Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-10
CITY CLERK AUGUST
DIES AT HIS HOME
Had Served Municipality for
Past Thirty-Threc
Years.
HELD IN GENERAL ESTEEM
Secretary of Dove Lodge Since
l672-Notcd for Punctil-
ious Accuracy.

Declining in health for tho nss. ter
months. Zen T. August. Who for thirty
years served US City Clcrh. died a, his
home. 1902 PARK Avenue, at o'clock
yesterday morning. Illness had con-
fined Mr.. August. who was scvcnty-one
years old, TO his room only a few days.
and death was not expected on Mon
day last his health had failed 20 a ds-
gree where it was imperative that Mr..
August remain away from the meeting
OF Council. This was the first session,
in twenty-five years which he failed TO
attend.
Funeral services Will be conducted
this afternoon at o'clock from his
home. with Rev. j. J. Grayatt. D. D..
rector OF Holy Trinity Epi.copal
Church, officiating. lntcrmen, Will be
made in Hollywood. At the request Of
the family there viii be no flowers.
Mayor .tinsiie has called a meeting
OF all city officers and members OF all
municipal boards at his office for 2:lJ
this afternoon TO tale appropriate ac-
tion upon tho death of Mr.. August and
10 attend the services. Members Of
the Administrative Board. by the COM
mitiee on resolutions. Carlton McCar-
thy and l.. G. Folkes. yesterday morn
ing spread upon the minutes OF the
board res soiution expire sing the grief
OF the members at the death Of Mr.
August. Members OF Dove Lodge, No
al. y. +. &. ~ NJ. Will meet at the Ma
sonic Temple at 2:i5 O'clock to attend
the funeral services.
CITY COUNCIL. CALLED
TO ATTEND FUNERAL
y special session OF the City Council
has also been called for o'clock in
order that members may attend tho
services in a body and for the further
purpose of adopting suitable resolutions
upon the loss ,f the veteran clerk.
The men who have been named as
pallbcarers are:
hctive-Alfred II. Mcdowell. w L.
Prince, j. Stuart Hopkins John r
Wingo. Hay T. Thornton. Walker c.
Cottrell. II. r. Pollard. Jr, and Clyde
II. Ra,cli!fc.
1tonorary-Willia,r fT. Adams. II. Lee
Peters. Mayor George Ainslie. Judge d.
{. Richardson. Colonel Barton H.
Grundy, Henry r. Pollard. Major c. ..
Savillc. James Caskic. James u. Crump.
L. n. lIotchkiss. Major Sol Cutchinu.
Charles r. Boiling. Captain Carlton Nc
Carthy. James r. Elan. II. NJ. Lynn. u.
II. IHereuason, William I. Dabncy. II.
Seldom TAYLOR. William :. Gum. Edwin
i. Cox. Charles r. Taylor, Ollie c. Hope
and Frank T, Bates.
Mr.. August was OF French and Span
:sh descent. His patc.nal grandfather.
Pierre Phillipe hususte. was a French
man from the Island or GuadaIouQc.
Ills great grandfather on his mothers
side was Juan Ausuctine Warle.
Srandec .: Spain and general in the
army Of that country.
HAD SERVED CITN
SINCE DECEMBER II, Is1,
In carly youth benjamin Tappan
August, tho son OF Albert and Virginia
August. came To Richmond from his
native city. NicEsburS. Miss, 10 take
q position as law clerk in tho Offices
OF Lyons & August. which firm was
composed OF James Lyons and Thomas
+. August, both OF whom have been
tong dead. Following this service, Mr..
August became assistant TO Robert
Howard. then clerk OF the Hustings
Court. and subsequently served as
deputy City Sergeant for number OF
years.
Council dates from December Ii, 1871.
when. immediately following tho adop-
tion OF an ordinance by that boIy ut
q meeting held that day providing for
messenger 10 the Council, he was
unanimously elected TO that Office by
the twenty-five members present. lie
held this Office until July !. 1874. when
hc was elected screeant-atarms. This
position hc resigned to accept the of1ic"
OF city Clerk, 10 which he was elected
on juno 80. 1885,. succeeding l.. Z.
Howard. whose death occurred a fcw
days before. lie was succes;ivciy
elected Ci.y Clerk every two years
at:cr July /. 1856. serving from, juno
90. 1859. 10 that date the uncxpircd
term Of Mr.. Howard.
only once in all tho years Of his con-
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