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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: February 1, 2008
Caption:
Headstone for Lieutenant Wilde near the Duellist's Grave Marker | Additional Description: This humble stone
records the filial piety
fraternal affection and manly virtues
of
James Wilde, Esquire
late District Paymaster in the army of the U. S.
He fell in a Duel on the 16th of January, 1815,
by the hand of a man who, a short time ago, would have been friendless but for him;
and expired instantly in his 22d year:
dying, as he had lived:
with unshaken courage & unblemished reputation.
By his untimely death the prop of a Mother's
age is broken:
The hope and consolation of Sisters is destroyed,
the pride of Brothers humbled in the dust
and a whole Family, happy until then,
overwhelmed with affliction.
Source:
Chatham County Ga Archives
History ... Savannah Duels - Chapter XI 1923Submitted: February 14, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p16016
File Size: 1.783 Megabytes
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