Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-14
IN MEMoRIuM.


tack OF so called aTypho Malarial Fe'
ver,' yet his death was so sudden
and unexpected that it was great
shock, not only to his family but Ibis
physician aud the. entire communal
ty.
After almost complete convalesoence
from the fever, hemorrhage from the
nasal cavities set in about 2 O'Clock
A. NJ. and proved so rebellious to thu
ordinary domestic means for arres
ting hemorrhage and WAS so profpse
that no was dying before medical
aid could be procured, He was by
constitutional defect what is known
to the medical profession as "a bleed,
erH that is of hemorrhagic diathesis
or predisposition. g,g j
Thus has passed from earth to Heav-
en- while just entering upon q life
of usefulness, one whose qualities OF
Ihead and heart merit more than can
lbes said In an obituary aud more than
passing notice. To those who knew
Thin intimately and approximately he
possessed much that was winning in
his character, but was one that to
fully appreciate his many proposes
ing Qualities, required an intimate
acquaintance and to be properly and
Justly estimated in the various rcla-
lions of'iifa,l as son, husband,
father, friend, brother, and neighbor,
was to occupy one.or other of these
RELATIONSHIP him ot'il ''ih
TheIwriter had known him, as boy
and man. for twenty wears, aud du-
ring am this period enjoyed his
friendship and was llonored with his
confidence and esteem; and there
fire though his peu IL. UNEQUAL to
tbetask of dohrr ,l i,,ti.e td tho
me ,n OF ms friend. vet he feels
/ Gmnolled hyia sense of dutv) he is a
competents,s witness to testifyto his
worth by virtue of this relationship.
HE was happily married and to
4 a. lady worthy Of such a husband
"Sans peur ct sans reproche." Sur.
'tfou,iaed by All OF the comforts and
many Of the Iuxuries of life, the faith.
i er of beautiful and most promising
son, near ncighbor to three devoted
tbi5tIci.s, and an honoredf and be.
lloyed, mother. and respected by al
who knew him, he had much to max,
.tiife ENJOYABLE. He was one of III,
most devoted and indulgenthusbandi
and fathers ever knew, almost idol.
izing his wife and infant boy.
He was the kindest of neighbors
the day oshis doasll the writer me
in the road one Of his colored neigh
bors,who saId.sI am SO sorry Mr.Bro
naugli is dead, have lived by hin
for several years, and he was the bes
neighbor ever had, white or black
Though from an humble source, thi
simple sentence speaks a volume il
praise ofhis Kindness of heart; to
wards his neighbors, his friendship
Z were stable and iasting-when onc'
d his confidence was gained. it requires
much more than idle SANDER +
shake it, but proof irrefutable mus
= be produced of his friends unworthi
{ ness before his unflinching trus
could be weakened.A NJ
His mind was Of tina
Il practical character which, whe
| tempered with justice-as his Away
Twas in his estimate Of meil--that CAV
Ito his judgment real value to hi
tlfiencs, by whom he was frequently
applied to in the settlement 0
disputed points. lie was christian
!. by Inheritance, as it were, having
been Feared and trained IN the strict
!. est rules--of morality, by.one of tn
most scrupulonsly pious and ''faitl
loving" fathers. He also seemed L
be a christian from principle. Hi
reverence for honorable age, as wei
, as his implicit confidence in thos
wIiose heart and judgment he truste'
Twas remarkable. He gave promis
lof exercising more than a modicur
of influence in the politics of hi
county, enjoying the confidence Of Til
Headers Of his party, in fact was one Q
Them. 3t.,i s,S ,,s,-
Il Mr.. Bronaugh was an exemplar
and consistent member ofthe Baptis