Joseph R Eshleman

Obituary:

ESHLEMAN.- On the 11th, of Nov., 1890, in Washington Co., Md., Bro. Joseph Eshleman, aged 64 years, 11 months and 12 days.

Bro. Eshleman was a consistent member of the Mennonite church for many years. He communed with the brethren and sisters a few weeks before his death, and was apparently in good health when he was instantly stricken down by death as he was engaged in feeding stock with his son in the morning before breakfast. He fell over dead by the side of his son in the feeding room without uttering a word.

He was buried on the 13th, when a large number of people assembled at his home to pay the last tribute of respect to the departed brother. Over one hundred carriages were said to have left the house of mourning for the graveyard at Miller's church, where a large number had assembled already before the sad procession came. He left a widow and 11 children, 7 boys and 4 girls, to mourn their loss.

"Dearest Brother, thou hast left us,

Here thy loss we deeply feel;

But 'tis God that hath bereft us,

He can all our sorrows heal.

Father, thou hast left us lonely,

Sorrow fills our hearts today;

But beyond this vale of sorrow,

Tears will all be wiped away."

Herald of Truth, December 1, 1890, pages 365, 366

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