Burial card from Green Lawn Cemetery
Published in The Columbus City Graveyards by Donald M. Schlegel
GRIMKE, Thomas S. N
Thomae S. Grimke, Conjugi et Patri Optimo, Uxoris Amor, Filiorum Pietas; Natus ad Charleston, S.C., A.D. MDCCLXXXVI, Decessit A.D. MDCCCXXXIV; ts at Green Lawn. - ONWGQ, X/353 [The slab, now almost illegible, is in lot N/52.]
Died at the house of Mr. Anderson in Madison County, of cholera, @ 48y and a few days; brother of Hon. Frederick Grimke of Chillicothe. [long obituary] - OSJ Oct. 18, 1834 See also an ode to him in OSJ Nov. 22, 1834.
The Ohio State Journal, and Columbus Gazette
Saturday, October 18, 1834
OBITUARY
DIED – On the 12th October, at the house of Mr. Anderson, in Madison county, after a short illness of the Cholera, Thomas S. Grimke of Charleston, South Carolina, aged forty-eight years and a few days; a gentleman who, to the greatest modesty of character, and sweetness of disposition, added uncommon intellectual attainments, qualities which gave him a great and a just influence in his native State; which made him be known and admired abroad; and which rendered him the delight of the domestic circle in which he lived. Mr. Grimke was a member of the Bar at Charleston, standing in the front rank of the profession; the man of learning, and of industry; the wise man, and the eloquent. Although the greatest portion of the business which is transacted at the Bar may be said to be of a private character, that is, relating to controversies between individuals, and not reaching those great questions which interest and agitate the whole community; yet occasionally, great public controversies do arise, which call out the whole force of character and the utmost vigor of mind of the Lawyer. And on a late occasion, when the constitutionality of the Test Oath was brought before the Court of Appeals of South Carolina, Mr. Grimke was selected as one of the Counsel to conduct the argument. By all parties, it was acknowledged, that his speech afforded an example of deep and various learning, of close and subtle reasoning, and of the most fervid and glowing eloquence; and that his whole manner and deportment was characterized by the most fearless independence, and by the utmost temperance and forbearance to his opponents. The victory which he contributed to gain, is recorded b one party at least as one of the greatest achievements in favor of constitutional liberty; and his generous opponents, delighted by the noble ardor and the genuine sincerity of his exertions, have abstained from exercising their power on the occasion. My the death of this excellent and eminent individual, contribute even more than his efforts while living, to soften and subdue the bitterness of party strife, and render the people of Carolina once more an united and happy community!
He had visited the Western country, on an invitation to deliver an Oration at the University of Oxford, and a Lecture before the College of Teachers at Cincinnati. His inquisitive mind had occupied itself a great deal upon the subject of Education. The great problem of the usefulness of classical learning, he had repeatedly revolved in his mind. He considered, that we, the moderns, were in reality the old people of the world, with centuries of experience and learning in our possession; and that the ancients were the young people, with more vivacity perhaps, but with a more confined range of knowledge; and, therefore, necessarily, with more limited powers of mind. Every species of knowledge, he believed to be useful, the productions of no people, he thought, were to be despised, because all contributed to make up a chapter in the history of man. But it was too clear, that it was the imagination only, which had raised the works of Greece and Rome to a superiority over those of France, Great Britain, and Germany; and at any rate, if there were any such superiority, and that superiority was rightly attributed to the fact, that the ancients, had no models to copy after, it was for that very reason, that we should not make the study of them, the chief part of education. —And when it came to be a question of general instruction for the people, it was impossible for any man to shut his eyes to the fact, that if youth between ten and twenty were occupied principally in reading Greek and Latin, that in the vigor of manhood, they were principally occupied with unlearning it all again. He thought it was time that the spirit of improvement, which had touched men's minds as if with an enchanter's wand, should penetrate even our colleges, and render their instruction useful in every period of man's life.
