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The Granville TimesFRIDAY,APRIL io, iSSc.before him. He settled in Illionis, andin -1857, was elected State SenatorDOWNS KUSSMAUL,PROPRIETORSC. B. DOWNS, Editor.The Times js registefed at the Postoffice assecond-clas mail matter.Sketches of 1849.Very few of the graduates of Gran-madein the world. A large majoritythem have been ministers oT the gospel, working quietly but effectivelyfor the Master. Those who havechosen other professions have beencontent to keep close to their work,from Coles county, which position heheld for two years. At this time hebecameLincoln, became a Republican, and in1860 stumped Illinois for Lincoln.He then moved to Grand Rapids,Mich.,wasS. Associate Justice of WashingtonTerritory. He filled this position with1ci1cs1g re at acceptatio n _ unti 1Hisfellows on the bench sa d of him,” asa member of the bar, we all knew,respected, admired, honored, lovedhim. A most genial man; a learnedand as a consequence few noted menare found among£A remarkable exception to thisstatement is the class of 1849, takenas a whole.members.William Aills is a well known physician of Steers Creek, Miss.Heserved with honor as a surgeon in theConfederate army, and has a goodpractice nowacute, careful, diligent, and candidlawyer; a,faithful, dauntless, eloquent,pertinacious, indefatigable advocate;a ready and true friend of the Court,he stood at the bar, armed and adorn-Wmtm»» i«»ied with those qualities and accom-:1(11(plishments, which deserved and won tsuccess. In all places of life he shone ]as a good citizen; not only as a lawyerjudge, and public man, but as a broth-Hon. George Leroy Converse, of. er a hushand’ a father and fri«nd;Columbus, is too well known in Gran- a^ways llPright, always amiableville to need further mention.those well knew, who knew him best.asHon George Reed Sage, for a long Af,er iS69 he Policed law at Olym-time a leading lawyer of Cincinnati, P'a’ d '’ and was strong'y urgedOhio, and trustee of D. U., is U. Sifor delegate to ConSress- In lS7GCircuit Judge for Southwestern Ohio. health began to fail and in 1872, (Hon. William Henry Corwin, the he was comPelled to retire fromson of ex-Governor Thomas Corwin, Practlce-He turned with wanwas a prominent physician at Lebanon, ^everec^ body toward the sunny southOhio, at the time of his death, March doping to find in Coopers well near j12, 18S0. He was Charge D'affaires borne the fountain oi perpet-in Mexico, and Private secretary to ua^ y9ut^* consumption had se- lt;his father when Minister to Mexico. ^ectelt;^ bim for a victim, and as he saw ,The following story told on him well end drawing near, he longed toillustrates the character of his sire, see once again bis wife and daughters,who received honorary L.L D., in wb° ba^ been prevented from going1849: “When Mr. Corwin’s son, the South on account of ill health. Helate Dr. W. H. Corwin, was attending s^artet^ North, and yet his hopes wereGranville College, his teachers became never realized for just as the swiftlyalarmed at his sitting up too late Siding train entered the depot atnights, and thought he was overstudy- krie, Pennsylvania, his spirit departedingThey wrote to his father in re- -'^uSust 29 *873. He died a Chris-gard to the matter. Mr. Corwin ad- tain’ a member of ^the Methodistdressed his son as follows on the subject, ‘My Dear Son—I understandthat there is danger of your injuringyourself by over mental exertion.There arc so few young men thesedays that go that way, that I desire tosay that should you kill yourself fromChurch, and was in all respects a model for a perfect man. By a singular fatality in less than three years his wife, Mrs. Anna Bancroft Wyche, and his two daughters, Stella and May, were all buried, and more strik-ing yet, of the six in his fathers fami-alone remain. Histoo much study, it would give mely, two sisters aione remain, brother, Bevil Granville Wyche at one time was a student at Granville Colmuch pleasure to attend your lege. In connection with the abovefuneral.’ ”Sketches the following program whichRev Benjamin Hampson Thomas,D.D., has made quite a reputation atrecently came into my hands may not be uninteresting:Reidsburg, Clarion county, Pa.,THE XVIII COMMENCEMENT,where he has lived since graduationJuly 11, 1849.He is in charge of Reidsburg Insti-CRANVILLE COLLEGE.tute, an important feeder of Lewis-burg. Pa.ORDER OF EXERCISES.Music.Probably the most brilliant member of the class was Hon. JamesPrayer.Candidates for the First Degree. Oration-Wyche. He had hosts ofRetirement Natural to Great Minds,Wii.liam Henry Corwin, Lebanon.friends, and the writer has been try- I Orationing for some time to find out something of his life work. This last weekPresent and Posthumorous Fame,Georoe Reed Sage, Cincinnati.Music.fortune has put into his hands some 0rati°-D'='nocracy of Thought,valuable papersMr.concerning Wyche, which must be returned toWilliam Aills, Copiah Co., Miss.his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Wyche Morrison, of Byram’s Station, Miss.Oration—The Scholars Mission,George Leroy Converse, llarlem.Music.OrationAs Mr. Wyche married a Granville-Intelligence and Husbandry,James Edmund Wyche, Hindo Co.. Miss.girl, and was personally known to Orationmany of the readers of the Times,some of these papers w ill be repro-Modern Civilization Subservient to the Moral Reformation of the World.duced here, since a like opportunityBenjamin Hampson Thomas, Clarion, Pa.M usic.may never be given to write a sketchof his life*He was born in Hindo county,Miss., September 22, 1828, and wasconnected with Southern families ofCandidates for the Second Degree.Oration—Connexion of All Ages in Elaborating the the Destiny of Man,Ori.anda Lank Casti e, Zanesville.M usic.the highest rank, being named fromConferring of Degrees.M usic.Ldmund Mason, of Virginia.InBenediction.college he was a brilliant student, afine writer, and debater, and a leadergenerally. After graduation, he returned to Mississippi, and began thestudy of law. On his 22d birthday,September 22, 1S50, he was marriedto Miss Anna Bancroft, of Granville,daughter, I think, of “Dr. AV*W. Bancroft. On his wedding trip he wentboatwith Leonidas Robert, of St. Paul, al he degree of A. M. honorary was conferred upon Rev. Geo. C. Sedgwick, of Zanesville, and upon Rev. S. S. Lattimore, of Mississippi ; the degree of D. I), upon Rev. Robert W.Cushman, of Philadelphia; and the degree of L.L. I)., upon Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Lebanon. E. W. S.former Granville student, who also waspn his wedding tour, having marriedMiss Gurney, of Alexandria. Mr.P. - « * • 1 A .. m. 4Wychethe bar of Mississippi, but was persuaded by his wife to go north, as,A Great Dlncovery.Mr. Win. Thomhs, of Newton, la., savs: “Mv \Ufe ha* been seriouslyaffected with a cough for twenty-five years, and this more severely than ever before. She had used many remedies without relief, and being ur^ed to try Dr. King’s New Discovery, did so, with most gratifying results. The first bottle relieved her very much, and the second bottle has absolutely cured her. She has not had so good health-for thirty years, Trial Bottles Free at Belfords Palace Drugstore. Large size $i .00. 6
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Granville Times
Granville, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 10, 1885
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