Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
BAR MEETING.
Resolutions ON the Death Of Chan
ett ceIior Yerger, etc.

~ ceIior Yerger, etc.
Agreeable to adjournment, the mem
bers Of the bar met at the Second Cham
Gerry Courtroom this morning, Judge
Caruthers presiding. a1ii ~
The following preamble and series of
resolutions were reported by the com
mittee and adopted by the meeting: 4
In the Providence Of Almighty God it
has pleased Him to take from amongst
us one Of our most beloved brethren.
In this sad bereavement we, the mem
,bers Of the Memphis bar, desire to ex-
press upon enduring record the profound
sense Of our irreparable loss.
Edwin M. Yerger was born in the
town Of Lebanon, Wilson county, Ten
nessee on the 18th day of January, 1919
When first entering upon the threshold
of manhood, he was engaged for little
while as clerk in the Nashville Post
Office. He had not been there long be-
fore the news of war came. An Indian
war in Florida There was a call for
volunteers, and along with the illustrious
Haskell, the lamented Mcmahon, and
many others long since gone, he enlisted
and served through that campaign.
Upon coming home at the close of the
war he entered upon the study of his
profession in the Office of his elder
brother at Vicksburg, Mississippi-that
smart lawyer and Christian gentleman,
George s. Yerger. Not long after OBJ
tanning license to practice law he made
Memphis his home. Of the luster he
shed upon the profession Of the law,
let the courts unerring records speak
In Tennessee and Mississippi, too, the
name of Yerger has been made illus
trious in the law. Lawyers they were all
these giant brothers. Along with them,
and with the foremost of them, was the
one we mourn. When in the meridian
splendor of his professional power, he
was an acknowledged leader of the Mem
phis bar. But whilst we, his brethren,
feel that a great light has been blotted
from the armament of law, there is
social void which more nearly touches
our hearts. Whilst the bar has been
robbed of one of its brightest ornaments,
and society deprived of one Of its great
est citizens, we feel that we have buried
a brother. There was something about
Edwin M. Yerger that ever won the afiec
tons of the heart, as well as challenged
the admiration of the mind, With a
massive intellect and sturdy manhood
was likewise mixed the tenderness of
woman. Malevolence and malice he
could not for a moment bear to mortal
man. Enemies he had none, for there
was nought in him to provoke enmity.
So considerable and kind was he to the
younger members of the profession that
he forever won their love. He was the
center and the charm Of every social
so to his intimate
associates, Taking him all in all, with
these many and lofty attributes of intel
lectual and social character, he was one
of the most remarkable men this State
has ever produced. In token, then, Of
this our bereavement, we desire there
fore that it be
Resolved, That in the death of Chan
cellor Edwin M. Yerger the bar has been
deprived Of one of its most distinguished
members; the bench of learned, able
and upright Judge; the State one of her
foremost citizens, and that from society
has been removed one of its most ad-
mired members.
Resolved, That we hereby tender to the
bereaved family of our beloved brother
our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in
this their sore affection.
Resolved, That the Chairman of this
meeting appoint a member of the bar to
present to each of the courts of our city
and county, and to the Federal Court and
the Supreme Court of the State for the
Western Division, a copy of these pro-
ceedings, with a request that they be
spread upon the inmates of the court;
and that the clerks of the same be re
quested becomingly to transmit to the
family of the deceased, under the seal of
the court, transcript Of the record in
this behalf.
Resolved, That the Chairman and
Secretary Of this meeting appropriately
convey to the family of the deceased
these resolutions
Resolved, That the Secretary be re-
quested to furnish the daily papers with
copy of these proceedings, with re-
quest that they be published,
H. G. Smith, T. W. Brown,
W. T. Avery, George CAN'T
L. A. Beecher, 4. S. Ayres,
ID. X. McRae, Wy. C. Humes,
NJ. l.. Perkins, w. H. Stephens.
The Chairman appointed the follow
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