Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-26
THE LATE DIR. HAMLIN.
Resolutiors Of respect Adopted By
the Dentists of Nashvtlle-A bio.
eraphfcaI Sk efch of the Deceased

At IL o'clock yesterday morning meet
ing OF the dentists Of Nashville was called
at the Office OF DIR. Ross, for the purpose of
paving last tribute of respect to the MEM
ory of Br. I. B. Hahilin; who died SUIT
day morning at his home near Edgeheid
Junction.
DIR. Ross was appointed Chairman of
the meeting and DR.. Noel Secretary.
A committee of three, composed Of Drs.
Morgan, King and Cobb, were appointed to
draft suitable resolutions.
Aftef d Short consultation the committee
presented the following, which wers adopt;
ed:
Whereas, God in his Providence has
taken to himself our highly esteemed
friend and former colaborer, Theodore
Burnam Hamlin, ID. ID. s., and believing
the Almights Father doeth all things we'll,
and that his pfovidehces are always wise
and good, we bow with humble submission
10 his Divine will.
Resolved, that we here record our high
appreciation Of his character, both rs a
Christian gentleman and professional
man. And we would call to mind his
marked energy of character, his c0nceHtra-
tion of purpose, and his lofty aspirations
for perfection as worthy of imitation.
Resolved, that we cherish the memory of
his life, and especially of his professional
life, and hold it up as worthy of imitation
by our professional brethren.
Resolved, that in his death, his family
lose kind and affectionate husband and
father, his Church an upright, zealou.
member, and the Masonic Fraternity one
Of its brightest Jewels. But our brother so
lived that
''When the summons came TO Join
The innumerable caravan that moves
Too the mysterious realms, where each shall
take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
He went. not like the young slave, at night.
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained ana
soothed
By an unfaltering trust in God, he approach
Like one that draws the drapery of his
couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
Dreams"
Resolved, that we will attend his funer-
al services In body.
Resolved, that copy of these proceed
inSs be sent our daily papers for publica-
ton, and that copy be furnished the fam
lily of the deceased.
Resolved, that copy Of these resolutions
be furnished 81 the Dental journals for
puOllcdIlOn.
DR.. Hamlin was born on June "a, 1910,
in Window, New York. He was left an
orphan at an early age without means, and
almost without friends or kindred. At
eighteen years of age he was foreman in
the largest watchmaker's establishment in
Albany, and perhaps in the United States,
where his attention was first directed to
DENTISTRY. He removed to Wytheville,
Va, about 1884 or 1885. At this time We
find him taking an active part in the organ
isation Of Dental societies. He assisted in
the organization of the Virginia Dental
Society, the first Of its kind in America
or in the world, so far as is
known to the PRECISION. he re-
moved TO Tuscumbia, Ala, aS2Qt
the year 1916 and thence to Nashville in |
1S4s, where he did lsree business in con-
nection with DR.. Morgan, until the Close
of 1858, at which time his health failed, |
and he went into the nursery business in |
connection with bee culture. In the latter |
business he was authority, having publish |
cd practical and highly-prized work on |
bee culture few years since. He was al |
so Vice President of the National Associa- |
ton of Aplarians at the time of his death. |
DR.. Hamlin was a member of the Pres |
byterian Church and an ornament to the |
Masonic fraternity. He was a member of |
indorriitable energy. land for him to conceive,
was to execute.