Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-14
THE TOMB.

DIed-Near Osceola, White Pine county. Ne
vadu, on the ilth of July, 1880. Mr.. THOMAS
j. BAKER, son of George w. and Maria l..
Baker, after a short and painful disease of the
kidneys.
The deceased was born in Lafayette county.on
the Baker farm SIX miles south Of Lexington.
At the time of his death he was 26 years of age.
AS a man he was dgniiled. nnassuming and
gentlemanly. possessed OF an unusually strong
mind, and in his daily walks Appropriated per-
lection rs nearly as Is attainabie In the flesh. He
leaves a father, mother. brothers and sister to
hearth stone.
In Vernon county. Mo-. August 10. of
typhoid fever. JOHN b. GORDON. son Of Linn
was born and reared in thi. county. where he
had many warm friends, being in every way u
worthy ny, and md .Iii1gr g na1;iga = no., h If lie ives q
and friends to mourn that the All Wise has
taken hun away IN the very dawn OF his man
hood.
IN MEMoRIAM.
In the midst of life we are in DEATH To
whom was hope for duration OF lite brighter than
tothe late John B. Tilden Yet in the prime of
life, with a physique apparently the perfection
and fairly idolized by her. his chosen loved
companion. to him every promise pointed to
AT the time oil his death the late John L Tilden
was not yet SO years of age. In youth he left
his native state Of Maryland anu located at
tAlIStSl NO "ueTe he INT IN extensive
circle OF acquaintance in Western Missouri,
which proved the basis of many lifelong
friendships. Later he moved To st. Louis where
Tor many years he was II member of the we'll
known firm of Bell, Tildeu y Co. Subsequent
y he became L resident of Chicago. where lie
was extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits
IN the house OF Tilden, Davis s Co. About a
) ear since he returned to st. Louis and was one
Of the proprietors OF the Missouri Cotton-seed
aud Oil works. In TINS last connection his time
mad been chiefly passed in the south, much in
Memphis. and he was known and highly re-
spected throughout the valley of the Lower Mis-
sissippi. On the 10th day of July he left st.
Louis, intending, with his wife, to pass the
season at the watering places Of the east. While
visiting relatives at Chicago he was attacked
with what proved 10 be L fatal sickness, and Oh
Sunday, July %. he died.
a noblrr heart never beat than the one which
brruthed his last. With II flow OF spirits ever
gushing with cheerfulness. his very presence
was sunshine To the domestic and social circles,
and rs he entered them gloom, were it there,
passed as speeds the Jew meath the mornings
brightest. warming rays, Ardent and bold In
action. while in the discharge of duty, yet his
heart was tender AS ever gentle woman Knew.
In the ayocations of Lie. honest and faithful his
career Was without reproach; Kind. charitable
and chiyalrous, cherished by friends to an eX-
tent and degree rare in the private walks OF Life,
he iiaa now gone from among us. leaving the eX-
amIIle-Of one whose memory will be hallowed
by those who knew him, and be to them ali in
splratIon 10 It better. nobler, Lille.
1.-The clements
50 mixed IN him that nature might stand up
And say 10 all the wOrl.t This is L man.
The writer huu been with him in youth-was
with hiin IN manhood; together We shared the
sports Of earlier days; together exchanged the
experiences OF ripper years, together had We en-
joyed pleasures around the domestic hearth, and
together had We learne't TO love rs brother an
other brother loves. But no longer are we to-
gether- Sorrpwing and detected. in Inc little
library where 'o!t and again. we sat together,
alone one now pens these lines of tribute to love
In II few months summer will have passed,
autumn come and gone; the cold blasts Of
winter VIII blow over and the SHOWS rest upon
the grave which covers AL that WAS mortal Of
the one so loved. But to him who survives, the
memory Of the one loved and gone will ie ever
green. perennial in its blossom, to bloom us
flowers fragrant In reInembrBnc. OF his virtues
'Good TREND, true heart, hail and farewell