Jacob Bumgarner II
Birth 5 Sep 1804
Death 20 Jan 1870 (aged 65)
Burial Pisgah Cemetery
Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA
Christian Observer, Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky Saturday, April 16, 1870. Vol 4. No. 3. Page 2, Column 7
DEATHS
JACOB BUMGARNER, was born in what is now Harrison county, W. Va., Sept. 15th, 1804, "born again in 1833, and entered into life eternal January 20th, at 7 o'clock, A.M.
It is always a mournful task to chronicle the death of our dear brethren, and then to know that our ranks are being constantly depleted by death; but our sorrow is mingled with joy when the righteous die. The king of terrors has again swayed his black scepter over us and another of our band has bowed to his stern mandate; but the King Immortal extends the golden sceptre--he touches--he lives.
At the age of 8 years he was brought by his parents to Wirt county, Va.; at sixteen he lost his father, his mother having died a few years previous. He then returned to Harrison and served an apprenticeship for three years, after which he ran the river some seven years.
On the 11th of May, 1830, he was married to Nancy Sommerville, and settled in Wirt county, where he remained until he finished his earthly course. In 1833 he united with the M. E. Church, and when the Church divided he made choice of the Southern wing of the same, of which he remained a staunch and devoted member until translated to the Church above.
Endowed with a strong, clear mind, although he enjoyed but few of the advantages now possessed by the young, he succeeded in accumulating not only the necessaries of life, but placed himself and his large family in easy circumstances in life.
He leaves an aged and afflicted widow and eleven children to follow him to the skies. One son had preceded him to the glory land, and five of the living children are members of the Church and professors of religion. May the good Lord sanctify this bereavement to the ultimate salvation of the whole family in heaven at last.
His last affliction continued some four months, and for the last six weeks his sufferings were intense; yet his faith and patience failed not. He never murmured, and mourned only when his physical suffering actually compelled it.
The best medical aid far and near was employed, but without avail, as none of his physicians seemed to understand the case, and probably none of them had ever seen one like it! Yet amid all he was calm and resigned, settled all his temporal business, made arrangements to pay his liberal subscription to the erection of a house of worship in his neighborhood, paid his preacher, and expressed himself ready and willing to die!
Much might be said of Brother Bumgarner, but he has passed away and his record is on high.-- Let us emulate his virtues, that like him, when we are summoned hence, we may be able to exclaim,
"Come, welcome death, thou end of fears, I'll gladly go with thee."
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