RISTINE, Barnett - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Died - at his residence in Covington Tuesday the 23rd inst, Barnet Ristine, Sr, Esq in the 74th year of his age. The deceased was born in Albany, NY 1776 and whilst yet in his infancy his father emigrated to VA and subsequently to the frontier settlement of PA and OH. In the War of 1812 the subject of our notice was resident in OH where he was amongst the first to obey the call of his country to arms. He was elected 1st Lt. To the company to which he was attached and during the greater part of the campaign which ensued he was in command of his company to which he succeeded by the promotion of his capt. As a soldier and officer, as every other department of life, he commanded the confidence and attachment of all with whom he was associated. In the month of June 1800 he was united to his present relict and had the singular good fortune to enjoy with her all the pleasures of domestic life, in unbroken harmony, for more than half a century. Together they raised a numerous family some of who surviving, whilst they mourn the inevitable bereavement of nature, are soothed by the contemplation of his virtues and the confident unshaken trust, that as illustrated whilst on earth the meekness and purity of the Christian, his spirit has now passed in triumph from the troubled scenes of transitory life, to meet the welcome of cherubic legions in the everlasting home of the Maker and his God. FOr 33 years he was a member of the visible church of Christ, actual and unpretending in all his duties. He attended Divine service at the Baptist Church of this place of which he was a member within less than 48 hours of his demise. Conscious of his approaching end, immediately after the fatal attack, he bore the most violent agony for many hours without murmur of complaint and sunk at last in the arms of death with a resignation and tranquility memorable and impressive through the remainder of life to those who witnessed the dying scenes. The deceased was one of the earliest pioneers of the upper Wabash country, having been for 24 years a resident of Fountain County, which at the period of his arrival was to a great extent an unbroken wilderness. The deep attachment and the universal confidence and esteem, which he inspired through life, were signally manifested by the large concourse of spectators who followed with pensive looks and melancholy steps to the grave of the good and honored dead. His remains were escorted from his late residence by the Masonic Frat of the Covington and adjacent, lodges to the Baptist Church when after an excellent and appropriate address from the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Thomas, they were conveyed to the burial ground and deposited in their resting place by his sorrowing Masonic brethren, with all the rites and cremonies of that ancient and venerated order.