The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-10-17
JOHNSON EULOGIZED
A Warm Tribute Of Respect by the Dead
Lawyers Associates.

Circuit court convened for the
regular October term this morning,
with all the officers and most of the
attorneys present. The first matter
presented was the report of the COM
mittee appointed to frame resolutions
upon the death of Amasa Johnson,
whose name is now for the first time
in forty years omitted from the list of
attorneys of the Marshall county bar.
Upon the resolutions offered by the
committee every lawyer in attendance
spoke and these short tributes were
marked by deep feeling and expressed
the profound regard, respect and adj
miration in which the dead man was
held by his professional associates.
Judge Capron, who spoke last, could
scarcely restrain the tears as he reflect
ed upon the friendship of nearly half
a century now broken by the cold
hand of death. The resolutions are
as follows:
InaSmuch as death which removes
the monarch from his throne as
ruthlessly as the peasant from his
cottage and before which all human
opposition is vain, has laid his icy
fingers on a member of the Marshall
County bar, we are again called upon
to render the tribute of respect due to
the memory of our deceased associate,
and to make brief record of our APP
probation of his virtues and talents
and of the more prominent incidents
of his private and public career, and
to extend to his afflicted family our
sincere sympathy and coincidence in
their bereavement.
AmaSa Johnson was richly endowed
with many of those more excellent
qualities of head and heart which 90
to make up the character of valued
and useful American citizen. He
was plain and unassuming, full of
practical common sense, honest,
conscientious, benevolent and kind,
ever ready to extend a helping hand
to those in need; no friend ever went
to him and found an ear deaf, or a
heart closed to his appeals. Patriot
ism with him was more than Senti-
ment: it was a deep-seated principle.
Love of country and its institutions
was his inspiration. He was a warm,
true friend OF the soldiers of the Civil
War-hiS companions in arms. He
manfully performed what he believed
to be his duty to- his family, to his
friends, to his country and to his
God. He was not ambitious of politi-
cal honors nor was he place seeker
by nature. His political principles
were chosen from sincere convictions.
Though his life was marked by no
great events nor extraordinary viciS-
STUDIES, it was also undimmed by any
dishonest act. He always and every
where aimed and endeavored to be
right and to do right He was the
enemy of no one. In his personal in
tercourse he was manly, generous,
candid, sincere and the worthy recipi-
ent of the friendship and confidence
of all who knew him. Duty, honor,
and integrity were active principles of
his daily life and he squared his con-
duct by their requirements. AS a
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church he was not ashamed of the
Gospel of Christ. He was a kind
father, loving husband and sincere
christian; delighting in the calm content
of his home and fireSide rather than in
the loud acclaim of men.
THEREFORE,, Resolved, that in the
death of Amasa Johnson the Marshall
County bar has lost an able, honest,
conscientious, upright and unsullied
member, the community a worthy,
true, honorable and just citizen; his
family Kind, generous, affectionate,
gentle, NOBLE and loving husband and
father; and his bereaved wife and chill
dren we tender our most sincere
sympathies and kindeSt coincidence in
this their greatest sorrow and deepest
gloom.
RESOLVED, That, as an additional
mark of respect TO the memory of Mr..
Johnson, long distinguished member
of this Bar, the regular business of
the Marshall circuit court be now
suspended in order that his former
associates may pay fitting tribute to
his public and private virtues.
RESOLVED, That, as a further
testimony of respect to the memory
of the deceased, the Marshall circuit
court, at the conclusion of these cere-
monies, shall adjourn.
RESOLVED, That, these resolutions
be spread upon the records of this
court and copy thereof be transmit
ted to the family of the deceased.
CHAs. KELLIsON,
w. b. HESS,
JOHN w. PARKS,
CHAS. u. DRUMMOND.