Tomb Inscription:
JOHN MARKWARD
Born July 10, 1834
in Germany
Died November 17, 1903
in Lampasas
Age 69
Where Immortal Spirits Reign There Shall We Meet Again
Johann Gottlieb Marquardt was born in Prussia, Germany, son of Johann Marquardt and Johanna Louise (Gert) of Prussia. Two of his brothers were killed during the German-Danish war. In 1852, with his mother's blessing, he immigrated to the U.S. through the German immigration port of Indianola, TX, having changed his name to John Markward, and became a U.S. citizen. He was the only member of his immediate family to come to America, though numerous fellow countrymen were aboard.
Working his way up from Indianola, in 1857 he arrived in Lampasas, working as a miller for George Scott. In 1862 he joined Gurley's Confederate Regiment and was engaged in Arkansas and the Indian Territory, appointed apothecary at a medical facility based on his degree in Botany. Post war he stayed at the Gracy Hotel in Lampasas, traveling from NY to TX while building up his mercantile business near the Hotel and across from the Court House.
On October 29, 1880 in Lampasas he married ADELPHIA FLORENCE (WHITE), who was younger than John, and a daughter of neighbors (on the hill above his property) Maj. Martin and Mary (White) White of Lampasas, TX, who had moved there with their family from Van Buren County, TN in 1870. Adelphia and John resided in a native, white stone home, with a separate cook's quarters behind it, all built by master carpenter/mason Theodore Bauerfeind (a friend of Adelphia's father from TN) for John Markward, using the finest lumber and materials that could be had at the time. Adelphia and John had five children there, two of whom died in infancy.
(Note: Theo immigrated from Germany in 1853, settled in Spencer, Van Buren, TN, and after serving in the Civil War came to Lampasas in 1870 with his family who travelled along with Maj. Martin and Mary White and their family.)
With his botany skills, John grafted many types of fruit trees at his homestead, including plums, pears and apples. He also owned properties along Sulphur Creek on which he raised goats and leased farm land and housing to other Lampasas families.
One of the early pioneers to settle Lampasas, in addition to his successful mercantile business, John became postmaster, played a pivotal role and getting the railroad line into Lampasas, and also an Adult Sunday School teacher. He is featured, among others, in 'The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas' by John Henry Brown.
A few years after Adelphia died from complications of childbirth with their fifth child, in 1896 in Hays Co., TX John married Nettie (Stark) Copenhaver, widow of widower Martin S. Copenhaver of Santa Anna, TX. John and Nettie had no children together but raised his children he had had with his wife Adelphia (White). John died suddenly in his home at age 69 and is buried next to Adelphia; Nettie is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, TX.
(Biographical material provided by Annette (Langley) Markward, wife of John Oliver Markward, Jr. of Austin, TX, great grandson of John and Adelphia (White) Markward of Lampasas. The Oliver line of Lampasas and San Saba is also connected to this Markward/White line through marriage.)
(NOTE: There is a granite stone on the ground near the large Markward plinthe. This is a military stone for John Markward's grandson, John Oliver Markward (born in Fort Worth, TX, and buried in Bridgton, ME with a family memorial stone). The stone is inverted so the inscription is not visible; this was done deliberately by the Markward family who are caretakers of the Markward-White Cemetery, as he wanted to be remembered here in TX)
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The following obituary and Memorial Resolution were copied just as they were published. Contributed by FAG member Sue Lilley. Original photocopy work by Jeff Jackson.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903
Mr. John Markward
People were surprised and grieved Tuesday evening when it was announced that Mr. John Markward had died suddenly at his home some two miles from town. He had been busy about some plants in the yard, and went to the barn to look after some matters there, and returned to the house, when he complained of a difficulty of breathing. He was subject to such spells, and the usual remedies were given and a doctor summoned, but Mr. Markward breathed his last before the physician arrived. His body was interred in the family cemetery Wednesday afternoon, a large circle of friends attending the last sad rites.
Mr. Markward was one of the older citizens of Lampasas, having come here many years ago. He was a native of Germany, but had become thoroughly Americanized. For many years he was in the mercantile business here, but retired some ten or more years ago, and had been devoting his attention to his farming and ranching interests, until about a year ago when he again embarked in business, becoming one of the largest stockholders in the Lampasas Commercial Company.
