle Nathan," who so often expressed himself fully ready for departure--calm, serene and happy, with no complaints for suffering to offer. Indeed, he seemed
to be that of deep sleep instead of suffering, till, on the morning of September 15, 1908, at 4:30 o'clock, his soul entered the harbor of eternal repose.
On the morning of the 16th, after a beautiful funeral service by Rev. L.J. Huffman to a host of
sorrowing friends, at Middle Run Baptist Church, from he text Isa. 25:8, "He will swallow up death in victory." The mortal was committed to its resting place in the Middle Run Cemetery to await the voice of the trumpet, when "they that have done good shall come forth unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation."
Truly, a heroic Christian husband and father has fallen, but his works will continue to speak to us by his life and faithfulness.
Nathan Mc. Hamrick was born on White Water, a branch of Laurel Creek, in Nicholas County, within the limits [then] of Virginia, December 13, 1826, and after a short illness from the effects of paralysis departed this life September 15, 1908, at the advanced age of 81 years 9 months and 2 days.
At the youthful age of 12 years he came into the Elk Valley and made his home with Samuel Given, and in his twenty-second year was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Pierson, [dau. of Jonathan Pierson] of Twistville, December 17, 11845, and entered the occupation of farming. Twelve children resulted from this union, nine boys and three girls,
viz: Lorenzo D., Burton F., Alamander, Elizabeth, Newton B., G. Jenkins, Wiliam J., Louisa A., H. Crayton, Samantha, J. Melvil, and H. Oscar. All except Samantha survive their father, she having died in infancy. The widowed wife and mother, yet living, is more than 72 years and 6 months old and is in splendid health.
In the War of the Rebellion he remained neutral for a time, but finally enlisted in the
Southern Confederacy and was in the battles of Kesslers Cross Lanes and Carnefix Ferry. He
returned at the close of the war to his farm and family, where since, he had led a very meek and humble life as a soldier in the army of Jesus Christ.
In 1878 and 1879, respectively, under the ministry of Rev. L.J. Huffman, his pastor, he
professed faith in the Lord and was by him baptised and became a member of the Middle Run Baptist Church, together with all his living family. And even before he was a Christian, perhaps no man of the county exerted so great an influence for the Master's name
in bearing heavy burdens in the support of the church. He was often invited into the councils of the church and his judgement was considered of much value and respected. The door in his home was always opened to the cause of Christ and to the entertainment of strangers, for he fed the hungry and the empty he refused to turn away. So in return, through his sickness the family in his own home, the neighbors and country all "round" about stood ready to minister unto "Uncle Nathan," who so often expressed himself fully ready for departure--calm, serene and happy, with no complaints for suffering to offer. Indeed, he seemed
to be that of deep sleep instead of suffering, till, on the morning of September 15, 1908, at 4:30 o'clock, his soul entered the harbor of eternal repose.
On the morning of the 16th, after a beautiful funeral service by Rev. L.J. Huffman to a host of
sorrowing friends, at Middle Run Baptist Church, from he text Isa. 25:8, "He will swallow up death in victory." The mortal was committed to its resting place in the Middle Run Cemetery to await the voice of the trumpet, when "they that have done good shall come forth unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation."
Truly, a heroic Christian husband and father has fallen, but his works will continue to speak to us by his life and faithfulness.
Son of William Newton Hamric & Isabella Walker
Nathan Mc. Hamrick was born on White Water, a branch of Laurel Creek, in Nicholas County, within the limits [then] of Virginia, December 13, 1826, and after a short illness from the effects of paralysis departed this life September 15, 1908, at the advanced age of 81 years 9 months and 2 days.
At the youthful age of 12 years he came into the Elk Valley and made his home with Samuel Given, and in his twenty-second year was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Pierson, [dau. of Jonathan Pierson] of Twistville, December 17, 11845, and entered the occupation of farming. Twelve children resulted from this union, nine boys and three girls,
viz: Lorenzo D., Burton F., Alamander, Elizabeth, Newton B., G. Jenkins, Wiliam J., Louisa A., H. Crayton, Samantha, J. Melvil, and H. Oscar. All except Samantha survive their father, she having died in infancy. The widowed wife and mother, yet living, is more than 72 years and 6 months old and is in splendid health.
