The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-13
B. A. DENMARK DEAD
DIED AT 1 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING
FROM CONGESTION OF KID
NEYS.
HAD BEEN ILL TEN DAYS.
UNCONSCIOUS FOR NEARLY A DAY
BEFORE HIS DEATH.

Was President of the Citizens Bank.
and of the Southwestern Railroad,
Prominent Member of the Sa-
vannah Bar and One of Georgia's
Leading Men-Was Interested in
Many Enterprises i'm savannah and
Throughout the State-A Staunch
Friend of the University-NO Ar
engagements for the Funeral Made,
hut 1t VIII Probably Take Place
Tomorrow.
Brantley A. Denmark, one of the lead
ers of the Savannah bar, one of Savan-
nah's wealthiest most active and most
prominent business men and one of its
most enterprising and philosophical cit
liens, died at 1:15 O'Clock this morning at
his residence at Liberty and Drayton
streets.
He passed away peacefully. For hours
he had been unconscious and his situa-
ton in that time had been regarded as
desperate in the extreme. While his
physicians understood and his family re-
allied that his life hung by a thread, a
slender nope of his recovery was yet en-
tertained and not until late in the night
were they brought face to face with the
certainty that the end was az hand and
every moment brought it closer and
closer.
A week ago last Monday Mr.. Denmark,
complaining that he felt i'll, left his Of
fee in the middle of the day and did
not return. He was troubled then with
what was thought to be an attack of
biliousness, but which gradually developed
symptoms more dangerous and more
alarming. Last week his condition was
serious, but there came a marked i'm
provement in his condition. and during the
early part of the present week it was
hoped that the critical point had been
passed. and that he was on the road to
a rapid recovery.
The Improvement was but temporary
and the hope was vain. lie grew rapidly
more dangerous soon developed. He had
been attended throughout by DR.. Char-
ton, and yesterday DR.. John A Crow
7her was called into consultation. An ex-
animation disclosed that the disease had
developed into acute congestion of the
kidneys. with other complications From
this time yesterday morning. it was per-
ceived that his condition was very crIti-
cal and given out that the hope Of his
recovery was not more than slight AS
the day passed even this slender hope
disappeared, until in the watches of the
night the members of his family and his
friends waited for the end.
surrounded by Family and Friends.
His wife and his brothers. R. I. Dem
mark of Quitman. and Mr. E. P. S. Den
mark of Valdosta. his physicians. his
close business friend and associate. Mr..
Mills b. Lane. and some of the old SER
wants and dependents of the family we're
with him when the end came.
For nearly day Mr.. Denmark had been
in an unconscious condition, and though
he seemed to suffer some pain, he never
reused sufficiently to be ablt to recognize
those who stood about his bedside His
brothers had come in on a train reaching
the city early in the night, but Mr. Den
mark even at the time of their arrival did
not know them. This sleep was broken
only by the end There was no change in
bis apparent condition; when his time
came he passed from this world into the
next, without a struggle or a pang.
His son, Mr.. Thomas N. Denmark, was
in Athens, attending the centennial ami
versary of the University of Georgia
when he was telephoned yesterday of his
fathers desperate Illness. He started on
the first train for Savannah. aud viii
reach the city early this morning
Mr.. Denmark was born in Brooks coun-
~, ffty-one years ago. His father was
a planter, Mr.. Thomas l. Denmark, ard
ON the old plantation on which he was
born the son spent his early years. In
Brooks county he was prepared for the
University of Georgia, from which he
was graduated with distinction with the
class OF 1871.
Immediately thereafter he began at
Quitman the study of law, his first pre-
ceptor and mentor being Hon. Henry G.
Turner After few months he came to
Savannah and continued and completed
his studies in the Office OF the old and
then leading firm OF Hartridge & CHS
holm. In the winter OF the same year
OF his graduation from the University of
Georgia ne was admitted to the savan-
nah bar.
Distinguished Lawyer.
His native talents and power Of close
application. attributes that distinguished
him IN the practice of his profession as
they did IN business enterprises and indeed
in everything in which he embarked gain
Cd him ready recognition. Not for him
was the long period Of drudgery through