The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-27
Ex-sheriff of Harrison County
Succumbs at His Home to
Br1ghfs Disease.
A VERY POPULAR CITIZEN.
Long Life Spent in Useful Hon
est and Pious Way With
Reward Well Deserved.

Lloyd Lowndes Lang died at his
home on Brushy Fork in Simpson
district at 1880 o'clock Sunday morn
ing after an illness with BrIghts dis
ease of several months duration.
The funeral will be held at IL
o'clock Tuesday morning at Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church near his
late home and interment will be in
the church cemetery.
Mr., Lang was a son OF Granderson
G. and Cassie A Lang and was born
and reared where, he died. The date
of his birth was September Z. 1897,
and his age was 20 years last septem-
Der. He had no brothers, but one
sister-yiola, wife of James j. Hor-
nor.
January c, 1861, he was married to
Susan Elizabeth, daughter of William
and Amanda Hornor. to which union
three Children were born, namely,
Adelbert A. and John C. Lang and
Mrs. Eta A. shuttleworth, wife of
Frank shuttleworth. of this city.
They all survive as well as the aged
wife. Eleven grandchildren also sur
vive.
Mr. Lang at an early age identified
himself with the Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church and continued a
lifelong member. His life was one
of honesty. piety and Christian love
to his fellowman. and especially. his
neighbors, friends and acquaintances.
Most of Mr.. Lang's. life was spent
IN agricultural pursuits and the en-
terprise, thrift and business sagaclty
of himself. wife and family resulted
in the accumulation of much proper
ty. until at the time of his death he
was among the leading ,well-to-do
residents of the county, having a
landed estate of 700 acres as fine as
there is in the county. besides much
other valuable property.
The Lang home has ever been one
of Christian hospitality and none ever
applied at its doors for food or shell
ter without receiving the bid of well
come and the latch-string was always
out to the rich and poor alike. It
has always been a model country
home, with Christian love, charity
and kindness the one great motto
adornig its walls.
Mr.. Lang was elected sheriff of the
county in 1896 by the Republican
party, to which he belonged from its
founding more than half century
ago, and January l, 1897. entered up
on the duties of the office and served
in that capacity the full four years
term. He devoted his time TO the Of
fee and proved himself one OF the
best and most popular sheriffs the Of
flce ever had. At the end of his
term he retired leaving the finances
Of that office in perfect shape and
held the honor and esteem OF all as
public official regardless of political
party. His sons, A. A. and John c..
We're. deputies under him, and John
G. holds deputyship under the pres
ent sheriff with the same high capa-
bHIty and great popularity
For many years Mr.. Lang was n
member OF the Masonic lodge at
Bridgeport and belonged to that lodge
at the time of his death.
Maj Lang was OF genial. kind
disposition and made and held friends
all through is long life both in and
out of the public service-all deeply
pained to hear of his death. Per-
haps, no man in the county held the
esteem OF more people than Mr.. Lang
and his life was one worthy of emu
lation. His demise takes from the
citizenship of the county one who
will be sadly missed.
on September last. Just 20 years
after his birth, he was stricken with
Brights disease, from which he con-
tinued to grow worse and feeble un-
til death relieved him. Several
weeks he was tenderly cared for al
the ONE of his daughter, Mrs. Frank
shuttleworth, here, but he longed to
be where he lived so many years and
he was taken there at his request
that he might die where he was born
For the funeral Tuesday at II
O'Clock the following neighbors have
been selected as pail bearers: Charles
Roy. Bert Hickman. Thomas Morris
John Parks, John Smith and Joe
Teter.
A number OF friends from the city
will attend the obsequies.