Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-04
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Once. no. i3 Madison street
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
M &c M L, II L 81
Monday Evening. March 4th, 1867
pEArH OF WILLIAM A. wHIrMoRE

On the afternoon of Friday last, at his
residence, FIVE miles from this city, al
three clock, WILLIAM A. WHIrMoRE,
one of the proprietors of this paper, died.
Tweniy.four hours later, all that re-
manned of him, was. deposited in Win
chester Cemetery. He was born in Fay
cite county, Tennessee, on the Oath day
Of February, 1888, and had passed his
twenty-ninth year when the accident
occurred that terminated his existence.
He came 10 this city in 1851, and first
appeared before the public as ia newsboy.
Subsequently adopting the profession of
printing, be directed his energies, skill
and talents to the mastery of all its de-
partments. His success was complete
A year or two previous to the commence
ment of the late war, in connection with
others, be purchased the Appeal job
Office. During the war he bought out
the Bulletin job Office. Assuming the
whole responsibility of the management
of an establishment scarcely excelled forI
magnitude in the South, he directed III
with such judgment as to rescue it froml
embarrassment In 1868, he. commenced
the publication of daily paper, called
the Memphis Daily Journal, but soon|
sold it to another. 1t survived only al
short time, owing to embarrassmentsI
caused by the war Meanwhile the job
office prospered, and by additions, made
with sole reference to utility, it became
one of the largest in the South In con-
nection with his brother, Mr.. Edwin
WHITMoRE, on the fourth of September
1865, he commenced the publication oil
the PUBLIC LEDGER as an evening paper
He believed, what time has proved to ha7eF
been true, that such journal, managed
with skill and edited with discretion,E
would succeed. The present position OF
the PUBLIC LEDGER is mainly due to his (
Judgment. From the first number toll
the last that appeared previous toE
the accident that eventuated in hisS
death, its course has been upward. +
We will not, on an occasion so mournful
as this, suggest question of business,
but refer to the condition Of this paper
only because it is a part of the history OF
him who created it and rendered it al
success.
Some two weeks before his death, Mr..
WnIrMoRE had the misfortune to haveY
his right hand crushed by the engine.
The wound was serious, and caused theI
loss of much blood. He was speedily
conveyed to his residence-absut fveE
miles from the city, and surgical atten-i
ton procured. Inflammation from theL
wound passed to the lungs, and in spiteE
of all that medical science could accom-
plisb, it proved fatal. On Saturday.
evening, in Winchester Cemetery, whenI
the heavens we're overcast and the earthi
sobbing, the remains of this remarkable
Young man we're deposited. FcrbiddingI
as the elements were, they were inI
perfect unison with the feelings of
the company who stood among theE
graves, and heaped the clods on all
that remained of one who, whatever his!
faults may have been, was sincerely
loved. How great his loss to this estab-
lishment is, cannot be told; it can onlyI
be felt. Combining strong sense With
great industry and tenaciiy of purpose,
he was peculiarly adapted to the manage
ment of business and of men. Thor
onehlv correct himselfi in his transactions
with others, he insisted on a correspond
ing correctness on their part and could
not tolerate one who proved false to his
engagements. With his employees be was
on the best of terms, and many Of them
feel that in his doath they have lost one
scarcely less dear than brother. The
quality of courage. the mos! important
man can have, was possessed by him ins
a remarkable degree. To those who had
his confidence, he was gentle and playful,
but to Others whom he had cause to dis !
like or distrust, he was stern and i'm
movable. An aiFectionate son, doating
husband and father, warm hearted
brother, a fast friend, an honest man,
died in WILLIAM A. WHITMoRE. 1t isl
hardly necessary TO inform the public
that this affecting event will produce no
change in this paper. t will be pub
Kshed as heretofore under the style Of
" Whitmore Brothers"
Prom the Appeal Of Saturday.
DEArH or WILLIAM A. WHiTNORE,
Esq.-It becomes our painful duty tol
announce the death Of VIZ A WHITNoRE-
ESQ, the senior aud principal proprietor
Of the PUHuc LEDGER Mr.. MHIrNoRk
was an old citizen Of Memphis, and had
long been connected with the printing
business Before the war be was the'
proprietor Of the Appsal JOB rooms, and
subseQueuily bought the printing esian
Fshment of Messrs SauEders, Clark al
Co. aud in 1868 started the Daily Jour
nal. paper which fourished under his
management, aud Weui down ~henl