Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-01-31

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Of tear.
He is a monotheist, with pro-
found and. enduring faith in the
civilization that is built on the
Book In habit, manner, taste and
dress he is natural and unassuming.
Long devotion to scientific pursuits
has developed q contelnplative and
severely analytic quality of mind,
which finds Contentment in the
study of the ii1mutable beauties of
order and law His convictions arc
The result of contemplation and are
vigoro lslv maintained under all
circ instances. Democratic in SEN
timent, he concedes the largest lio-
e"ty 10 others, While any inteffer-
ence vi Il MS cprn * resette3 with
;rompt au1 prot@ious elersI.
In scorching sun--in winters driy-
Ing Arl,
His cheek was to the storm-hu-
still
tIe kept his mothers pride her
iron viii,
And earned the peoples love
q priceless fame.
lie watched the cradle, and the
couch Of pain
Relieved Bright efes grew
brighter when ne came.
The foregoing well sums up this
remarkable man After practicin2
medicine ct Stockport for II years,
during which time he also owned
and conducted a drug store there
" hich was purchased from him by
the late DR.. T. J. Lyme, he moved t.
Nashville, Tenn The exposure
brought on in the practice OF nls
profession, had given him rheuma-
tism, and he went to warmer eli
mate to secure relief After leaving
Stockport he never again opened up
an office for the practice of medi-
cine. He remained at Nashville un-
from high school. and were ready
for college, then he moved to Co
tumbus, O. The reason he did not
put his sons in the Vanderbilt uni
Yersity at Nashville, Tenn, was be-
cause he felt that the place was too
aristocratic. He lived in Columbus
until after his three sons and one
daughter had graduated from the
Ohio State University He moved to-
this place about two years ago, hay-
ing purchased the John S. Adair
property, which be remodeled Be
fore coming here to make his home,
he had stated to relatives and
friends that he wanted to fix up
home here in the valley, so that his
wife might be near her old home
people. since he some time was GO
ing to snuff out quickly''-the very
thing that has happened. He knew
that he had bad heart.
Reference is made above to the
fact that Dr. Gatewood never open
ed up an office after leaving Stock
port. He practiced more or less
however, especially during the time
of the world war-but, as he ex
pressed it, mot for personal gain"
as the money he received during
that period he gave either to char
ity, or for patriotic purposes.
Dr.. Gatewood was a man of keen
intellect, the keenest the writer ever
knew. He seemed to remember
everything he read. The article re-
produced above mentions his re-
markabie aptitude for higher math-
which he reveled in, up to
the time Of his death, very often
getting into problems which he
worked on for years to solve. Some
Of these problems baffled the keen
est of college professors. He was
also particularly fond of art, and his
home while in Columbus contained
many costly and rare paintings,
some of which are now at the O. S.
X. He always had his work bench
and was a mechanic in wood. Many
are the pieces of furniture he has
made out of the finest of wood
which he iniaid with such skill that
unless it was very closely inspected,
one would take it to be painted,
rather than inlaid with colored
wood. In his younger days he was
a beautiful penman, and with the
point of needle he has written the
ing only the sight or lis naked eye,
and this when put rnder micro
scope could he read and was re-
markably well written,
Whatever problem came to him.
he went to the very bottom and an
alyZed it from every angle. In law
he was well versed.
Long before the DOlings crash.
he had considerable stock in that
concern. In some of the Dollings
he felt that things were
not as square as they should be. He
so let the fact be known to the Off
cials of that concern, and demanded
the money he had invested in it. |
This at first was refused and he
took the matter up with the head of
the concern. Dwight Harrison, who |
was represented to him as being
one of the best lawyers of the state. |
Harrison refused him the money. |
an attorney and unaided, !
he told Harrison ofythe crookedness
he had detected in their organiza-
Lion, and Harrison in the course of |
time realizing the shrewdness of the |
man he was dealing with, paid him
the money he had invested, and it |
Is stated that Harrison went down /
INTO his own pocket to help make up !
The sum. Harrison's recent trial |
and Indictment revealed how thor
0ughly DR.. Gatewood understood |
he workings of that organization
DR.. Gatewood is survived by his |
wife who was Annie Pierrot of |
Windsor township. He also leaves
hree sons and two daughters. The
sons are not only doctors, but were
IN the medical staffs of colleges be-
ore they had reached the age of %
years. They are Gatewood who
S on the staff of Rush Medical