St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-10-07
RESOLUTIONS
TO JUDGE j. B.
LANCASTER
Deceased Judge is Commem-
Grated in Words of
High Praise.

May it please the Honorable Chief
Justice and Associate Justices OF
the Supreme Court of Louisiana:
On Tuesday evening, May 30, 1916,
Joseph Bradford Lancaster, Judge
OF the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District
Court for the parishes of st. Tam
many and Washington. State OF LOU
ls1ana, departed this life.
Following an 'honored custom,
your committee has had the melan-
choly honor OF being appointed to
ura1t resolutions to present to this
Honorable Court dn commemoration
OF the distinguished dead.
The subject of this memorial was
born in Brookhayen. Miss, on April
10, 1866, of distinguished lineage.
He was son OF William Blair Lam
caster, lawyer and veteran of the
MEXICAN and Civil Wars, and Jose
phine Morgan; q grandson OF Joseph
Bradford Lancaster. once an Asso-
ciate justice Of the Supreme Court
Of Florida, and Annie Blair; great
grandson of General David B. Nor
gan, who won fame in the Battle Of
New Orleans. and Mary Constance
Baham; a great-great grandson OF
Rev. John, Blair, D. D., once the pres
ldent Of Princeton College, New Jer-
sey, and Of John B. Baham, one OF
the earliest settlers Of the parish Of
st. Tammany, and the founder Of the
town of Madisonville, in that parish :
and q descendant Of the Lancaster
who settled in Maryland, under pat
ents issued by the British Crown in
1641, which are still in the posses
sion Of the Lancaster family.
He graduated at the Jesuits Col
s1sge in New Orleans and took up
the study of law in the Office Of his,
father, then q lawyer In New Orleans.
Upon his fathers death young Lam
caster removed to ST. Tammany par
ish. Here he served as Deputy
Clerk of Court and as Deputy Sheriff.
During this time he continued his
law studies and in June 1902. after
examination before this Court, was
admitted to the bar. The same year
he married Amanda Doerr. OF Cow
ington, Louisiana, and was elected to
the Legislature from St Tammany
parish, and thereafter, upon the ex-
pratiion of his term of office as Rep
resentative, was elected Superintend-
ent of Education OF that parish. BY
mis- u1tiring energy and zeal in ad-
ministering the educational affairs
Of the parish, he succeeded In plac-
ing the public school system OF st
Tammany on sound basis and laid
the foundation for the splendid p0-
sition which the school system of
that parish now enjoys.
In 1904 he was elected District
Attorney OF the Twenty-Sixth Ju-
dicial District, and discharged the
duties and obligations Of that Office
with ability, corfscientiousness, adeli-
ty and justice.
In 1912 he was elected Judge of
the same District, which Office he
filled with honor and distinction,
until, at the full tide of his powers,
that All Wise Providence which COM
mands the destinies of men sudden
ly ordered him from our midst. He
met the shadow standing and with
firm grasp of his staff.
AS Judge his marked character
istics were the industry and patience
with which he Investigated the ques-
1ions presented for his adjudication,
and the strong sense Of fairness and
impartiality which caused him to
strive always to do justice between
Htigants. Above all he remembered
the conclusion Of the Roman Twelve
Tables" "Salus populi suprema lex
As man Joseph B. Lancaster was
q sincere and consistent christian;
he was ever outspoken and fearless
in his attitude on every question in
which he was interested; no one ever
had q doubt as to how he stood; nor
was he ever known to crook the
pregnant hinges Of the knee that
thrift might follow fawniug.
His qualities . nan a1d : citi-