Representative Cornelius Tenbroeck Peet View All Years

HON. C. T. PEET.

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of Honorable C. T. Peet, respectfully submit the following:

WHEREAS, The Honorable C. T. Peet, an honored member of the Fourteenth (14) and Fifteenth (15) General Assembly, and also the extra session of the Fourteenth (14) General Assembly, and a soldier of the Civil War, departed this life at Edgewood, Iowa, April 4, 1905; and

WHEREAS, The life and character of deceased were such as to entitle him to the respect and esteem of all who knew him, his attainments and success so conspicious as to be an incentive to all men to be upright, pure and true, and his services to the State and Nation of such a character as to command the confidence and gratitude of his fellow citizens; therefore be it

Resolved, That in the death of this patriotic citizen, soldier and legislator, this State has lost an influential and upright citizen and his friends an honored and esteemed man.

Mr. Peet was born at Farmersville, Cattaraugus county, New York, December 4, 1822. He came to Delaware county, Iowa, in 1844, remaining a citizen of the community in which he settled during the entire remainder of his life. Without the advantage of Law Schools he prosecuted his legal studies until he was admitted to the Bar of Delaware county. For many years he was conspicious in the political circles of the county and state. He was elected sheriff of the county for two terms; he served as Justice of the Peace for many years; he was a volunteer in the Civil War and was always loyal to the flag which he helped to save from disgrace. He was a teacher in the public schools for many years and was t that time considered a leader in that profession. He was essentially a self-made man, and did much in establishing right principles in the formative period of early settlement. During his service in the General Assembly, the work of building the Capitol was in progress. He was upon the committee to investigate the material used in the foundation of the building of which the State is now justly proud, and it was due to the investigation of this committee of which he was a member, and especially due to his personal suggestions, that the material used first in the foundation of the Capitol, was condemned and replaced by the substantial and enduring granite upon which the structure now rests. The universal verdict of those who knew him best, was that he was an honorable, honest and conscientious citizen; and be it further

Resolved, That we extend to his family and to those friends nearest to him in life, whose personal sorrow is so much greater, our sympathy in their sorrow and affliction, and the clerk of the House is hereby instructed to transmit an engrossed copy of these resolutions to the bereaved family and to enter the same upon the Journal of the House.

R. J. BIXBY,

J. C. FLENNIKEN,

A. F. FRUDDEN,

Committee.