The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-10

| Peachtrec streets. whence the funeral
services Will be held tomorrow morning
under the direction OF pr. T.. H. Barnett
of the First Presbyterian church The
| hour for the funeral Will loo fixed this nf-
| tcrnoon.
The intermont will he IN Oakland The
pallbcarors viii be HIS prandaons. MIR
Henry a. Inman Mr. Frank NJ. Inman
and MIR. Ralph Jenkins, his grandson by
| marriage, Mr., John w. Grant and HIS
| ncphows William II. lumau. John w In
man, j. r. Gray aud Morris Brandon.
| Ar lnman was IN the cighty-aixth ycnr
| OF his lie For come months IT was
known that he could not survive long
ana his death waa known to be- simply n
matter of time. On october " last year
he was taken seriously suddenly and al
most fatally Ill. II was his first sorious
tickness FOR fifty years Ills ilnoss was
followed by u chronic trouble, which al
though he wa9 attended by he most skill
tu! physicians. gradually undermined his
health and vitality until II beCame uppai-
ent 10y January / that the end WAX not
After that time he grew worse and sur
ieTed grTatly; For two or, three days
prior to hts death he was In nm uucuu-
scious condition Before that time Mr..
irman realized that the time for his end
wac drawing nenr He was IN frequent
bcfs Of his family. ilc never flnchad
from death. IT wag but the consumIna-
ton ci III" firm ana simple faith Of his
itc-ihc Fateway. he soid. 10 higher
lie requested especially tina, there
should be little ostontatiou nj his funeral
ana urred his daughters that they should
mt wear mourning AFTER his death IN
his choractcrIsiic' unselfah way he tried
To avoid giving trouble TO others or to
leave even n memory that would pcrpetu-
ate n sorrow lie died pcnccfully-a great
man. leaving behind a great Legacy OF
noble deeds
Mr.. Imam came of sturdy ancestry.
AWAY b,cl, In revolutionary tinea and ma
-. u. -, ~ ,,' -. 80,
TAR "f ih'r" !" r"p"iu OF Inv ihlnap ihinlP
it was strongly religious. Mr. Shndrach
Inman'a grandfather was named Abed
-. ,...,,..... - Co...
Hcko' ms TWO or"u"tN were SHhhh"h
and Mcshach. They all passed through
tho fir, of the revolutionary vnr ana
N,,,hI, -, ,,,,,,,, ~, 49,. ,,,,,,..,,
"ieshach "aH Ni'i'p ny th' ihhlahs "hiie
out with a hunting party Shadrach
,unved ia I'm, ,,nI,,,hurkcc river Il, Ion
,'','s NJ, -. ,,
grandfather OF Mr.. lnmnn who died yes
.tord,v nftornonn t,,cnrno i,a rrn,,oni,o,.
a, a., ca,,,u,. ~, s ,s'.,,'',, ,
OF IN" ihnilH' ilo waa OF English descent
aud his wife. who was scotch Irish. lived
before her marriage In Nlr,, MIA.
Tho mo OF Air enndfarb In,na,
born ON tine hanks of the French Hrond
river. four miles below cambridge, in ISL.
w llle mere infant the house In Inch
he livcd was burned down and HIS t,y' !
brothers and n SISTER wer, burned In
death His father could never bear tho |
sight OF Tho place ngain, so he moved To- !
NHtii ION county AtAb,n1n ION miles, frnu,
Huntsville
This was iu isl5 The family moved |
down tho Frouci Broad and Tennessee |
riVtIB lu "A flutLoat
Untn h. Mis- n ntaIwnrt yonng man OF |
% Mr.. lnmai lited in Alab9rnn. Then h. |
went on a yIsli to hiS grandflthcr IN Ton- !
iiessce, wnarc he wa. ongagcd In a stero |
artor goods down Inc rlgor. and he used |
70 toli of many exciting cNper.cncea IA
,ipav gouI'g pays "i huEnnturo pom one
river I'm a flatbont nd stoned M RoSs'
landing. where in the campaign OF 1899
ne V"l.d iyr 't,h,lni iinttls9n i9r prcgl-
farm ana hiF ciucntion win ti,e lIn,tn.
lions Of that day was Of n simple char
=, Ill, nm ii'i'ei NHt Efln,'i az TT yer"
In Ia ga mo any othrr linc Of ln,sln@"a
I'M isit he married NM lane uatniftou |
licr maiden name rnH Miss .Jnne Martin.