Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-12
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Co,oneI Charles q. VI. Gorrieh.

The death Of Colonel CHARLES +. NJ. CAV
NIT I'm Norfolk on SATURDAY NaICh p'"' III
the seyenty-sixth yeaf OF MS age, III,
broken another link between Tue Presrn,,
ardite raht generation. and has removed
one who IN his early and middle llle, WI
one Of the most eminent civil thsin'sIe
I'm this country colonel GafnetI wa, 'ils
son al the Hon. James Mercer Harle,ui, vi
"klmwuOd' Essex county, Va anu 'ltIs
+ H. Mercer daughter OF Judge Jhil'N
Mercer Of the f'rst Court OF Appeals OF ' II
g,nia and sister Of the Hon. Chafles ehlon
Mercer, after whom ColOnel baIhelL VIZ
named lie entered the University OF Nir'
-inja IN ISIS. but after few months rest.
derce was taken ! | with typhoid Yer. ana
d!d not return TO the University. On De-
cembtr Is, 1929. lie began ms profession
OF the Chesapeake and ONO canal, then IN
course Of construction under the late Cllaties
tlIeit. lie afterwards served as assistant
ON the Richmond and Petersburg anh
Richmond Fredericksburg ana fotonac
railroads under the venerable Mohcute
Robinson. who stu survives MN. ia lS32
at the age OF twenty-five he became cllrl
engineer OF the GTCenville and Roanoke,
and later OF the Raleigh ana 0asiOh
railroad; and in isi2 ne was ap-
pointed chief engineer OF the State
Of Georgia. and engaged IN the conslruc,
ton II the railroad between Atlanta ana
CHATTANOOGA having located the ste OF tle
former city. During hisserNlce IN georgia
he received an injury nom railroad acti
dent v ntCn Ialt MN Ililf ibt me Nv " -
lat,rciief engineer Of the Columbia ana
Charlotte, the Nashville and Cnatiauoost.
the Memphis and Charleston. the Richmond
and York River AMI the y lrglua and ZEN
nessoe railroads having resided for s'Fe.
raj wears I'm Lynch burg, in Wuich city ann
I'm All Southwestern virginia me made
numerous friends In 1896 hs was inv tted
by The Emperor Of BraNl To become chleI
engineer OF the Dom Pedro II. railroad, ana
for nearly three years ne slpellntehucl tue
Ion -
ever built in l;ra2il. He returned from Bra
iii in 1859 and for nearly twenty years
resided with his brother. The late Theodore
3 GaInctt. on their farm II Hanover coun'
IS. Va. or late years he made his resi-
deucp chiefly IN Norfolk with his nephew
Judge The dOTe :. Garnet, IT. During the
war he was appointed by the Government
"A railroad commlss.Onrf' ms chiel uul}
being TO supcfintcnd the transfer OF ralS
from abandoned roads to those on which
ihcy Could be made ser, iceable. This was
his last professional duty. with the
exception Of serving annually Tor
many years a. one OF the STOCK.
holders committee OF inspection OF
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and 70.
fOmac railroad. lie was thus Tor thirty
wears engaged In active professional work
on some OF the most Important roads I'm So
veral states and IN lirdZiI. HIS career BE-.
gan with the first building OF railroads in
This country. End he lived to see the m
mense expansion OF the present DAY. COO.
mel Garnett was "A man OF WeU-'fa'nri
mind Of me culture. ana ol most Srpia
disposition. During his active NE Ms pre-
fessional attachments and Judgment ere
highly esteemed, as IS SHOWN by the many
pos lions which ne held. being always Iu
constant service. lis natural Kindness OF
heart and charity toward AL endearcd MIN
to his friends and relatives. by whom %
sudden death " ill be most deeply mOurucd.
HIS fil'al picty was one Of his most promi'
ueut traits OF character. aud with 10 "4S
closely connected an affection ana rcNe-
renee for Virginia Of the past which emil
nently Justify the appellant ion Ot a Nlr-
ginia gentleman Of The old school. Inc
class OF men 10 whom tnlS title Is Justly APP
ulicable is being gradually removed los
death, and soon the term VIII DE but AN
historical remiuiscer-c. Colonel Gdrneft
was for many years a CON Wunlcant OF the
Protestant Episcopal thurch-the Church
of his fathefs-and during the later years
OF his l.fe especially his piety aud religious
earuestness were most remarkable He mas
left an example which VIII be long remem-
bcred 10y his friends