The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-06-24

OF the deceased. JOHN EcHoLs, Pres.
0 H. NJ MCILHANY, Sec.
p, THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
At a called meeting of the members of the
;. medical profession of the city of Staunton, ED
, Goth of june 1886, touching the death of DR.. A
NJ Fauntleroy DR.. B. NJ Atkinson was called
to the chair, and DR. John w. Harris appointed
secretary.
, on motion the following named gentlemen
l were appointed committee to draft appropri-
, ate resolutions, viz: Doctors Weir, Berkeley,
Phillips and Harris.
On motion the following committee was APP
, pointed TO accompany the remains to Winches-
ter, Va: Drs. Weir, Berkeley and Fisher.
1t was further moved and resolved that the
profession of the city Of Staunton in Il body,
, escort the remains to the depot.
And that the medical profession of the city
wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days.
The committee on resolutions having report
ed submitted the following, which were adopted
when, on motion. the meeting adjourned.
b. NJ. ATKINSON, M. D., Chairman.
JOHN W. HARRIS, NJ. D., Sec
WHEREAS, Ia the mysterious dispensation of
! Providence, He has deemed best to remove
from life our co-laborer and friend, be it
Resoired list, That the death of Dr. A. M.
Fauntleroy at but. little beyond the meridian
of life, when his splendid natural abilities pol
ished and strengthened by a high degree of
scholastic training and systematic research,
had only reached the full maturity of their
robust power, is profound and irreparable
loss, not only to the profession of the city and
Stale, but to that of the country at large.
I'd. That at a very early age, when but COM
paratively tyroin the profession, and at a re-
mote military post, he contributed to the rec
Ords of surgery an additional successful result
in an operation that for years had never
tailed to stamp the successful performer
man of commanding resources and marked
ability.
3d. That in the laborious and manifold duties
proportions, when the number of our sick and
wounded were vastly and incOmparably in ex-
cess of our limited resources for their proper
relief, his executive and administrative ability
were found to be equal to the clinical acumen
he brought to the bedside of the suffering pa
hoth ntaii hn nncin finC
of the medical stan-of1icer in the field and in
the hospital, he uniformly disclosed an energy
and zeal of the highest order, associated with
the technical learning of the profoundest
student of medicine and surgery.
the general practice in which he engaged at the
close of the war; and in which he rapidly at
| tanned the very front rank in the profession of
surgery, he was, par eacelleace the infinitely
trusted physician the unfailing friend and
careful adviser. The deep and permanent hold
| he had upon all classes and conditions of soct-
ETY. was obvious, and their unlimited conf
dence tribute of which earth's greatest might
have been honestly proud.
5th That not only in the practical walks of
the profession, wherein he had for 20 years been
| a recognized power, will his absence be sensi-
bly, and idely felt, but in the literature of the
| science to which he valued and highly
successful contributor will the vigor and grace
| of his scholarly pen be missed.
| 9th. That it is impossible, within the limits
| allowed by these resolutions, to recount the
varied. enviable and brilliant qualities of mind
| and heart that went to make up the sum of his
superior character or to fully and fifty record
|
| uniformly brought TO the discharge of all the
| duties that his busy professional career en-
| tailed: Amid the perplexing and wearing re-
sponsbilities Of general practice, as well as un
der the pressure of official position, he was ever
| conscientiously alive to the discharge OF every
trust. With physique too frail for the activity
and ceaseless energy of his mind, his struggle
to keep fully abreast of the line he had inscrib-
| ed as the measure of his work. was determined
| but painful. Introduced into new sphere of
professional labor by his election to the SUI
per1ntendency of the Western Lunatic Asylum
| carried discharge
same zeal and dilgent spirit of inquiry and
analysis, that had impressed success upon pre-
yiOuS administrative trusts, and the several |
| monographs by reason Of his limited
official tenures-but bearing on the subjects
for more enlarged and liberal views of curative
| treatment in that domain. attested the char
acteristic strength and vigor of his mind, and |
| evinced the depth of his Investigations.
| It'll. That we tender to the bereaved and de- |
voted wife and mother and orphaned children, !
| the assurance of our deepest sympathy and re- |
spect, and that while we appreciate the empt1- !
| ness of mere words and their insufficiency to |
bring consolation or resignation to hearts cru
ely bereft still to their minds the consoling |
reflection should be ever present, that, though |
removed too soon, he was spared to achieve |
life of great usefulness and benefit to his fell
| low man, and that he has left for them very |
reputation That Knows no stain or shadow OF |
f! reproach.
