The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-15
LATE JUDGE WILSON HONORED
IN RESOLUTIONS
MEMBERS OF WAYNE COUNTY
BAR EULOGIZE HIM IN AID
DRESSES.


At Motion Court This Afternoon
Resolution Committee Have Reso-
lutiOns Adopted Which Will be Put
on Records of Court.
To-day being the second Monday
of the month and regular motion
day, court convened at two o'clock
with Judge Searle on the bench.
Regular motions were presented.
The principal business of the court
this afternoon was the holding of
| Memorial services for the late Judge
Wilson. According to a plan adopt
ed some time ago, four members of
the Wayne County Bar were appoint
ed to draw up resolutions and the
same would be considered at another
meeting, The committee was COM
posed of Hon. A. T. Searle, Hon. c.
A. McCarty, r. M. Stocker and HON.
er Greene. The resolutions were
read by Chas. A. McCarty and were
adopted as follows and will be made
part of the records of the courts of
this county:
Hon. Henry Wilson, member of
the bar of this county, died at his
home in this county on the 3rd day
OF March, 1913, and in accordance
with long established custom, it
was deemed proper that the surviving
| members spread upon the records of
this court, fitting resolutions re-
garding his life and his personal re-
| lations with us.
Judge Henry Wilson was born in
October, 1884, and was consequent
ly in the 18th year of his age. He
was admitted to the practice of law
in the courts of this county in 1859
and has been an active practitioner
before our courts from that time to
| the time of his death.
AS a lawyer, Judge Wilson stood
high, not only at the bar of his own
county, where the greater portion of
his life work was done, but also in
| adjoining counties, where his ability
was recognized and appreciated.
He had remarkable knowledge
of history, ancient and modern, and
his acquaintance with the writings
of the classic authors, was in it.
| self liberal education, and laid the
foundation for that remarkable store
of legal knowledge which he had gar
| nered by years of study and appli-
cation. Judge Wilson, loved the law
| as a profession, though he failed to
accumulate from its practice the
| ity as lawyer would warrant.
Among the strongest characters
tics of Mr.. Wilson was his friendship
that, when once formed was rarely
interrupted during his life time,
though he sometimes was mistaken
in the object of his friendship.
| He seemed to take particular inter-
est in assisting younger members OF
the bar and not only granted valuable
| assistance when requested to do so,
| but often volunteered such service,
when he saw the necessity for such
assistance existing, and there are
few members of the bar to-day who
will not willingly attribute, at least
| some portion of his success to the
assistance received in his early prac-
ice from Judge Wilson.
While editing one of the county
| papers, during almost his entire pro-
| fessional life, he never once used his
paper to advance his own personal
ends or ambitions. In many respects,
he may well be copied as an ideal
model for younger members of the
bar in their afforts to attain ef-
ficiency in their profession, particu-
larly in his methods of mastering the
underlying principles of the common
law.
Judge Wilson, at the outbreak of
the Civil war, volunteered his SER
vices to the United States govern
ment, and since it's close, was deeply
interested in the welfare and happi-
ness of those who shared the bur-
dens of that awful conflict. His age,
his length of service as member of
the bar, together with his affection
ate disposition will entitle him to the
endearing name which was voluntar-
lily given to him, that of Father Of
the Wayne County Bar" AS law
yer, as a citizen and as a man, we
mourn his loss, and appreciate his
worth to the members of the Bar Of
Wayne County
Mr.. McCarty then addressed a few
words to the assembled members of
the bar in which he paid sincere
tribute to the departed member of
the bar. He also spoke of the late
Judge Wilson's great friendship for
his fellowmen and of the help he
gave him when he was a struggling
young lawyer.
Hon. w. H. Dimmick was the next
to respond with much praise for the
greatest lawyer Wayne county ever
had. He said that he had known
Judge Wilson fifty years and had
been acquainted with him personally
all that time and in his estimation
the Judge was one of the greatest
and truest men that has ever made
his home in Wayne county.
Nearly all of the members of the
Wayne County Bar gave appropriate
addresses. These testimonials by
members of the profession of which
the late Henry Wilson was a mem
Der show the great respect with
which all men regarded him and his
name will always remain fresh in the
memory of those who had any deal
ings with him.
SOLOMON JONES OF ARIEL DEAD