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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  jTOod 
  and 
  noble 
  man, 
  all 
  that 
  was 
  mortal 
  of 
  our 
  beloved 
  

   Ma3''or, 
  christian 
  citizen 
  and 
  true 
  friend 
  was 
  borne 
  to 
  the 
  

   cemetery 
  and 
  deposited 
  in 
  a 
  vault 
  to 
  await 
  the 
  resurrection 
  

   of 
  the 
  saints. 
  During 
  the 
  funeral 
  services 
  ever}-- 
  business 
  

   house 
  in 
  town 
  was 
  closed, 
  and 
  the 
  procession 
  of 
  carriages 
  

   was 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  long. 
  No 
  man 
  has 
  ever 
  lived 
  

   among 
  us 
  who 
  so 
  entwined 
  the 
  affections 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  

   around 
  him 
  as 
  did 
  Col. 
  Parrish. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  friend 
  to 
  every 
  

   body 
  and 
  everybody 
  was 
  his 
  friend. 
  During 
  Wednesday 
  

   and 
  Thursday 
  hundreds 
  visited 
  the 
  residence 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  last 
  

   look 
  at 
  him. 
  Strong 
  men 
  stood 
  by 
  and, 
  as 
  they 
  looked 
  

   upon 
  that 
  noble 
  face, 
  tears 
  trickled 
  down 
  their 
  cheeks, 
  at- 
  

   testing 
  an 
  undying 
  affection 
  for 
  him 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  so 
  sud- 
  

   denly 
  taken 
  from 
  our 
  midst. 
  

  

  WILLIAM 
  MANGUM. 
  

  

  Messrs. 
  Durham, 
  Angier 
  and 
  Mangum 
  brothers, 
  are 
  the 
  

   only 
  surviving 
  original 
  settlers 
  of 
  Durham 
  — 
  the 
  venerable 
  

   Pratts, 
  Redmonds 
  and 
  Vickers 
  having 
  passed 
  away. 
  Mr. 
  

   William 
  Mangum, 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  sketch, 
  was 
  born 
  four 
  

   miles 
  from 
  Durham, 
  on 
  the 
  Fish 
  Dam 
  Road, 
  then 
  in 
  the 
  

   county 
  of 
  Orange, 
  on 
  the 
  22d 
  of 
  September, 
  A. 
  D. 
  1824. 
  

   Received 
  only 
  ten 
  months' 
  schooling, 
  but, 
  being 
  richly 
  en- 
  

   dowed 
  by 
  nature 
  with 
  a 
  high 
  order 
  of 
  intellectual 
  faculties, 
  

   aided 
  by 
  an 
  indomitable 
  and 
  pertinacious 
  energy, 
  soon 
  ac- 
  

   quired 
  a 
  fair 
  business 
  education. 
  , 
  In 
  those 
  ten 
  months 
  was 
  

   laid 
  in 
  a 
  naturally 
  perspicacious 
  mind, 
  the 
  solid 
  foundation, 
  

   of 
  future 
  success. 
  He 
  is 
  of 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  sterling 
  worth, 
  

   usually 
  styled 
  self-made 
  men 
  — 
  light-houses 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  

   of 
  life 
  — 
  whose 
  lives 
  and 
  characters 
  never 
  shine 
  with 
  an 
  

   uncertain 
  lustre, 
  but 
  are 
  eminently 
  worthy 
  of 
  emulation. 
  

   As 
  an 
  evidence 
  of 
  his 
  sterling 
  qualities, 
  he 
  assumed, 
  when 
  

   only 
  fifteen 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  having 
  had 
  the 
  sad 
  misfortune 
  

  

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