Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-16
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H1stOry4 Of the s'LRSt Mans 9ocioty,,-Ets
Origin, Object, ke; IS e.

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HGstOry5 OF the sFLnGt Mans Socioty,J-EtS
Origin. object, Ge.
On Friday, the 18th of August, 1858, the fol-
lowing article appeared in the Cincinnati Com.
mercial:
MBuT- ONE RENAlHs.-Tt becomes our melan-
choly duty to announce the death Of Henry i.
Tatem, which occurred about IL o'clock yester-
day morning, at thislate residence, on Longworthl
street, below Park. His remains will be inferred
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 O'clock
Nearly quarter ola century since, party
ofseyen young men. Mr.. Tatem among the
number, met cansually together, and during "a
conversation which ensled, -pFopesi ton sSyas
made and acquieScediin. that they should form
themSelvesinto an association, to be entitled the
Society ofthet Last Man, and thatthey should
meet annually and Commemorate the occasion
should survive. The names of the. seven were:
Joseph r. Mason, VIM. Stansberry, VIM. Dis
ney, Jr.; DR.. James NJ. Mason, Fenton Lawson.
Henry L. Tatem and DR.. John L. Vattier. OF
this Society, Dr. Vattierg alone remains Five
are now quiet tenants of the tomb, and to.mor-
row the tcottined remains of the sixth willlbef
borne to their final resting place."
The above at the time of publication was
widely copied by exchanges. The origin and
s9stenance ot such an organization, the fidelity
always exhibited toward by the members, and
the taithfulness with which its tenets were OBJ.
served, caused many a remark and vague SUR
mise, as well from the intelligent rs the curious.
at some little trouble We have procured a his.
tory of the Society, a publication ofwhich cannot
tall to lnteres. our readers.
On Sunday, the Both ofSeptember, 1882, seven
young men were seated in the studio of Joseph
II. Mason, thensa portrait painter, at the South.
west corner OF Fourth and Main. 1t was Just
previous to the period that the cholera made its
ADVENT IN Cincinnati; for some days the dreaded
scourge had been lowering around the metropo.
lis, making sad waste inEtheivillages skirting
the city, and an outbreak was looked for daily
by the citizens. Naturally the conversation Of
the party turned upon this theme, and DR..
Mason and DIR. Vattier finally got into contro.
Versy, as to whether the disease was or was not
contagious. Speaking Of the lapidity with
"hlchslt carried off its victims, fthe re- &
naming portion. of tho party remarked, eve
cannot tell how long any of US will be here, to-
was suggested that the seven then present enter
into acompact, to:meet annually, so Tonga any /,
one should live. This proposition was imme-5
diate!y acceded. to, and the following Saturday
night, Oct. 9Th, 1882, was fixed upon as the
time of holdingsthe first annual Reunion. The
interim between the period of holding the pro-
posed meeting and the time the subject was .
first mentioned, was spent anticipating and de-
ylslng some 1ieanslaby which the organization
should assume apremanency. At last they all
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