The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04
q Facts About
Henry Jasper Brabhanl.
Born September 3, 1S43

s. Born September 3, 1S43
" Died January 2, 1912.
= Sergeant Co. G., War of Seces-
= sion; nagood's Regiment; Brit
:: tons Brigade; 1st South Caro-
= lima Volunteers.
= Mercantile Business Bam-
s. berg, S. c.. 1S65-1SS7.
s. Cashier and President Bam-
:: berg Banking Co. 1S87-1911.
= Married Adele J. Jennings
: December IS, 1868.
* Headed movement for Car
3 Isle Fitting School, 1892.
Secretary and Treasurer
s. Board of that school.
Chairman Of local board of
s. control of that school.
4 Director in banking, cotton
s. mill and cotton oil mill COM
+ panies.
Chairman of committee for
* creation of Bamberg County.
Mayor and Alderman of Bam-
s. berg several terms.
County Commissioner Bam-
y berg County Charleston Exposi-
3 tion.
Chairman of Board of Stew
ards and Trustees of Trinity
= Methodist Church.
Member A. F. M. Lodge No.
8 3S.
Member Bamberg Lodge, K.
of P.
Oldest citizen point of resi-
dence.
Devoted to cultivation of
flowers, especially roses.
A lover of children and ten
der-hearted friend.
A successful man in business
and loyal Christian.
The man who has done most
for the town of Bamberg.
- +
There was simple little flower
a sprig of winter honeysuckle-i1
the lapel of his coat as he lay there
Tuesday morning after his eyes hat
been quietly and peacefully closed
And it is thus I love to think of him
a noble man with a heart of love
great enough to see the beautiful II
such a simple little every day flower
A lover of the beautiful in nature
Henry Jasper Brabham lies to-da!
beneath a mound, every part O.
which supports beautiful foWe1
placed there by friends, loved ones
and business associates, and water
ed by the tears of the entire com
munity.
Bamberg's First Citizen. This IL
point of residence as we'll as in man!
other ways. And he has closed ca
reer that was well filled with hare
work, devotion to principle, and hon
orable living. No community ha
ever had a citizen who worked more
untiringly for it's best interest ant
welfare than this man as he liVet
his life in Bamberg. He sought NJ
honors; he found that greatest o
earthly rewards, an esteemed plac'
in the hearts of his fellowmen. HI
was content with we'll doing, ant
sought truth in everything. AS Pas
tor Charles Wagner says in his lit
tie book, 1T would be quite impos
sible to express the emotion the sigh
of this simple man gives one, ant
certainly he has no suspicion of it
know of nothing more reassurint
and at the same time more searchln!
for the vanity which ferments in ou
hearts, than the coming face to fac'
with an humble worker who doe
his task as the oak grows and a.
the good God makes His sun shine
without asking who is looking on
There has never lived in the tow
of Bamberg a man who has done 81
much for it and at the same time tool
so little praise to himself for tn
doing thereof as this man.
His Career.
Henry Jasper Brabham was borl
at Buford's Bridge, September 3
1843; he was the son of JOSIAH
J. Brabham, prominent figure in olt
Barnwell county for many years
When fifteen years of age, the lat
had attained enough common schoo
education to enter a military schoo
at Aiken. Here he went for tw|
years, then afterwards he ATTENDED
Cokesbury School for one year. Thi
constituted his education as far a.
the school room was concerned, bu
being>a constant reader and studen