The author of this article was prevented by his public duties, from hearing the Oration and the Lecture, which Mr. Grimke delivered, as well as the other Addresses which he made before Literary Institutions in Cincinnati. But they who did listen to him, have wondered how one who, for the last twenty five years, has been immersed in the business of his profession, should find time to think so justly and so admirably upon so many other subjects which are unconnected with the Law.
But it was not only his eminence in these respects, which rendered Mr. Grimke so distinguished a man. Having from his youth upwards, considered man as born only for man, he made duty the governing principle of his actions, and from a homely and familiar term, he reared it into a maxim of the most sublime and extensive importance. He was an active member of every benevolent institution; a most efficient instrument in diffusing the light of the Gospel everywhere. He was the friend of the poor and the destitute; and it will not seem surprising, therefore, when it is said, that the news of his death will create as great a sensation in his native City, as the loss of any one of her citizens has ever produced.
Reader, ponder upon and inquire still more into the qualities of this man; for the recollection of them, is only calculated to render every one of us, wiser and better than we are.
October 15th, 1834.
Published in The Columbus City Graveyards by Donald M. Schlegel
GRIMKE, Thomas S. N
Thomae S. Grimke, Conjugi et Patri Optimo, Uxoris Amor, Filiorum Pietas; Natus ad Charleston, S.C., A.D. MDCCLXXXVI, Decessit A.D. MDCCCXXXIV; ts at Green Lawn. - ONWGQ, X/353 [The slab, now almost illegible, is in lot N/52.]
Died at the house of Mr. Anderson in Madison County, of cholera, @ 48y and a few days; brother of Hon. Frederick Grimke of Chillicothe. [long obituary] - OSJ Oct. 18, 1834 See also an ode to him in OSJ Nov. 22, 1834.
The Ohio State Journal, and Columbus Gazette
Saturday, October 18, 1834
OBITUARY
DIED – On the 12th October, at the house of Mr. Anderson, in Madison county, after a short illness of the Cholera, Thomas S. Grimke of Charleston, South Carolina, aged forty-eight years and a few days; a gentleman who, to the greatest modesty of character, and sweetness of disposition, added uncommon intellectual attainments, qualities which gave him a great and a just influence in his native State; which made him be known and admired abroad; and which rendered him the delight of the domestic circle in which he lived. Mr. Grimke was a member of the Bar at Charleston, standing in the front rank of the profession; the man of learning, and of industry; the wise man, and the eloquent. Although the greatest portion of the business which is transacted at the Bar may be said to be of a private character, that is, relating to controversies between individuals, and not reaching those great questions which interest and agitate the whole community; yet occasionally, great public controversies do arise, which call out the whole force of character and the utmost vigor of mind of the Lawyer. And on a late occasion, when the constitutionality of the Test Oath was brought before the Court of Appeals of South Carolina, Mr. Grimke was selected as one of the Counsel to conduct the argument. By all parties, it was acknowledged, that his speech afforded an example of deep and various learning, of close and subtle reasoning, and of the most fervid and glowing eloquence; and that his whole manner and deportment was characterized by the most fearless independence, and by the utmost temperance and forbearance to his opponents. The victory which he contributed to gain, is recorded b one party at least as one of the greatest achievements in favor of constitutional liberty; and his generous opponents, delighted by the noble ardor and the genuine sincerity of his exertions, have abstained from exercising their power on the occasion. My the death of this excellent and eminent individual, contribute even more than his efforts while living, to soften and subdue the bitterness of party strife, and render the people of Carolina once more an united and happy community!
