Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-28
BAR MEETING.

e, There was called meeting of Il
/ Washington county bar associate
l. on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock 6
e the Office of Messrs. Searcy & Ga
y rett to hear the report of the con
e mittee which was appointed to pre-
VI pare suitable resolutions on tn
K death of the Hon. J. 7. Swearinger
|. W. W. Searcy, Esq, acted as chair
man of the meeting, and R. E. Per
: nington as secretary. Judge Ga1
D rett. chairman of the committee
: presented the following report
( which was adopted:
| To W. W. Searcy, Esq, chairman:
} The undersigned appointed by thu
, chair at meeting of the members
OF the Bar of Washington county TO
present resolutions expressive Of
their sorrow at the death of J. T.
Swearingen, Esq, submit the follow,
ing.
Whereas, News of the death OF
our beloved brother ]. T. Swearin-
gen was borne to us over the tele.
graph wires from Denver, Colorado,
on Monday, the 18th inst; with sad
hearts we have performed the burial
rites and laid his ashes away to
repose in the bosom of the mother
earth. We come now as his breth-
ern in a profession he so adorned to
express as best we may in words,
the profound sorrow that weighs
upon US, and to consecrate to his
memory a page in the judicial re-
cords of the county where his yoath
and manhood were spent.
John Thomas Swearingen was
born in Moxubee county, MISSISSIPPI
pi, June 3, 1S43. He removed with
his parents to Washington county,
Texas, in the year 1S49, and was
reared in the town of Chappell Hill.
At the outbreak of the war between
the states he entered the confeder-
ate army as private, served with
distinction, and when the war closed
held the rank of second lieutenant.
May Ii, 1867, he married Miss Ada
McCarty, who died in October, 1877. |
In 1866 he was elected Justice of
the peace in his precinct, but soon
afterwards began the study of the
law to which he devoted himself |
with success for the remainder of
his life. When he came to the bar
at Brennan in the year 1870 he was
surrounded by the Nesters of the
profession at whose feet he learned
wisdom. One by one he saw them
pass away, either by death or re-
moval, until he became the leader
of his bar and the Oldest member.
He died at Denver, Colorado, where
he had gone in search OF health, Sun
day, August 10. 1890, at 10:4O
o'clock, p. H., and left surviving him
four children, two sons, Richard j.,
and Allen Lewis, and two daughters
Lila and Daisy. He had never mar
RED again. His remains are inferred .
in the family burial lot in the city
cemetery at Brennan, Texas.
He was a gallant soldier, devot l
I'd and affectionate husband and {
,ather, and a faithful friend. t
Early in life he became member
If the Methodist church and was
warmly attached to the cause of
christianity. A leader in society, he i
became also a leader in the good i
works and government OF his demon I
nation. Inspired vita the broad
principles OF christianity. lie was a q
ectarlan only in chu,ch fellowship. 7
He was conspicuous for his in a
egrity of character and was worthy G
II emulation as good citizen. In 7
manner he was gentle and suave; in il
elton firm and resolved. AS a v
awyer his legal attainments were of n
high order. With a mind of sound b
nd practical bent, he never became a
brilliant practitioner nor a precise
leader, but was always safe coun-
eilor and thorough business man 7
whose skill and Judgment were en- s
rusted affairs of the weightiest +
allure. His conclusions were slowly F
but tenacious of his convic- 4
ions and with pleasant address, as t,
n advocate he was earnest and per E
uasive and could present his cause ]
court and jury in its full strength. O.
A good lawyer, he was not over p
echnical; a deyout christian he was t.
OF bigoted; and endowed with Il
terary culture he was not pednatic. Ct
Full ripe in honor and manhood, fs
ut with years too few, he has fallen a!
5 the bearded grain before the keen W
exile of death. W
Therefore be it resolved, that: b,
1. While, with becoming resigna-
on we bow to the decree of the
llwise Ruler of the Universe, we se
ment the cause of our friend and ~ ~
cother, whose voice will no longer %
heard in the holy councils of ~
iendship, nor within the walls of "a
10 temple. He has gone from us &c