The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-09

upon US sadness and sorrow, and temporary
loss 70 him it Is an iuGpito gain.
s. Brooks, Sec.
4 HnE DEATH OF JOHN HouGn, ESQ --
Our city was saddoned, on Saturday eve
ming last, b the announcement that John
Hougb Esq. one of our most prominent
and respected citizens, was stricken from
ardoug us by the hand of death lie had
Jeen i'll for some days, and anxious inqui.
ries had been continually made as TO bis
condition, yet few were prepared for that
shock when it came. Few men among
us would be moro generally missed, or
more sincerely mourncd, not only in our
city, but throughout the State We can.
not in this hasty sketch give more than o
passing notice of bis eventlul and useful
life
John Hough was the son OF Rev DR.
Hough, first Professor of Rhetoric and
English Literature, in Middlebury Col.
ege, Middlebury. Vermont, and was born
in that town on the 14th Of June, 1918.
He graduated in the college in which his
iather was 2 professor, in the class of
1888, with very considerable distinction
Tor scholarship. Soon after graduating
he became II teacher in the family Of Dr..
Taylor, of Montgomery, Alabama, where
he remained for something over a year,
when he was elected to proiessorship in
Newbern Academy, in the same State
aiterward filing similar position in Co,
man Academy, at South Cauebrake, AL
ALBANIA. Though filling these responsible
positions with great credit and ability
his energetic character required wider
and more active field Of operation. Tic
therefore abandoned the profession oil
teaching, and leaving the South, came to
Cleaveland, Ohio, and began the study Of
law. These studies he pursued with his
usual energy during the years OF lS4l
and 1912, and having passed an examin.
alton and been admitted to the bar, came
to Fort Wayne in 1913 and settled down
to the practice of his new profession with
an ardor and an energy which was soon
crowned with eminent success. His bus.
mess relations and enterprises in this ci-
ty are too well known to require more
than a brief recall He was first mem
Der of the firm Of Worthing,on d Hough
afterward Of Hough & Day, then Hough
Il Turner, and in later years with some
Others In all these relations Mr., Hough
was hard working, intelligent busine :
man One of his enterprises demands
more special mention. This was his con.
nection with the large manufacturing firm
or Jones, Das, ~ ~, OF wnicn Mr.
Hough was member. This establish
ment was IL pioneer among the mnnuiac'
tories Of this city. and did more perhaps,
than any other to lay the foundation Of
the present prosperity Of our city. In
deed, while his sound Judgment I'D, as
it necessarily would, to the accumulation
of large private fortune he was never
forgetfu of our city, and few men among
is have done more than he in advancing
its interests But he was not alone sa'
gacious, successful man Of business. Ev.
cry movement calculated to benefit hi;
fellow men found in him an active odvo
cate and liberal supporter. In all mora
reforms he was fearless leader, stopping
not to ask if it were popular but only i
it right, He was also an active membe
of the Presbyterian Church of this city
of which he had been for years a promi
nent official member. In domestic if
he was kind husband and indulgent ia
ther, and his loss to his stricken widow
and children will be almost irreparablc
He leaves IA widow and three children
two sons and daughter His eldest So
Samuel l.. lIough, is settled in bushes
in New York, and the other children re
sided with him in this city. He died c
pneumonia, at half past seven o'clock, o
Saturday evening last.-Fort Way1
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