The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-10-26
DEATH CLAIMS
An OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN
HOSEA c. NEASE DEAD.

hUSEA y. NEASE DEAD.
A dark shadow was cast, a deep
sorrow visited upon and great loss
sustained by our community and the
citizens generally, in the death OF
Hosea Green Nease, which sad and
unwelcome event occurred at his home
in this place, on Monday morning,
about $50 o'clock, October "a,
1910.
This was not entirely unlocked
for by those who were intimate with
Mr.. Nease. however much of shock
it was to those not informed of his
true condition. His, health has been
gradually failing for a year or more,
but up to within few weeks ago
none of his friends considered his
condition critical! serious, and
thought it he had rest and quietand
freedom trrn business cares he world
in a measure regain his former
health and strength. With this in
view, but month ago he disposed
; ofhis interest in the H. G.. Nease
Company stores and property, with
which he had been the active head
since 1888. Instead of improving,
however, he gradually grew worse
until the end came. as stated above.
His disease was diagnosed as a form
of Bright's disease.
The world is better off that Hosea
Green Nease lived in it. Fond of
literature, he was constant reader
and student, which, together with
his natural geniality and good hu-
NOR, made him welcome visitor at
all social gatherings and assemblies.
Enterprising and public spirited,
with deep interest in the advance
ment of everything tending toward
bettering the. condition of civic af-
fairs and government, his advice was
eagerly sought and readily acted up
or by his fellow-citizens of every sta
ton of life. As business man he
was the soul of honor, and did much
by his upright dealings todraw trade
to Poirt Pleasant and aid in building
up its varied business interests.
In politics he affiliated with the
Republican party, that party having
elected him upon their ticket Sheriff
of Mason county, in 1884, and it can
be truthfully said that no Sheriff of
the county ever made better rec
ord, gave greater satisfaction or re-
tired from that Office with more sin
cere friends than he. After serving
his term of Office he was frequently
importuned by friends to allow his
name to be used for other important
offices, but to all the fattering and
dazzling promises of the rich re-
wards of official honors, he steadily
and persistently turned deaf ear,
refusing to give up or neglect his
life work of merchandising, to which
no man could have been more dill.
gent and devoted.
AS husband and father he was
seen at his best. No one could have
been more afectionate and devoted,
no one more kind and dutiful, his life
serving as model in this respect.
In short, Green" Nease, as his
intimate friends were won't to speak
of him, was true, manly man with
out ostentation or overbearing pride,
beloved by his neighbors and friends,
looked up to for his out-spoken hon-
esty by his fellow-citizens and ac-
quaintances, and honored and re-
spected for his gentle kindness and
goodness of heart by the humble,
poor and afflicted urfortunates.
Mr.. Nease was native of Mason
county, born near Clifton, Decembei
eeth, 1876, the son of Joseph n.
Nease and Ann Zerkle-Nease. He
attended the public schools of hi,
native county and also 0berlin Uni.
yersity, and was graduate of Otter.
bein University. He taught in oul