The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-11-25
OBITUARY.

E. B. Treat died on Thursday evening
last after sickness of one weeks dura-
ton. When first taken sick about one
week before his death, no one believed
that for him s'life's fitful fever" was SO
near over. The man seemed so strong,
so active in the pursuits of his profes-
sion, so entertaining companion in So
eial gatherings that it seemed difficult to
realize that he should so suddenly be
called to pay the great debt of Nature.
During his brief illness he suffered in
describa5le pain but bore it with manly
fortitude. He did not share the hopes
of his friends that his sickness was one
of those ills which checker life without
terminating it. He believed it to be the
final struggle and that Death was to be
triumphant. But DO repining of his add
ed TO the anguish of his sorrowing fami-
II. He contemplated death without a
murmur as he had suffered pain without
complaint.
| E. Is. Treat was born in Erie county,
\. Y, August 80, 1898 He attended
| school at Aurora Academy until he was
16 years Of age, when he went to Buffalo
and entered the law Office of Backus &
tanning as student. He was admitted
to the bar December LIST, 1859. He came
to Wisconsin in 1860 and taught school
for six months in Sharon, Walworth
county, this state. AT the opening Of the
war he returned to Aurora organized a
company Of volunteers and was commits
stoned Lieutenant, but was compelled to
resign on account of i'll health. He was
admitted to the bar in Milwaukee, April
l6, 1861, and at Chicago, April 10, 1861.
From Chicago he came to Sheboygau on
law business and was so well pleased
| with the country that he resolved to set
tie there, which he did in 1862. In the
! fall of the same year he was elected dis
trict attorney of Sheboygan county.
June 30, 1868, he married Charlotte H.
| Farnsworth, daughter of one of the old
est settlers of Sheboygau county. The
following spring he came to Manitowoc
and purchased the law business of VIM.
t. Nichols, and formed a partnership
with VIM. Hamilton. The partnership
then formed continued for four or five
years. He was elected district attorney
! of NTapit0uoo ocv,,4u for - ,,.....t -. -
terms. After the dissolution of partner
| ship with Hamilton, Mr.. Treat continued
the practice of law by himself, and in
1872 formed partnership with L. j.
! Nash. This was dissolved q short while
after and Mr.. Treat gradually discontin-
| ued his law practice and went into other
! business. But some unfortunate specu-
lations compelled him to resume the
practice of his profession. At the time
OF his death he was in partnership with
John Franz and had quite lucrative
| practice. In 1870 Mr.. Treat became the
proprietor of the Pilot and it was edited
by him for the period OF one year. Al
though this work was a new experience
to HIM, he gave evidence of a journalistic
ability of high order. he was a pithy,
nervous and graceful writer and under
his management the PILOT welded quite
an influence in the county.
As lawyer Mr.. Treat was painstaking,
conscientious and honorable. His per-
ceptions were acute and his legal knowl-
edge was always available. He never
made his duty as man subservient to
his success as a lawyer. No false hopes
were ever held out to client to encour-
age fruitless litigation. His success at
tested his sincerity, his prudence, and
the faithfulness with which he discharg-
ed trusts confded to him. He was not a
snowy lawyer but he was diligent, well
read and faithful to the interests of his
clients. The more intimate the acauaint-
ance with Mr.. Treat the higher ones
opinion of his ability became.
But highly as Mr.. Treat was esteemed in
a professional sense, much as he was re-
spected as a good citizen, faithful off
Ger, and an honorable business man, in
his private life his good qualities shone
forth most conspicuously. In acts of
friendship, charitable deeds and the many
offices of kindly and generous heart, l..
b. Treat was the peer of any man living.
The writer has known him intimately for
the last two yearsand has witnessed many
acts of transformations benevolence which
produced for the subject of this sketch a
respect, now bordering on reverence
since the heart that prompted these
| deeds has ceased to throb and the hand
that never refused to give to need lies
still and clammy on the breast which
held manly soul.