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An Old and Respected Citizen Passes Away.A USEFUL CAREER ENDED,Mr. Folger Occupied the Bench of Massillon for Fifty Years and Was the Oldest Practicing Lawyer in Ohio-Those Who Knew Him.Robert H. Folder, aged 87 years, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Massillon, died on Wednesday morning at 3 o’clock, from the effects of various weaknesses attendant upon old age. I p to a period datiDg about four weeks ; ago Mr. Folger was able to attend to his business affairs, but since that time he has been confiued tohis-bed and has been gradually sinking. Although his condition was in a measure realized by his family and friends, death was not momentarily expected. Captain William H. Folger, of the United States navy, visited his father last week, and finding that there was little preceptible change in the latter’s condition from day to day, returned to New ^ork. where he is engaged in important business connected with the fitting up of the new battleship Kearsarge. Captain Folger was notified of his father’s death this morning and will probably reach the city on Thursday. Mr. Folger's other surviving children are: Miss Sarah Folger, Miss Elizabeth Folger. of Massillon, and Mrs. Minnie Lang, of Toledo. Mr. Folger was of Quaker descent and was connected with no church in Massillon. Funeral arrangements which are yet to be made.will therefore be very simple, and. in compliance with the earnest request of his family, all other details connected with the death of Massillon's best known citizen will be of a similar character.Robert H. Folger was a native of Chester county. Pa., which was also the birthplace of Beiramm West, the t\s»nr-trieks. Dates, faces, places aud happenings were fixed in his mind, and age apparently never in the slightest degree impaired his memory.THOSE WHO K3EW HIM BEST.Referring to Mr. Folger this morning, John O. Garrett, for a number of years associated with him in the practice of law, said: “Having been a partner of Mr. Folger for more than two years, and having been continuously associated with him since 1879 as partner, lawyer and justice of the peace, I knew him as a man of extensive legal knowledge, a successful advocate, of sterling integrity and a success in his profession; a man of genera! information, remarkable memo ry and practical ideas of the times and age in which he lived. With him died information concerning the last century that few, if any, in Stark county can recount. We who knew him best will miss his counsel—ever ready and willing to give, to assist the student or young lawyer. His equal will be, in this respect, sought for in vain in this community, j Ripe in experience, a thorough self-made scholar aud a man among men, I am sorry to bid him adieu.’’“My association with Mr. Folger,” said Robert H. Day, “dated from 1892, since which time, until very recently, I saw him almost daily in office life. That association was not only pleasant aud social, but instructive and interesting in a high degree. His acquaintance with prominent men of the abolition and war period, his wonderfully retentive memory, his knowledge of the classics and literature made him always a welcome visitor and a man whom it was always a pleasure to meet. As a lawyer and judicial officer, he was hard-working, active and impartial, and to the younger members of the profession with which he was connected for so long, be was an example of application and industry. Take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again. Everywhere that one's business might take him, he finds people who knew and respected Mr. Fol- ' ger. But a month ago, while in Cadiz,I met the Hon. John A. Bingham, who was associated with Stanton in the prac- ] tice of law, and who was for years United 1 5-tates minister to Japan. He inquired after Mr. Folger, and expressed the wish ! that they might meet again soon.” ] ■'As a man. as a nii.i-zpn anH a ‘
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Thu, May 11, 1899
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