Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-11

hrt 10 was a source of genuine surprise
ami sorrow 20 an who knew that most
estimable gentleman. The deceased had
spent almost bis entire life in Richmond
and was recognized as "a man Of influence.
~ careful. conservative thought OF me
executive ability. and Of perfect courtesy
and rigid honor. lie was Kind ana ar
f..fior4te father and husband. temperate
and rruient in an things and a regular
attendant upon divine worship at ~.
JaDcs Episcopal church. which Tor long
while claimed his services as NestrS-
man. For nifty years he had attended the
annual sessions Of the Grand Chapter OF
ROYAL Arch Masons Of Virginia. lie was
30 the time OF his death Il member OF the
f..srd OF Governors OF the Masonic HOME
erl of the Board Of Trustees Of the Ma
..ric Temple Association, and the mag
rter.rt pr,,ssed-brick and broWnsIone
..-.efure al the corner OF Broad and
Adams streets stands to-day as much d
monument 70 the energy and anectohdte
Interest in Masonry OF william Is. lsa~cs
q. 10 any other influence brought to beai
iu jos erection.
Mr. Is,acs was Il years Of age. having
b..u horn in NorWald Conn, April II.
ISIS D.. vas "a son Of Judge Benjamin
r...r-. recorder % the Episcopal Council
Of that State. When not much more than
lad be left his home and went 10 vs.
u.a1. y. y. 10 live. Afterward ne went
t. come CITY in Georgia, and spent quite
awhile but upon leaving there came TO
Richmond and lived here till he dled.
singular incident in connection with his
I..t.r, is that when he was In OsweSo'
E s. DE met "A lad about his own age
named Samuel =. Lathrop, that AFTER ne
came 90 Richmond to live he met young
man bv the same name. who turned out
tY boz the same Samuel T. LathrOp ne mao
FFn lived
ieume fast friends and neighoors mere
living next door % each other.
TRUE TO THE SOUTH
There was no Virginian who was more
devoted 10 the cause of tire South du-
ring The civil war than was Mr. Isaacs.
I4- REGARDED the cause OF the ConfSie-
facv % be "a just one. and he served
I.- adopted state and country wen. lie
was one OF the old Richmond Ambulance
Corn. which organization was engaged
during the war IN attending the DEAD
a.l wounded upon the battle-feids I'M
l.rIIately around Richmond. only two
members Of that corps are now alive, and
one ~ them IS Mr. John Endefs.
Nr isaacs began business In Richmond
as clerk for the large dry-goods
sr.abiIshm-nt OF Wordsworth. Turner &
co.. and later went into the drug basi-
ness with one OF his brothers-ln-la the
sf.la Of the firm being Dove q lsaacs.
BE rsuseQuenuy became partner OF a.
Stokes in the Wholesale grocery bust
ross Just prior 20 the war he went .ntO
taa banking business with Mr. William
DO Taylor. OF Manchester, and at the
close Of the war mat institution eX-
pended and the firm was known as
Is4are Taylor e. Williams. Mr.. John c.
Williams having been taken In. This
was Tor "A long while one Of the best
Known banking institutions in the state,
arI Was finally merged into what was
tH0wn as the Bank Of Commerce. THIS
financial enterprise however. went down
Or the pam, o. iS73 with several other
large banking concerns here. The failure
wa. ~ honorable one \ run was made
on the bank by frightened depositors,
and Mr. lsadcs went North 20 get cur
relcy Hc succeeded in doing so, but
reached Richmond a little too late 10 save
OIL bank SIR Isaac5 was 90 the same
time ID silent partner In the irn of Pal
mer HartsOok a. co. in the general com
mission business.
MARRIED SECRETARY DOVES
DAUGHTER.
SIR Isaacs had not been In Richmond
long when be met Miss Dove. daughter
90 DR. John Dove whom was then Grand
Secretary OF the Masonic grand bodies Of
Virginia. lie married Miss Dove shortly
afierward IN 1872 he became a Mason
1u Mosou8' Han on Franklin street. and
% vas not long afterward that he was
made Deputy Grand Secretary under his
faher]n-iaw Dr. Dove. then secretary
Of the grand bodies During the last
years ~ Or Doves life Mr. lsaacs per
formed all the duties ~ the Grand Secre-
tary's office. and al the Doctors death
Naa made Grand Secretary. This latter
Office he had hlled with honor and credit
20 himself aud the fraternity ever since
when Mr. lsaacs was made a Mason he
a. once took an active interest In all
the affairs Of the order. His promo
ton was rapid. He he'd hlled many
Offices In the various bodies. He was a
Past Grand Commander Of the Grand
C0mmandery. Knights Templar OF Nir-
ginia was 81 degree Scottish Rite South.
cr1 Jurisdiction. and was affiliated with
the four scOttish-Rite bodies here. He
vas a member OF the Shrine, and secre-
iary % the Masonic Temple Association.
u IS believed that he knew and was per-
f0nally known 10 more MaHons than any
man ~ the country. and he wan honored
and beloved by the whole fraternity.
The deceased 10 survived by his wife,
three sons and one daughter. Ills Sons
are John d., who IN member or the
engineering corps OF the Union Pacific
railway and il stationed At Oakland,