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Rev. James Seaborn York
SIXTY-SIX YEARS AGO.
Rev. J. S. York Visits Resting Place of Wife. Sixty years ago
Rev. J. S. York was married in Shelby county, Tennessee. “I stole
the prettiest girl in Shelby county and was married at 12 o’clock at
night,” he said. Fifteen years ago Mrs. York died and was buried at
Dresden and a few days ago Rev. Mr. York visited the place in which
the body of his wife has rested all these years. “I paid $2.50 for
the lot,” he said, “and it is all the property I own. I expect soon
to be resting by her side and often I find myself growing impatient
for that time to come,” he said with a tremor in his voice. The
Dresden cemetery is one of the oldest burying grounds in the county
and some of the county’s oldest and most beloved citizens are buried
there. As frequently said in these columns Rev. Mr. York has had an
eventful and useful life and although considerably beyond the three
score and ten allotment he is enjoying fairly good health and enjoys
referring to the past. “It pays to advertise,” he said to the
reporter. “Since my photograph appeared in the papers a short time
ago, I have received a number of letters. One was from a nephew
living in Henderson, Rusk county. I thought his entire family had
gone to their reward. I had not heard from them in many years.
Another letter came from a lady now living in Fort Worth who entered
the church under my preaching in Lamb county, forty-nine years ago,
she wrote.
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