Montgomery County sentinel., 1882-06-23

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is with the most profound sense of the in
scrutabe ways of Providence that in an
nouncing the sad death of Mr.. Williams
We are prompted TO briefly sketch his char
acter and life Born, near Poolesviile, in
Medley's district, On the 18th day Of March
1S41, and his life drawing TO its close at
Mount Hope, Baltimore county, on the 10Th
day of June, 1889, he died in the 42nd year
of his age. In boyhood his frank and
straightforward manners were conspicuous,
and these characteristics accompanied him
through life. Dllgent and industrious he
turned his opportunities for the acquire
ment of knowledge To the best advantage
and completed his scholastic studies at ST.
James Collcg,t with great credit. AT this
period it was the earnest desire uf his father
that he should apply himself To the pursuit
of the honorable profession of Il farmer, but
his tastes being so decidedly literary and
averse to agriculture, the father reluctantly
gave his consent and soon after effected the
connection with the late Judge Bowie,
which placed young Mr. Williams stu
dent in the law Office of the former gentle
man, consummating thus the desire of his
heart. Here MIR. Williams applied himself
to work with his characteristic enthusiasm,
soon attracting the unqualified esteem Of
his preceptor who invited him 10 enter into
copartnership the practice Of the law soon
after his entrance to the Bar. At the Bar
he directly gained a prominent position. In
the practice of his profession he was honest
and discreet rs a counsellor; bold and fear
less as an advocate, and with complete faith
in his own opinion and conspicuous ad-
dress and fine voice he always attracted the
attention of his contemporaries at the Bar,
as we'll as the respectful consideration OF the
Court for his lucid and profound analysis of
the law.
In politics he was always Il sincere advo-
cate OF the Union, but never Republican,
and except for his antagonism to the pre-
vailing political sentiment of the commu-
nifty he would doubtless readily have be-
come popular Us public man.
In religion he was an Episcopalian and
through these associations he married, in
1854, Rose, the charming daughter of DIR. Jno.
W. Anderson, of this town, young lady
whose character fitted her to be the wife of
u man of Mr.. Williams force and spirit.
AS hush and and father he was charac-
terized by devotion and tenderness, and as
friend he was frank, sincere and generous
In the bloom of manhood and success he was
stricken down by complicated disease of
the brain that precipitated melancholy, cul-
minating in death. To contemplate this
man in his afflction was TO view the noble
oak of the forest twisted and wrenched out
of its natural symmetry by the terrible
cyclone. To contemplate his death is u
realize the mercy of God, to him and those
who were bound to him by ties of affection,
in breaking the cord that bound them tc
hopeless suffering
The remains were inferred in the family
lot in the beautiful MOnocacy Cemetery
near Beallsvillc Whilst the grave was be-
ing closed the sun was sinking calmly be-
meath the horizon ere the birth of anoth el
day, thus presenting in the same scene the
reality and the allegory-non Omn's mOriar