Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-03-23
THE LATE ISAAC WELSH,
Proceedings OF the State Board
of Agriculture.
ONO STATE BoAgD OF AGRICULTURE, ,
CoIUNBrs. O. January z 1915 =

ONO STATE BoARD OF AGRIoULTURE,l
COLUMBUS, o., January s, 1876.
Among other proceedings of the Annual
Convention Of the Ohio State Board of Agri.
culture was the following tribute of respect tc
the memory Of the late Isaac WELSH, Treas
urer Of State:
Mr.. James B. Jamison, member of the
Board from Harrison County, offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Rsolred, That in the decease of the Hon.
orable Isaac Welsh, the Agricultural interests
OF this State have lost a faithful and earnest
friend, and society gentleman of the highest
character.
Mr.. Jamison, member of the Board and del
egate from Harrison County, said:
'.Hr. PreSdent: Those of us who knew
Isaac Welsh can testify that the Ohio State
Board of Agriculture had no better friend
than him My first acquaintance with Isaac
Welsh was at little agricultural fair in Bel
mont county, experimenting and arranging q
display Of agricultural products. He took q
deep interest in the exhibition of products dis
played. He rose from that position I'D to be
an honored member of the Department of the
State. He was possessed of a solidity OF
character that gave him great force. Peace
be to his memory"
DIR. n. S. Townshend, ex-member of the
Board, and now Professor in the Agricultural
College, said:
''lNr. President; l knew Mr. Welsh for
twenty years or more, and as intimately as
gentleman so modest and unobtrusive could
be known to one living in distant part of the
State. recognized in him an enthusiastic
farmer, in earnest about his own business, and
equally in earnest to aid or encourage his
neighbors in the direction of improvement.
As a farmer he was intelligent in every de
partment and upon every subject that pertains
to our calling. And as every farmer should
be, he was intelligent as citizen, and there
fore able TO discharge the various duties and
to fill the responsible positions to which his
fellow citizens called him, with marked abil-
ity. More than this, he was an honest man.
On this point am sure there can be no differ
ence of opinion. His personal integrity was
recognized not only by his friends and neigh
bors, but equally by the people of the whole
State when they called him to take charge OF
the State Treasury. 1t is something TO be an
Intelligent farmer and citizen-it is more tC
be an honest man, for AN honest man is the
noblest work of God In the death of Mr.
Welsh the agricultural interest not only, hut
the whole State, has Sustained loss | there.
fore most cordially indorse the resolution
and should not have done Justice to nv owl
feelings without making this brief utterance
Hon. Peter Hitchcock. delegate from &c
auga County, said:
''lHr. Pres5deH Before the vote is taker
on agreeing to this resolution, allow me mo
ment to speak in memory of my friend Isaac
Welsh, of Belmont County. This deserved
tribute to Mr.. Welsh is one can not suffer tC
pass without word of Endorsement upon my
part. Having been for years associated witt
him in the councils of the State, there know
ing, loving him, and regarding him as one Of
Ohio's safest councillors for eighteen years
past, l can not refrain from this expression OF
my confidence and esteem.
81 was intimately acquainted with the sub
ject of this notice during his services in the
Legislature of the State, in the hour when the
patriotism, the honesty, the fidelity of mer
were tried in the great contest of this nation
for its life. Hour after hour, day after day,
night after night, we were together, engaged
in seeking to do what might be for the bes,
interests of Ohio, as she stood sustaining the
National Government in that contest With
this opportunity of intimate acquaintance,
permit me to say that in all the intercourse OF
my life with any and all men, never knew,
never acted with nor regarded as nv friend
any one who, in all the elements that consti-
tute man, q patriot and Christian, was SUI
perior to Isaac Welsh"
On motion of Mr.. Harmount, member OF
the Board from Tuscarawas County, the Sec
retary of the State Board of Agriculture was
instructed to transmit copy of the above
resolutions and the tributes to the family of
the deceased.
On motion of Mr.. Jamison, a rising vote
was taken, and the resolution was adopted
hereby certify the above to be correct
copy of the resolution and proceedings, as re-
corded in the minutes of the transactions of
the Convention.
JOHN III. KLiPPART, Secy.