Friday, February 19, 2010

With No Regrets


Departed this Life, in the fiftieth Year of his Age, THOMAS LOW THIMBLE, after a long Series of Drunkenness. It may with Truth be said, that no Man ever died less regretted: The Sound of his last Trumpet gave a general Joy to all his Friends, as well as those who had the misfortune to be of his Acquaintance. Take Heed, ye Sons of Bacchus, that when Death comes with his Summons you may not be catched napping; as, you see, was the Case with Mr. Thimble.

GRANVILLE County, NC
February 10, 1773

This obituary appeared in the Virginia Gazette, April 1, 1773. It appeared in The Connector, newsletter of he Tar River Connections Genealogical Society, in the Spring 2005 issue.

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