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Dec 17, 2016

Anderson John Plesant, Obituary, 1897, Raleigh, NC Gazette

Anderson John Plesant Obituary 1897 Raleigh NC Gazette

John Plesant Anderson, an old warrior, laid down his weapons near Machpelah some days ago, and mounted the chariot of angels, and sped away to Jesus, who had gone to prepare a place for him, but his body sleeps in the grave.

Source Citation

The gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-1???, March 06, 1897, Image 2. Image provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC. Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83027097/1897-03-06/ed-1/seq-2/.