He had visited the Western country, on an invitation to deliver an Oration at the University of Oxford, and a Lecture before the College of Teachers at Cincinnati. His inquisitive mind had occupied itself a great deal upon the subject of Education. The great problem of the usefulness of classical learning, he had repeatedly revolved in his mind. He considered, that we, the moderns, were in reality the old people of the world, with centuries of experience and learning in our possession; and that the ancients were the young people, with more vivacity perhaps, but with a more confined range of knowledge; and, therefore, necessarily, with more limited powers of mind. Every species of knowledge, he believed to be useful, the productions of no people, he thought, were to be despised, because all contributed to make up a chapter in the history of man. But it was too clear, that it was the imagination only, which had raised the works of Greece and Rome to a superiority over those of France, Great Britain, and Germany; and at any rate, if there were any such superiority, and that superiority was rightly attributed to the fact, that the ancients, had no models to copy after, it was for that very reason, that we should not make the study of them, the chief part of education. —And when it came to be a question of general instruction for the people, it was impossible for any man to shut his eyes to the fact, that if youth between ten and twenty were occupied principally in reading Greek and Latin, that in the vigor of manhood, they were principally occupied with unlearning it all again. He thought it was time that the spirit of improvement, which had touched men's minds as if with an enchanter's wand, should penetrate even our colleges, and render their instruction useful in every period of man's life.
The author of this article was prevented by his public duties, from hearing the Oration and the Lecture, which Mr. Grimke delivered, as well as the other Addresses which he made before Literary Institutions in Cincinnati. But they who did listen to him, have wondered how one who, for the last twenty five years, has been immersed in the business of his profession, should find time to think so justly and so admirably upon so many other subjects which are unconnected with the Law.
But it was not only his eminence in these respects, which rendered Mr. Grimke so distinguished a man. Having from his youth upwards, considered man as born only for man, he made duty the governing principle of his actions, and from a homely and familiar term, he reared it into a maxim of the most sublime and extensive importance. He was an active member of every benevolent institution; a most efficient instrument in diffusing the light of the Gospel everywhere. He was the friend of the poor and the destitute; and it will not seem surprising, therefore, when it is said, that the news of his death will create as great a sensation in his native City, as the loss of any one of her citizens has ever produced.
Reader, ponder upon and inquire still more into the qualities of this man; for the recollection of them, is only calculated to render every one of us, wiser and better than we are.
October 15th, 1834.
Burial card from Green Lawn Cemetery
Published in The Columbus City Graveyards by Donald M. Schlegel
GRIMKE, Thomas S. N
Thomae S. Grimke, Conjugi et Patri Optimo, Uxoris Amor, Filiorum Pietas; Natus ad Charleston, S.C., A.D. MDCCLXXXVI, Decessit A.D. MDCCCXXXIV; ts at Green Lawn. - ONWGQ, X/353 [The slab, now almost illegible, is in lot N/52.]
Died at the house of Mr. Anderson in Madison County, of cholera, @ 48y and a few days; brother of Hon. Frederick Grimke of Chillicothe. [long obituary] - OSJ Oct. 18, 1834 See also an ode to him in OSJ Nov. 22, 1834.
The Ohio State Journal, and Columbus Gazette
Saturday, October 18, 1834
OBITUARY
DIED – On the 12th October, at the house of Mr. Anderson, in Madison county, after a short illness of the Cholera, Thomas S. Grimke of Charleston, South Carolina, aged forty-eight years and a few days; a gentleman who, to the greatest modesty of character, and sweetness of disposition, added uncommon intellectual attainments, qualities which gave him a great and a just influence in his native State; which made him be known and admired abroad; and which rendered him the delight of the domestic circle in which he lived. Mr. Grimke was a member of the Bar at Charleston, standing in the front rank of the profession; the man of learning, and of industry; the wise man, and the eloquent. Although the greatest portion of the business which is transacted at the Bar may be said to be of a private character, that is, relating to controversies between individuals, and not reaching those great questions which interest and agitate the whole community; yet occasionally, great public controversies do arise, which call out the whole force of character and the utmost vigor of mind of the Lawyer. And on a late occasion, when the constitutionality of the Test Oath was brought before the Court of Appeals of South Carolina, Mr. Grimke was selected as one of the Counsel to conduct the argument. By all parties, it was acknowledged, that his speech afforded an example of deep and various learning, of close and subtle reasoning, and of the most fervid and glowing eloquence; and that his whole manner and deportment was characterized by the most fearless independence, and by the utmost temperance and forbearance to his opponents. The victory which he contributed to gain, is recorded b one party at least as one of the greatest achievements in favor of constitutional liberty; and his generous opponents, delighted by the noble ardor and the genuine sincerity of his exertions, have abstained from exercising their power on the occasion. My the death of this excellent and eminent individual, contribute even more than his efforts while living, to soften and subdue the bitterness of party strife, and render the people of Carolina once more an united and happy community!
