The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-08-13
An Immense Crowd Paying Tribune To The
Dead Hero

the funeral of Gen. Grant-waS beautl
full day, although very warm. At an ear
ly hour the streets of Jackson were fllet
with people from all parts of the County
The G. A. r. boys visited the depots ant
escorted the James Smith Post of Wells
ton and the Col. Dove Post of Coalton tt
the Hall of the Francis Smith Post here
Nearly all the business houses and dwell
ings in the central portion of town wer'
appropriately draped, and on every sid'
the eye was greeted with evidences of tht
sorrow of the people for the great mar
whose remains were that day to be con
signed to the tomb. The programme as
printed last week was carried out, the
procession marching to the Fair Ground
at ten o'clock The Committee had ar
ranged neat and convenient stand, the
timbers being wrapped with black and
white, and the names of the battles fought
by Gen. Grant being arranged about a
large portrait of the General on the front
of the platform. An abundance of good
water was on the ground, and everything
done to make the stay of the vast crowd
as comfortable as possible.
We do not believe that we ever saw a
finer crowd of people assembled in Jack
son County than the crowd which arose,
with bowed heads, as Rev. F. S. Davis Of
fered up beautifully worded and appro-
pirate prayer. Men of all political parties
and all Church organizations; ladies and
children, from the aged grandmother to
the smallest child; all intent upon one
hot of
tribute to the memory of the greatest lead
er of modern times. The programme oc-
cupied some two hours and half, but
the crowd wearied not, and nearly all re-
manned until the benediction was pro-
nounced. 1t will not be necessary for us
to speak of the addresses, resolutions, &C.,
as they are printed in this connection. A
grand feature of the exercises however
was the magnificent singing by the Choir
under the leadership of Moses d. Jones
and DR.. Joseph Jones. This Choir was
made up of members of the Choirs of the
M. E., Presbyterian, and Welsh Churches,
with Miss Clara Miller at the organ. The
singing was simply grand. The Jackson
Cornet and Little 10 Bands were on hand,
and rendered some beautiful music. Our
Bands have been very generous in fur
nishing music on this occasion, on Dec
oration Day, and all such occasions, and
deserve not only the grateful remem-
brance, but the patronage of our citizens.
Mr.. T. A. Jones spoke on behalf of the
Post of Sons of Veterans, of this place.
His address was an able effort. It must
be gratifying to the old soldiers to reflect
that when they shall drop out of the
ranks, there are worthy successors ready
to fiji their places. There is, in the Sons
of Veterans, the material for the bravest
and best soldiers, and they partake of the
enthusiastic love of country which sent |
their sires forth to battle under the great |
Captain whose death we mourn. And
not only is their material for soldiers, |
but the ranks of statesman will find first
class recruits among this organization.
Mr.. Jones effort reflected credit upon the
Post, and upon himself.
John T. Moore and J. w. Laird did not |
deliver addresses, as indicated upon the |
programme. Samuel Llewellyn, of Coal |
ton, on behalf of Col. Dove Post, deliver
short but excellent address, while M. T. |
Vanpelt, on behalf of James Smith Post, |
of Wellston, made an excellent address.
Both these gentlemen spoke extemporan-
eously. The following Memoir-made up
from such data as could be hastily gath
cred from different sources-was read,
and well read, by Irvine DUNCAN:
'Call man happy. till he is dead, wise old
cient said, his fame is then secure.''
We can seldom sum up mans greatness, come |
to wise conclusion 10 his place, until that last
great event has happened which separates him from
all the surroundings and influences of common
life.
But there are scattered along the path of history,
some whose rank was known well in life, we |
The world knew in their lives, the size
of an Alexander, Alfred, Frederick, Napoleon
and Washington, and in such listas that the name
of GRANT will live.
Born April 9th 1922, in Clermont County Ohio his
early spent, the children of very poor
people must be, little school in the winter, and
much work the rest of the year.
His father being unable to give his boy education,
Hon. Thos. L. Hamer, then the Democratic Member
of Congress appointed U. S. Granta Cadet to West |
Point when a boy of seventeen.
He entered with class ofone hundred, out which
thirty-nine graduated in 1879.
He made End Lfett. In the 4th Infantry and |
with that regiment he went with General Taylor to
Mexico. He took part in the battles of Palo Alto and
Resaca and the siege of Vera Cruz, then the bloody
hight at Monterey, where ne Won honorable mention,
and First Lieutenantcy; then Chapultepec where |
he was again praised by Gen. Worth for ''distin- |
guished gallantry.'
After the Mexican War followed few years of |
monotonous army life, Eegimental @. NJ. at New
York. then in command of company at Detroit then
far the frontier in Oregon, on garrison duty
till Ju1y1S5f, when he resigned his commission and
st. Louis the home of his wife's father,
Dent. There he tried farming, then auctioneering,
then real estate agency, then making collections,
until 1859. Meanwhile his father had prospered in
his tannery and was starting branch tannery and |
leather store at Gaena, Illinois, and the father |
thought that the who did not to be getting
might do, to go to Gaena and take charge of the
leather store, which he did in 1859. The business
grew till 1t seemed that the retired army Captain
would settle down into moderately prosperous |
leather merchant.
So it seemed the morning April 18th, 1861. but
when the echoes of the Sumter gun went rolling |
through the land, his destiny to him. |
though as yet he knew it not.
He raised company in Galena and went with it to |
Springfield.
In that hour of sudden need, men who knew how |
to drill soldiers, organize regiments and to equip
troops for the field, in demand. Gov. Yates |
used him a mastering officer few weeks, and then
made him Colonel of the 21st Illinois.
In June the movement of his regiment happened to
bring with other regiments, whose Colonels |
although out-ranking him, knowing he was West
Pointer and had seen service asked him to command
the Brigade.
Nohi-
mand of Bri gade, he made Brigadier General
in August, 1861. i
His first battle Belmont, Nov, 1851, which was
productive of results. Then through the winter
of 61 and till February, 62, he had opportunities
but he then with c. T. Smith and McCernand moved
Fort Henry the garrison abandoning it and
ing Fort Doneson. Inside Floyd, Pillow
and Buckner, with 5000 men, while under Grant,
Smith, McCMrnand and Lew Wallace with
three Divisions. At the end of three days fighting,
Gen. Buckner asked for terms, and Grants answer,
and the victory of Donelson drew for the time
the eyes of the whole country to him: for Uncondi-
tional Surrender the initials of the of
his policy.
That utterance the first straight declaration of
the policy of the war, and in the fitness of
things, the great soldier who made ii, received the
niuo rd Of he VII ter he