Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1886 — Resolutions of Respect. [ARTICLE]

Resolutions of Respect.

At a meeting of the Jasper County Bar, and visiting Attor neys, held January 12th, 1886, a committee was appointed to draf resoluiions of respect to the mem. ®ry of late Hon. Samuel A. Huff, and reported the following, which were unanimousiy adopted • Whereas, The Horn Samuel A. Hrff, who for forty years has been a .member of this Bar, and an officer of this Court, departed this life, ,at Monticello, on the 10th i lists And Whereas, the deceased has been for almost half a century an able., learned and honorable member of the legal profession; And Whereas, the members of this Bar and officers of the Court desire in a public and befitting manner to bear iestimony to his many virtues as a citizen, liis unifo.m faithfulness and generosity as a friend, and his acknowledged abilities as a lawyer, It is therefore resolved— I lia*, in the death of Hon. Sabiuel A. Huff, the Bar has lost a brilliant, honorable, learned and courteous member, the Courts an honest, fearless and sagacious advocate —the State a true, unselfish, patriotic and honest man. That this preamble and resolutions be entered on the Order Book, and be spread qsl the record* of this Court, and published iii the newspapers of this county. fi. P. Thomfsow, M. P. Chilcote, JJAtiitjL Fraser. Committee.