The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-02-20
r. w. DAGDY, PrsriGent.
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OBITUARY.

Robert Byno was born in the city Of
,Doubln, in ireland, in the yeur 1906.
Atcr tn d2alh Of his par,n.s, which
occurred soon after his birth, he was
brought up under the care of an elder
brother, where he received liberal ed.
ucatiou, and in whose bu'incss house h,
acquitted an thos, business qualifications,
which wcr5 SO cmincntly displayed by
him, on many occasions, since his resi-.
deuce in this, his adopted county.
CA the 2lth day of January, 1861, he
was married to Mary Mooncy,with whom
in the same year. he cmgratcd to Amcr-
icl, anI at once lound homo in this
county. After residing in Tillin about
two yngrs, he settled in Seneca town.
ship. aud ON the farm whore ho continue
ed t1 reside until his death.
BY his first VIII, he had ten children,
five vi which now survive, aud about
asvsn ycuru ugu, tncWmotncr was a1sD
numb cred with the dead. lIo was again
married t. his second wife, Mrs. A. L
SAnd,rs, now his widow, with whom he
had three children, all living.
Being one of the early settlers, in that
portion Of the county, he endured tho
! |hlrdships and p-iyutions OF pioneer
liic; but, possessing good constiIutio n
aud a stou; heart, hewent boldly to worl,
10 convert his Wild lands into cultivated
fields, aud was not many years in acoom-
.pl0hiug II. Aad believing that "roll-
ing stone gathors no moss" be kept
adding improvements until he surroun-
dcd himself with all the comforts of this
lie.
lie was elected Justice Of the Peace
in the Spring Of 1871 and held the olic
continuously until toe day Of his death
In 1858 he was elected Couay Com
missioner, and was serving his scconC
torn in that capacity,
About four years ago his health bcgai
TO fail, a,t;r u severe illness about tha
time, bo never fully recovered. He wa,
finally Frustrated by his last sickness
some two months before his death. Ii.
was member Of the German Ralornc,
Church., for more Than Is ycars, and re
manned as such until his death
In him his family lost kind husban,
and Iathor; the country patriotic man
And as a kind and obliging neighbor--
as lair aud impartial arbitor of hi
ueighbors wrongs--,lor his integrity ant
luprghtness as citizen, and for his un
bending iirmncss and moral courage, il
maintaining his convictions of right
the community mourn his loss,
lie died ON the lith day OF February
A, ID. 1868, in the n ,y.scyeuth year o
his age.
The iuncra ceremonies took plarc OF
tho 18Th February, 1868. Tho remain
were taken from his late residence t,
the Germnn Reformed Church, / u mre
South, where services were held BY Rev
j, j. Fisher, in German, from Heb. 10, /
law, and by Rev, j. Ii, Good, in Eng
y, lish, from Isaiah, Ga c., G ", from whenc
the large procession proceeded to tn
Hoffman or Base line burial grounC
- where no was laid beside his daughtc
whose body was buried there but ~ dag
beiorel I
=" A man Of few words, with no prefer
- siuns, modest aud retiring in his inter
course with his fellow man, yet firm AT
innexible when called upoa to act. II
, was at once an ornGmsnt to RRicty, al
TO the church ofwhieh no wds3 memG,
=, and of whom il may be truly said that
: could .f 4 at..a VtI ... tsI
l .-.I Approach tho grave, o
no Like one who wraps the dmpery Of his eau
he About hnn and lies iowa 10 pleasln
dreams" Nt 6. s. G.
h' 0S1~It Seems strange that we thepre
II ent age are constantly psaising that pc
III age which our fathers abuse, and ubusi