Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-08-26


The relatives and many friends OF
the gentleman whose name is
embraced in the above sad head
lines, residing i'll. this city, We're
deeply panied to hear Of his death,
which occurred at "River Cliff
his country home, near MeMinn-
| vile, Tenn, on last Monday morn
ing, after a short illness of paralysis,
followed by dropsy, ana other COM
plications. Col. Lewis WAS born in
Pennsylvania but came to Tennes-
see when yet young man and en-
gagged III the iron business with the
Messrs. Stacker, then prominent
iron mongers in this and adjoining
counties. He made his home in
this city for many years and was
known and greatly esteemed by ali
of our older citizens Us a gentleman
of fine business and social qualities,
Mr.. II, NJ. Doak says editorially of
him in the Nashville Banner;
"Col. Geo. L. Lewis, who died at
McMinnvIlle Monday, was one of a
small numi.0r whose names should
not be forgotten. While IA native
of Pennsylvania, Col. Lewis was a
citizen of Tennessee from his early
youth and actively connected for
the most of his lite with the indus
trial developments of the State. 1t
is in the latter connection that we
desire to cali especial attention to
his lite. As to his private virtues,
excellent qualities OF mind and
heart, making him IL beloved and
POI ular citizen Of every community
he lived in, no man possessed more.
We desire, however, to speak of
him in a public point Of view
In the ordinary sense he was not
a public man at all, bat ina broad err
sense he had made his private bus
mess partake of IL public character
by devOtin,c his kno Wedge and
faith in Tennessee 70 the public.
He possessed an unbounded iaith in
Tennessee and her resources and he
was the first man after the war to
get the ear Of Northern capitalists
and turn their attention 10 the pos
slbllItiG5 ~ Tennessee. Some OF his
earliest, and perhaps his earliest,
communications on this subject were
to the GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf, i'll
1869; but he soon left the narrow
field of the western iron belt to deal
in Tennessee aud her future, and
we believe the first articles when
really obtained the ear of iron men
at the North were written by hun
to demonstrate in certain partlcu-
lars the superior cheapness with
which iron could be made III Ten
neSSee.
He had an unfailing and unf1ag-
ging zeal and faith bOlstered by
thorough knowledge of the subject
and opportunity in large acqualn-
lance throughout the North among
iron men and in their confidence.
Instead of inbibing the doctrines OF
despair and doubt which fingered
so long after the war, he never
tagged in preaching the gospei OF
hope, and to his efforts more IMAM
those of any other man, perhaps, IL
was due that he was able before MS
death to see the manufacturing, eS-
pecially the iron-inaking, progress
of Tennessee assured and already
assuming large proportions.
His remains were brought to this
city on Tuesday evening, escorted
by large circle of his immediate
family and friends, and the funeral
preached on Wednesday morning
Of go o'clock at the residence Of
MIR. Matt Gracey, on Franklin street,
bv the Rev. 10. B, West, of Nash
Vile, who had been a lifelong
friend of the deceased. Interment
was had at Greenwood Cemetery. ]