Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-16
In MemOTiam.


Va, March Z, 1918. His late resi-
dence and the place he loved best and
preferred to live, the place where he
was born and by his request or repeat
ed statements his funeral was preach
ed. The rooms, halls and porches fill
ed to overflow by friends anxious to
pay to him their final respect.
From November to the evening of
death he was confined to his room.
In the many talks with him of the
Great Beyond | found him quite re-
signed and seemed to be trusting and
waiting patiently for the time to come
when he would lay off mortality to
put on Immortality. He would sit
hands resting in his lap as placed
quietly gazing at the banks of snow
in view. One day in December, after
being quiet longer than usual he said
to me as | came up to his room, you
have done all that you can do but I'll
ever walk again in this world. AT
mother time after singing a number
of his favorite hymns he joining in
few of the lines when through singing
and sitting quiet for a while he said
| have given you every thing l have
but you can do nothing for me now but
| know there is a just God, He rules
and reigns and whatever He wills for
me | am content.
He was of an upright and honest
character, true as steel to any princi-
pie he thought right, no persuasion
however great or prolonged could
change him. He had the greatest
faith in humanity, believing implicitly
in any that claimed to be his friends,
believing them to be as they represent
ed. When boy not yet Is years Of
age, having passed through the public
school of Charles Town, he began and
finished four years course of studies
at Storer College, it was even then
noticed from hearing his voice in the
college Glee Clubs and on various oc-
casions, that is was out of the ordi-
nary. After three years work in
Rochester, N. Y, and taking special
course in certain branches he had
very fattering position offered him
to star in a concert company of IL
people to go abroad and also to sing
for the opening of the Kingston jana
cia Exhibition, he accepted and for one
year had many honors conferred on
him, after singing at this opening Of
the exhibition he made tour of the
Island of Jamaica, singing in every
town of the Island, then on to Barba-
does for eight weeks and surrounding
Coast and the gold sections, then
Georgetown, British Guienna, and then
Paramarbo Sarinam Dutch Ga, and
many other places which would take
too much space to relate. In that
year at concert given in honor of. the
Prince of Wales, later crowned King
of England, having rendered several
selections and repeatedly enchored
then presented with a gold medal.
Many many presents of great value
were given him while on this tour.
On his return home to the States after
year of singing, Storer College feel
ing the need of financial agent re-
quested him to take with him a quar-
tet of singers called the Storer College
quartet. R. r. Thompson, manager
and financial agnt, for three success
sive seasons he sang, gave short talks
at the concerts, lectured, personal and
publicly soliciting, doing all in his
power to make new friends and raise
finance for the college, he being sue
cessful far beyond Prof. Brackets ex-
pectations. In the three seasons work
in the New England States and Can
ada he sent thousands of dollars to
the school not only in dollars and
cents but clothing for any that need
ed help in that line, furniture for
rooms in boys or girls domitory and
and influencing many that generously
remembered Storer College in their
wills. Then Prof. Bracket request
ed him to take charge of the college
oh, but after year of canvassing for
the school in Md, Va, and w. Va,
then a~ctkcr yccr of evangelictic work
in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, he
took charge of the F. B. Church at
Harpers Ferry, doing acceptable work
there for two years. Then a special
request came for him to manage a
singing number in the Hillsdale Col
lege Lecture Bureau course, he accept
ed, making a tour of the middle west
from 1902 to 1904, touring Michigan,
Ind, ILL.,, Wis, Ia, Min. and Kansas.
Therefore five successive years of
Evangelistic work, two years in the
New England States and three in the
West, beginning work in Michigan.
He was then called to help Storer Col
leRe, LIE UOyS uOIlltoIy having buIASN
he was sent out to raise funds to finish
the new domitory and funds to put in
water works at the school. From
1909 to 1911, having completed that
special mission he was then called to
the pastorate of the Dudley B. Church
in Martinsburg, in May, 1911, he took
up his work with this church, and in
February, 1912 he was ordained and
so set apart to do this special work,
ministering the gospel, which he did
whole heartedly until February, 1916,
when the DIR. ordered him away for a
rest as health began to fail. He was
away from work three months, return
ed ready to resume work once more,
being anxious to begin, but after a
few weeks was attacked with pc
culiar malady that baffled the skill of
some of Martinsburg, Washington and
Philadelphia best Drs.
In January, 1894 he married. Dur