Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-29
81. Nay %, 1888, at Stephen G
Wentworth's.
SO. Sept. 26, 1885, at A. G. Goung's.


THE DEAD.
And now 1t becomes NV duty briefly,
to speak OF the beloved dead, those
who having fought good fight have
passed to their reward.
| am sorry to say that herein the
records of the club are most deficient,
emitting some of the vital statistics,
such as date of death, date of marriage,
name of wife. &c. | would recommend
that a committee be appointed 10
remedy the defect in the record, and to-
formulate such an introductory para
graph for obituary notices as will
obviate this difficulty in the future.
Where the dates OF death is not OF
record | will mention the date upon
which the resolutions OF respect were
read:
VIM. Robinson, resolutions read at
meeting Sept. 4, 1869.
X. &. Bradley, resolutions read May
l3, 1871.
Geo. Buckner, died Jan. IL, 1871.
Howard Williams died Dec. 1873
DR.. John Vaughan and Lucien
Dumainc, resolution read May s, 1873,
also Jas. q Suddaih and Lewis Green.
Henry Wallace, Rev. Rpbt Rcnick
lutions read Sept, 1873.
Geo. L. Chrismah and Wm. Frick,
resolutions read May, 1876.
Hiram NJ. Bledsoe, died October %, g,
1876.
James Baird, resolutions read May
l3, 1877.
VIM. McCausland died Dec 2G, 1876.
Jas. Sommerville, died Oct. %, 1876
RObt. N. Smith, died April ii, 1877.
Capt. Thos. Galloway, died III 1877
Jesse Roberts, died July 26, 1877.
Col. James Young, resolutions read
May, 1879.
Washington johnson, died May 3,
1879.
Thos. L. BIedsoe, died Sept. Is, 1879
Jesse SchOtieid, resolution read Sept.
25, 1880. and Alexander Cheatham,
died Dec. l, 1879.
Geo. HouX, died July 9, 1881.
Isaac Chanslor, died April 26, 1888.
VIM Mccormack, died Nav %, 1881.
DIR. John Lapsey Yantis, died May
%, 1882.
| Richard T.. johnson, died Oct. 1852
| VIM Whitsett, resolutions read Sept.
%, 1888.
Alexander p. Hogan, resolutions read
Sept. 90, 1888
Jacob N. Campbell, died Feb. II,
1884.
Isaac Ruffner, died March II, 1851.
Paschal A. Gibbs, died November
10, 1888.
Lawson Smith, resolutions read Sept
26, 1885.
There is no special record OF the
deaths of VIM. Helms, Daniel Sims
David Locke, Philip Prather, Levi
Simpson. Oliver Gam or Gideon
FlournOr.
Thus have presented to the club, a
briefly as possible, chronological his
tory of the organization. | am aware
of its impertections, but to make il
what it should be will require much o
both time and labor. This time should
cheerfully be given given by some one
who can spare it to worthy cause tho
labor should be TO any man who can dc
it, labor of love. If have furnished
the skeleton upon which some futur,
and better writer will construct body
full of life and beauty, such as the sub
ject will very well afford, shall fee
satisfied.
Mr.. President, it grieves me that tn,
limits of such an address as this pre-
cludes me from speaking as l shoul,
like of those members OF this club VIII,
have passed from labor to refreshment
More or less | knew them all. Most o
them were my very dear friends; one
as pure and loving heart as ever bea
in mortal bosom, was my sainted moth
er's father. My affection and reverenc,
went out to them. | hOnOred them
not for their worldly possessions, TO
none of them were wealthy, but 10
the riches which they had, such richie
as they could take with them to tha
house not made with hands eternal il
the Heavens. In the same number 0
names 1t would be hard TO find more o
the milk of human kindness; more o
loyal love to kith and kin, to frien,
and nelghbor; more bravery to con
quer the obstacles which naturally be
set the pioneer; more gentleness at tn
fireside once the strife and labor over
10 eulOgiZe two or three, unless al
could be spoken of, would be invidious
yet perhaps when one virtue or anOihe
! is mentioned the mind will picture lhi
brother or that as exce,ling in it. bu
in the two great virtues they were al
: united-thev loved their country an,
they loved their God.
Mr.. President, the members of thi
cub largely represent the history O
this state and county. Many of then
were here early in the thiriies. In tn
first year of that decade Gen. Graham
was following his trade of halter il
Lexington, and Geo. Houx was th
{ saddler and harness maker. The coun
try was very new then. Farms wer
5 few and far between, and red dee
5 were much more plentiful than short
horn cattle. The name of Col Young
. after W ard Lieut. Governor of the state
graced this epoch, as did that of Capt
Galloway; and some of the members ,
the club resided in the territory o
Missouri in 1918, two years before
became a state. In 1920 the county {
Lillard was established, bounded o
: the east by a continuation of the line {
our present boundary, on the south b
the Usage river, and on the west b
3 the western boundary of Missouri.
that year, among others, John Nelso
arrived here.
In April, 1925, General Lafayett
and his son, George Washington Lafa,
titts Nl>lltu LOUIS, Illt general tllp
beng siXty-eight years old. The iegi.
lature of the state in honor of the gre;
and patriotic Frenchman who had don
so much to aid our fOrefathers to gai
their liberties, celebrated the event b
changing the name of Lillard count
to Lafayette. Lexington had becom
the county seat two years before thi
time. On December Is, 1884, the sui
t division was made which reduce
= Lafayette county to its present dImcn
sions. the formation of Johnson count
at that time supplying its souther
boundary, Jackson county having bee
: created in the month of December
lS2G. When Lafayette county was ol
ganized the entire state of Missoul
1 constituted but one congressional dis
trict; the population of the state wa
about 10000: now we have tourtee
congressional districts and populalio
verging on 100000 OF souls. The
St Louis was a village of about 6. .OO
: people, while most OF the cities of Mi,
souri, were not in existence To ia
St. Louis has Il half million inhabtant,
Kansas City hundred thousand. an
| St. Joseph, Springfield, Hannibal
Carthage and other places are cnti,.c
to be called cities. Necessarily, to !i
early history of the state and county
. can but advert. have said enough I
show that what il has been and hat
| is has been largely Influenced nv IN