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Region: West Tennessee
c.1846-47 Sarah Caroline Gwin
Biography:
Sarah Caroline Gwinn (1832-1913) was one of four children of Edward Gwin and Margaret Webb Bowen. Her father was an early pioneer of Carroll County. Her mother was a teacher at the school in Huntingdon, Carroll County. Sarah married James Madison Brannock, a physician, and the couple had two children.
Description:
Sarah’s text, a memorial to her cousin, Littleberry Wright Gwin, reads:
To The
Memory
of
L.B.W. GWIN
of
Capt. H. F. Murray’s company
of Tennessee Volunteers;
Who departed this life, at,
CAMARGO, MEXICO,
Oct, 11.th 1.8.4.6, aged, 21, y.
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
But there is a fame shall last,
When earth’s flitting glory’s past,
And a branch no adverse blast
Shall destroy.
“When the Christian’s fight is fought--
When he joins the glorious band
Who as crowned victors stand
With palm branch in his hand,
Round the throne.”
To The
Memory
of
L.B.W. GWIN
of
Capt. H. F. Murray’s company
of Tennessee Volunteers;
Who departed this life, at,
CAMARGO, MEXICO,
Oct, 11.th 1.8.4.6, aged, 21, y.
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
But there is a fame shall last,
When earth’s flitting glory’s past,
And a branch no adverse blast
Shall destroy.
“When the Christian’s fight is fought--
When he joins the glorious band
Who as crowned victors stand
With palm branch in his hand,
Round the throne.”
