The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-23
THE LATE H. II. STEPHENS
MADIsoNvILLE, TENN., JulY pol. ls6

| hApisoNNiLLki lkNN.i July ~, 1883
at meeting ofthe members of the Bar and
Officers of Monroe county, Tenn, at the
Court house in the town of Madisonylle. the
following proceedings were had:
On motion of George Brown, Esq, J.L
WRIGHT, Esq, was called to the Chair, and J.
E. HousroS, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and
A. T. Hicks, Clerk of the County Court Of
Monroe, appointed Secretaries. The Chair.
man, in few brief remarks. explained the
object of the meeting-alluding to the IN.
timely and much lamented death of our es.
teemed friend, neighbOr and brother, Maj. II.
II. STEPHENS, and spoke at some length of
his many virtues, his high character in legal
attainments, as well also as his affable man.
ner in the social aud family circles.
The Chairman appointed George Brown,
VIM. NJ. Brown, and w. J. Hicks, Esos., A
Committee to draft and report resolutions
suitable to the occasion, who, having retired
for short time returned and reported the
following:
Gentlemen of the Legal Fraternity: We srs
assembled upon most melancholy occasion
Death has selected from our midst one of our
number as its victim and it is as members Of
that fraternity or brotherhood we have come
together to pay the last respect to the memo
ry Of deceased brother. 'Ts not the young.
est nor the oldest, but the ddle-aged Of the
brotherhood. II. H. STEPaENs is no more =
lie died at his residence in Loudon, Roane
county, Tenn, on the 9th inst. He was with
/ fa,,. 4 L,,t.
way Of the earth-but his virtues still and
ever will survive him. for our admonition and
respect. Maj Stephens was a native Of Ten.
nessee, and studied his profession under the
vigilant eye of our late and lamented Judge
John q. Cannon. His means of an early edu.
cation were somewhat limited, and he en-.
gagged in his profession without the benefit of
Collegiate course; yet by the power of his
native intellect, his fine discrimination, his
almost unequalled knowledge of human ma
! ture, he, as an advocate and iurist, stood at
the head and among the leading men of his
native State. His social and conversational
qualities Of the heart and head were unsur.
passed, if not unequalled, in his day and time.
His name will ever stand high as politician
in his native State, Tennessee-for the last
eighteen or twenty years fulfilling the trusts
reposed in him by his fellow. citizens, and ex.
employing that integrity of character which
belongs only to the truly great-leaving be.
hind monument to his memory erected in
the hearts Of his countrymen, and of which
they may justly feel proud. With the family
and friends of the deceased, we sincerely and
deeply sympathise in this their day of Attic.
tion. Maj. Stephens in the midst Of life was
| in death, and in him we have another proof
that ut is appointed unto all men once to
de-" and must and does solemnly admonish
us "What shadows we are and what shadows
we pursue" Therefore,
| Resolued. That we bear and cherish high
respect for the memory, talents and attain
ments of Maj II. II. Stephens, and deeply re-
greet and lament his untimely death.
Resotued, That we deeply and sincerely
sympathise with the family and friends of the
deceased, in this the day Of their afAiotion
and bereavement.
Resoiued, That copy Of these proceedings
be furnished the family of the deceased, and
that q copy of the same be furnished the
Athens Post for publication; and that the
Knoxville and Cleveland papers are hereby
also requested to publish the same.
GEORGE Brown,
WIN. NJ BRowS,
w. j. HICKS
On motion, the above resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
After which, George Brown spoke at some
length in eulogy of the deceased.
J.I. WRIGHT, Chairman.
j. L. Houston, J ~