Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-11
In MenOriam.

The Late Henry White-TribUte to his |
 Integrity and Worth by the New Haven |
 County Bar.
 meeting of the New Haven County Bar association was held in the Superior Court room on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, to take suitable action on the death of Henry White Charles Ives, Esq, president of the association, was in the chair and Jonathan h. gerson acted as clerk. MT. Ives on calling the meeting to order, said that he had known MT. White for many years. He had.outlived his contemporaries. A new generation of lawyers had appeared on the stage since he, commenced his practice. His character of mind and habit did not allow him to mingle in the strife of the court room. He follow ed the bent of his inclinations, that of at tending to the settlement of real estate Mir. Ives continued by stating in his official career the deceased knew no man who was his equal, no man so well acquainted with the law con nected with that branch which he followed. He Gves) first made his acquaintance when he was delivering lecture on natural his tory. He was well qualified to shine as lit ! erary character. His lecture on that occasion l was written in splendid style and command | ed more than passing notice for its clear ! thought and excellent judgment. The speak CT next met him in the law school as law \ instructor If he followed that course even ] he would have become eminent. Since that l time he had known the deceased under va riety of circumstances, and the more he saw of him the more he appreciated his acqua1nt- ance. He was affable, had 0 mind well l o1 lnn Lfew men surpassed him on general informa- tion. The deceased led quiet life. He was unobtrusive, touched not politics, but was very free to express his opinions on all mat l ters of interest. His integrity was 1nv1ncl- I ble he was strong in religious and spiritual matters He was unapproachable unless the dealings were most right and honorable. The chairman closed by saying word or two of I man whom all had learned to love, respect 1 and highly esteem.
 1 Professor Simeon E. Baldwin presented the l following resolutions and moved their adop- ! tion:
 Resolued That by the death of Henry White, Esq, the father of bar in New Haven county, the com
 munity of it's most trusted members, the profession an honored and honorable associate. No
 in the State has ever filled more positions of DIT!
 vate trust and through the of long life his name has been the synonym of unbending integrity
 public spirited citizen high minded lawyer, the recognized authority in all matters of local history
 he has lived to ripe old age with the good opinion of l aI and left shining example of the honest man ssthe noblest work of God"
 ! RcsoIued, That we attend his funeral, Monday
 afternoon, in body that the clerk be requested to
 present to his widow of these resolutions and that the chairman this meeting apply to the Su
 perior Court to them entered at length upon it's records
 l Professor Baldwin spoke in substance as l follows On such an occasion 1t would be ! more fitting when the bar meet to commem- l crate the death of associate that one of his contemporaries should present the GUS tomary resolutions. But in this case there are no contemporaries. Mir. White was the last of his special professional generation. few months ago and we followed to the grave l the last of the next professional generation after him-Judge Blackman. The portraits of those men who were the contemporaries of Mr. White are around us, but whatever was to be learned from their presence, counsel
 and example, we have learned or we never can learn.
 I think the pleasantest form of professional practice is that in which a lawyer selects de- liberately the branch of the profession which he prefers and which is most suited to his taste
 and circumstances, and follows it to the ex-
 clusion of all others. This IS form of prac- tice which, in @ small State like ours, few
 only can attain. I think MT. White was probably the first Connecticut lawyer who ! ever in this way took up @ special line of
 practice and pursued it exclusively. As you
 have said, no one in the State was more ta- l miliar with the doctrine of private trusts,
 with the settlement of estates, with the inYes- tigation of legal titles and with trials, as an I arbitrator, referee or committee, than MT.
 White. That was his chosen line of
 practice and we all know how skill fully he pursued it. And now his quiet life is at an end, life which was known to 1 many outside of the bar, as you have said, for qualities and pursuits which are foreign | to most of us at the bar. In his historical studies he had nowhere in the State his equal. | If my memory serves me he was member l of the American Educational society for a
 number of years and held that office at the ] time of his death-a society that has done
 more than any other agent to foster the 1 Western colleges which now spread over that l part of the country; and in all objects ot 1 benevolence and charity his hand was always l ready and willing to render substantial l assistance And now he dies at good old l age, in his pleasant home and native city, 1 with his children and his children's children 1 around him. If, as an old philosopher said,
 s'No one is happy till his death, am sure
 we may call MT. Whites life happy one-a
 peaceful one and peacefully ended, not with
 the terror of long and wasteful disease, but
 by sudden call-a sudden call which might
 well come to so good man.
 l Ex-Governor Charles R. Ingersou said
 Mr. President-I am impelled by the respect
 and esteem that I have had all my life fo1
 Mir. White to add a little to what has been
 said suppose there is no one living now 1 who was member of the bar when he en- l tered the profession. When l came to the
 bar he was in the prime of his active, indus l trious and useful life, and his name was | then, as it has ever since, continued to be ID
 this community which the resolutions suggest La synonym for personal integrity, profes-
 sional trust, uprightness and conscientious
 ness, and for all those qualities which make l the best citizen and the most trustworthy l lawyer Although he rarely in our courts, and he never seemed to do anything Tn 1 the public eye, there was no lawyer of h1s l generation who had more to do With
 the most cherished concerns of the peo-
 pie of New Haven than he as family
 lawyer. He was consulted 1n the
 making of settlements and the dlV1-
 sion of testamentary estates, in the execution
 of private trusts, and in all those relations
 which require not only great technical skill
 but judgment and tact and good heart.
 Mr. White had more to do of that kind of
 business than any member of the bar that l
 know of, and I don't know but would be
 justified in saying more than our whole bar 1 combined. His knowledge of our local 1 property titles was something wonderful 1 I don't suppose there has been an estate of 1 consequence settled in the last thirty or for ty years that MT. White has not had some
 thing to do with, either in the way of con- sultation or direct management. It IS hard
 ly too much to say that he was familiar with
 the title of almost every lot in New Haven ]; and there dies with him an amount of knowl- edge of this sort that no other man in our community possesses, and which cannot pos
 sibly be supplied for man who has gone ! through with life of this sort in our con-
 munity, touching so many and such varied
 interests, involving so many persons and l their property interests, with the stainless reputation that he leaves and the universal respect of the community in which he has 1 lived, his life is, I think, very great and honorable achievement.
 | Professor Johnson T. Platt said will say word, MT. President, in regard to cer- tain aspects of Mir Whites life. I will say nothing as to his professional life. I have known him for many years and have ire | quently met him in his library, where he loved to be, surrounded by his books and papers. It was pleasant experience to meet him there-one of the pleasantest I ever had. He exhibited great courtesy and generosity in giving to others the use of his books and papers. He had great accumu- lation of documents in regard to the early history of the colony. No other person pos I sessed anything like the knowledge he had of