Died.
On the third instant Mrs. Emmie Nisbet, the wife of Joseph H. Nisbet, Esq., editor of the Chronicle, of this city. She was the eldest daughter of the late Francis V. and Maria S. de Launay and she died in the 56th year of her age. The deceased has been for years past, a victim of chronic ill health, and she has borne her sufferings with much patience and fortitude. She was a lady of unusual force of character and strong will, which enabled her in all probability to prolong her life for years against a disease which is always fatal in the end. She has been for many years a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and leaves a circle of strongly attached friends. Rev. Donald McQueen conducted her funeral services at the family dwelling and her remains were then buried in our beautiful cemetery, among others of the family who had gone before. Some friend, better suited to the task than the writer of this brief announcement, will doubtless prepare a proper obituary of the deceased for publication.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union and Recorder" issue of February 10, 1886 on page 3.
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DEATH OF MR. JOS. H. NISBET
An old and prominent citizen has passed away. The death of Mr. JOSEPH H. NISBET cast a gloom over our whole community. He was known and loved by all our people and his death causes universal regret. He died at his home in this city about 10 o'clock, p. m., Tuesday, November 11th, 1890, having been confined to his bed about three weeks. He was laid to rest in our dear old cemetery, in a spot he loved, on Wednesday afternoon, at 4 1/2 o'clock, Rev. D. McQueen of the Presbyterian church officiating at his burial. The pall-bearers were Messrs. John M. Edwards, Walter Paine, J. G. Fowler, Joseph Staley, M. R. Bell and J. N. Moore.
Joseph H. Nisbet was a son of Alfred M. Nisbet, of a distinguished family in Georgia, and came with his parents to this city from Athens when a boy ten or twelve years of age. He attended school at Midway, where his parents resided, and graduated from Oglethorpe University. While at college he gave evidence of talent for journalism, and wrote college notes, witticisms, essays, etc., which were copied and passed about the village and enjoyed by its cultured inhabitants.--His father was an editor in Athens and Joe inherited a love for the printing office and chose journalism for his life work. He began his training for his chosen profession under the most favorable circumstances. At that time Midway was the home of a large number of the first families of the state who had located there on account of the excellent educational advantages afforded by the male and female academies and Oglethorpe university. When Mr. Nisbet left college he was immensely popular--he wrote verses and performed on the flute with magic sweetness--and was the center of every social gathering.
In 1850, in connection with S. N. Boughton and Wm. Barnes he purchased from Col. D. C. Campbell and Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, (both of whom resided in Midway,) the FEDERAL UNION, then the leading democratic journal of the state. He entered upon his duties as one of its editors with great enthusiasm and industry and soon won distinction as a writer. About this time he married Miss Emmie De Launey--one of the most lovely ladies in the capital city.
After the war and the removal of the capital, Mr. Nisbet sold his interest in the "Federal Union" to his partners, Messrs. Boughton, Barnes and Moore, and accepted the position of agent of the Georgia railroad in this city; which office he held many years. He, however, longed for a return to the printing office and resigned his position on the railroad and returned to journalism. For several years past he had been almost constantly engaged in editorial work on some one of the papers of this city--mostly on the UNION-RECORDER--At the time of his death he was engaged on the Chronicle.
His wife preceded him to the grave. He leaves three children, Mrs. Nina Hamb[a]ugh, who lives in Tennessee, and Mr. A. D. Nisbet, agent of the Central railroad in this city, and Mr. C. W. Nisbet also employed in the C. R. R. office. The latter has been quite ill for several weeks, but is improving.
Mr. Nisbet was in the sixty-sixth year of his age. His life was spent among this people, and his pen and voice have been actively employed for what he conceived to be the best interests of the city and county. Everybody admired the versatility of his talents, and his facts and fancies entered every home and left the impress of his poetic spirit upon the hearts and minds of his readers. In the history ef[sic] the city, for nearly a half century in business, politics and social life he took and[sic] active and intelligent part.--For two generations the touch of his pencil has given a rosy color to Hymen's silken knots and imparted silvery sweetness to marriage bells; and his tributes to departed worth have touched all hearts with a tenderness that awakened hopes of a re-union "beyond the sunset's radiant glow." No man ever lived in this city who has written so many kind and pretty tributes to the dead--remembering only what was noble in their lives and spreading the mantle of charity over their foibles. Who will do for him, what he did so well and so tenderly for others?
