Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1886 — Resolutions of Respect. [ARTICLE]

Resolutions of Respect.

At a meeting of the Jas'/ei County Bar, and visiting Attorneys', held January 12th, 1886, a committee was appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of late Hon. Samuel A. Huff, and reported the following, which were unanimously adopted - Whereas, The Hon. Samuel A Huff, 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 inst; And Whereas, the deceased has been for almost halt 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, his uniform faithfulness and generosity as a friend, and his acknowledged abilities as a lawyer, It is therefore resolved—- ' ha', in the death of Hon. Samuel A. Huff, the Bar has lost a brilliant, honorable., learned and courteous member/the Courts an honest, fearless and sagacious advocate —theStateg true, unselfish, patriotic and holiest man. Jpiat this preamble and these resolutions be entered on the Order Bopk, and be spread on the records of this Court, and published iu the newspapers of this ponnty.

S. P. THOMPSON,

M. F. Chilcote, Daniel Fraser. Committee.