Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-11-28
FUNERAL OF CHARLES G. RUMFORD.

Impressive Meeting of the New Castle
County Bar Associations Tributes to His
Memory.
The funeral Of Charles g. Rumford
took place yesterday from his late resi-
dence. No. l4Ol Market street.
Prior TO the funeral, the New Castle
County Bar Association met in the
county courtroom 10 take suitable
action. Col. Benjamin Nields pre-
sized and David }. ReinbRrdt acted as
secretary. Willard Salisbury. Levi q.
Bird, Victor b. Woolley, Thomas f.
Bayard and Charles Nj. Curtis were
appointed committee on resolutions,
and reported tue following:
Notice of the death of Charles &. Rumford
is received by the Bar of New Castle County
with deepest SORROW, and we are met touay
10 show our respect for his memory. His
cordial, pleasant and courteous manners,
his ability and gentleness. his personal and
professional integrity, and his scrupulous
fidelity to his clients interests, justly en-
titled him TO the high place he held in the
esteem OF members of our profession aud
the community in which his life was passed.
IL is. therefore,
Resolved, That evincing our appreciation
OF his pure character, high professional at
taininents and ability, rs we as the de-
servedly prominent place he held in thu life
OF this city, we today attend bis funeral In a
body as members OF tha profession he so
honOred and adorned, and that the chair
man OF this meeting Go instructed 10 Rp-
point committees of the bar OF Inc county to
Officially notify tho courts OF the State and
the United States Courts for tbs district of
Mr.. HGniord's death and request that q
suitable minute thereof be made upon their
records.
In presenting tine resolutions, Mr..
Salisbury paid graceful tribute to Mr..
Eumford as loyal, steadfast and un-
falterIng friend, acrupulously exact and
honorable in every personal and pro
fessianal relation, patriotic Christian
gent enan.h
M. bird followed in a beautiful
tributa TO MIR. Rumford. presenting
him Ss a pattern fer the younger mem
Eees uf the bnr. Sa Mr.. Bird:
'fcear, trethfnlness, gsntleness and
Integrity these were iho marks of his
lfa
Howeil S. England spoke eloquently
Of the decease1.
Uol. NEEDS narrated incidents of Mr..
Rumford's military life, with which he
was familiar.
The resolutions were adopted by
rising vote.
As chairman Of the meeting, Mr..
Nields appointed the following COM
mittees to present the resolutions to the
respective courts:
Superior Court-Authony Higgins and
John Biggs.
Cbancery-H. Fl. Ward and Alexander
b. O oper.
United States District Court-James
II. Hotfecker, Jr., and Thomas Davis.
Supreme Court William 8. Hilles
and J. Harvey Whiteman.
Then the meeting adjourned.
= The members of the bar assembled
again in the courtroom shortly before IL
O'Clock and proceeded to the Rumford
residence in body. Services we're
conducted by B shop Leighton Cole
man and the Rev. Hubert W. Wells,
rector of st. Andrews Church. The
honorary pallbearers were Judge George
Gray, Chief Justice Charles b. Lore.
Juuge William @. Spruance, Judge
Ignatius O. Grubb, DIR. Linton Smith,
William Lea, Preston Lea, Eugene
du Point, William Jones, Willard Sauls-
bury and Col. W. A. LaMotte.
Interment was made in the Whining
ton and Brandywine cemetery.