Representative Lewis R. Wolfe View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 9/16/1903
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 18 (1880) - 19 (1882)
Home County: Johnson
Lewis R. Wolfe
Johnson County

HON. L. R. WOLFE.

MR. SPEAKER—Your committee, appointed to draft resolutions commemorating the life and public services of the Hon. L. R. Wolfe of Johnson county, respectfully submit the following report:

WHEREAS, The Hon. Louis R. Wolfe, an honored member of this House in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth General Assemblies, a gallant soldier of the Civil War and a most highly respected citizen in the county in which he resided, passed from his earthly labors on the 16th day of September, 1903;

WHEREAS, The life and character of the deceased were such as to entitle him to the respect and esteem of all who knew him, and his services to the State and nation were 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, his family is bereft of a kind and loving father, his friends of an honest and esteemed man.

Resolved, That we extend to his children and to those nearest to him, whose sorrow is so much greater, our sincere 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.

G. W. KOONTZ,

C. A. WISE,

E. J. C. BEALER,

Committee.

Adopted.

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