Mr. Markward was widely known as a man of integrity and uprightness, and held his membership in the Lutheran church. His church having no organization here, he had affiliated in part with the Methodists, having been a teacher in the Bible class of the Sunday school at the Methodist church for several years. He has gone to his reward, and his friends know where to find him.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1903
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
On the Death of a Sunday School Teacher.
At a meeting of the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, held in the Methodist church Nov. 22, 1903, the following testimonial of respect for the memory of Mr. John Markward, a teacher of the school, was ordered to be placed on the records of the school. It was also ordered that copies should be sent to the family of the deceased and furnished to the Lampasas Leader for publication:
It having pleased Almighty God to remove from this life Mr. John Markward, for many years a faithful and earnest teacher of this school, a gentleman eminent alike for rich biblical and historical knowledge, as well as for high attainment in all the graces of pure christianity and enlarged philanthropy:
Resolved, that we cherish a profound veneration for talents, virtues and services of our late teacher and friend.
Resolved, That we deeply mourn his untimely departure, and sincerely regret the loss of his faithful services as a colaborer in the Sunday school work, taking refuge in the thought, however, that after having ended his earthly strife he has at last joined the blessed society of the redeemed in Heaven.
Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply sympathize with the family and friends of the departd in their so unexpected and severe bereavement, and that we implore kind Providence to comfort them in this their hour of trial.
Resolved, That we unanimously join in the expression of our affectionate regard for one who so long as he has been here has led a blameless life, been pure and reverent in word and deed, and to the best of our knowledge and belief abstained from every wrong way. That we thank God for the example which he set before us, and pray that we may have grace, both as teachers and pupils, to follow it, that we may reach the same happy rest which we believe he has now entered.
Asking the Divine blessing upon the school and ourselves under this bereavement, the undersigned append their names in behalf of the school.
Mrs. W. F. Mace,
T. W. McKnight,
Will T. Renfro.
JOHN MARKWARD
Born July 10, 1834
in Germany
Died November 17, 1903
in Lampasas
Age 69
Where Immortal Spirits Reign There Shall We Meet Again
Johann Gottlieb Marquardt was born in Prussia, Germany, son of Johann Marquardt and Johanna Louise (Gert) of Prussia. Two of his brothers were killed during the German-Danish war. In 1852, with his mother's blessing, he immigrated to the U.S. through the German immigration port of Indianola, TX, having changed his name to John Markward, and became a U.S. citizen. He was the only member of his immediate family to come to America, though numerous fellow countrymen were aboard.
Working his way up from Indianola, in 1857 he arrived in Lampasas, working as a miller for George Scott. In 1862 he joined Gurley's Confederate Regiment and was engaged in Arkansas and the Indian Territory, appointed apothecary at a medical facility based on his degree in Botany. Post war he stayed at the Gracy Hotel in Lampasas, traveling from NY to TX while building up his mercantile business near the Hotel and across from the Court House.
On October 29, 1880 in Lampasas he married ADELPHIA FLORENCE (WHITE), who was younger than John, and a daughter of neighbors (on the hill above his property) Maj. Martin and Mary (White) White of Lampasas, TX, who had moved there with their family from Van Buren County, TN in 1870. Adelphia and John resided in a native, white stone home, with a separate cook's quarters behind it, all built by master carpenter/mason Theodore Bauerfeind (a friend of Adelphia's father from TN) for John Markward, using the finest lumber and materials that could be had at the time. Adelphia and John had five children there, two of whom died in infancy.
(Note: Theo immigrated from Germany in 1853, settled in Spencer, Van Buren, TN, and after serving in the Civil War came to Lampasas in 1870 with his family who travelled along with Maj. Martin and Mary White and their family.)
With his botany skills, John grafted many types of fruit trees at his homestead, including plums, pears and apples. He also owned properties along Sulphur Creek on which he raised goats and leased farm land and housing to other Lampasas families.