His burial was one of the saddest and most impressive we have ever attended. As the sun sank to rest, friends gathered about his open grave and listened to the solemn words of the preacher and joined in singing
Jesus lover of my soul
Let me to thy bosom fly,
every heart was touched to its deepest recesses. In the twilight hush of the dying day our old friend was covered up, for his last long sleep, and left among his dead friends, to a man of his age, more in number than his living friends. And yet he leaves behind many, very many warm friends who will cherish his memory.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union-Recorder" issue of November 18, 1890 on page 3.
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Contributor: David Brown (47251759
On the third instant Mrs. Emmie Nisbet, the wife of Joseph H. Nisbet, Esq., editor of the Chronicle, of this city. She was the eldest daughter of the late Francis V. and Maria S. de Launay and she died in the 56th year of her age. The deceased has been for years past, a victim of chronic ill health, and she has borne her sufferings with much patience and fortitude. She was a lady of unusual force of character and strong will, which enabled her in all probability to prolong her life for years against a disease which is always fatal in the end. She has been for many years a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and leaves a circle of strongly attached friends. Rev. Donald McQueen conducted her funeral services at the family dwelling and her remains were then buried in our beautiful cemetery, among others of the family who had gone before. Some friend, better suited to the task than the writer of this brief announcement, will doubtless prepare a proper obituary of the deceased for publication.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union and Recorder" issue of February 10, 1886 on page 3.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015111/1886-02-10/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&words=H+Joseph+Nisbet&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=6&proxdistance=5&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=Joseph+H+Nisbet&andtext=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=8
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DEATH OF MR. JOS. H. NISBET
An old and prominent citizen has passed away. The death of Mr. JOSEPH H. NISBET cast a gloom over our whole community. He was known and loved by all our people and his death causes universal regret. He died at his home in this city about 10 o'clock, p. m., Tuesday, November 11th, 1890, having been confined to his bed about three weeks. He was laid to rest in our dear old cemetery, in a spot he loved, on Wednesday afternoon, at 4 1/2 o'clock, Rev. D. McQueen of the Presbyterian church officiating at his burial. The pall-bearers were Messrs. John M. Edwards, Walter Paine, J. G. Fowler, Joseph Staley, M. R. Bell and J. N. Moore.
Joseph H. Nisbet was a son of Alfred M. Nisbet, of a distinguished family in Georgia, and came with his parents to this city from Athens when a boy ten or twelve years of age. He attended school at Midway, where his parents resided, and graduated from Oglethorpe University. While at college he gave evidence of talent for journalism, and wrote college notes, witticisms, essays, etc., which were copied and passed about the village and enjoyed by its cultured inhabitants.--His father was an editor in Athens and Joe inherited a love for the printing office and chose journalism for his life work. He began his training for his chosen profession under the most favorable circumstances. At that time Midway was the home of a large number of the first families of the state who had located there on account of the excellent educational advantages afforded by the male and female academies and Oglethorpe university. When Mr. Nisbet left college he was immensely popular--he wrote verses and performed on the flute with magic sweetness--and was the center of every social gathering.
In 1850, in connection with S. N. Boughton and Wm. Barnes he purchased from Col. D. C. Campbell and Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, (both of whom resided in Midway,) the FEDERAL UNION, then the leading democratic journal of the state. He entered upon his duties as one of its editors with great enthusiasm and industry and soon won distinction as a writer. About this time he married Miss Emmie De Launey--one of the most lovely ladies in the capital city.
After the war and the removal of the capital, Mr. Nisbet sold his interest in the "Federal Union" to his partners, Messrs. Boughton, Barnes and Moore, and accepted the position of agent of the Georgia railroad in this city; which office he held many years. He, however, longed for a return to the printing office and resigned his position on the railroad and returned to journalism. For several years past he had been almost constantly engaged in editorial work on some one of the papers of this city--mostly on the UNION-RECORDER--At the time of his death he was engaged on the Chronicle.
