The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-06-19
OF COL. CURTIS EAMEs


This community was greatly shocked
on Tuesday, 18th inst, by dispatch at
$50, a. m, from Messy Creek, ANNOUNCE
ing the death of Col. c. Eames, of that
place.
1t had been known for a few days pre-
vious by the immediate friends and rel
atives of Col. Eames that he was very
unwelI from an attack of what had been
pronounced to be bilious fever in ma
ignant form. On Monday we were in
formed that he was better, and that his
illness was rapidly developing into a Sc
we're attack of infiammatory rheumatism.
Such was the progress of the disease
that by Tuesday morning 1t had reached
the heart and caused death much sooner
than any one anticipated.
Mr.. Eames was native of Maine, and
at the time of his death was in the SD
year of his age. He was married in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, June 3, 1649.
His wife, Mrs. Ellen Eames, whose
memory in this community is like ONT
ment poured forth, died about eighteen
months previous to the Colonies demise.
In 1850 they left New England and
came to Lynchburgh, Va. In 1852 they
received into their home their little
neice, Ellen Hayden Lothrop, then in
the third year of her age, whom they
afterwards adopted as their own child
What was then little Ellen" is now
well known in this community as the
excellent and accomplished wife of Prof
II. A. Lowry, of our town.
In lS5S they removed to KnnyVilla
Tenn, where they remained about two
years. In 1860 he made his home at
Morristown and remained here with the
exception of few months residence as
a refugee in Bristol, Tenn, until the |
spring of 1876, when he removed to
Messy Creek. His peculiarities were |
great energy and extended hberality.
During the best years of his life he |
was a citizen of Morristown. Here his |
works praise him, and though dead he |
yet lives in the affections of many whom /
he relieved from suffering and encour-
aged by word and deed to prosecute the
great battle of life.
For almost twenty-five years Col.
Eames had been a member of tho Bap-
tist Church, vet his broad liberal views
and catholic spirit embraced in their
wide range all who loved the Master.
MethOdists and Presbyterians received
literally of HE benefactions; and the
true minister of the gospel, independent
of UNCONVENTIONAL differences, never
found better home or heartier well
come than under the hospitable roof of
Col. Eames.
On his return to Morristown after the
close of the late war, he found almost
everything in ruins. With his usual I
energy he went to work to build up the
waste places and restore prosperity to n
greatly disheartened people. He en-
gagged largely in merchandising and =
paid liberal wages and
Afforded employment to scores of worthy
aborers- About this time ,he received
nto his family three orphan children r
Charlie and Freddie Lothrop,
sister and two brothers of Ellen
whom he fed, clothed, educated, and to
whom he furnished a home, treating
hem in all respects as if they had been e
lis own children, until the day of his q
cath. II
He was great admirer and had been Il
or many years an active member of the "
IasOnic Fraternity. He now beheld g
is Lodge room in ruins, it having been "
sed by the armies as a hospital. In s.
ne largeuess Of his heart he resolved to u
ava a Lodge room second to none in AZ
PIPER East Tennessee. This being done, Rl
e then fitted up and rearranged the L
Dwer rooms for school purposes. Here e,
1r eleven years bhe MOrrlSLORn r eTnale =
Ugh School has been conducted with 20
u average enrolment of one hundred W
.udents per annum- 1t is due to the u
paternity to state that in after years u
lat they fnlly compensated DIR. Eamcs sa
Dr. all these benefactions. Yet he help
as without fee or assurance of re-
ard when we could not help ourselves
nd we will ever remember his kinddess df
y keeping his memory green in our M
carts. After he had thoroughly re- of
affiliated and greatly beautiied his sh
odge room, he presented the Lodge nc
it'll a very fine set of solid silver jew sh
g and an entire outfit of the most beau NJ
full working tools Brother Eames has ga
me never 70 meet again on earth with r.
D brethren of the mystic tie; yet these
main, and we feel sure that no true
ason will ever wear these jewels or "a
e these working tools without kindly m,
the donor. His remains w
re brought TO Morristnwn by the train I
To- clock and AZ minutes A. NJ, on
18th inst. BY request they were taken 81,