Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-30
Tribute Of Respect.

At Il meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Bank of LewIsburg on
Wednesday, the Goth day of July, 1896,
on motion of II. i. Dennis, the follow
ing preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted
Since the last meeting of this Board
it has sustained an irreparable loss by
the death of the Hon. ADAMC. SNYDER,
which occurred at his residence in this
place on the afternoon of the oath inst.
Judge Snyder was member of this
body for more than twenty-five years,
from the date Of the organization Of the
Bank Of lIewisburg on July !, 1871, I'M
til his death, and was for twenty wears,
from June 10, 1876, it's President. He
was brought thus through so many
years into the closest and most init
mate association with it's members and
with the Bank S officers, and deserved
and received, not only their unbounded
respect and admiration for his fidelity
to duty and his ability in It's discharge.
but also their most sincere friendship
and warmest affection for his private
virtues and the winning charm of his
personality.
This is not the place nor the occasion
to bear testimony to his usefulness and
distinction rs a citizen, TO his learning,
ability and success as lawyer. to his
brilliant career as Judge and the
President of our highest Court, to his
fidelity to every trust imposed upon him
either personal friends or by the pub
lie, to his devotion to his family and
his friends or to his great moral worth
but 1t is proper and becoming in us to
Resolve |. That as President of this
Bank and member of this Board his
conduct was always characterized by
firmness, wisdom and discretion faith
full to duty and watchful of the inter
ests of the stockholders and still ever
willing to accommodate the needy and
the worthy.
Resolved 2. We shall ever miss his
counsel and advice, his clearness of in.
tellect, his strong common sense and
even more, his genial character and
companionable disposition, and, la
menting his death rs loss to us in a Pc
cnliar sense and TO an unusual degree,
we also recognize it as a very great loss
To the community III which he so long
| lived, and to the State at large which he
so faithfully and so ably served.
Resolved J, That these resolutions lie
spread upon our minutes and that cop.
les, duly att ested by the President and
Cashier, lie furnished to the GREEN
BRIER INDEPENDENT for publication
and to the family of our deceased friend.
ALEX. +. MATHEWS,
j. w. MATHEWS, V. President.
Cashier.
AT meeting of Greenbrier Lodge,
n o. AZ. A. +. and A. NJ, held at their
Hall in the town of Lewisburg, on Sat.
urday, July 25, A. ID. 1896, A. L. 1896,
the following preamble Ind resolution
| were unanimously adOpted
| We record again beneath the name
of another Brother, DIED"
Death has invaded our circle and
taken our beloved brother ADAM
CLARKE SNYDER, Master Mason in
good standing, and bearing with it all
the faith and attributes the name i'm
plies.
Brother Snyder reached the highest
degree In the legal profession. Upon the
death of another brother Mason, former
Supreme Judge James f. Patton,
brother Snyder was appointed by Gov.
ernor Jackson one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of Appeals of w est Vir.
ginia in 1852 for the unexpired term,
was subsequently elected a member of
said Court and for three years and at
the time OF his resignation in 1890 was
its President. His opinions, contained
III the reports, have always been re-
garded with great respect by the APP
pellate Courts of other States and fire.
quent reference made to them. After
retiring from the highest judicial posi-
tion in the State he has DEVOTED his en-
tire time and mind to his large private
business, and was in comparative good
health short time before his death on
the oath day of July, 1896, at the age of
SO years.
He was a kind, generous friend to the
needy, and proved his willingness by
helping many unknown to the general
public and of which even his friends
were not apprised. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we tender the bereaved
wife and children Of our lamented
brother our heartfelt sympathy and con-
dolence, and as token of our sorrow
we will drape the Lodge and wear the
usual badge Of mourning for thirty
days and request the GREENBRIER In.
DEPENDENT to publish the foregoing
and direct the Secretary to furnish the
family of the deceased with copy of
these proceedings.
JOHN q. Cox,
SILAS b. MASON,
JAMES c. MCPHERSON,
Committee