Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-08
ELMWOOD CEMETERY,
The Venerable Captain I.enOw, It's Pres
ident and Manager.

We copy from the January number of
| EOrd's Christian Repository, published at st.
Louis, the following admirable article about
| ElmwoOd Cemetery and its venerable presi-
dent, Captain Lenow. 1t is from the pen Of
| Mrs Sallie Rochester Fcrd, one of the edi-
tors Of that magazine and wife of the Rev.
| Samuel II. Ford, prominent Baptist minis
| ter, and also an editor OF the Repository.
Both DIR. and Mrs. Ford are well known in
Memphis, as they resided here several years
and were intimately connected with the re-
| ligious movements OF the time What Mrs
| by all of our readers, to whom he is endeared
| by his devotion to task it is earnestly
hoped he will live to complete.
''ELMwooD CEMETERY.
"During the year 1862 the husband OF the
writer Vas called to the pastorate of the
First Baptist church at Memphis, Tennessee
That city was then entering upon a grand
commercial career, and every thing gave
token that in a few years she would have a
large population. and her people felt proud
ard confident. Railroads were being pro-
iected and built that, when completed, would
make her great mart of trade, and the Mis-
sissippi, swiftly flowing by, would bring to
her door the trade of the mighty valley.
Rut il that day-dream of Joy they were
rudely awakened by the clash of armed
forces, and this was afterward supplemented
by repeated epidemics and financial revul-
sions, until her people almost despaired, and
her prosperity was set back for years. Alter
the close of the war, the writer found, on her
return to Memphis, that her people had
suffered equally with other sections from the |
dread scourge; for death had been no re- |
specter of places, and her cemeteries, of |
which there were several, were well filled |
with those who were sleeping their last |
sleep. Among their burial places was Elm
WftOd- " Sieh n ad haar, cd
few years before. 1t was not long before | |
met its president, Captain Joseph Lenow,
two of the members of his interesting fam
lily being cofimunicants in my husbands
church. Captain Lenow was then in
the vigor of mature manhood, and had
accumulated large landed estates
by judicious Investments. He had been
president only few years, and was devoting
great deal OF his time TO its adornment
Rarely have ! ever met man so thoroughly
enthusiastic in any undertaking as was this
gentleman in the success of Elmwood 1t
was then In its infancy, and its interests re-
quired a master man Of probity, energy and
brains. Virginia, SO prolific in the great
men she gave to the country, gave this man
TO Elmwood and Memphis; and well may
her people be proud OF him. His ancestors,
on his fathers side, were Germans, and his
every movement betrays his German blood.
He is most thoroughly in earnest in every
thing, and, though often impulsive has a
warm and loving heart, that always responds
to the cry of distress. Once having seen
and known the man, you can never forget
him. Little could he have thought, in his |
ar-away home in Virginia, that he was des-
ined to FIJI position of so much impor-
ance, requiring so varied, go high an order
If talents; and his life, with its successes,
hould be lesson to the youth of our
country, that they may well learn to
advantage. His devotion and care of
his beautiful spot have been unceasing, and
asting gratitude. Its walks and drives, its !
BEAUTIFUL lots and lovely shrubbery, bear |
ecord of his labor and work, and are an en-
Uring monument to that tireless brain that
las through SO many years directed its i'm
movements and adornments. As long as its
liant oaks and stately poplars stand as senti- i.
els over the dead buried there, so long will !
be virtues and memory of its long time pres
dent be attested and commemorated. After
n absence OF many years, the writer returns =
D visit her dead at Elmwood and the few :
riends that survive. Dear ones have been
aid away to peaceful rest, and many friends !
epose amid its silences. The autumn winds !.
i'll sigh through the leahess trees, as they
ave done each year. The village of the =
cad has become city in numbers. But
ne place is lovely and attractive, though in
lst we stood in those hallowed grounds, that t
lie beautiful spot seemed the result of magic, Ii
nd a mothers heart was grateful that the v
Dom Of the grave was everywhere dispelled | v
Y the hand of love and tender devotion. q
hank God, its venerable president still a
lrvives, and, though the cares and Ia C
ors of many years have fallen upon n
i'm, he is still strong and great in his old +
se. He has not lost his enthusiasm and d
we for his great work, but has plans on b
ot for further improvements that will take t;
ears for their contamination. He wants to ri
We to see them carried out, and will then v
; willing TO depart. God grant that he
ay be spared for the work. He has reared q
r himself monument in the hearts of the o
.ople Of Memphis that will survive the u
pse of years. He needs not the lofty shaft Al
commemorate virtues of the highest order, a
1t the simple tablet-'Here lies President Il
,seph Lenow.' Everything speaks his | in
GLANCE and care. and the managers have 81
own that they bring honor on themselves a
thus retaining this man, venerable in al
ars and great in labor and good works. fc
gain pray God to spare his life and re- ID
i've him through a Savior's atoning mercy is
hen his end snail come. S. r. FORD" a
Theater Inspection in Chicago. W
CHICAGO, January The report of the II
mmittee of the Citizens Association, who OF
i've been inspecting the city theaters since Fl
e Vienna disaster, is very lengthy docu-
emit and is review in detail of each the .,
er and public hall. The substance of the q
port is that the theaters and halls are now =
Morally in a far better condition than they -
IRE at the last inspection, and those recon- II
-ucted and newly erected since then show
cided change. IT,
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Trunk Line Differences. "
PHILADELPHIA, January 1T was an p
unced at the Pennsylvania railroad Office Il
day, that If q settlement of the existing d.
INK line differences we're left TO the regular CO
ard OF arbitrators-James A Wright, | sc
arles Francis Adams and David o. Wills OF
settlement, that company would be salts W
d. Or 1t would consent to reference OF CT
= question to new board, to consist of A. ht
Drexel, Albert Fink and Charles Francis W
lams. ed
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