Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-13
TIE LATE JOHN W. HEAD.
Resolutions Of Respect Adopted by
the Citizens Of GAINESVILLE.

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John W. Head, member elect to the 44th
Congress from the Fourth Congressional
District, it was deemed due to the memory
OF the deceased that a public meeting
should be held to take some action apprO-
pirate TO the solemn occasion. On the
/ ringing Of the bell portion of the citizens
of HartSyille and vicinity met at the
Methodist Church, and on motion DR.. Jas.
5. Dyer was called 10 the chair and a. c.
Welch appointed secretary.
On taking the chair, DR.. Dyer gave a
brief outline Of the early history Of the
| deceased, and his OutstaTt in his profession
al career, when he settled in our town, thir-
| ty-One years ago, glanced rapidly but feel
| ingly on the gloomy and diSoOuragIng pros
pect through which the young lawyer bat
tied to brilliant success, with labor riRcet
OBlRiG for his motto, and paid a heartfelt
tribute to his honest worth and high moral
principles.
On motion of J. d. Andrews, it was
agreed that the chairman appoint a COM
mittee of three to draft resolutions express
sive of the sentiments Of the meeting.
The Cha rman appointed J. d. Andrews,
Robt. S. Smith and A. G. Welch as the
committee, and ON motion of j. ID. An
drews, DR.. Dyer was added to the COM
mittee.
The following preamble and resolutions
were reported and adopted:
WI.ereas, it is with deep and unaffected
sorrow that we have received the sad in
telli-ence of the death of our fellOw-citizen
and Congressional representative elect,
| Co. John W. Head. Often heretofore
have We been called upon to mourn the
dealt of the great and the good, but never
| vet under circumstances so peculiar
| IL saddening or more TO be regret
| ted. Scarcely had the peans of vic
| tory been borne to tie verge of the dis
| trict of which he had been chosen
/ the Representative ere It is followed by the
| Tequiems of sOrrOW caused by the an
! nouncement of his death. On the life and
character Of John W. Head We deem it
unnecessary to dwell, identified as he has
| be an for the past thirty-One years with our
people. to whom his name had become IA
miliar as a household word. 1t is still in
the memory of our oldest citizens, yea, of
some of the members of your committee,
when, as the young lawyer, with no fortune
| but his talents and his indOmitable energy,
he came among MS to commence his pro-
| fessional life, in which be has been so often
victorious, and in which he has won a
name as a gentleman, an advocate and
| iurist, cO-extenslve with the limits of our
State. As a lawyer, he was remark
able for his strong, vigorous COM
m,a sense, his energy and his
peculiarly pleasant ard able manner in
presenting his cause. As a statesman,
while representative of our people in the
Senate of the State, he watched their inter
ests with Jealous eve. In politics Dem
| ,aras h. has avar vr,rlraI in fba irtarasf of
| the party who delighted to do him honor.
| As a citizen and as a member of the bar he
possessed many warm personal friends, who
| reiOiced at his recent success, but little
thought, as they grasped his warm hand in
congTatulation, that it was soontO be chilled
| by the touch of the Death Angel who was
| to lead him through the dark valley of the
| shadow of death. We bow with meek hu-
mility to the decree of the Almighty, and
as a last sad token of our regard f r the
deceased, submit the following resolutions:
Resolved. That il is with deep emotions
of sadness. even in the hour of exultatiOn
at the victory of our party, that We have
| received the announcement of the death Of
our distinguished friend and fellow-citizen,
| Col. John W. Head, the able standard
bearer of our Congressional District.
Resolved, That in his death our country
has lost one of its best and most popular
citizens, the bar one of its most courteous
! able and profound lawyers, society one OF
| its brightest ornaments, and the church, of
| which he was a member, an exemplary
/ Christian.
| Resolved, That as a husband and father
lie was kind and afiectionate, ruling his
! household with love and reason, rather
than with force. As a neighbOr he was ac-
| cOmOdating and beloved, setting an ex-
ample Of peacefulness, emitting him to
! the "blesSings Of the peacenaker.n
Resolved, That we tender TO his bereaved
family our heartfelt sympathy, and beg of
them to 'sgrieve not for him as for those
| who have no hope"
| Resolved, I hat a copy of the above pre-
! amble and resolutions be forwarded to his
! family as a token Of regard for the deceas-
| ed, also that copies be sent to the editors of
/ the HdrtSUiIe Sentinel, Gdlldtin Examiner
| and TerineSSeedn, and the Nashville UNION
AND AMERICAN and Republican Bonner,
with request that they publish the same.
Respectfully submitted
JOHN ID. ANDREWS, Ch'm'n.
RoBEIsT. ). SMITH,
JAMES ). DYER,
a. c. WEIGH,
JAS. 5. DYER, Ch'm'n.
a. Z. WEIGH, Secretary.