The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-06-20
LAID TO REST.
All That Was Mortal of Robert s.
Hynes Consigned to Mother

uttered as the body of a departed loved
one Is consigned to its earthly tenement
OF clay to await the sound of the
trumpet on the Resurrection Morn
that shall call the dead from their sleep
TO appear before the Great Judge at the
last day, to be judged according to the
deeds done in the flesh, and we turn
With shudder as we hear the clods of
the valley striking the casket and hiding
from our sight one whom we admired
While upon earth. But if such q scene
is sad to those not allied to the deceased
by ties OF consanguinity, how much
more so must it be to wife, children
and others of close kin? Words cannot
convey to human mind the deep agony
OF sorrow that rends almost asunder the
hearts of those who are bereft of their
earthly protector and support by the
mereiless hand of the enemy of man.
kind-the grim monster Death-who is
no respecter OF persons or age, laying
low the old and young, the highborn
ana humble, the rich and poor, the
pond and free, the educated and
ignorant.
Capt, Robert S. Hynes, after an i'll.
ness extending over period of many
months, departed this life on the 18th
day OF June at the home of his sister in
Cleveland, Ohio, whittier he had gone
In the hope that the bracing atmosphere
OF that latitude might prove beneficial
In restoring him to good health, but the
disease had made such inroads on his
once strong constitution that nc human
remedy could avail and he finally
succumbed and answered the call, fall.
ing to sleep on the date mentioned, his
devoted wife being at his side to
administer to him as he approached the
River OF Death to cross to the other
side and rest under the shade. - The
body was prepared for burial and
shipped to this city for interment,
arriving here Sunday morning. On
Sunday afternoon the funeral took
place from the Presbyterian Church,
the services being conducted by Rev.
M. Men. Mckay, of Fort Smith, who
preached sermon appropriate to the
occasion. The funeral cortege was one
of the largest ever seen in Van Buren,,
attesting in marked degree the high
esteem in which the deceased had been
held by his fellow citizens. AS the sun
was sinking low in the west all that
was mortal of Robert S. Hynes was laid
to rest in beautiful Fairview cemetery
attended by the Borrowing regrets of
many friends and neighbors
The worth of this good man gone
from among us cannot be extolled in
words, but for the benefit of those who
had no intimate personal acquaintance
with him the following biographical
sketch is here given:
Robert S. Hynes was son of William
NJ. and Mary Hynes, and was born in
Canada in 1916 His father was a
native Of Dublin, Ireland, and received
a classical education in England. In
1920 he immigrated to Canada, where
he taught in the Lower Canada College
at Montreal, and was superintendent of
public schools for many years in Leeds
He died in 1866. The mother
was born at Old Johnston, N. Y. in
1912, and died in 1860 She was the
mother of ten children, six of whom
grew to maturity and four of whom are
living. Robert S. WAS educated at
Lower Canada College, and in 1864
came to the United States, passing the
years until 1871 in various cities and
then locating in Bentonville, Ark.
where he established the Advance,
newspaper, which he sold in
1877. He then bought the Reynolds
Tobacco Factory, and, in 1879, came to
Van Buren,, continuing the same
business, but in 1884 he sold it out and
purchased the Crawford County Bank
In 1886 Hon. Jesse Turner and Gen. D.
w. Moore joined him in making it a
stock company with capital of $50 900,
and he was elected cashier. He was
one of the original incorporators of the
Van Buren, Canning Company, the Van
Buren, Ice and Coal Company and the
Van Buren, Water Company, at the
time of his death being secretary of the
latter. Mr.. Hynes was an energetic,
man and was closely
identified with many of the enterprises
and movements that have made Van
Buren, what she is today. He was one
Of the active spirits in securing the
Frisco road to this city and his active
energy was largely instrumental in
making this a division and repair point
On the Missouri Pacific system. In 1873
he married Miss Kate Riley, daughter
Of DR.. Wiltshire Riley, at that time a
prominent citizen of Little Rock, and
she was also granddaughter of Capt.
James Riley, widely known as an
author and traveller. Three children,
Linzee and Robert S. Jr. ,
blessed this union. Mr.. Hynes was
large owner of property in Van Buren,
and Crawford county. He was an
active member of and worker in the
Church, of which he was
a ruling elder for about fifteen years.
Who can measure the grief, the deep
anguish of the wife thus left without
the protecting care of the chosen
of her lifeH Who can
estimate the loss sustained by the
children in the taking away of the
strong arm and sturdy counsel of the
fatheri Words fail to adequately
express the irreparable woe and
desolation that has come to the home of
these sorrowing ones and are powerless
to convey to the stricken hearts even
the faintest consolation, but they can
find comfort in the thought that the
husband and father lis not dead, but
sleepeth, and is now awaiting their
coming to the other shore of the river
that now separates them. They can
mourn and at the same time be glad
for they have the blessed assurance
that the separation will not be for
but. that in the Lords good
time, they will join their loved one in
the Great Beyond and unite with him
in singing never ending praises to
Him that was slain, but liveth
again, and march with countless
thousands of redeemed ones who shall
he gathered at 1.-The beautiful river that