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RESOLUTIONSPassed 70 Years Ago By Lancaster citizens.At nil time* more than h j n using H notice ha* been given thedealhof thoseI who hive *|im*J guard when our nation I wii in dnnger lt;»r Oppressed.r. The following resolutions w ere adopt-r. I c«*l when (apt. Michael Salter. a Rev-i. olucion*r scidiwr died in Lancaster.Ill' funeral i' remcmhorvd by noun* who an- atill living, it being u iniliturv funeral with V. S. soldiers and a nuni v Ikt of band* fiuiti different towns in ^ j the state taking j art »r the vxurciiv) of the day. lie lies buried in our cemetery and I* probably the only Revolutionary soldier who is buried tin re.At a meeting of tile Citizens of theII town of Lancaster and County of (jar-n rard. held at the Court House on the | n 7th day of Mur* h I Sill.Col Thom*» liuford was called to the ' Chair and Horatio liruce. Ks|. elected I I Secretary —»• Whereupon tteurp# W. Dunlap. Esq.announced the demise uf Michael Sab tj ter. a soldier *f th* Revolution, on (lit* ds ut t» o’clock A M.. and moved that I a Committee be kppuintitl to diult Resolutions expressive «»f the deep ,, ftv'ilttfuf theClHKciu UJ»u.i this inel-f euchuiy occasion and the Chair there I Upon appointed i». VV. Dunlap, Ksj., r .lame* IT Smith. Hugh laigaii, Joseph v Hopper, A. C. Hamel and Alex U Mr-Kee *ttld Committee, wilo after retiring for a allot I lime retured the fullowitg Preamble und Reaulutions whivh were unainimouaiy ud iptwl ( Whereas. We learn With deup regret 1 tliut our ugetl. and illuatriou* vet-orun i iti. on. Michael Salter, a Drum'J ( Major in theArrnv of the KevoluUon.de-1 parted this life at lua residence in t.an-1 caster »t 1» o’clock A.M. ThereforeResolved: That in thodeath of Michael Salter our friend und out Country 's ' friend, society ha* lost otto of it* bright- Tl r eat ornamenta the Country a beloved or h 1 relic of the Revolution, the Churvh an nar 1 exemplary raotvib r. and his family a tr.»u kind businnd a fond father, und a alio1* faithful advisor. fore* Jt Resolved: That it is with heart- horn f«R thanks to the di»|H«UHr of all good, youI we learn that our lamuntcd friend bote reel, I witn fortitude, Id# lust ill#*— MmiMh T#hcares uf this wurUi were rmtoved far for from hi* thought* that he was on- atr« Clous of having *erved his Savior and to p his Country fsithfully that he had tain
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Lancaster Central Record
Lancaster, Kentucky, US
Thu, Jan 27, 1916
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