One of the early pioneers to settle Lampasas, in addition to his successful mercantile business, John became postmaster, played a pivotal role and getting the railroad line into Lampasas, and also an Adult Sunday School teacher. He is featured, among others, in 'The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas' by John Henry Brown.
A few years after Adelphia died from complications of childbirth with their fifth child, in 1896 in Hays Co., TX John married Nettie (Stark) Copenhaver, widow of widower Martin S. Copenhaver of Santa Anna, TX. John and Nettie had no children together but raised his children he had had with his wife Adelphia (White). John died suddenly in his home at age 69 and is buried next to Adelphia; Nettie is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, TX.
(Biographical material provided by Annette (Langley) Markward, wife of John Oliver Markward, Jr. of Austin, TX, great grandson of John and Adelphia (White) Markward of Lampasas. The Oliver line of Lampasas and San Saba is also connected to this Markward/White line through marriage.)
(NOTE: There is a granite stone on the ground near the large Markward plinthe. This is a military stone for John Markward's grandson, John Oliver Markward (born in Fort Worth, TX, and buried in Bridgton, ME with a family memorial stone). The stone is inverted so the inscription is not visible; this was done deliberately by the Markward family who are caretakers of the Markward-White Cemetery, as he wanted to be remembered here in TX)
............
The following obituary and Memorial Resolution were copied just as they were published. Contributed by FAG member Sue Lilley. Original photocopy work by Jeff Jackson.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903
Mr. John Markward
People were surprised and grieved Tuesday evening when it was announced that Mr. John Markward had died suddenly at his home some two miles from town. He had been busy about some plants in the yard, and went to the barn to look after some matters there, and returned to the house, when he complained of a difficulty of breathing. He was subject to such spells, and the usual remedies were given and a doctor summoned, but Mr. Markward breathed his last before the physician arrived. His body was interred in the family cemetery Wednesday afternoon, a large circle of friends attending the last sad rites.
Mr. Markward was one of the older citizens of Lampasas, having come here many years ago. He was a native of Germany, but had become thoroughly Americanized. For many years he was in the mercantile business here, but retired some ten or more years ago, and had been devoting his attention to his farming and ranching interests, until about a year ago when he again embarked in business, becoming one of the largest stockholders in the Lampasas Commercial Company.
Mr. Markward was widely known as a man of integrity and uprightness, and held his membership in the Lutheran church. His church having no organization here, he had affiliated in part with the Methodists, having been a teacher in the Bible class of the Sunday school at the Methodist church for several years. He has gone to his reward, and his friends know where to find him.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1903
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
On the Death of a Sunday School Teacher.
At a meeting of the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, held in the Methodist church Nov. 22, 1903, the following testimonial of respect for the memory of Mr. John Markward, a teacher of the school, was ordered to be placed on the records of the school. It was also ordered that copies should be sent to the family of the deceased and furnished to the Lampasas Leader for publication:
It having pleased Almighty God to remove from this life Mr. John Markward, for many years a faithful and earnest teacher of this school, a gentleman eminent alike for rich biblical and historical knowledge, as well as for high attainment in all the graces of pure christianity and enlarged philanthropy:
Resolved, that we cherish a profound veneration for talents, virtues and services of our late teacher and friend.
Resolved, That we deeply mourn his untimely departure, and sincerely regret the loss of his faithful services as a colaborer in the Sunday school work, taking refuge in the thought, however, that after having ended his earthly strife he has at last joined the blessed society of the redeemed in Heaven.
Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply sympathize with the family and friends of the departd in their so unexpected and severe bereavement, and that we implore kind Providence to comfort them in this their hour of trial.
Resolved, That we unanimously join in the expression of our affectionate regard for one who so long as he has been here has led a blameless life, been pure and reverent in word and deed, and to the best of our knowledge and belief abstained from every wrong way. That we thank God for the example which he set before us, and pray that we may have grace, both as teachers and pupils, to follow it, that we may reach the same happy rest which we believe he has now entered.
Asking the Divine blessing upon the school and ourselves under this bereavement, the undersigned append their names in behalf of the school.
Mrs. W. F. Mace,
T. W. McKnight,
Will T. Renfro.
Tomb Inscription:
JOHN MARKWARD
Born July 10, 1834
in Germany
Died November 17, 1903
in Lampasas
Age 69
Where Immortal Spirits Reign There Shall We Meet Again
Johann Gottlieb Marquardt was born in Prussia, Germany, son of Johann Marquardt and Johanna Louise (Gert) of Prussia. Two of his brothers were killed during the German-Danish war. In 1852, with his mother's blessing, he immigrated to the U.S. through the German immigration port of Indianola, TX, having changed his name to John Markward, and became a U.S. citizen. He was the only member of his immediate family to come to America, though numerous fellow countrymen were aboard.
Working his way up from Indianola, in 1857 he arrived in Lampasas, working as a miller for George Scott. In 1862 he joined Gurley's Confederate Regiment and was engaged in Arkansas and the Indian Territory, appointed apothecary at a medical facility based on his degree in Botany. Post war he stayed at the Gracy Hotel in Lampasas, traveling from NY to TX while building up his mercantile business near the Hotel and across from the Court House.
On October 29, 1880 in Lampasas he married ADELPHIA FLORENCE (WHITE), who was younger than John, and a daughter of neighbors (on the hill above his property) Maj. Martin and Mary (White) White of Lampasas, TX, who had moved there with their family from Van Buren County, TN in 1870. Adelphia and John resided in a native, white stone home, with a separate cook's quarters behind it, all built by master carpenter/mason Theodore Bauerfeind (a friend of Adelphia's father from TN) for John Markward, using the finest lumber and materials that could be had at the time. Adelphia and John had five children there, two of whom died in infancy.
(Note: Theo immigrated from Germany in 1853, settled in Spencer, Van Buren, TN, and after serving in the Civil War came to Lampasas in 1870 with his family who travelled along with Maj. Martin and Mary White and their family.)
With his botany skills, John grafted many types of fruit trees at his homestead, including plums, pears and apples. He also owned properties along Sulphur Creek on which he raised goats and leased farm land and housing to other Lampasas families.
One of the early pioneers to settle Lampasas, in addition to his successful mercantile business, John became postmaster, played a pivotal role and getting the railroad line into Lampasas, and also an Adult Sunday School teacher. He is featured, among others, in 'The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas' by John Henry Brown.
A few years after Adelphia died from complications of childbirth with their fifth child, in 1896 in Hays Co., TX John married Nettie (Stark) Copenhaver, widow of widower Martin S. Copenhaver of Santa Anna, TX. John and Nettie had no children together but raised his children he had had with his wife Adelphia (White). John died suddenly in his home at age 69 and is buried next to Adelphia; Nettie is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, TX.
(Biographical material provided by Annette (Langley) Markward, wife of John Oliver Markward, Jr. of Austin, TX, great grandson of John and Adelphia (White) Markward of Lampasas. The Oliver line of Lampasas and San Saba is also connected to this Markward/White line through marriage.)
(NOTE: There is a granite stone on the ground near the large Markward plinthe. This is a military stone for John Markward's grandson, John Oliver Markward (born in Fort Worth, TX, and buried in Bridgton, ME with a family memorial stone). The stone is inverted so the inscription is not visible; this was done deliberately by the Markward family who are caretakers of the Markward-White Cemetery, as he wanted to be remembered here in TX)
............
The following obituary and Memorial Resolution were copied just as they were published. Contributed by FAG member Sue Lilley. Original photocopy work by Jeff Jackson.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903
Mr. John Markward
People were surprised and grieved Tuesday evening when it was announced that Mr. John Markward had died suddenly at his home some two miles from town. He had been busy about some plants in the yard, and went to the barn to look after some matters there, and returned to the house, when he complained of a difficulty of breathing. He was subject to such spells, and the usual remedies were given and a doctor summoned, but Mr. Markward breathed his last before the physician arrived. His body was interred in the family cemetery Wednesday afternoon, a large circle of friends attending the last sad rites.
Mr. Markward was one of the older citizens of Lampasas, having come here many years ago. He was a native of Germany, but had become thoroughly Americanized. For many years he was in the mercantile business here, but retired some ten or more years ago, and had been devoting his attention to his farming and ranching interests, until about a year ago when he again embarked in business, becoming one of the largest stockholders in the Lampasas Commercial Company.
Mr. Markward was widely known as a man of integrity and uprightness, and held his membership in the Lutheran church. His church having no organization here, he had affiliated in part with the Methodists, having been a teacher in the Bible class of the Sunday school at the Methodist church for several years. He has gone to his reward, and his friends know where to find him.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1903
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
On the Death of a Sunday School Teacher.
At a meeting of the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, held in the Methodist church Nov. 22, 1903, the following testimonial of respect for the memory of Mr. John Markward, a teacher of the school, was ordered to be placed on the records of the school. It was also ordered that copies should be sent to the family of the deceased and furnished to the Lampasas Leader for publication:
It having pleased Almighty God to remove from this life Mr. John Markward, for many years a faithful and earnest teacher of this school, a gentleman eminent alike for rich biblical and historical knowledge, as well as for high attainment in all the graces of pure christianity and enlarged philanthropy:
Resolved, that we cherish a profound veneration for talents, virtues and services of our late teacher and friend.
Resolved, That we deeply mourn his untimely departure, and sincerely regret the loss of his faithful services as a colaborer in the Sunday school work, taking refuge in the thought, however, that after having ended his earthly strife he has at last joined the blessed society of the redeemed in Heaven.
Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply sympathize with the family and friends of the departd in their so unexpected and severe bereavement, and that we implore kind Providence to comfort them in this their hour of trial.
Resolved, That we unanimously join in the expression of our affectionate regard for one who so long as he has been here has led a blameless life, been pure and reverent in word and deed, and to the best of our knowledge and belief abstained from every wrong way. That we thank God for the example which he set before us, and pray that we may have grace, both as teachers and pupils, to follow it, that we may reach the same happy rest which we believe he has now entered.
Asking the Divine blessing upon the school and ourselves under this bereavement, the undersigned append their names in behalf of the school.
Mrs. W. F. Mace,
T. W. McKnight,
Will T. Renfro.
JOHN MARKWARD
Born July 10, 1834
in Germany
Died November 17, 1903
in Lampasas
Age 69
Where Immortal Spirits Reign There Shall We Meet Again
Johann Gottlieb Marquardt was born in Prussia, Germany, son of Johann Marquardt and Johanna Louise (Gert) of Prussia. Two of his brothers were killed during the German-Danish war. In 1852, with his mother's blessing, he immigrated to the U.S. through the German immigration port of Indianola, TX, having changed his name to John Markward, and became a U.S. citizen. He was the only member of his immediate family to come to America, though numerous fellow countrymen were aboard.
Working his way up from Indianola, in 1857 he arrived in Lampasas, working as a miller for George Scott. In 1862 he joined Gurley's Confederate Regiment and was engaged in Arkansas and the Indian Territory, appointed apothecary at a medical facility based on his degree in Botany. Post war he stayed at the Gracy Hotel in Lampasas, traveling from NY to TX while building up his mercantile business near the Hotel and across from the Court House.
On October 29, 1880 in Lampasas he married ADELPHIA FLORENCE (WHITE), who was younger than John, and a daughter of neighbors (on the hill above his property) Maj. Martin and Mary (White) White of Lampasas, TX, who had moved there with their family from Van Buren County, TN in 1870. Adelphia and John resided in a native, white stone home, with a separate cook's quarters behind it, all built by master carpenter/mason Theodore Bauerfeind (a friend of Adelphia's father from TN) for John Markward, using the finest lumber and materials that could be had at the time. Adelphia and John had five children there, two of whom died in infancy.
(Note: Theo immigrated from Germany in 1853, settled in Spencer, Van Buren, TN, and after serving in the Civil War came to Lampasas in 1870 with his family who travelled along with Maj. Martin and Mary White and their family.)
With his botany skills, John grafted many types of fruit trees at his homestead, including plums, pears and apples. He also owned properties along Sulphur Creek on which he raised goats and leased farm land and housing to other Lampasas families.
