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1. Biographical information from Pathfinders of Texas, 1836 - 1846
2. Obituary
Died, in this City, on the 13 inst., HENRY SWIFT, infant son of Lt. W. H. and Mary Grace Maltby,
aged 1 year, 8 months and 17 days.
Gone from the world' temptations,
Its sorrows and its strifes;
Gone from the toils and trails
That make a war of life;
Gone from these thorny earth-roads
To Heaven's shining track—
The loved one who has left us,
Oh, who would call him back?
Ah, though our hearts are aching,
And though our tears will fall,
We would not, in our weakness,
The loved and lost recall,
We leave him with our Father,
Whose goodness we adore,
And pray that we may meet him
Where we shall part no more.
Source: The Ranchero, February 19, 1863, p 2, col. 5
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission