Year: 1866




Born in Huron county, Ohio, on the 10th day
of April, 1875, aud died in WallA Walla, Wash.
ington Territory, after 4 painful and protracted
Illness, on the 18th day ofNoyember, 1866, B; N.
SExroS, aged Al years and months. Though
SUFFERING severely through all his illness, the
deceased spoke only in Kindness to all attend
ants. The deceased leaves large circle Of
friends to mourn their loss, and two brothers and
a sister East, and two married sisters in San
Francisco, to whom be was mnch attached, and
a wife upon whom bis eye never turned except
in tenderness. In the character OF the deceased
there were some traits worthy of remembrance,
Promptness and fidelity 10 the discharge Of
whatever il was his duty TO do were marked
features in bis life. He. left nothing for the
udortow that could or should be done to-day.
Duty was a high word with him, and he is be-
lieyed to have been faithful alike to private
trusts reposed 10 him, and the discharge of the
duties of the several public positions he held.


Truth always beautiful found a congeaial
home and happy examplar in his life. He was
careful alike to promise and to perform, anu in
bis word entire reliance reposed. Few men more
abhored deceitfuloess aud hntruthfulness,
and it seemed to be rather rare fact in his
lite, that be never lost any mans confidence
which he once possessed.


The relation ofthe writer to the deceased rem
dered NECESSARY frequent inquiry into the posi-
ton Of matters of business, and any statement
of the deceased was as fully accepted as { e
truth and as fully satisfactory personal ex-
animation. This was very pleasant in life as
tbs sweet in memory.


His organization bad the deicacy and tender
ness Of woman, and on more tnan one occasion,
when In the discharge Of his official duties as
CLERK OF tie Court, some paper had been mis-
laid and some remark made in consequence,
which would not in the least disturb an ordinary
temperament, we have noticed the slight husn
telling of refined sensitiveuesS. 1t his habit
to speak i'll OF none, and while in many of the
rougher characters Of his fellow men incident to
a new country, there was much that was uncon =
genial to bis nature, yet where be had no word
of praise his lips were seated.


At his home he was all gentleness, and his
domestic life one of continued tenderness
and affection, the memory of which must long
be sacredto her whose loss is indeed irreparable.
Charitable and just in all tue relations of life
he was not unmIndful of his higher relation tO
his God, and in 1858 be united with the Cons
gregational Church (Eev. Mr.. Greeley's) Of
Grand Rapids, Michigan He rcposed in the
| assurance of the Scriptures, al am the Resur-
rection and the life saith the Lord he that be.
lieyeth IN Inc though he were dead yet shall be
live and whOsoever,lIyeth and belIeveth in me
shall never die.


If the tree is known by its fruit and the Chris
tian by his daily walk, it may be said with some
assurance, that his feet in life were turned tus
ward "that great City," He felt sense of his
own unwOrthiness. II am not good enough,
sister, to be where am" be said in his last
illness. HIS Christian life, quiet and undemor.
stratve, may be likened to the stream of pure
water that in the deepness Of the forest, noise
less, save the low, sweet music of its waters,
flows on unvexed to the sea.


10 day of darkness and of gloom, like the
hearts that were around him, we corlmitted our
friends body to the ground "earth to earth,
ashes to ashes, dust to DUST" but the hearts
hat knew him best and loved him most. ave
confident hope that his feet to- lay stand in
that land of light and beauty, untouched by
the slof earth and where God shall wipe
all tears from Their eyes and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow nor crying neither
shall there be any more pain, for the forme.
things are passed away - -