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Note: N4018 Archie R. Meriwether
Abbieville Press & Banner (Abbeville, SC), Friday, 21 January 1870
A.R. Meriwether, son of W.B. and Matilda Meriwether of Ninety-Six, Abbeville county, accidentally shot himself on the 29th of December and died about nine hours after. He had just passed his twentieth birthday; a young man of noble principle, affectionate and courteous to all. A sad blank is now in this afflicted family which none could witness, without shedding the sympathetic tear.
A.R. Meriwether had all the prospects of a long and useful life and the morning of the fatal accident, he was full of life and animation. He met death as a veteran soldier, but was desirous to see his young friends to entreat them to live for eternity and bear in mind the uncertainty of life.
May the grace of God comfort and console the afflicted family.
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