Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-02-11
TRInUTE OF

At n regular meeting of Fredonia Lodge
225, held at Fredonia, Montgomery
county, Tenn, Feb. 18th, 1871, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, Our highly esteemed and
dearly beloved brother, 3. II. II. Wilson,
has been called by an Ailwiso and ever
merciful God from time to eternity, we es-
TEEN II n privilege and n bounden duty, in
accordance with n time-honored usage, to
give expression to the sentiments of this
Lodge, rs n memorial Of our deceased
brother.
He was attacked with pneumonia soon
after our regular meeting. The best medi.
cal skill, actuated by the warmest person
al friendship. the constant presence and
tender care OF his devoted wife, whose anx-
iety inspired unwonted energy, In c%onjunc-
tion with the unremitting efforts Of large
circle of brother Masons and other friends,
who lowered around his sick bed, day and
night. like ministering angels. Were all in
vain. He endured his painful sufferings
with unmurmuring fortitude to the last,
and calmly died ut his residence in this
place, Sunday, lam. 18th, 1871, in the 5sth
year of his age.
Brother Wilson has lived here from child
hood. His large, manly form and frank
countcnance truthfully indicated a noble
soul; consequently, he had many and
warm friends. BEST with ample means
and n large heart, he was not only u liber-
al, but also, a cheerful giver. In bestowing
benefactions, he seemed but to follow the
spontaneous impulses of his generous ma
turc. greatly enhancing the value of his
donations by his manner of giving. In all
the relations of life-as n husband, father
friend, %ncighbor, citizen, magistrate, and
especially ~ a Mason, few, II any, have
left a record more honorable and spotless.
He was one Of the charter members of our
Lodge, and p. NJ, and for IL number OF
years. up to the time of his death, he was
our Secretary. AS an officer he was always
at his post, prompt IN accurate. His
every day life so exempliied the beauties
and excellencies of our order, as TO make
him a model Mason. True md faithful to
his motto; true and faithful was his life
II true and faithful, brothers, let us be In
clierishing the memory OF that life, which
we have so long contemplated with pride
and admiration. We all loved him, and
our united hearts, as the heart of one man,
grief-stricken and bleeding, weep bitterly
over our loss. May he rest In peace.
Resoired, That we do most tenderly sym
pathize with the widow and only child OF
u departed brother In their great bereave-
ment, and that we respectfully lender them
our hearty coincidence.
RcsOircd, That while we bow with hum.
Bile submission to the sovereign will of our
Heavenly Father in this affective dispen-
sttion of His Providence, we, at the same
time, do most deeply deplore the loss of u
well beloved, most worthy, and faithful
member of our Lodge and that, in honor
or his memory, we Will wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resoired, That these proceedings be spread
upon the records of This Lodge, and thar
the Secretary furnish II o p of the same
for publication In the ,IarksviIIe papers.
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
i. +; BAawELI, comt'e.