Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Two Old Pioneers Gone.

kAt~E 49, "
bQuinn was born in Georgia, and witt
his father emigrated to Ohio in 1904
and at thelttme of his death was owe
4s3years Of age. Perhaps there ar,
Lnot five emigrants in the county o
living who were here when he came
He saw the county in its origin ant
grew up with it in it's growth. Wher
he came the county was not organic
ed. The territory of whichzit wa:
then composed was Hardin township
in the county of Montgomery. The
whole territory was an unbroken
wilderness, excepthere andthere some
| settlers had feiled the tall trees and
built a cabin. At these spots the SUM-
flight broke through the forest shade,
which for untold ages had shrouded
the 9surfaeesof the earth inEsombre
darkness.@T The. natural scenery to the
deceased must then have been ex-
remetyFheautifulafory ON all sides the
tall forest trees waved their majestic
b0nghs ii esolitary grandeur The
virgin soil then grouped out from be-
meath the !decayingf foliage in all its ma
tive richness. It seemed to invite the
tillage of Civilized man; but who then
would have thoagKff that the pioneer
would live to see the wonderful
change wrought by one generation?
But such has been theTcase. Gen.
Quinn fYedfosee the wilderness pass
away;; the wild Indian gone and the
whole phase OF. nature changed into.
happy homes of civilized men. What,
a wonderfhIstfa nsformation of affairs
within age Gilman Rs o1f--saY sao 20
Gen! Quinn was elected Sheriff of
the county and rRepresentative, a
Member Of the Board of Equalization,
and discharged his respective duties
to the entire satisfaction of his con-
%stituents. He was in-his department.,
an unassuming man, attached to home
and honest and industrious habits. =
Joseph Deem was born in Kentucky
and moved to this county in 1885,
He departed this life on1the 18th inst,
aged II years, A months and "a days.
He too was an unassuming and honest
man. He wasindustrfous and frugal
through life, and provided a compe-
tence for himself and family. They
We're both good neighbors and Kind
men, against whom the breath of sns-
picion was never heard, and both
leave aged companions behind them.
They. were wen acquainted and init
mate friends while they sojourned On
the earth, and are doubtless inzclose
communion now. @WithaH, they were,
both exemplary christian men, and
shumbly trusted in theeSavior. tGen-
Quinn twas long "a member of the
Christian Church, and often spoke to
the people eofswhat the Savior had
done for him. He frequently admins
istered the sacrament and feelingly'
invited siuners to come To the Savior.
Mr.. Deem belonged to the NJ. E..
Church, and for many years was a
consistent member. He made no pa
rade of his piety but spent uniform
life in Christ. He never spoke in.
public except in class and speaking
meetings. Notwithstandingth they diff
fered somewhat in minor points of
theology, they, united cordially in the
efficacy of the Atonement for sinful
man, through and by the blood of the
Redeemer. In their deaths they emf
nently illustrated the declaration of
the Psalmist, wherein he said "Mark
the perfect man. and behold then
right, forthe end of that man is peace"
Soitwas with these venerable fathers,
for they both died in peace, and very
near at the same time. Both of them
reared large and respectable families,
and lived. to see their children respee-
stably settledIinHfe. To 1G1un
AS there wasga kindred christian
spirit between them in life, so there
seemed4toabeIinf death.zaAnd in this
aayerygsingalar incident
occurred, Father-Quinn died first,
about 4 o'clock in the morning No
one knew that he unwell, until a
q lew ilOdi6 OOiOIO f1S< 0GdtHs dttlCA
Deem had been laying dangerously
i'll for some weeks aud at the time
was at the point. of death. During
the night father Quinn died, a son of
father Deem was sitting up with him,
and no one then knew that father
Quinn was sick. About 4 o'clock in
the morning father Deem Appeared
to rouse up and remarked to his son
General Quinn is dead" mo" re-
piled his son, "father yousmust have
Ibeen dreaming, for / saw him yester-
lday, and there was nothing the mat
ter with him" After a few moments
he again said to his son, "Gen. Quinn
is dead. And SO it turned9out to be
indeed true, that Gen. Quinn had died
about the time when father Deem an
nounced it to his son. a
This incident is well authenticated
notwithstanding itllies beyond hui
man reason to assign the true cause o
the communication. Tt is very mys