The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
Bibb County, Georgia
10 July 1881

SAMUEL I. GUSTIN, Esq., died at his residence in Vineville on Friday
evening, after a long and painful illness, of a cancerous tumor on the
neck. Mr. Gustin was a native of New Jersey -- an accomplished
horticulturist and gardener. He emigrated to east Florida just before the
war, for objects connected with his profession, and subsequently refugeed
to Macon.

Mr. Gustin, when the Central Park of New York was projected, was chief
engineer in laying it out, but lost his position in the political
mutations of the time. He was a man of very amiable and genial temper,
and his sufferings excited universal sympathy.


Funeral of Mr. Samuel I. Gustin
Yesterday at 5 o'clock the funeral of Mr. Sam'l I. Gustin took place from
St. Paul's church. The services were conducted in the most solemn and
impressive manner by Rev. R. H. Weller, Jr., and the remains interred in
Rose Hill Cemetery. A large number of friends of the family and of the
deceased followed the remains to the grave. The following gentlemen acted
as pall-bearers: Col. Thos. Hardeman, Capt. T. L. Holt, Major N. E.
Hodgkins, Colonel H. H. Jones, Mr. C. T. Ward, Col. W. W. Parker, Capt. T.
L. Massenberg and Mr. A. D. Tinsley. Elsewhere in this issue will be
found a sketch of Mr. Gustin.


Mr. Samuel I. Gustin
One of the most estimable and popular citizens of our neighbor, Vineville,
died Friday and was buried yesterday afternoon, after many months'
suffering from that fearful disease, cancer. He had lived here nearly
twenty years, and if he had an enemy, nobody ever found it out. He was a
native of New Jersey, and had his full share of the sterling qualities
that seem so often the birthright of her sons. His information was full
and accurate, his reading close and varied, and his judgement of men and
measures singularly correct. He was a steadfast friend, a devoted father
and a most genial companion.

Peace to his dust, and may God rest his soul!

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