Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-09
OBITUARY;

Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north
winds breath,
And stars to set; but all
Thou hast all seasons for thy own,
o! Death"
These lines were often quoted BY
the departed.
Henry H. Ham was born at Seeley-
vile, Wayne County, Pa, August
25ht, 1845, and passed away at Wau-
seon, Ohio, March 1st, 1922, at the
age of 76 years, months and days.
Raised on farm, he taught school
at the age of Is years for about 6
years, studying law and attending
Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Pa,
tduring the summers, and in the year
1869 was admitted to the practice Of
law at Homedale, Pa.
During the later years of the six
ties he come to Bryan, Ohio, and
worked in a mill, in the meanwhile
casting about for location in his
chosen profession, and finally decid-
ed to locate at Wauseon, whittier he
and his brother, Thomas F. Ham,
came in 1870, and the firm of H. H.
and T. F. Ham afterwards Ham and
Ham) has been prominently identi-
fled in the upbuilding and advance
ment of the town and in the legal ac-
tivities of the county ever since
Il If there was any trait of character
that stands out in bold relief upon his
:! lite's escutcheon, it was the strong
! ties which bound him to his kin and
frineds. The intensity of his friend
!. ships was almost sublime. He seemed
). to reach out and grasp and hold his
friends with grips of steel that sur
: vived the tumults and strifes of Iife's
/ fleeting years. These friends were
, indeed legion. AS this chronologer
. once wrote of one of these friends
| who long since fell into that unbroken
/. sleep, so he would say of the deceas-
: ed
: Friends tried and found true.
: He, ever kept, ne'er bid adieu;
! But bound them with Friendships
: golden chain,
i, Which age ne'er severed nor SANDER.
= cut in twain.
: For over seventy years he and his
1 brother, Thomas F. Ham were pals.
e Through school days, in the construc-
i tion corps, studying law together,
and during over fifty years in the pro-
: fession, this comradship was unbroken
f until the one entered the shadow-land
J. alone. During all that time no books
:, were kept, no accounting had, one
e pocket-book sufficing for both. Since
e, the days OF David and Jonathan, his.
n tory records no grander exemplifica.
d ton of true and genuine brotherhood
e Well may the modren psychologist anG
socialogist ponder over and marve
" at this mental-social phenomna.
a The deceased was Prosecuting At
d torney of this county from 1879 t.
1883, and left an enviable record. HI
Y was one of the best trial lawyers o1
his day in this section. Of strik
ingly commanding presence, with {
rich, melodious voice, he was not onl!
natural orator but a forceful anC
convincing speaker, and he had tn,
It happy faculty of talking to and neve,
= over the heads of his hearers. HI
r was frequently sought to give publi
IS addresses on various subjects.
He was a member of the Knight
% of Pythias and Odd Fellows frater
L. mites, and some ten years since unit
ed with the old Presbyterian Churcl
at Bethany, Pa Last Easter he too
to his letter from that church and unite
3. with the home Congregational church
He was married November 18th
1879, OF Kate E. Barnes. To thi
to union was born one child, Eliza Barne
L. Edgar, who with two grandchildren
Catherine and Elizabeth, survives tn
father and grandfather,
to Though brief the separation, (sinc
E. July 7, 1929 yet twas evident to a
that his tarry here was burdensom
to him, and mayhay loves wireles
l., message may have reached his willin
D., ear and hurried his departure to joi
his life companion in the evergree
gardens of eternity.