Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-12-03
In MeInoriaIn.

o what glory doth the world put on
For him who. wish IA frTvent heart goes
forth
Unde, the bright and glorious sky,and looks
On duties well performed, and days wen
spent
For hn the wind are and The yellow ieaVes
Shall have a voice, and give him e'of"ent
lelchiugs
He shall 81 hear III sol. mn hymn that Death
Has lifted up tor all, that he shat 90
-Longteiior,
! Col. NEHEMIAH HOLLAND was the
youngest son of his father, Or. Peter
Holland, man of culture and much
influence in his day. lie prachced
medicine in this county more than half
a century ago, and died when this son
was five years old, leaving him to be
reared by his mother, to whom he
paid great reverence, and was always
kind in the relations of son, brother,
and friend. He early showed a love
for books, and his mother, anxious to
give him the advantages of education,
placed him at the Academy in Snow
Hill, of which the lamented Clement
Valandigam was then principal. 1t
was uuder his instruction that he was
prepared for college. lie graduated at
Dickinson College in 1912. While
there he became delicate in health
For two years after leaving college he
taught IN the Academy Al Pocomoke
CITY. Continuing delicate, he decided,
in the fall of 1876, TO sell his property
here and go South for the benefit of
his health. tie went to New Orleans
first, and from there to Galveston,
where he opened a book store, and
studied law while attending to that
business. He qualified at the Calves
ton tar, and from that city went to
! Bellville to settle. BY great perseyer
and energy he soon met success in the
practice of his profession his strong
will power sustaining him under the
incubus of i'll health Judge Hunt
gives brief sketch of his life in Texas,
and paws kind tribute to his memory,
which we copy from the Austin County
Times:
g am not accustomed 10 write for publ
cation, never having been ambitious 10 see
my name in p:Jnt. and be- troubled with
tss{.t al. estFf han M
arm, writing Is 5 mewhal ltborous. can
not permit The death Of holland 10 pass
without some notice He was born ia Wor-
ceSter county, Mary land. on the l7h OF
Sepiemb er, 1921, and ded in Beilville
Austin county Texas, on the 26lh of OctU-
Der, 1881 being few days over sixty Years
OF age. He came 10 Galveston in january
1916, and to Belly lille in April, lS49, where
he resided I'LL the day OF his death, con-
StanIly engaged III the practice Of law. lie
was the first resident lawyer of the place
We were partners, We're iaw-parlners twent,
Years, partners il our land transactions nl
the lime oil his death We We're intimately
acquainted tor thirt! years, aud in the
multitude OF transaction between us there
never was serious deIStasdlug or 4,
cross word. 4 lie had To die, II was n
. melancholy pleasure 10 me t. SIT by his bed
size when h. btestLcd hi last aud to assist
"a 'ne perto manc, If tie last SAD rites A.
imam ard ,ftzer ~ Was remarkable peace
"o.e, quiet and orderly, he dad noth ng IA ON
, 'hF"Ise or passion, bit rom reason and
"h"l be cof eeieed u he right or, Ia other
words, he did right because il was right
; as lawyer he WIS careful aud pains 'aking.
, III his INVESTIGATIONS. was "a safe adviser, aud
KEPT down rather tn. stirred II? litigation
lie was a tnember o. the Episcopal Church
IA is49. when first became acqaa'n ted
"ub hin aud rem ret steaitpst Ia the
iWlb iu Ire ltsf, rec wing he II / shcrame nj
f on ,he SUI dii eve ming before his Death
lie aN.a}s, 50 long as his health permitted,
l ioON Hn actIve, even Il leading part IN every
ding tat pcriaiaed to the good OF the
church 70 which he belonged. but never
. aid au- b. saa,nst other denoruiu 'tion3 \
.,yol.d bush "a father and friend kind to
ro poor and needy, remem bering in his W i'll
some OF the treed persons who had ben Is
. peciuly kind TO him. Ills will, which j.
now before me, is especially touching and
,hetc in CONNIE ndiug to his children The
! Ubse vance OF the Golden Rule as near II,
my e, a. II rule Jhti IS good to live 10y
,ud 10 die by aud which will brug peace
~ last lie Sats farther: :. leave witt
them fathers b"ssiug and invoke for them
} what is better, IN blessing and guidance oil
he infinite and etrrn Il F,ther OF all" Mr..
| Holland was tn cnlid 81 mniicliOn from lis
youth he lived much loug.r than he expec-
ted 10 in early life Several times have
> SEEN III when ami others thought hi,
slime had come, but by greet prule aad
wiil-power he uded over. When l arrived
last SATURDAY. evening. in obtGirnce Ia ~,
summons he said holding me b, the hand
- You have often seen me when | was cou-
,idered dangerously sick but | never iell
, ,bat the cad was 50 near as now. Yet in
all his uillicliouS he WIS never known IL
murmur or complain. lie was great read
T and kept up with the choice literature uf
The dag. Ills death was characteristic; OF
the man. His lille was nae peace and
quiet Ar haug teiore his death he fell in
20 4, quiet, sound sleep, ~ d,eI wi tiiout
J u Struggle. A good man is gone Peace
br wills him Z HUNT
The following resolutions were pass
ed by the members OF the Austin county
Bar: