Contributed by Find a Graver Sharon Davis Marsden (# 47358719)
From Michigan Argus, 1849/07/25, Wednesday, page 3
DIED, July 19th, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death was caused from an injury received by a fall from his horse, from which he was violently thrown on Tuesday, the 17th inst. [1849/07/17] Though suddenly called from the scenes of life, he was fully prepared, & met death without fear. He has left a large and deeply afflicted family to mourn his loss. The following resolutions, passed at a meeting of a large number of the preachers of his district exhibit his standing in the Church to which he belonged, and the esteem in which he was held by his brethren of the Ministry:
Whereas, it has please Almighty God in his wise and inscrutable Providence to remove from our midst, by death, our much respected and worthy brother, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district, Michigan Conference, Therefore —-
Resolved, That we bow with deep reverence and submission to the wise, yet mysterious dispensation.
Resolved, That in the death of brother Brakeman, the Church has lost a worthy minister, the community a valuable citizen, his family a beloved husband and kind father, and a bright example of Christian integrity and meekness.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his bereaved widow and children in the severe loss they have sustained, and most earnestly commend them to the protection of Almighty God, and the prayers and sympathies of the Church.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of Bro. Brakeman, and that they also be published in the papers of this village, and also in the Family Favorite.
J. A. BAUGHMAN, Chairman.
R. Sapp, Sec'y.
July 20th.
From Michigan Argus, 1849/07/25, Wednesday, page 3
DIED, July 19th, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death was caused from an injury received by a fall from his horse, from which he was violently thrown on Tuesday, the 17th inst. [1849/07/17] Though suddenly called from the scenes of life, he was fully prepared, & met death without fear. He has left a large and deeply afflicted family to mourn his loss. The following resolutions, passed at a meeting of a large number of the preachers of his district exhibit his standing in the Church to which he belonged, and the esteem in which he was held by his brethren of the Ministry:
Whereas, it has please Almighty God in his wise and inscrutable Providence to remove from our midst, by death, our much respected and worthy brother, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district, Michigan Conference, Therefore —-
Resolved, That we bow with deep reverence and submission to the wise, yet mysterious dispensation.
Resolved, That in the death of brother Brakeman, the Church has lost a worthy minister, the community a valuable citizen, his family a beloved husband and kind father, and a bright example of Christian integrity and meekness.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his bereaved widow and children in the severe loss they have sustained, and most earnestly commend them to the protection of Almighty God, and the prayers and sympathies of the Church.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of Bro. Brakeman, and that they also be published in the papers of this village, and also in the Family Favorite.
J. A. BAUGHMAN, Chairman.
R. Sapp, Sec'y.
July 20th.
Contributed by Find a Graver Sharon Davis Marsden (# 47358719)
From Michigan Argus, 1849/07/25, Wednesday, page 3
DIED, July 19th, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death was caused from an injury received by a fall from his horse, from which he was violently thrown on Tuesday, the 17th inst. [1849/07/17] Though suddenly called from the scenes of life, he was fully prepared, & met death without fear. He has left a large and deeply afflicted family to mourn his loss. The following resolutions, passed at a meeting of a large number of the preachers of his district exhibit his standing in the Church to which he belonged, and the esteem in which he was held by his brethren of the Ministry:
Whereas, it has please Almighty God in his wise and inscrutable Providence to remove from our midst, by death, our much respected and worthy brother, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district, Michigan Conference, Therefore —-
Resolved, That we bow with deep reverence and submission to the wise, yet mysterious dispensation.
Resolved, That in the death of brother Brakeman, the Church has lost a worthy minister, the community a valuable citizen, his family a beloved husband and kind father, and a bright example of Christian integrity and meekness.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his bereaved widow and children in the severe loss they have sustained, and most earnestly commend them to the protection of Almighty God, and the prayers and sympathies of the Church.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of Bro. Brakeman, and that they also be published in the papers of this village, and also in the Family Favorite.
J. A. BAUGHMAN, Chairman.
R. Sapp, Sec'y.
July 20th.
From Michigan Argus, 1849/07/25, Wednesday, page 3
DIED, July 19th, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death was caused from an injury received by a fall from his horse, from which he was violently thrown on Tuesday, the 17th inst. [1849/07/17] Though suddenly called from the scenes of life, he was fully prepared, & met death without fear. He has left a large and deeply afflicted family to mourn his loss. The following resolutions, passed at a meeting of a large number of the preachers of his district exhibit his standing in the Church to which he belonged, and the esteem in which he was held by his brethren of the Ministry:
Whereas, it has please Almighty God in his wise and inscrutable Providence to remove from our midst, by death, our much respected and worthy brother, Rev. Josiah Brakeman, Presiding Elder of the Ann Arbor district, Michigan Conference, Therefore —-
Resolved, That we bow with deep reverence and submission to the wise, yet mysterious dispensation.
Resolved, That in the death of brother Brakeman, the Church has lost a worthy minister, the community a valuable citizen, his family a beloved husband and kind father, and a bright example of Christian integrity and meekness.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his bereaved widow and children in the severe loss they have sustained, and most earnestly commend them to the protection of Almighty God, and the prayers and sympathies of the Church.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of Bro. Brakeman, and that they also be published in the papers of this village, and also in the Family Favorite.
J. A. BAUGHMAN, Chairman.
R. Sapp, Sec'y.
July 20th.
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