Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-12
The Late Gen. Joel A. Dewey.

On Monday of the October term of the
Chancery Court, held at cambridge for
Jefferson county, Tennessee, the members
of the Bar deeming it proper to make some
manifestation of their high regard for
their late friend and professional brother
Gen. Joel A Dewey, deceased, asked the
Court to adjourn for that purpose.
On motion of o. &. King, ESQ. Hon.
WIN. Mcfarland was called to the chair.
and proceeded to state the object of the
meeting, touching briefly upon the char
acteristic qualities of the deceased, so hap.
PLY blended.
a0n motion d. r. N. Blackburn. ESQ.
and w. f. Park, Esq. were chosen Secre-
taries.
Col. J. NJ. Meek and Col. Jas. r. Cooke
then addressed the meeting.
On motion of Hon. J. p. Swan, com
mittee of three was appointed to prepare
suitable resolutions to be presented to an
adjourned meeting.
q Inc chairman appointed Hon. J. p.
swan, o. &. King, Esq, and Col. j. r.
Cooke.
On motion d. r. n. Blackburn, ESQ.
and DIR. j. c. Cawood were added to the
committee.
On motion of a. Caldwell, Esq, the cit
liens were invited to join in the adjourn
ment meeting.
VII lhObiOll lllG meeting adjourned Till
Tuesday at l o'clock p. NJ.
Mn. MCFARLAND, Chairman.
ID; X; n. BLACKBURN, ! coono+o,;ou
w. f. PARK, 0ecfeI'Iles'
TUESDAY.
Having met pursuant to adjournment.
the committee submitted the following
preamble and resolutions, which were. on
motion adopted:
The committee who were appointed by
this meeting beg leave to report,
ThatGen. Joel A Dewey became a citi-
zen of Jefferson county, Tennessee about
the year 1866, where he resided UP to the
time of his death. He came among us n
stranger, without friends, and dependent
upon his profession-the law-for his sup
port. BY close application to business; by
marked courtesy and urbanity in his in
tercourse with his professional brethren
and others; by uniform observance of
the strlctest integrity in his transactions
Wltn ms fellow men by ready ..uu open
handed sympathy with and for human
suffering and sorrow wherever met in
short, by an invariable exhibition of all
those prominent traits of character which
mark and distinguish the true gentleman
he rapidly obtained a lucrative practice
was admitted and welcomed into the most
select society of his adopted country, was
twice honored by his constituents with an
office of honor, trust, and profit-that of
Attorney General for the I'd Judicial Cir
cult i'll Tennessee-earned and obtained
the almost universal love and respect of
his brothers in the profession, and was
honored and esteemed by all who knew
him. Such was his conduct as q LAWYER
in his intercourse with his brother lawyers
and clients, and such his character as a cit
iZen and private gentleman. If it be al
lowable to allude to him in his relation as
husband and father, to his beautiful devo-
ton to his amiable and lovely wife and
his child, another grace might be added to
the noble proportions of his manly nature
Therefore, be 10 resolved, LIST, That in the
death of Gen. Dewey, it is the sense of his
professional brethren that the Bar has lost
one of its brightest ornaments, one
of its most useful and hon.
ored members, the country one of
its most stable, intelligent and respectable
citizens, and society a gentleman of rare
social attachments, dignity and culture.
Resotved End, That we, the bar and citi-
reaved widow, and to his aged father and
mother our sincere sympathy in their Sc
we're aff1iction.
Resolved Sd, That in testimony of our
appreciation Of the worth and merit of our
deceased brother and friend, and as in
humble tribute to his memory, we do re-
quest the Honorable Chancellor now hold
lug Iuo SuduCcTy SOuTb Ut Danurluge, 10
direct this preamble and resolutions to be
spread of record upon the minutes OF his
court.
Resolved 4tA, That a copy of the same be
furnished and delivered to the widow of
our deceased brother and friend, and to his
father, and the same be furnished for pub
LEGATION in the leading newspapers in
Knoxville and Morristown, Tennessee.
On motion of o. G.. King, Esq, the Sec
retaries were directed to furnish the Chair
man with copy of these minutes, pre-
amble and resolutions, and that he ask the
Honorable Chancellor to order them spread
of record.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine
die WIN. MCFARLAND, Chm,
d. r. n. BLACKBURN, l Couo+o.,ou
w. +. PARK, oecle'"iles'