Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-04-11

IN lo10 ne was one Of the me9Sen
lger's appointed to form a new asso
citation. In all church matters h
was ever in the lead. a mainstay o
the little church as it increased i
strength from year to year In 1873
the lamented Prof j. w. Rust wrot
for PERKINS, History a sketch Of thu
Baptist church, in which he pai'
this tribute to DR.. Webber and hi
wife.
Among these who have helC
membership in this church anc
worshiped with this people may be
mentioned DR.. A. Webber, perhaps
one of the most thorough scholars in
all that relates to our faith and prac-
tice that has ever adorned our com
mon membership. To him the Bible
was the inspired oracle of a living
God. He walked by faith and not
by sight. He feared God and es-
chewed evil. His faith never abated.
With heavy professional obligations
pressing upon him as physician, he
seldom failed to be in his place as a
church member, ever ready to help
in any good work; while his pious
wife, rivaling if possible his chris
tian enthusiasm, stood by his side in
full sympathy with every move that
looked to the spiritual life and
growth of the church. Her gentle,
loving, earnest and intelligent work
in the Sunday School will never be
forgotten. The names of these two
humble, loving christians will ever
be linked together in the memories
of all who knew them-who have
drawn inspiration and encourage
ment from their noble, consecrated
lives"
What more could be said of any
christian whose race is run?
Mrs. Weber died in 1840 and
years later DR.. Webber married the
widow of Judge John H.
Phelps, who at her death was buried
in the new cemetery. The Webber
homestead was in the rear of the
court house, in the house now used
for law offices. This was the family
nome until 1867, when Dr. Weber
retired from practice and went to
i've with his daughter, Mrs. Julia
Torian, in New Orleans. About 1871
ne moved to Louisville, then 81
years of age. His daughters had all
and his family consisted of
lis second wife and her daughter, |
Miss Lucy Phelps In December
1873 the good old doctor passed
away, in his Saith year. One of his
asst requests was that his body
night be laid beside his first wife in
he old cemetery. On Dec. %, 1873,
le was buried in the family lot. 1t
lad been many years since any in.
had taken place in the old
abandoned about 1858.
His body was the last one buried
there, but his grave has been rough
" handled by vandals. Pieces Of
the headstone still remain and the
inscription is preserved, but the
piece containing it lies many feet
from the grave from which it was
removed. His funeral was attended
by many persons who still live. DR..
7. G. Keen was the pastor of the
Baptist church at that time and con-
Quoted the service. Maj. j. 0.
Terrell had begun teaching in the
school house adjoining the cemetery
a few months before and taught
there 80 years. The writer of this
sketch few years later attended the
same school.
DR.. Weber is remembered as a
large, fine-looking man before en-
feebled with age. He had brown
hair and beard, butaround his mouth
was clean-shaven. His eyes were
blue, his face broad, his features
regular, and his expression kindly
and benevolent. His youngest
daughter, Mrs. Arnold, has features
strikingly like those of her father.
Like her mother, Mrs. Arnold is a
teacher in the Baptist Sunday School
and so is her daughter, Miss Julia
Arnold, who is also teacher in the
High School department of the city
schools.
Though his grave is uncared for,
the city of Hopkinsyille has perpet-
uated the memory Of DR.. Weber by