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Rh, and soon after expired, in order to express their high appreciation of his worth, and pay an humble tribute of respect to his memory, adopted the following minutes: Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove by death one of our members, James A. McClure, therefore resolved,

1. That we accept of the affliction as coming from God, and bow submissively to His righteous and sovereign will.

2. That in his early death this congregation has lost an efficient office-bearer—a useful and beloved member.

3. That we tender our warmest sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased, and commend them to Him whose grace can soothe and heal the broken heart.

4. That a copy of the above be forwarded to the family and published in the Central Presbyterian,

JAMES HENRY, Clerk of Session."

He was ordained a ruling elder in the Mt. Carmel Church at an early age.

He entered the Confederate service early in the war as a private in Co. H, 52nd Va., Infantry, in which service he gave his life, March 26, 1865.

The following letter is from his brother-in-law to the father, John McClure, Greenville, Va.

", April 2nd, 1865.

I write to inform you that we have just heard from George and James through James T. Black, who wrote to his wife who is in Richmond on a visit to her brothers and she writes to her friends, that they are both prisoners in the hands of the enemy, and that James is badly wounded—having his thigh broken. We have not heard what part of the thigh or any particulars. You will please inform Cousins Rebecca and Margaret.

We are tolerably well and will go up this week if not disappointed in getting a horse.

Very respectfully,

A. A. STUART.