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ROUND tHE TOWNt !)WHli best wishes ftr my blrthplibe/* is the way C. E. Bimson, of Mllltkin, Colo., concludes it letter to Th6 Whig-Journal, He encloses anewspaper clipping from the Denver Post, containing1 a resolution passed by the Colorado chapter of the American Insti-tute of Architects, on the death of Robert S. Roeschlaub, also aformer Quihcyan, who died inSan Diego, Cal., October 25, but who for '40 years was a resident of Denver, leaving Quincy in 1873 for that city, and remaining there until 1913, when he went to California1 for the benefit of his health. Mr. Roeschlaub wasa brother of Mrs. D. H. A. Nickerson. The resolution says Mr,Roeschlaub was bom in Munich, Bavaria, July 6, 1843. At the age of three he came to Quincy with his father, Dr. Roeschlaub, who became One of the most noted physicians of this section of the country. Mr.Roeschlaub at the ago of 19 enlisted in theS4th Illinois Volunteers, being a member of Company E, and served through the entire Civil war, making the march with Sherman to the sea. He returned to Quincy and followed his profession until 1873, when he went to Denver. He built many of the public schools and other prominent buildings of that city, and was for 14 years a member of the school board. Many of his school plans were copied in England and Germany, the resolution says. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. a. distinction accorded him by the national body for his high ideals and ethical standards.Mr. Bimson says he was a school companion [ of Mr. Rooschlaub’s, having attended the old Webster school with him. This was the old four-room building which stood on the lot bo-tween tlm present Webster and the High school.Mr. Bimson himself came from a prominent pioneer family of Quincy. His father was one of the founders of the old planing mill which stood nt Ninth and Hampshire. It was about 50 years ago that the father started on a trip to Europe, from which he never returned. The ship he sailed lt;m went down at sea and all were lost. Months afterward portions of the wreck were found floating about the ocean.The writer still has a great affection for his “old home town” as expressed in his letter. He says that he carried a route on the Quincy Whig just before the Wilcoxes took hold of the paper, and for a time after that. Daniel Wilcox took over the paper in the early seventies. After carrying papers for several years Mr. Bimson says he learned the trade of carriage woodworker, and for some time was employed by Hynes Co., who were on Sixth between Maine and Hampshire, and later re. moved to Fifth and Jersey, lie says he left Quincy in D93. 30 years ago, and has been away from here ever since, although he says his thoughts often wander back to the place where he was born, and he wonders if any of his old friends are still left. vIt is, but natural that Mr. Bimson shduld do this. No matter where we go or where we may land, even to the uttermost parts of the earth, there are compelling times when the mind travels back to those days, the happiest of all, that we spent as boys and girls, In our native city. Sometimes we wander back, but the changes we find and the missing friends which fail to greet us, dispel the fond illusion we may have cherished. But one’s birthplace bears the same relationship as the mother. It was there we first formed our ideas of life and built our air castles, and come what will, do what we may, we cannot destroy those early memories.What is more, wo W’ould not destroy them ifwe could.
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Quincy Whig Journal
Quincy, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 08, 1923
Page 13
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