Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-12
Blue and Gray Honor
the Late John hannOI
From Fridays Daily,
John Harmon is dead.

from FRIDAY Ddlly.
John Harmon is dead.
Unassuming, quiet, kindly John Han
non is dead.
If he could speak of himself he
would probably say he was just
Ilain man of the common people-no
one to make any fuss about-and yet
perhaps we can pay TO our honorei i
dead no higher compliment than this
that he was Plain man of the com
mon people"
One of Abraham Lincoln's most
widely quoted sayings was God must
rave loved the common people since
he made so many of them" This best
loved of all the presidents of the
United States was himself a plain
man, and of the common people, A
common bond drew him and the peo-
pie together. The common people low.
ed Lincoln because they understood
him, for We cannot truly admire OF
love what we do not understand.
Is It SO small thing then to be a
plain man of the common people? ?"
John Harmon is dead.
We shall miss him. TO his wife
and children and grandchildren will
be the greater loss. but his associates
his friends and even his acguaint
ances will miss his friendly smile, as
day by day he passed up and down
the streets of our city. No man called
this man enemy, all wished him well
and many had reason to bless his kind
ness of heart
He was strong man. in that he
was both brave and patient His i'll.
ness was painful and wearing and
long before he entered the hospital
he had abundant opportunity or rather
reason to complain that he was so
heavily afflicted. But he was not of
murmuring kind
An operation had been threatening
Tor some time. Last summer our
friend left Durango on a vacation in.
tending to spend some time in Den.
yer and then go on to his old home
in Morgan county, Missouri. He was
in Denver during Roosevelts visit and
with his son-in-law General Sherman
Bell did the different events arranged
in honor of the ex-president
Altar his ct,a,uo,,c T.
Denver, Justice Hannon felt so much
worse that he decided to abandon his
eastern trip and return home Since
he came back to Durango his health
has varied but for the past few weeks
and indeed for the past year he was
seldom free from pain. About a week
ago he entered Mercy hospital and an
operation was performed. Everything
was done to relieve his suffering and
prevent the ravages of the disease
but all in vain
The end was peaceful, the silver
cord" breaking at about / so Wednes-
day afternoon. His wife was at his
bedside. and his daughter, Mrs. Sher-
man Bell, who arrived from Denver
with her husband on the delayed east.
ern Wednesday morning.
Justice Harmon leaves to mourn his
less his widow and four daughters:
Stella NJ, wife OF X. p. Russell OF
Colorado Springs; Mary Effie. wife OF
General Sherman NJ. Bell of Denver;
Susie, wife of w e. Tanner OF Amer
lean Falls, Ida, and Lille, wife of ]
H Pierce of Coalinga. Cal. He also
has sister living at his old home in
Morgan county. Missouri.
His grandchildren found him the
best of playmates and We'd with one
another for his favor. Mrs. Russell's
six children, Edith A. Elsie, and How.
ard f. Vaughn, and Stella NJ, Virginia
and Martha Russell; Mrs. Bells two,
Helen Could and Theodore Roosevelt
Bell, and the five children of Mrs. w.
e. Tanner, Geron X, Gilbert j.. vii.
son Harmon, and Russell Tanner were
his pride and joy. the elder children
being devoted to their grandfather in
their turn.
John f. Harmon was born in Nor.
gan county, Missouri. August 8, 1s43
He grew up on what was practically
the frontier in those days and when
war broke out Joined the Confederate
army, in which he served with distinc.
ton. AT the close of the war has
was honorably discharged at Shreve.
port, La, being at the time second
sergeant OF Company OF Clay ybackee's