FEW, WILLIAM
FEW, COL. WILLIAM, aged 81
years, died 16 July at Fishkill, N. Y., the residence of his son-in-law,
Mr. Chrystie. Born in Maryland, in 1748, he was an inhabitant of
Georgia when the Revolution commenced. In 1776 he was elected a
member of the Convention which formed the first Constitution of that
State. He was afterwards a member of the Legislature and Executive
Council. But the dangers of the times soon called him to the
field. Georgia, invaded by the British on the sea border and by
their savage allies on the Western frontier, was preserved by the
unsubdued spirit of a few militia. Amongst these, William Few, who
was soon raised to the rank of Lt. Col., distinguished himself by his
bravery and activity in several actions with the British and
Indians. Augusta having been recovered and the savages repulsed,
he was, in the year 1780, appointed a delegate to Congress, where he
continued until the peace of 1783. He was reappointed in 1786 and
in 1787 was chosen a member of the convention which formed the
constitution of the United States for Georgia from 1789 to 1793, and
having married in the city of New York, moved there, where he spent 30
years. He represented the city several years in the Legislature of
the State till he was appointed by Mr. Jefferson Commissioner of Loans.
(23 July) [1828] Submitted by Shauna
LIVINGSTON,
MARGARET LEWIS
Mrs. Margaret Lewis Livingston, daughter of
Morgan Lewis, Governor of New York, an officer in the revolutionary army
and Major-Gen. in the war of 1812, herself eminent for her
patriotism, benevolence and private worth, died at the family seat,
Staatsburg, N. Y., a few days since—aged 81. Illinois State
Democrat, Wed. Oct. 10, 1860. Submitted by Candi.
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