Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-11
MEMORIAL DAY l. o. 0. F., 1892.


At the memorial services held in
tic Methodist church last Sunday
| evening. Hon, Geo, 6. billiard, deliv-
cred the following culogy on the life
and character of the lamentcd Jacob
Faser, in whose honor the services
were held:
Noble Gronl, Brothers, Sisters, Ladies',
and Gentlemen:
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the indie
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows has set apart
. day, called Memorial Day, on which it i,
made the duty Of every lodge, which has
lost q member, during the proceeding year,
By death, to assemble and ''engage in APP
propriate memorial services" in memory
| ofthcir deceased members. This day has
been fixed. the 10Th of June, or as near
that day AZ convenient:
1t is very meet aud proper that this great
benevolent order should set u Memorial
Day, The brother or sister dies and is con-
signed to the grave, under the ritualistic
forms of the Order--it has all the appear.
ances Of a business transaction.
But when, by command of our Noble
Order, we como after many days, to hold
memorial exercises in remembrance of our
dear departed, on a day set apart for that
purpose by solemn proclamation OF Grand
Sire and Grand Master, it gives III time to
think and TO estimate what we have lost.
Since last Memorial Day Stockman Lodge
NO. 10, and Macon ReDekah Lodge No. l,
l.. o, q, f. has lost one of their Oldest men,
bers-JacOb Faser, q most ardent and de.
voted odd Fellow. And, my friends, We
are tar enough away from the agony OF the
death. bed, to calmly survey the life and
survives OF our brother.
Jacob Fasor was born in Entzburg, Ger.
many in 1923. He came to this country
with his parents in 1898. Little Jccob Fa-
ser was just five years old when his parents
settled in Philadelphia, The man, Jacob
Faser settled in this soodly town OF Macon
at the age of 81, in 1854. He was married
on the 10Th day of October, lS4S, to Miss
Louise Meuizinger, Il native of WertemLerg,
Germany, with whom he spent forty. four
happy years. lie was the father of nine
children of whom only five suryivc-three
girls and two boys. The boys are good fol.
lows as, We know, and the girls are model
women.
This was q good stock--that old Platte
Dutch, Protestant German st0ck-given to
fighting for its religion for one thing, exem.
plifying It's title to oar respect by its feats
in a 30 years war against foreign eccles;as.
tical domination, and in u persecution
whose fires are scarcely yet gone out. A
very religious people-these Protestan,
Germans.
AT the age of fourteen JACOB Faser at,
tached himself to the Methodist church ant
was a consistent and faithful member tC
the day of his death.
A warlike people are these Germans, too
When the alarm Of war was sounded III
1861 Jacob Faser enlisted as a volunteer
Confederate soldier; but, being a good me,
chanic. he was detailed to make arms
needful and honorable service. There /,
another thing about these Germans-they
are great lovers OF free schools and Of edu
cation in general; and Jacob Faser was al
advocate and constant friend oil the free
public schools In Macon; and probably, by
fprecept and example, was more instrumen
tai In building up our public free schools
than any other man.
Official positiony-Jacob Fascr was May
or OF Macon several iimes-three. | believe
was often an Alderman and a School Trus
tee and was Coroner at the date Of his dealt
and had been for fourteen years.
Ny brothers and sisters, these %rocitals IN
dictate u no mean career for Jacob Faser
and we know that many have goncto wrecl