His wife preceded him to the grave. He leaves three children, Mrs. Nina Hamb[a]ugh, who lives in Tennessee, and Mr. A. D. Nisbet, agent of the Central railroad in this city, and Mr. C. W. Nisbet also employed in the C. R. R. office. The latter has been quite ill for several weeks, but is improving.
Mr. Nisbet was in the sixty-sixth year of his age. His life was spent among this people, and his pen and voice have been actively employed for what he conceived to be the best interests of the city and county. Everybody admired the versatility of his talents, and his facts and fancies entered every home and left the impress of his poetic spirit upon the hearts and minds of his readers. In the history ef[sic] the city, for nearly a half century in business, politics and social life he took and[sic] active and intelligent part.--For two generations the touch of his pencil has given a rosy color to Hymen's silken knots and imparted silvery sweetness to marriage bells; and his tributes to departed worth have touched all hearts with a tenderness that awakened hopes of a re-union "beyond the sunset's radiant glow." No man ever lived in this city who has written so many kind and pretty tributes to the dead--remembering only what was noble in their lives and spreading the mantle of charity over their foibles. Who will do for him, what he did so well and so tenderly for others?
His burial was one of the saddest and most impressive we have ever attended. As the sun sank to rest, friends gathered about his open grave and listened to the solemn words of the preacher and joined in singing
Jesus lover of my soul
Let me to thy bosom fly,
every heart was touched to its deepest recesses. In the twilight hush of the dying day our old friend was covered up, for his last long sleep, and left among his dead friends, to a man of his age, more in number than his living friends. And yet he leaves behind many, very many warm friends who will cherish his memory.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union-Recorder" issue of November 18, 1890 on page 3.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053811/1890-11-18/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&words=H+Joseph+Nisbet&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=11&proxdistance=5&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=Joseph+H+Nisbet&andtext=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=8
Contributor: David Brown (47251759
Died.
On the third instant Mrs. Emmie Nisbet, the wife of Joseph H. Nisbet, Esq., editor of the Chronicle, of this city. She was the eldest daughter of the late Francis V. and Maria S. de Launay and she died in the 56th year of her age. The deceased has been for years past, a victim of chronic ill health, and she has borne her sufferings with much patience and fortitude. She was a lady of unusual force of character and strong will, which enabled her in all probability to prolong her life for years against a disease which is always fatal in the end. She has been for many years a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and leaves a circle of strongly attached friends. Rev. Donald McQueen conducted her funeral services at the family dwelling and her remains were then buried in our beautiful cemetery, among others of the family who had gone before. Some friend, better suited to the task than the writer of this brief announcement, will doubtless prepare a proper obituary of the deceased for publication.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union and Recorder" issue of February 10, 1886 on page 3.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015111/1886-02-10/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&words=H+Joseph+Nisbet&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=6&proxdistance=5&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=Joseph+H+Nisbet&andtext=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=8
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DEATH OF MR. JOS. H. NISBET
An old and prominent citizen has passed away. The death of Mr. JOSEPH H. NISBET cast a gloom over our whole community. He was known and loved by all our people and his death causes universal regret. He died at his home in this city about 10 o'clock, p. m., Tuesday, November 11th, 1890, having been confined to his bed about three weeks. He was laid to rest in our dear old cemetery, in a spot he loved, on Wednesday afternoon, at 4 1/2 o'clock, Rev. D. McQueen of the Presbyterian church officiating at his burial. The pall-bearers were Messrs. John M. Edwards, Walter Paine, J. G. Fowler, Joseph Staley, M. R. Bell and J. N. Moore.
Joseph H. Nisbet was a son of Alfred M. Nisbet, of a distinguished family in Georgia, and came with his parents to this city from Athens when a boy ten or twelve years of age. He attended school at Midway, where his parents resided, and graduated from Oglethorpe University. While at college he gave evidence of talent for journalism, and wrote college notes, witticisms, essays, etc., which were copied and passed about the village and enjoyed by its cultured inhabitants.--His father was an editor in Athens and Joe inherited a love for the printing office and chose journalism for his life work. He began his training for his chosen profession under the most favorable circumstances. At that time Midway was the home of a large number of the first families of the state who had located there on account of the excellent educational advantages afforded by the male and female academies and Oglethorpe university. When Mr. Nisbet left college he was immensely popular--he wrote verses and performed on the flute with magic sweetness--and was the center of every social gathering.