One of the early pioneers to settle Lampasas, in addition to his successful mercantile business, John became postmaster, played a pivotal role and getting the railroad line into Lampasas, and also an Adult Sunday School teacher. He is featured, among others, in 'The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas' by John Henry Brown.
A few years after Adelphia died from complications of childbirth with their fifth child, in 1896 in Hays Co., TX John married Nettie (Stark) Copenhaver, widow of widower Martin S. Copenhaver of Santa Anna, TX. John and Nettie had no children together but raised his children he had had with his wife Adelphia (White). John died suddenly in his home at age 69 and is buried next to Adelphia; Nettie is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, TX.
(Biographical material provided by Annette (Langley) Markward, wife of John Oliver Markward, Jr. of Austin, TX, great grandson of John and Adelphia (White) Markward of Lampasas. The Oliver line of Lampasas and San Saba is also connected to this Markward/White line through marriage.)
(NOTE: There is a granite stone on the ground near the large Markward plinthe. This is a military stone for John Markward's grandson, John Oliver Markward (born in Fort Worth, TX, and buried in Bridgton, ME with a family memorial stone). The stone is inverted so the inscription is not visible; this was done deliberately by the Markward family who are caretakers of the Markward-White Cemetery, as he wanted to be remembered here in TX)
............
The following obituary and Memorial Resolution were copied just as they were published. Contributed by FAG member Sue Lilley. Original photocopy work by Jeff Jackson.
******************
THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903
Mr. John Markward
People were surprised and grieved Tuesday evening when it was announced that Mr. John Markward had died suddenly at his home some two miles from town. He had been busy about some plants in the yard, and went to the barn to look after some matters there, and returned to the house, when he complained of a difficulty of breathing. He was subject to such spells, and the usual remedies were given and a doctor summoned, but Mr. Markward breathed his last before the physician arrived. His body was interred in the family cemetery Wednesday afternoon, a large circle of friends attending the last sad rites.
Mr. Markward was one of the older citizens of Lampasas, having come here many years ago. He was a native of Germany, but had become thoroughly Americanized. For many years he was in the mercantile business here, but retired some ten or more years ago, and had been devoting his attention to his farming and ranching interests, until about a year ago when he again embarked in business, becoming one of the largest stockholders in the Lampasas Commercial Company.
Mr. Markward was widely known as a man of integrity and uprightness, and held his membership in the Lutheran church. His church having no organization here, he had affiliated in part with the Methodists, having been a teacher in the Bible class of the Sunday school at the Methodist church for several years. He has gone to his reward, and his friends know where to find him.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1903
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
On the Death of a Sunday School Teacher.
At a meeting of the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, held in the Methodist church Nov. 22, 1903, the following testimonial of respect for the memory of Mr. John Markward, a teacher of the school, was ordered to be placed on the records of the school. It was also ordered that copies should be sent to the family of the deceased and furnished to the Lampasas Leader for publication:
It having pleased Almighty God to remove from this life Mr. John Markward, for many years a faithful and earnest teacher of this school, a gentleman eminent alike for rich biblical and historical knowledge, as well as for high attainment in all the graces of pure christianity and enlarged philanthropy:
Resolved, that we cherish a profound veneration for talents, virtues and services of our late teacher and friend.
Resolved, That we deeply mourn his untimely departure, and sincerely regret the loss of his faithful services as a colaborer in the Sunday school work, taking refuge in the thought, however, that after having ended his earthly strife he has at last joined the blessed society of the redeemed in Heaven.
Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply sympathize with the family and friends of the departd in their so unexpected and severe bereavement, and that we implore kind Providence to comfort them in this their hour of trial.
Resolved, That we unanimously join in the expression of our affectionate regard for one who so long as he has been here has led a blameless life, been pure and reverent in word and deed, and to the best of our knowledge and belief abstained from every wrong way. That we thank God for the example which he set before us, and pray that we may have grace, both as teachers and pupils, to follow it, that we may reach the same happy rest which we believe he has now entered.
Asking the Divine blessing upon the school and ourselves under this bereavement, the undersigned append their names in behalf of the school.
Mrs. W. F. Mace,
T. W. McKnight,
Will T. Renfro.
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