Representative Jacob Proudfoot View All Years

MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of Hon. Jacob Proudfoot, respectfully submit the following:

WHEREAS, The Hon. Jacob Proudfoot, an honored member of the House of the Sixteenth General Assembly, from Clarke county, has departed this life, full of years and the honors of a well-spent life; therefore be it

Resolved, That while we sympathize with his bereaved family in the loss of the christian patriarch, whose love, counsel and direction were ever toward the right; with the state in the loss of another of those sturdy, God­fearing pioneers, who laid its foundations, deep and strong; and with the community in which he lived with the loss of a man whose hand was always ready to guide and assist in every good work, we yet rejoice in the fact that his life was spared beyond the span ordinarily allotted to man, and that his death, like his life, was a benediction and inspiration to all who believe in an immortality where the progress made in this life will be taken up and perfected.

Resolved, That the life and character of the deceased were such as to command our esteem and love, his public services were such to state, county and community as to command the respect and gratitude of his fellow men, and that he left the world better for having lived in it.

Resolved, That these resolutions be printed in the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to transmit a copy of the same to the bereaved family.

M. L. TEMPLE,

S. T. MESERVEY,

JOSEPH MATTES,

Committee.