In 1850, in connection with S. N. Boughton and Wm. Barnes he purchased from Col. D. C. Campbell and Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, (both of whom resided in Midway,) the FEDERAL UNION, then the leading democratic journal of the state. He entered upon his duties as one of its editors with great enthusiasm and industry and soon won distinction as a writer. About this time he married Miss Emmie De Launey--one of the most lovely ladies in the capital city.
After the war and the removal of the capital, Mr. Nisbet sold his interest in the "Federal Union" to his partners, Messrs. Boughton, Barnes and Moore, and accepted the position of agent of the Georgia railroad in this city; which office he held many years. He, however, longed for a return to the printing office and resigned his position on the railroad and returned to journalism. For several years past he had been almost constantly engaged in editorial work on some one of the papers of this city--mostly on the UNION-RECORDER--At the time of his death he was engaged on the Chronicle.
His wife preceded him to the grave. He leaves three children, Mrs. Nina Hamb[a]ugh, who lives in Tennessee, and Mr. A. D. Nisbet, agent of the Central railroad in this city, and Mr. C. W. Nisbet also employed in the C. R. R. office. The latter has been quite ill for several weeks, but is improving.
Mr. Nisbet was in the sixty-sixth year of his age. His life was spent among this people, and his pen and voice have been actively employed for what he conceived to be the best interests of the city and county. Everybody admired the versatility of his talents, and his facts and fancies entered every home and left the impress of his poetic spirit upon the hearts and minds of his readers. In the history ef[sic] the city, for nearly a half century in business, politics and social life he took and[sic] active and intelligent part.--For two generations the touch of his pencil has given a rosy color to Hymen's silken knots and imparted silvery sweetness to marriage bells; and his tributes to departed worth have touched all hearts with a tenderness that awakened hopes of a re-union "beyond the sunset's radiant glow." No man ever lived in this city who has written so many kind and pretty tributes to the dead--remembering only what was noble in their lives and spreading the mantle of charity over their foibles. Who will do for him, what he did so well and so tenderly for others?
His burial was one of the saddest and most impressive we have ever attended. As the sun sank to rest, friends gathered about his open grave and listened to the solemn words of the preacher and joined in singing
Jesus lover of my soul
Let me to thy bosom fly,
every heart was touched to its deepest recesses. In the twilight hush of the dying day our old friend was covered up, for his last long sleep, and left among his dead friends, to a man of his age, more in number than his living friends. And yet he leaves behind many, very many warm friends who will cherish his memory.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union-Recorder" issue of November 18, 1890 on page 3.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053811/1890-11-18/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&words=H+Joseph+Nisbet&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=11&proxdistance=5&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=Joseph+H+Nisbet&andtext=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=8
Contributor: David Brown (47251759
On the third instant Mrs. Emmie Nisbet, the wife of Joseph H. Nisbet, Esq., editor of the Chronicle, of this city. She was the eldest daughter of the late Francis V. and Maria S. de Launay and she died in the 56th year of her age. The deceased has been for years past, a victim of chronic ill health, and she has borne her sufferings with much patience and fortitude. She was a lady of unusual force of character and strong will, which enabled her in all probability to prolong her life for years against a disease which is always fatal in the end. She has been for many years a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and leaves a circle of strongly attached friends. Rev. Donald McQueen conducted her funeral services at the family dwelling and her remains were then buried in our beautiful cemetery, among others of the family who had gone before. Some friend, better suited to the task than the writer of this brief announcement, will doubtless prepare a proper obituary of the deceased for publication.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union and Recorder" issue of February 10, 1886 on page 3.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015111/1886-02-10/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&words=H+Joseph+Nisbet&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=6&proxdistance=5&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=Joseph+H+Nisbet&andtext=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=8
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DEATH OF MR. JOS. H. NISBET
An old and prominent citizen has passed away. The death of Mr. JOSEPH H. NISBET cast a gloom over our whole community. He was known and loved by all our people and his death causes universal regret. He died at his home in this city about 10 o'clock, p. m., Tuesday, November 11th, 1890, having been confined to his bed about three weeks. He was laid to rest in our dear old cemetery, in a spot he loved, on Wednesday afternoon, at 4 1/2 o'clock, Rev. D. McQueen of the Presbyterian church officiating at his burial. The pall-bearers were Messrs. John M. Edwards, Walter Paine, J. G. Fowler, Joseph Staley, M. R. Bell and J. N. Moore.
