The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-18
IN MEMoRrAM..
The Late DR.. cowlos Mead Walden.

! oeen Dau lot years ana ulhehse hah
wasted his frame, he had resisted its
gradual Entertainments with 50 much res
olution and borne his affections with so
much accomplishing fortitude, that few
of his friends realized that he was for
a long time on the brink Of the grave,
and when at last his physical forces sue
cumbed to the destroyer, they we're I'M
prepared for the melancholy announce
ment that his brave and gentle spirit
had indeed passed through the shadow
Of the dark valley and entered into life
and immortality beyond. He was born
in Charles City county, Virginia, on the
18th day ofApril, 1872, and died at his
home in Carroll county, Mississippi on
the 9Th Of February, 1880. He had not
therefore, attained the years Of life,
three-score and ten, allotted by the
Psalmist. He received his education in
the county where he was born, and in
his seventeenth year, seized with the
desire to pave his own way through the
world upon the actualities Of which he
had entered, he removed to North Car
olina and engaged in teaching school
at the same time he devoted himself to
3 the study Of the higher branches of ed
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: cine and received his diploma from the
famous school in philadelphia
which has given so many sue
cessful practitioners to suffering and
. afflicted humanity. He was a laborious
y physician, and in that profession, AZ in
u everything he undertook, he succeeded,
for in his vocabulary. it may be said
o. without exaggeration, there was no such
at word ms fail.
te lie was married in Lenoir county
u. North Carolina, to Miss Elizabeth
{, Whitfield Herring, in October 1887
,r The estimablc lady who plighted her
nj hand and heart to him in the morning
march Of life, and for forty-two cventful
years, shared with him its joys and sor.
IT rows, was watcher at his dying couch,
10 and ministered to his suIIerings and re-
H. ceived his last adieu on earth to meet
CT again in the bourne Of the hereafter
Or where there will be no more parting.
~ 1t was II sad scene, the separation OF
W. these two whose currents of thought
+" and feeling had run into the same
channel for so many long years until
oi they had become us one,
10. In May, 1888, DIR. Walden removed
r. to Mississippi, and after few months
ar prospecting, he settled permanently in
Carroll county, where he died at
,o Prairie Mount, February 9th inst.
II Here he engaged in practicing his
profession, and also in planting and
Il merchandising. He soon became u man
" of note in the community where he
/ lived, and though not ambitious of pub
county in the State Legislature for sew
-, eral terms, one of which was after the
y war. In every pursuit he developed
r the higher qualities of intellect and of
= manhood. lie was born leader of
le men, and left his impress upon every
~ thing he touched. He was the highest
to type Of honor and chivalry, He was a
We strict man of business; and left moth.
ing about which doubt and miscon-
struction could arise, in his transac-
N tions with his felow-men. With A.
" Nj. West, and others whose names
y were not so CONSPICUOUS before the pub
lie, he was pioneer of that great en-
" terprise the MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAIL
!" ROAD and gave his time and talents, and
" invested his means, for its accomplish.
=" ment, 1t stands as an enduring
" monument to the wisdom and public
y spirit of its founders. He was Q
Vi representative man in all works Of
benevolence, public charity and
progress, With characteristic tact, he
realized the changes that were wrought
/" by the war, adapted his plans to them
v" and achieved success and fortune il
:, spite of every obstacle. The climax o
=" the monument which he has erected in
y the hearts of his countrymen, and which
y is more enduring than the marble shaft
~ that will mark the spot where SLEEP
=, :, his mortal remains, was his muniicent
" contribution to the cause of education
~ At the time of his death seventy-fou
:" young men were attending the Stat,
University with means which he hat
:, placed at their disposal for that purpose
" Who will take up the good work where
H., Lee =. Al. I