The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-03-18
Tribute of Respect to the Memory Of
Alfred Wittar. deceased.

To tie OFcers aud Members Of Chardon Lodge,
No. 90, F. g. A. NJ,
Your Committee designated to present fitting
Resolutions on tile occasion Of the death of
Brother ALFRED WRITER. beg leave to re.
port That il is with mingled feelings OF sorrow
und pride that we have retraced the Masonic his.
tory of the deceased, from its commencement in
the year 1901, through sixty.three years of per.
s%islent, faithful and Jealous attachment to the
time. houored principles and customs of the Graft,
TO the peaceful close of a useful and honorable
life, and the completion of his Masonic labors
upon the earth.
Father Witter was born at Preston, Connect.
cut, in the year l779, and made a Master Mason
Mt partridgefield, now Peru Mass, A. D. 1901
He came TO Ohio in 1917; Joined this Lodge in
1914, and took the Royal Arch Degree ut Paines.
vile, in ls-. He reared n family of thirteen
children, four only surviving him was q kind
and faithful husband and father, q good and loyal
citizen. and, for twenty years, a Jealous and up
rightmember of this Lodge always present, aud
active in the discharge Of his duties, until the in.
fnmities OF age and his distance from us rendered
his constant attendance impracticable.
On the Goth day of February, A. d. 1864, at
his residence in Chardon, at the ripe old age Of
81 years, his thread of life was severed, and his
disenthra allied spirit took its eastward flight to
those glorious realms where the Grand Master
Of the Universe ~dispenses life, and light, and Joy,
Our loss is his gain. From guiding,
counseling, instructing and encouraging us, he
has gone to drink from the grea: fountain of wis.
dom on high, and receive at the hand of the
Grand Master, the rev ard Of q long, useful and
virtuons life. Born amid the stirring scenes o.
our first Revolution, he was permitted to witness
the establishment of the Federal Government, its
recognition by the nations of Europe, its growth
md expansion from - feeble colonies to "a
States, spanning the continent from ocean to
ocean,, and challenging the admiration Of the
world tor Its rnpid increase Of population and
wealth, and its unequaled advancement in all
the arts OF peace. Having lived unde or the ad.
ministI alton of all the Presidents, and having
cast his last ballots for the present incumbents of
the Executive chairs, State and National, with a
heart full OF zeal for the triumph of Freedom and
free institutions, he desired to live to see Treason
and Slavery extinguished, and the old Stars and
Stripes once more honored and respected through
out the length and breadth of a free and united
Republic. But it was otherwise ordered, and
the fresh, young spirit, which made its advent
amid the alarms of war, has now, after 81 years
Of wearisome toll, taken It's departure from n
land rent by civil war, re-baptised in blood and
clad in mourning. Undimmed by the mists of
mortality, ii is now permitted TO gaze unobs,ruct.
edly upon TINT brilliant future for which we hope.
and toll, and pray.
We submit for adoption, the following Reso.
buttons:
LIST. RESOLVED, That, while we mourn our de.
parted Brother, Alfred Witter, taken from us in
the fnllness OF years, after a long and useful
life. we will ever cherish his recollection, and
strive to emulate his fidelity, as a man, O citizen
and n Mason. l
I'd. Resolpsd, That his unwavering attach.
ment and fidelity to our ancient institution will
ever be, TO us, an incentive to a more faithful
OIL us as Masons.
Sd. ResolUsd, That we tender our s%inceresl
sympathies to the bereaved family and relative.
Of the deceased, and desire to share with then In
the holy duty of perpetuating his memory, ant
generating his precepts and example.
4th. RESOLVED, That this Report De, by the Sec
rotary, spread upon the Records of the Lodge
and certified to the friends OF the deceased, ant
copy furnished to the Democrat for publication
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
In. HATHAWAY
n M:g sH G1AMNWEnlEYtD' Committee.
Chardon, March 18th, 1864.