Mr. William H. Stancil, one of Beaufort county’s leading citizens, died at his home on his farm near Washington Saturday from a Minnie ball shot in him near Richmond about 58 years ago when the Confederate Capital was under siege from the northern army. The ball was shot in from the front and lodge in his back near the kidney. Completely curing up and giving him no trouble, he paid no attention to it and worked diligently on his farm. A few weeks ago the ball seemed to work lose from its lodgment and pressed against a nerve, giving him great pain. He had an X-Ray taken which proved to him what he had suspected; that it was the old bullet causing the trouble, and he insisted on an operation, but his condition seemed too feeble to justify same in the opinion of his physicians on account of his advanced age, he being nearly 78 years of age.
This proves again that it is hard to measure the effects of the acts that we do. The man who fired this fatal shot has doubles passed to his reward years ago.
Mr. Stancil was noted among those who knew him for his uprightness and always coming square with his fellow man. He was always kind and gentle to all creatures high and low.
He was buried at Oakdale cemetery, Washington, Sunday afternoon by Rev. Richard Bagby, pastor of the Christian church at Washington.
He was active for all improvement, had served his county as commissioner, and was for many years a leader in his church in state meetings as well as in his local church.
Mr. Stancil was the uncle of Mrs. A.J. Manning and the father of Miss Miriam Stancil, who was for some time bookkeeper of the Williamston Telephone Company.
From the front page of The Enterprise, Williamston, N.C., April 25, 1922
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