From a copy of an unidentified but hand-dated "1880" newspaper clipping:
"MOTTICE - Died at his residence in Osnaburg, February 8th of consumption, William H. H. Mottice, aged 38 years, 6 months and 28 days.
"The deceased was among the first to respond to the call of his country, in the severe ordeal through which it was called to pass. He enlisted as a private of Company K., 76th Regiment, 0VI; remained in the service of his country until tbe close of the Rebellion, participating in some of the most hotly contested engagements of the war; being once wounded, and contracting the disease which finally caused his death. He united with the Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg, in the year 1862, and was a consistent member of that church up to the time of his death.
"He bore his affliction with Christian fortitude, and although he applied to many physicians for medical aid, he trusted in the Great Physician whom he knew could heal all deseases, and expressed a desire if it was the Lord's will, to go and be with him. Though the ties of nature which bound him here were hard to sever, leaving a wife and four bright little girls, a mother, brothers and sisters to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband, a kind father and a loving son. "
"Dear Friends Weep Not.
It is not death to die-
To leave this weary road,
And mid the brotherhood on high.
To be at home with God.
''It is not death to' close
The eye long dimmcd by tears, A,nd wake in glorious repose,
To spend eternal years.
It is not death to bear
The pain that sets us free,
From dungeon chain, to breath the air
Of boundless liberty."