Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-05-27
DEATH OF JOS. HUNT,

DEATH OF JOS. HUNT.
Monday afternoon, G. NJ. Holcomb,
ESQ.,, from the committee previously ap-
pointed to report the death of the lare
Joseph Hunt to the court, with appro-
pirate remarks and resolutions, to be
entered on the journal Of sand Court,
spoke as follows: -
Joseph Hunt is dead. The immortal
as we'll as the mortal has passed from the
terrestrial. The mortal to its final, for
ever home, the immortal to mingle in
that grand, unfolding plan. Death,
quilts terror and the wish of innocence,
has closed his eyes in night.
Joseph Hunt was born in jackson
county, Ohio, on the 30th day of Janu-
ary, 1926, and died in the city of CALI
polls, on the 4th day OF May, 1880. His
first appearance here was az q student
at our sch ools. He afterward taught
school In the county, and permanently
located in Gallipolis in 1919. Here he
studied law, and was admitted to the
Bar. Following this he was elected a
Justice of the Peace and Mayor of the
then town Of Gallipolfs. In 1859 he
was appointed by the Commissioners Of
the county, Clerk of the Courts. to fill
vacancy, and was thereafter consecutive
ly elected thereto until the expiration of
his final term in 1875, embracing pc
riod Of nearly sixteen years. He was in
these years q member and President of
our City Council, and Vice-President Of
the First National Bank.
In every official position and In every
official trust, Joseph Hunt discharged
each incumbent dnty with Judgment,
honor and fidelity. He was officially
pure; his record is stainless.
AS Clerk of our Courts he appeared
most prominently before the public. and
as such he had no superior. He pos
sessed all the requisite elements of cler-
ical success. Kind Nature had given
him a capacious, retentiye memory, an
eye to order, and care to exactness. He
was the attorneys clerk, and the breth-
rem around me to-day are under confess
ed obligations for his hundred, hundred
favors and the lessons that he taught.
Judicial decisions, however complex,
dropped upon his mind with understand
ing, and he framed them with the incest
precision.
Benevolence was only one of the cata-
logue of Joseph Hunts virtues. For
getting his own personal ailments, he
ministered unto the sufferings of others.
Charity found happy home In his
breast. The hungry, pained, distressed
found In him a willing giver, with an
open heart. The unfed never tottered
hungry from his door, or the unclad
shiyering depart. His gifts are only
outnumbered by the pulsations Of his
generous heart.
Gratitude-the highest, grandest vir-
tue-with him was bosom-full. This
lends the brightest lustre to his life,
and ennobles 1t.
Joseph Hunt was an honest man. he
was an honorable man, and scornetl
him who would, either from interest OF
inclination, do dishonorable act. He
was truthful, and rejoiced in the man
that loathed liar. His Convictions OF
duty and right were ever keen and
closely followed.
For five years previous to his demise
he was infirm, but never old. The pris-
tine mental vigor was ever his. The
warm friends of his physical manly life
were his warm friends to the close. His
fund of anecdote was not circumscribed
1t too was spicy, brief and pointed, and
1t was when with the company Of his
closest companions on occasions such as
these, he seemed most to shine. Leti,
be chronicled of Joseph Hunt that he
was, without selfishness, the friend OF
his friends.
The Masonic Lodge, Of which he was
an eminent and bright member. together
with the Bar of this county, county off.
GERS, eX-county officers and nnmerou.
friends, paid the last solemn duty to bt
paid the dead. Again let me say, Joseph
Hunt has gone; wrapped in the shroud
Of death he has gone from US forever
/ and to His high justice that never errs
His friendships are more enduring
monument than marble shafts, and the
4 good acts done deeper fixed in hearts
behind than words deep chiseled in pill
lars of granite. ~
! Therefore, your committee heretofors
appointed at joint meeting OF the Bal
and county officers, held on the 9Th day
of May, 1880,
Resolus. That We sincerely regret the
death OF our late Brother, aud our sym.
pathy is hereby extended to those mos,
In grief, but ask them TO remember tha,
an upright, charitable and grateful life
is all-that can be wrought from human
imperfection, and that the good work,
of Joseph Hunt follow after him.
Resolved, That this Court, out of re-
spect TO the memory OF our deceased
Brother, do now adjourn.
C.. 81. HoLcOMB,
. Jos. STAFFORD,
: JOHN L. GUY,
X. l.. DUNN,
W. W. MARTINDALE,
Committee.
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