The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08
THE LATE WILLIAM TUFT.

Cecil county has su-raiu-d an"rher loss
ri a good ciirE n by The death "f NI.liam
Tun. whb died. on Saturday night last.
from kidney disease, directly traceabie To I
fall received fI"m his wagon, lasi Fall. In
the Fourth district. where tor many years
past he resided, no man was more uniyer-
sally respected, aud no one more worthy
the general e>ierGi. lie was pre-eminently
a good man, honorable and high toned in
his dealings with his fellow men, an obiig
ing ne, hbor, u kind parent and an exein-
play cit zen. We recall! his iirm and IN
wavering devotion 10 his government dur
I'M. the rebellion, his soliciruds and anxi.
ETY. fug our soldiers in the iirld, his many
evidences OF manly sense OF devotion 10
his county, aud his untiring energy in up
holding the principles Of the great Union
patty OF which he was - dcv;.ted \ mem
ber We rccoliect one occasion particu-
larry. in 1865, VIXEN shortly after the close
Of the war. in grove near Elk;on, the
friends of tho Union soldiers of Cecil com.
ty welcomed, with \ public dinner, those
to nom heaven had vuuchsaf,d safe re-
turn. the active interest manifested fug the
Boys in Blue by Mr., TuII and hi. no less
enthusiastic aud devoted wife. They had
given Il son to the cause, and the sacrIiicial
uffering came home To them. The mem.
DRY Of that standard bearer of the national
cniurs was a cou,cicnce 10 them. Bcreayc-
mcnt in their case sauc;iii.d the cause III
which their elGes, born had died. The
Union soldier never had ,Tuer friends than
William AMI Ruth Tuft.
William Tut WAS born III Salem county,
New Jersey. in March. 1915, and removed
To Cecil county in ISIS. aud located in Sas-
safras Neck, on a farm where DR.. Quincy
now resides. After residing there for
three years, he removed to Philadelphia,
where ho remained until the year 1918,
when lie purchased the farm near Cow an
town, where hc resided at the time Of hIs
death. la tie year 1886, he married Miss
Ruth \. ilinchman. OF Salem county, New
Jersey. Their union was blessed with four
children, three sons and one daughter.
The eldest son, John, was a brave niou
soldier, and died al Fortress Monroe, in
lS63. from wounds received in front of
Petersburg. lie was Color Sergeant at the
time of his death Of the Fifth Mary
Reg iment, then liz command of Col. +. r.
VI. Fachtz. Dr. Reuben II. Tuft, his sec
ond son, is u well known ard respected
physician, new prac;icing his profession in
this town He also was Union soldier,
and Surgeon of the First Pennsylvania
Cavalry, in command of Col. Hampton ,.
Thomas. Samuel. the third son, died i'll
infancy, and Ruth, the only daughter, sur
wives the father.
Mr.. Tuft was buried at the Head Of
Chrstiana. on Wednesday, the Rev. Wm.
kershaw officiating; John W. Eenor, Jas.
Mckane, William Maxwell Joseph Crow,
VIM. Graccy and Benjamin +. Zsbley act.
ing as bearers. The attendance at his
funeral, Notwithstanding the inclemency Of
tine weather, was said to be the largest ever
witnessed III that section of the county. as
many sixty five friends Of the deceased
being invited and remaining To dinner.
Many strangers in the county were present,
relatives of the family, among them Dr..
scott Stewart, prominent physician Of
Philadelphia, a brother in. law of the de-
ceased, Mr.. Robert Seagraves, OF Salem
county. New Jersey. and Others. whose
On Monday night. the jackson Lyccum,
Of which Mr.. Tuit was President, passed
the following resolutions of condoeuce aud
sympathy:
WHEREAS The All-wise Ruler Of the
universe has seen fit To remove, by the TO-
Ientles- hand of death. from this Lyceum
its chief rllicer; and from this neighbor-
hood uu1 Of its principal citizens. ana from
the bosom of his family Il most .iiectioualc
husband and father: aud
WHEREAS 1t becomes us at all times
and under all circumstances to bow in dutl-
ful submission 20 His sovereign will. with.
out whom not even sparrow can fall To
the ground; therefore. be il
Resolsed, That II is the sense of this As
ISOLATION, that, in the death of William
Iuii, The jackson Lyccum has lost one al
ITS most valued members and a faithful
and efficient officer:
Rts0lred. That we tender to the bereaved
family our warmest sympathy for the ire
parable loss sustained 10y them, in the sud
den and unexpected death of husband
and father, endeared by every domestic
virtue, and of whom it can he truly said:
Here lie the loving husband $ dear remains:
Tb. tender father AMI the generous friend:
The plying heart, that felt for human We:
The Gaunilcss heart, that feared no hui
man pride;
The friend of ali; to vice alone 4 foe:
For cen his fail:ngs leau'd To virtues
side.
Resolrsd, That we realize in this startling
dispensatiou the uncertainty of life. the
dreadful certainty of death and the primary
Importance Of the Divine injunction, =. BE
We therefore ready, for in such an hour a.
We think not the Son of Man cometh''
Resolred, That committee of three be
appointed 10y the Chair to wait on the fam.
ily OF the deceased aud present them with
a copy of thes. resolutions.
Resoiced. That the Lyceum do now ad
lourn out of ies;.ect to the memory Of its
late President, William Tuft, whose loss
We deeply deplore.
W. G. HENDERSON, ID. SCorT,
Ice-PrcsIdeut. Secretary.