Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-12-30
DEATH OF S. H. ALBAN
Passed Away at His Home in Rhine
lander on Saturday

otcpIeIl 6dTFlS AlDan, WHO ulou al
his home in Rhinelander on Saturday
morning, December 9th, 1913 at 1915
O'Clock. He had not been well for
three years, suffering from cOmpll-
cation OF troubles due to his advanced
years. The end was sudden and a
shock 10 relatives and friends.
Christmas day he was out to a family
dinner and was taken worse that
night. The immediate cause of his
death was pneumonia On Friday
evening his sister, Mrs. r. Fl. john
son OF this city, was apprised of his
condition and he was at that time
unconscious. Mrs. Johnson started
for his bedside on the earliest train,
which was on Saturday morning, but
she did not reach there in time 10 see
her brother alive.
One can hardly realize that Harris
Alban, the versatile writer. the bril-
liant orator the man who had been
such power for good in his day, has
passed from his earthly home. For
sixty years he had resided in the
cities of Grand Rapids, Plover, Stew
ems Point, Wausau and Rhinelander,
respectively. His kindly nature, cheer
full disposition and extraordinary
ability. made him exceedingly popu-
lar and greatly beloved by all with
whom he came in contact, and thous-
ands are today mourning his death.
He was a power in religious and
Masonic circles: was ever in the lead
in cities in which he lived, in the
work of uplift and lettering condi-
tions, and in all of his undertakings
he was eminently successful. For
| four or five years he had been in de-
! Ginning health and it was necessary
for him TO lay aside many activities
and his presence had been sorely
missed at gatherings in which he had
been their very life, and especially
was he leader in literary efforts. All
| felt that his illness was but the be-
ginning of the end but there was al
ways faint hope that there might
be turn, that would bring return
| to health.
Stephen Harris Alban was born in
Stark Co., Ohio, April It'll, 1886. His
| father, James 5. Alban, afterwards
Colonel of the 18th Regiment, Wis
| consin Volunteers, was killed at the
battle of Shilo His mother was
Amanda Harris, daughter of Stephen
| Harris, prosperous farmer in Stark
county His parents moved to Wis
| conSin in 1887. The Indian title to
| the lands on the west side of the
| Wisconsin river, in Sank county, had
| just been eXtinguished, and his father
was the first settler on government
| land at which is now Sank City His
mother died in 1912. His father was
| afterwards admitted to the bar and
| removed to Plover, Wis, where he
prac ticed until he went into the mill
| tary service. Mr.. Adams education
| was received in the common schools,
| at Lawrence College, Appleton, and
| Madison. He was admitted to the
| bar of Portage county in March 1857,
| having studied in his fathers office.
| In April of that year be removed to
Grand Rapids, Wis, where he was
appointed Dist. Attorney and prac-
| ticed there uatil some time in 1885,
when he returned to Plover to form
partnership with his father In the
! spring of 1862 he was appointed by
| President Lincoln, Register of the
| q. S. land office at Stevens Point,
which Office he held Until March
| 1884. He came to Wausau with his
| family in 1872 After his term as
| Register of the U. S. Land Office in
1884, he resumed the practice of law,
and was appointed Municipal Judge
| of Marathon county. In January,
| 1888, he removed TO Rhinelander,
formed a partnership with John
| Barnes, now Justice of the Supreme
| Court. The firm of Alban & Barnes
! dissolved in July, 1897. In 1906 he
was appointed postmaster at Rhine
| lander, which office he held up to the
time of his death. He was member
of the Methodist Episcopal church
and was strong and progressive in its
work, broad minded, just and sincere.
| The golden rule was the watchword
around which text his life was build
| ed and his charity and love of man.
| kind was but one of his christian
characteristics.
He was very ardent Mason
| of the fraternity in Wisconsin. His
Masonic record is as follows: He re-
| ceived the symbolic degrees in Plover
| Lodge No. 76, +. & A. NJ. in 1859;
| Capitular and Cryptic degrees in Ber-
| lin Chapter No. Is, II. A. NJ, in 1886:
| orders of Knighthood in Fort Winnie
bago Commandery in 1889. He is also
member of Wisconsin Consistory
He served as W. NJ. of Evergreen
Lodge No. SO, Stevens Point; Forest
| Lodge, No. 100, Wausau, during the
years of 1871 1878; Excellent High
Priest of Forest Chapter No. "a,
| Stevens Point and of Wausau Chap
ter No. 81 in 1881, 1882 and 1888;
was first Commander of ST Omer
| Commandery No. 10, at Wausau, and
| presided from 1882 to 1887, and
Grand High Priest of the Grand
Chapter Royal Arch Masons of
| Wisconsin in the year 1886 and 1887
Mr. and Mrs Walter Alexander enter
| tanned number of relatives and
friends at a family dinner Christmas
| eve. Among those present including
| the host and hostess were Mr.. and
| Mrs. w. ID. Alexander of Blooming
ton, ILL.,. J. S. Alexander, Ben Alex
ander and Miss Ruth Alexander,
Hugh Alexander and family, Taylor
Alexander and family, Miss Margaret
| Alexander, Frank Alexander, Mac
| Alexander, Miss Liberty Strobridge,
S. NJ. Quaw and family, John Carl
son and family, Chas. Reimans and
family and Frank Genrich and family
| of this city-in all about twenty-five
people, and such spread it was de-
| lightful TO see and of which to par
take. Smokes" followed after which
| Christmas tree was sprung into
view, with gifts for the little ones and
big ones, too, closing the features of
| the evening and TO the supreme de-
| light of al present. Mr. and Mrs.
| Walter Alexander seemed to be the
| happiest of the entire party.
What record to be sure. Well
worthy is it to be recorded of one of
| WisconSin's foremost citizens. He
had always been Jealous Mason, one
4 tnlA m hn q
of Masonry, but who was familiar
with the esoteric-he has not only
taught to others the true principles
of correct Masonic life, but he lived
| it every day and stood as shining
example of the upright man and
| Mason.
| He was always an ardent politician
and staunch republican. When
boy of fourteen he walked five miles
on cold day to hear a political speech
made by Tom COrWin a prominent