Temby, Nicholas
Death
1886-10-01
(aged 68 years)
Birth
1818-04
Camborne, England
Gravestone
Location
NW.21.2
Transcription
Nicholas Temby
Died Oct. 1, 1886 Aged 68 Years
Obituary
Died. Temby, Suddenly on last Friday, Oct. 1st, Mr. Nicholas Temby.
Nicholas Temby was born in the parish of Camborne, Cornwall, England, in the year 1818, and was consequently at the time of his death 68 years and about 6 months old. Hearing much said about the chances for working men in America, he, in company with his late wife, left the old home and arrived at Mineral Point in 1847. Excepting brief stays in Dodgeville and parts of California, this city has ever since been his home. For many years he lived without God and hope, but during the winter of '70 and '71 he was led to see the follies of sin and became a lover and follower after righteousness. His religious character has been of the emotional type. He cultivated high degrees of feeling and always enjoyed best the means of grace that were characterized by this same feature. He has been a faithful member of the P.M. society, being a pattern to others in his attendance on the services of God's house - both social and public. His prayer in the P.M. vestry on last Monday week was so full of unction that it elicited favorable comment. For the last five or six years he has been a failing man, having in that time passed through seasons of severe afflictions. He has for a long time been simply waiting to be relieved from the infirmities of the flesh. Relief came on Friday afternoon. While in the act of carrying an armful of wood into his home he strained himself, producing the cough which burst the vein that gave escape to life's fluid. He died on the porch of his house.
Mineral Point Tribune, Oct. 7, 1886