Joseph H. Nisbet was a son of Alfred M. Nisbet, of a distinguished family in Georgia, and came with his parents to this city from Athens when a boy ten or twelve years of age. He attended school at Midway, where his parents resided, and graduated from Oglethorpe University. While at college he gave evidence of talent for journalism, and wrote college notes, witticisms, essays, etc., which were copied and passed about the village and enjoyed by its cultured inhabitants.--His father was an editor in Athens and Joe inherited a love for the printing office and chose journalism for his life work. He began his training for his chosen profession under the most favorable circumstances. At that time Midway was the home of a large number of the first families of the state who had located there on account of the excellent educational advantages afforded by the male and female academies and Oglethorpe university. When Mr. Nisbet left college he was immensely popular--he wrote verses and performed on the flute with magic sweetness--and was the center of every social gathering.
In 1850, in connection with S. N. Boughton and Wm. Barnes he purchased from Col. D. C. Campbell and Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, (both of whom resided in Midway,) the FEDERAL UNION, then the leading democratic journal of the state. He entered upon his duties as one of its editors with great enthusiasm and industry and soon won distinction as a writer. About this time he married Miss Emmie De Launey--one of the most lovely ladies in the capital city.
After the war and the removal of the capital, Mr. Nisbet sold his interest in the "Federal Union" to his partners, Messrs. Boughton, Barnes and Moore, and accepted the position of agent of the Georgia railroad in this city; which office he held many years. He, however, longed for a return to the printing office and resigned his position on the railroad and returned to journalism. For several years past he had been almost constantly engaged in editorial work on some one of the papers of this city--mostly on the UNION-RECORDER--At the time of his death he was engaged on the Chronicle.
His wife preceded him to the grave. He leaves three children, Mrs. Nina Hamb[a]ugh, who lives in Tennessee, and Mr. A. D. Nisbet, agent of the Central railroad in this city, and Mr. C. W. Nisbet also employed in the C. R. R. office. The latter has been quite ill for several weeks, but is improving.
Mr. Nisbet was in the sixty-sixth year of his age. His life was spent among this people, and his pen and voice have been actively employed for what he conceived to be the best interests of the city and county. Everybody admired the versatility of his talents, and his facts and fancies entered every home and left the impress of his poetic spirit upon the hearts and minds of his readers. In the history ef[sic] the city, for nearly a half century in business, politics and social life he took and[sic] active and intelligent part.--For two generations the touch of his pencil has given a rosy color to Hymen's silken knots and imparted silvery sweetness to marriage bells; and his tributes to departed worth have touched all hearts with a tenderness that awakened hopes of a re-union "beyond the sunset's radiant glow." No man ever lived in this city who has written so many kind and pretty tributes to the dead--remembering only what was noble in their lives and spreading the mantle of charity over their foibles. Who will do for him, what he did so well and so tenderly for others?
His burial was one of the saddest and most impressive we have ever attended. As the sun sank to rest, friends gathered about his open grave and listened to the solemn words of the preacher and joined in singing
Jesus lover of my soul
Let me to thy bosom fly,
every heart was touched to its deepest recesses. In the twilight hush of the dying day our old friend was covered up, for his last long sleep, and left among his dead friends, to a man of his age, more in number than his living friends. And yet he leaves behind many, very many warm friends who will cherish his memory.
From the Milledgeville, Georgia, newspaper "Union-Recorder" issue of November 18, 1890 on page 3.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053811/1890-11-18/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&words=H+Joseph+Nisbet&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=11&proxdistance=5&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=Joseph+H+Nisbet&andtext=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=8
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