Representative Timothy Charter Clary View All Years

HON. TIMOTHY C. CLARY.

MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare suitable resolutions respecting the life, character and public services of the Hon. Timothy C. Clary, late member of the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-second extra General Assemblies of Iowa, beg leave to report the following memorial:

Hon. Timothy C. Clary was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, November 18, 1855, and came with his parents to this state in 1876, or about that time, and settled in Chickasaw county, where his entire life has been spent. Mr. Clary attended the public school in Lawler, and when he arrived at suitable age commenced teaching, and remained in the profession for several years. He then went to Valparaiso, Indiana, where he took a law course and when he graduated returned home and entered upon the practice of his profession. He entered into partnership with W. J. Springer, now Judge Springer, and they were together until Judge Springer’s appointment to the bench. In the meantime, however, they had taken into the firm M. F. Condon, and the firm name was Springer, Clary & Condon. This firm had a large practice in all the courts of this state and tried many cases in other states and were regarded as a strong firm of lawyers. As a lawyer T. C. Clary had few equals; he devoted himself to the work and prepared his cases with great care and was very successful in the trial of some very difficult and important cases both here and in Minnesota.

In 1891 on the 27th of May, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Martin of Lawler, and they immediately moved to New Hampton, Iowa, and have resided there ever since. Eight children were the fruit of this union, seven of whom with the wife and mother survive him.

Twice the people of New Hampton chose him mayor, five times the people of the county chose him for county attorney, and he was elected to represent the county of Chickasaw in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-second extra General Assemblies of the State of Iowa.

He was a good citizen, loyal and true, a dependable man and honest in his law practice as he was in business, a good neighbor, and a good friend. His life as a whole stands out very clear in nobility of purpose and breadth of sound character. He had just reached the years where, coupled with great energy and wide, accurate knowledge of the law made him a formidable man at the bar. His clearness of vision relative to legal points applicable to a case gave him great power. His knowledge of men made him a most formidable man to meet in any case tried to a jury. A splendid prosecutor in criminal matters, because of his innate sense of right. He went to the heart of a case with directness and force and his ability as an orator was not by any means the least of his accomplishments.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the House of Representatives presents this tribute to the memory of a faithful public servant and mourns that a life so useful was not longer spared to the community and the state that he was so well calculated to serve.

Be It Further Resolved, That this memorial be spread upon the journal of the House and that an engrossed copy of the same be prepared and forwarded to the bereaved family of the deceased.

Respectfully sumbitted,

P. L. KEPPLE,

T. F. GRIFFIN,

LEE W. ELWOOD,

Committee.

Adopted March 20, 1917.