Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-15
H0RNBERGER.

Tribute of Respect to the Memory
of the Late j. G. Hornberger, BY
the Members of the ClarksvilIe
Bar.
The following resolutions were adopted
at q meeting of the members of the
GAINESVILLE Bar on Monday, July 10,187l:
We, the members of the GAINESVILLE
Bar, have heard with deep and profound
sorrow, of the untimely, sudden and vio-
lent death of our brother, Jacob q. Horn
berger, on the night of the Sd of July,
1871, by the falling of bridge over
Harpeth river, on the Nashville and
Northwestern railroad, and desiring to
express in public and permanent man
ner, our esteem for him as lawyer, q
gentleman and citizen, deem it not M
appropriate to record few of the salient
points of his life and character. Jacob
Guise Horpberger was born in what is
now Houston, but then Stewart county,
Tenn, on the 18th day Of October, 1919,
and was at the time of his death 80 years
of age, being the youngest but one of six
children. At an early age he was left an
orphan to buffet with the world; his edu-
cution was very limited, being only such
as he could derive from few sessions in
the schools of the neighborhood in which
he was born and bred. He came to
GAINESVILLE before he was ofage as clerk
for G. A. Dayy, at what was then the
Washington, (now the Southern) Hotel,
but in q short time commenced the study
of the law in the Office of Hudson S. Gar
land, Es1. Without education, without
influential friends or wealth, he stood at
the base and essayed the ascent of the
rugged and bleak hight of professional
eminence and legal distinction, sustained
only by the encouraging smiles of few
friends, and his own indomitable will.
His novitiate at the bar was spent in
ceaseless, constant and laborioHs study,
amid the jeers and derisions of many, and
the doubts and misgivings of all; but sus-
tanned by his own innate genius, and pro-
PEELED by that energy that knew not the
word fail, with firm step, unblenched
cheek and steady eye, he plodded his
weary, toilsome, unfriended and solitary
way, until at his death he stood upon the
topmost point of professional eminence
and distinction, by the side of, and as the
peer of those who rank highest in the
State as lawyers and jurists. His was
not g sudden upward flight to distinction
and renown in his profession, which is
generally the result of fOrtuit0us circum-
stances or troublous times in the State;
but the natural and certain reward of I'M
renting toll ard ceaseless labor. He
was literally "the architect of his own
fortune" and by his own individual ard
unaided efforts, won renOwn as q lawyer
and iurist, with distinction as a man, and
high character and influence as a citizen.
His leading characteristics as lawyer,
were close and sleepless vigilance over
the interests aud legal rights of his client,
and industry that never tired, and an
energy that never despaired in the face of
obstacles, however great, or labor, how
ever herculean. At the Bar, he seemed
courteous, heightened and professional,
always arraying with method and pre-
eision every principle and adjudication,
which the most laborious research could
produce to enhghten the court or convince
the jury. AS q christian gentleman he
was sincere, consistent and constant, as a
man, generous, brave and honest, as a
citizen, liberal, charitable and public
spirited, as a friend, frank, cOnfding and
true, as a husband, kind, faithful and
affectiouate, ss father, indulgent, provi-
dent and devoted, therefore,
Resolved, That we deeply deplore and
profoundly regret the death of our broth
er, Jacob G. Hornberger, and in his death
we have lost highly esteemed and valu-
bic member Of our bar, the church a
sincere, constant and devoted Christian,
the community heightened, useful and
honorable citizen, and his wife a kind,
affectionate and faithful husband.
Resolved, That we tender to his wife
and relations our warm and heartfelt
sympathy in this affective and trying
dispensstion of Providence.
Resolved, That as further testimonial
of our respect and esteem for Jacob G..
Hornberger, we will wear On our left arm
the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days.
Resolved, That the chairman of this
meeting sppoiat members of this bar,
whose duty it shall be to present the va
rious courts held st this place, these pro-
! ceedings, and ask that they be spread
on their respective records, and that the
| clerks of said courts be requested to
| furnish the wife and near relations of
Geu. Hornberger with certified copy Of
the same.
Tributes of respect 10 the memory of
Gen. Hornberger were also adopted by
the Masonic Lodge and Royal Arch Chap
ter of GAINESVILLE, of which he was an
honored member.