Col. David McGregor Means

Obituary -- Communicated. Col. David McGregor Means, whose death was noticed in the last Cabinet, was the son of the Hon. Robert Means, late of Amherst, deceased. He succeeded to his father's business as a merchant in this place [Amherst NH] and continued it until the time of his lamented death. While we would not repine at the mysterious behests of Providence, ample occasion is here found for contemplating the insecurity of human life in its most promising and useful aspects. With a firmness of constitution, a health and activity rarely to be found among men; with a wife and a large family of young children, who needed his care and affection; with an aged mother whose almost sole dependence was on him for the care of her affairs; with every thing about him to make his connection with the living happy, useful and desirable, the angel of death, while he was yet in the vigour of manhood, and in the midst of his usefulness, has commissioned to call him to other scenes. We bow with submission and reverence before this dark dispensation; and while we distrust not its benevolence or its wisdom, we feel how powerless we are, when we attempt to fathom it. The most prominent traits in the charter of Col. Means were his independence of thought, expression and action, a generous and lofty spirit, a noble and chivalrous bearing in all his conduct, a kind disposition and an affectionate heart. pure in his moral character, and honorable in all his motives and feelings, .... He represented his native town in the Legislature of the State two years in succession ... [see newspaper for more]. [The Farmers' Cabinet, 13 Mar 1835, page 3]

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