In the War of the Rebellion he remained neutral for a time, but finally enlisted in the
Southern Confederacy and was in the battles of Kesslers Cross Lanes and Carnefix Ferry. He
returned at the close of the war to his farm and family, where since, he had led a very meek and humble life as a soldier in the army of Jesus Christ.
In 1878 and 1879, respectively, under the ministry of Rev. L.J. Huffman, his pastor, he
professed faith in the Lord and was by him baptised and became a member of the Middle Run Baptist Church, together with all his living family. And even before he was a Christian, perhaps no man of the county exerted so great an influence for the Master's name
in bearing heavy burdens in the support of the church. He was often invited into the councils of the church and his judgement was considered of much value and respected. The door in his home was always opened to the cause of Christ and to the entertainment of strangers, for he fed the hungry and the empty he refused to turn away. So in return, through his sickness the family in his own home, the neighbors and country all "round" about stood ready to minister unto "Uncle Nathan," who so often expressed himself fully ready for departure--calm, serene and happy, with no complaints for suffering to offer. Indeed, he seemed
to be that of deep sleep instead of suffering, till, on the morning of September 15, 1908, at 4:30 o'clock, his soul entered the harbor of eternal repose.
On the morning of the 16th, after a beautiful funeral service by Rev. L.J. Huffman to a host of
sorrowing friends, at Middle Run Baptist Church, from he text Isa. 25:8, "He will swallow up death in victory." The mortal was committed to its resting place in the Middle Run Cemetery to await the voice of the trumpet, when "they that have done good shall come forth unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation."
Truly, a heroic Christian husband and father has fallen, but his works will continue to speak to us by his life and faithfulness.
Nathan Mc. Hamrick was born on White Water, a branch of Laurel Creek, in Nicholas County, within the limits [then] of Virginia, December 13, 1826, and after a short illness from the effects of paralysis departed this life September 15, 1908, at the advanced age of 81 years 9 months and 2 days.
At the youthful age of 12 years he came into the Elk Valley and made his home with Samuel Given, and in his twenty-second year was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Pierson, [dau. of Jonathan Pierson] of Twistville, December 17, 11845, and entered the occupation of farming. Twelve children resulted from this union, nine boys and three girls,
viz: Lorenzo D., Burton F., Alamander, Elizabeth, Newton B., G. Jenkins, Wiliam J., Louisa A., H. Crayton, Samantha, J. Melvil, and H. Oscar. All except Samantha survive their father, she having died in infancy. The widowed wife and mother, yet living, is more than 72 years and 6 months old and is in splendid health.
In the War of the Rebellion he remained neutral for a time, but finally enlisted in the
Southern Confederacy and was in the battles of Kesslers Cross Lanes and Carnefix Ferry. He
returned at the close of the war to his farm and family, where since, he had led a very meek and humble life as a soldier in the army of Jesus Christ.
In 1878 and 1879, respectively, under the ministry of Rev. L.J. Huffman, his pastor, he
professed faith in the Lord and was by him baptised and became a member of the Middle Run Baptist Church, together with all his living family. And even before he was a Christian, perhaps no man of the county exerted so great an influence for the Master's name
in bearing heavy burdens in the support of the church. He was often invited into the councils of the church and his judgement was considered of much value and respected. The door in his home was always opened to the cause of Christ and to the entertainment of strangers, for he fed the hungry and the empty he refused to turn away. So in return, through his sickness the family in his own home, the neighbors and country all "round" about stood ready to minister unto "Uncle Nathan," who so often expressed himself fully ready for departure--calm, serene and happy, with no complaints for suffering to offer. Indeed, he seemed
to be that of deep sleep instead of suffering, till, on the morning of September 15, 1908, at 4:30 o'clock, his soul entered the harbor of eternal repose.
On the morning of the 16th, after a beautiful funeral service by Rev. L.J. Huffman to a host of
sorrowing friends, at Middle Run Baptist Church, from he text Isa. 25:8, "He will swallow up death in victory." The mortal was committed to its resting place in the Middle Run Cemetery to await the voice of the trumpet, when "they that have done good shall come forth unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation."
Truly, a heroic Christian husband and father has fallen, but his works will continue to speak to us by his life and faithfulness.
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