Sth. Finally, that these resolutions be pub |
| lished In the stanton papers, Richmond Dis
| patch, Lynchburg Neaos and State Medical |
Journals.
MIR. w. &. ESKRIDGE died on Friday night |
last, after lingering and painful Illness. He |
was in his Goth year, and from his earliest man
| hood had filled positions of trust in banking |
houses and counting rooms Forty years ago |
| he was the confidential clerk and book-keeper |
| of the late Benz. Crawford, who at that time |
was conducting a large mercantile business |
| He was transferred from that position TO pay
ing teller of the Valley Bank in 1917, and served
in that capacity until the affairs of that insti
tuition ere wound up. On the organization of |
the National Valley Bank he was elected teller |
of it, and continued in the discharge of that |
Office until his death. He was conscientious |
painstaking, accurate accountant, true
hearted, unselfsh friend, and gentleman who
in all the relations of life had faithfully full
filled it's every duty 1t may be said of him.
that which be said of few men-he |
seemed to never have had dishonest thought |
clean and upright in his own consciousness, he |
lived up to the golden rule OF doing unto others
as he would have others do unto him. He |
leaves surviving him an only child, Mr.. w. P, |
Eskridge, one brother, Capt. Thos. P. Eskridge |
and two sisters. Mrs. ]. G. Covell and Mrs. |
Brooke Albert, and numberless friends who /
had known his bameless life and the exalted |
virtues VIII ich adorned his character.
The funeral took place from the Episcopal |
| Church on Sunday evening last, Rev. Mr.. HULL |
hen conducting the services. and very large |
concourse of citizens testifying to the esteem |
in which he was held. The pail bearers were |
| Thos. A. Bledsoe, r. H. Oatlett, Thos D. Ran
son, H. M. Bell. Brooke Albert, James H. SKIN |
ner r. 0. Holiday and F. B. Berkeley.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
WHEREAS This Board has heard with sincere |
grief of the death at his residence in this city,
on the 18th Of June, 1885, at O'CLOCK p. m... of
William Z. FSkf1uge, tne raging Keller OF TINS |
Bank
| Resolved, That in the death of Mr.. Eskridge |
this Bank has lost long-tred and trusted Off
| Ger, the community an old and honored citizen |
| and the members of this Board and the sur |
| vivng officers of the Bank a loved and faith |
| full friend. Mr. Eskridge was born ana reared |
| in this community, and with the exception |
of portion of his.earlv life spent in the State
among the people where he was born honored |
and beloved by all who knew him. On the |
Virginia at Staunton in 1917. Mr.. Eskridge was |
| elected it's Teller. in connection with the |
late Edwin NJ. TAYLOR as Cashier, and until its
dissolution by the result of the war in 1865,
served it honestly and faithfully in that capac-
| ity. On the organization OF this bank in De
| Ter of this Bank again in connection with Mr. |
Taylor as Cashier. On the 18th of February,
| 1868 Mr.. TAYLOR having resigned on account of
falling health, Mr.. Eskridge was elected Cash
Ter of this Bank. In January. 1875, The First
National Bank of StauntOn consolidated |
| with this Bank, and M. Harvey Efinger was
elected Cashier. and Mr.. Eskridge was restored
| NIL until his death. The duties of all these Of
| fees Mr. EslSrdge discharged efficiently and
| faithfully. establishing and main ta1ning du-
| ring the forty years of his Bank service the
| reputation Of a thoroughly true and honest
man.
| Resoired That as fitting tribute to the mem
ory of Mr.. Fskrdge, the directors and officers
| of this Bank will the usual badge of
| mourning for thirty days, and will attend his
| funeral in body, and that the directors and
| officers of the Augusta National Bank he IN
| vited to attend with u.s.
| Resolved That the Paying Tellers desk be
draped in mourning.
| Resotued, That these resolutions be spread
| upon the minutes, published in the city pa
| pers and copy furnished to the family of Mr..
| Eskrdge.
| CHARLES ERNEST son of Chas T. Palmer
ESQ.,, died at his fathers residence. In this city,
on Saturday last, aged thirteen years. The
little fellow had been a sufferer for many
weary months, until at last the Great Com
forter called him away. The funeral took
place from the family residence Sunday
| evening, the Rev. A. A. j. Bushong, formerly
pastor of Mt. Tabor Church, conducting the
services.
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