He had visited the Western country, on an invitation to deliver an Oration at the University of Oxford, and a Lecture before the College of Teachers at Cincinnati. His inquisitive mind had occupied itself a great deal upon the subject of Education. The great problem of the usefulness of classical learning, he had repeatedly revolved in his mind. He considered, that we, the moderns, were in reality the old people of the world, with centuries of experience and learning in our possession; and that the ancients were the young people, with more vivacity perhaps, but with a more confined range of knowledge; and, therefore, necessarily, with more limited powers of mind. Every species of knowledge, he believed to be useful, the productions of no people, he thought, were to be despised, because all contributed to make up a chapter in the history of man. But it was too clear, that it was the imagination only, which had raised the works of Greece and Rome to a superiority over those of France, Great Britain, and Germany; and at any rate, if there were any such superiority, and that superiority was rightly attributed to the fact, that the ancients, had no models to copy after, it was for that very reason, that we should not make the study of them, the chief part of education. —And when it came to be a question of general instruction for the people, it was impossible for any man to shut his eyes to the fact, that if youth between ten and twenty were occupied principally in reading Greek and Latin, that in the vigor of manhood, they were principally occupied with unlearning it all again. He thought it was time that the spirit of improvement, which had touched men's minds as if with an enchanter's wand, should penetrate even our colleges, and render their instruction useful in every period of man's life.
The author of this article was prevented by his public duties, from hearing the Oration and the Lecture, which Mr. Grimke delivered, as well as the other Addresses which he made before Literary Institutions in Cincinnati. But they who did listen to him, have wondered how one who, for the last twenty five years, has been immersed in the business of his profession, should find time to think so justly and so admirably upon so many other subjects which are unconnected with the Law.
But it was not only his eminence in these respects, which rendered Mr. Grimke so distinguished a man. Having from his youth upwards, considered man as born only for man, he made duty the governing principle of his actions, and from a homely and familiar term, he reared it into a maxim of the most sublime and extensive importance. He was an active member of every benevolent institution; a most efficient instrument in diffusing the light of the Gospel everywhere. He was the friend of the poor and the destitute; and it will not seem surprising, therefore, when it is said, that the news of his death will create as great a sensation in his native City, as the loss of any one of her citizens has ever produced.
Reader, ponder upon and inquire still more into the qualities of this man; for the recollection of them, is only calculated to render every one of us, wiser and better than we are.
October 15th, 1834.
Published in The Columbus City Graveyards by Donald M. Schlegel
GRIMKE, Thomas S. N
Thomae S. Grimke, Conjugi et Patri Optimo, Uxoris Amor, Filiorum Pietas; Natus ad Charleston, S.C., A.D. MDCCLXXXVI, Decessit A.D. MDCCCXXXIV; ts at Green Lawn. - ONWGQ, X/353 [The slab, now almost illegible, is in lot N/52.]
Died at the house of Mr. Anderson in Madison County, of cholera, @ 48y and a few days; brother of Hon. Frederick Grimke of Chillicothe. [long obituary] - OSJ Oct. 18, 1834 See also an ode to him in OSJ Nov. 22, 1834.
