“Died at Asheville”
Date
2-24-1812
Newspaper
Mirror of the Times
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 4
Newspaper Location
Augusta, Georgia
Serial Number
636
Abstract
Obituary of supposed casualty of the New Madrid earthquake at Raleigh, North Carolina. From the Raleigh Register, Similar in tone to John C. Edwards account
Transcript
DIED at Ashville, Buncombe county, on the 8th ult. Mr. Daniel Mathison, taylor, in the 48th year of his age, a native of Ivershin, Sutherlandshire, Scotland. His death was occasioned by his falling in the street at the time of the late Earthquake.-He being very corpulent, the fall produced an inflammation in his intestines, that terminated his existence, after a sickness of 23 days during which time he suffered most excruciating pains. He bore the first part of his illness with philosophic firmness; but when informed by the physician, that a mortification had taken place, his philosophy yielded to the triumphs of religion-He sent for a class leader of the Methodist (a people he formerly hated even to persecution) requested him to pray, was converted, and for some time after, expressed his regret that he had not sooner known their ways of Grace. He died firmly believing & truly penitent member of that church, leaving a wife, 13 children, and an aged mother to lament his loss. Rel. Reg.
Recommended Citation
"“Died at Asheville”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 623.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/623
