Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-06-01

Necrolegy.-on the night of 10Th ult, at
his residence, Hollywood, near Valley Lee,
DIR. THoMAsALExASDER LYNCH breathed
his last, in the 6Sth year of his age, his death
having been caused by the shock ofa para
lytic attack, which he received something
over four years ago. He was the second SON
ofthe late Capt. Thomas Lynch and his wife,
who was a Miss Coad, and cousin Of Col.
William Coad. Of Cherryfields. He was
of the same family as the famous Thomas
Lynch, whose name is affixed TO the Decla-
ration of Independence, and whose mother
died while on a visit to her friends Of
Green's Rest on the St. Mary's River, and
was buried on the estate near by, now
owned by George Cotton, Esqr., and known
as the Warehouse Farm.
1t requires more than the ordinary share
of practical Christianity enjoyed by men Of
our days, to bear with perfect resignation
the loss of valued friend who has been
such for well nigh on to half q century,
and, il Is with no small share of mistrust,
that essay to say something of my friend,
lest my Partially, engendered by long in
timacy, might lead me into the very com
mon error Of magnifying his virtues and re-
cognizing no faults. think the concurrent
opinion of all who knew him, will bear me
out when say, he was man Of splendid
intellect and commanding form. which was
graced with .courtly and captivating man
ners. As a physician, he stood second to
none in the counties of Southern Maryland,
and his death is a serious blow TO those
who have enjoyed his ministrations on the
bed of pain. Alas that he, who so often
disarmed Death and rescued his victim
elect, should have fallen prey to the great
destroyer of our race, in the rich ripeness
Of his mind, and the fulness of his extern
sive experience. lie was by nature an en-
thusiast, and threw the whole force Of his
fine mind into the advocacy of any meas
ure that met his approval, or opposed it
with vehemence, if his judgment dictated
such course. From him there never
came an uncertain sound, and duplicity
was most abhorrent TO his nature, as was
dishonesty in every shape and form. In the
VERY of his opinion upon men or mat
was not chary, and his fearless,
80 -, tag, was often carried 70 a
-, and brought upon him,
biameiui extent enmity of his neigh
not infrequently, the
bors; but il should be ST.. ~N' " va. s~'
credit of those who had been -
his ssperities, that when disease ha, O'"S.
down his manly and stalwart form, ~'u
limp and halt succeeded his strong, elastic
step, the sympathy generated by his sadly
altered condition, served as a soothing balm
TO feelings that had been lacerated, and the
unprecedented outpouring of the people to
witness his funeral obsequies, amounted 10
almost an ovation. The uprigbtness, frank
ness and sterling integrity Of the man were
remembered, and the last vestige Of vindic-
tiveness or resentment, was wiped out for
ever, and II is believed, that no man or wo-
man, worthy of the name, remember him
but with kindness and respect. Very much
more could be written of his worth as
man, without trsvesty of the truth, but
1 must forbear, for he was my trusted phys
ician, relative and friend, and would not
like to infiict upon my many possible read
ers, the task of following me in all that my
feelings would prompt me TO write of
THOMAS ALEXANDER LYNCH. Peace 10
his ashes-rest to his soul
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