The Ohio State Journal, and Columbus Gazette
Saturday, October 18, 1834
OBITUARY
DIED – On the 12th October, at the house of Mr. Anderson, in Madison county, after a short illness of the Cholera, Thomas S. Grimke of Charleston, South Carolina, aged forty-eight years and a few days; a gentleman who, to the greatest modesty of character, and sweetness of disposition, added uncommon intellectual attainments, qualities which gave him a great and a just influence in his native State; which made him be known and admired abroad; and which rendered him the delight of the domestic circle in which he lived. Mr. Grimke was a member of the Bar at Charleston, standing in the front rank of the profession; the man of learning, and of industry; the wise man, and the eloquent. Although the greatest portion of the business which is transacted at the Bar may be said to be of a private character, that is, relating to controversies between individuals, and not reaching those great questions which interest and agitate the whole community; yet occasionally, great public controversies do arise, which call out the whole force of character and the utmost vigor of mind of the Lawyer. And on a late occasion, when the constitutionality of the Test Oath was brought before the Court of Appeals of South Carolina, Mr. Grimke was selected as one of the Counsel to conduct the argument. By all parties, it was acknowledged, that his speech afforded an example of deep and various learning, of close and subtle reasoning, and of the most fervid and glowing eloquence; and that his whole manner and deportment was characterized by the most fearless independence, and by the utmost temperance and forbearance to his opponents. The victory which he contributed to gain, is recorded b one party at least as one of the greatest achievements in favor of constitutional liberty; and his generous opponents, delighted by the noble ardor and the genuine sincerity of his exertions, have abstained from exercising their power on the occasion. My the death of this excellent and eminent individual, contribute even more than his efforts while living, to soften and subdue the bitterness of party strife, and render the people of Carolina once more an united and happy community!
He had visited the Western country, on an invitation to deliver an Oration at the University of Oxford, and a Lecture before the College of Teachers at Cincinnati. His inquisitive mind had occupied itself a great deal upon the subject of Education. The great problem of the usefulness of classical learning, he had repeatedly revolved in his mind. He considered, that we, the moderns, were in reality the old people of the world, with centuries of experience and learning in our possession; and that the ancients were the young people, with more vivacity perhaps, but with a more confined range of knowledge; and, therefore, necessarily, with more limited powers of mind. Every species of knowledge, he believed to be useful, the productions of no people, he thought, were to be despised, because all contributed to make up a chapter in the history of man. But it was too clear, that it was the imagination only, which had raised the works of Greece and Rome to a superiority over those of France, Great Britain, and Germany; and at any rate, if there were any such superiority, and that superiority was rightly attributed to the fact, that the ancients, had no models to copy after, it was for that very reason, that we should not make the study of them, the chief part of education. —And when it came to be a question of general instruction for the people, it was impossible for any man to shut his eyes to the fact, that if youth between ten and twenty were occupied principally in reading Greek and Latin, that in the vigor of manhood, they were principally occupied with unlearning it all again. He thought it was time that the spirit of improvement, which had touched men's minds as if with an enchanter's wand, should penetrate even our colleges, and render their instruction useful in every period of man's life.
The author of this article was prevented by his public duties, from hearing the Oration and the Lecture, which Mr. Grimke delivered, as well as the other Addresses which he made before Literary Institutions in Cincinnati. But they who did listen to him, have wondered how one who, for the last twenty five years, has been immersed in the business of his profession, should find time to think so justly and so admirably upon so many other subjects which are unconnected with the Law.
But it was not only his eminence in these respects, which rendered Mr. Grimke so distinguished a man. Having from his youth upwards, considered man as born only for man, he made duty the governing principle of his actions, and from a homely and familiar term, he reared it into a maxim of the most sublime and extensive importance. He was an active member of every benevolent institution; a most efficient instrument in diffusing the light of the Gospel everywhere. He was the friend of the poor and the destitute; and it will not seem surprising, therefore, when it is said, that the news of his death will create as great a sensation in his native City, as the loss of any one of her citizens has ever produced.
Reader, ponder upon and inquire still more into the qualities of this man; for the recollection of them, is only calculated to render every one of us, wiser and better than we are.
October 15th, 1834.
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