{"id":2123,"date":"2014-08-24T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2014-08-24T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T15:00:30","slug":"napoleon-b-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/napoleon-b-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"WILLIAMS, Napoleon B. – (d. 1869)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bereavements upon bereavements in our midst, are calling for frequent obituaries. \u00a0Young Napoleon B. WILLIAMS<\/strong>, too, is numbered with the dead. \u00a0He breathed his last, at 10 o’clock, on the night of the 14th of July. \u00a0He was a native of Tennessee, about nineteen years of age, and was, perhaps, the handsomest youth in the city. \u00a0Stricken down in rosy youth, we stand bewildered at the stroke; for it is only in the sublime philosophy of the Christian faith, that these sore, heart-rendering contradictions of nature are reconciled, and brought into recognized and perfectly consistent harmony with the goodness of the great Creator. \u00a0There was something about this young man that not only attracted and kindled, but absolutely coerced, affection. \u00a0His gentle, yet manly presence, his gentlemanly instincts, and the modest dignity of his demeanor drew all hearts, and made a friend of every acquaintance. \u00a0Of robust health, and purity of habits, above suspicion in every particular, no one would have selected him as a mark for the great Archer. \u00a0But that inexorable archer is in our midst; his arrows have flown fast and thick, and many bleeding hearts are trickling beneath his shafts. \u00a0By prudence, public and private, during these days of tropical intensity, let us all endeavor to rob his quiver, though we cannot break or capture his bow.<\/p>\n

Young WILLIAMS<\/strong>, we have learned, was a steady consistent member of the Baptist Church, and, seldom, indeed, has the religion of the Savior seen her seraph features and celestial graces reflected from a bright mirror, or in a more lifelike and beautiful image.<\/p>\n

We can only add that the lamented subject of this too hasty notice, whose memory will long linger in the circle of his young friends, like some delightful strain of suddenly hushed music, was the only brother of Mr. J.J. WILLIAMS<\/strong>, of Atlanta, but leaves, beside, a father, mother, and sisters, in Tennessee, to mourn with an anguish from which the imagination shrinks, this irreparable bereavement. — Atlanta, July 15, 1869.<\/p>\n

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Source: Atlanta Constitution, 17 July 1869.<\/p>\n

Editorial Note: his tombstone<\/a> indicates he was from Grainger County.<\/p>\n

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Bereavements upon bereavements in our midst, are calling for frequent obituaries. \u00a0Young Napoleon B. WILLIAMS, too, is numbered with the dead. \u00a0He breathed his last, at 10 o’clock, on the night of the 14th of July. \u00a0He was a native of Tennessee, about nineteen years of age, and was, perhaps,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2427,15,633],"tags":[2429,2428],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlanta-constitution","category-death","category-grainger","tag-williams-j-j","tag-williams-napoleon-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2124,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/histnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}