he laid his head at the feet of Christ, and being so humbled by himself, was by his Lord lifted up into the embrace of love, so that he might dies on the bosom of Jesus.'

'Our town has lost a model businessman, our church its pillar, our denomination its benefactor, our country one of its best friends, and our State its legislator and champion. The home at once has lost its father and son, our school its patron, and our society its savant."

In this tribute of memory let us thank God for such a mother and son, and for such a wife as was his, of whom Dr. Law has said: 'I may have met her equal, but never her superior,' and who has so recently died as to be fresh in the hearts of the people, and especially the children; and let us pray that the rich legacy of grace and nobility of character may fall a protecting mantle on his children.

Henry L. Lewis' daughter Norma married Oct., 1897, Josiah H. Hardin, a druggist at Waco, Texas, and they now live at the Henry L. Lewis home in Hearne, Texas, Feb. 17, 1899 a daughter was born, named Norma and on Aug. 8, 1899 the mother died.

May, 1897, I obtained from the Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C., the following in regard to William Hearne:

"The records of this office show that William Hearne served as a private in a company of chasseurs of General Pulaski's Legion, Continental Troops, Revolutionary War. His name appears on a pay-roll, dated at Yorktown, March 19, 1779, which bears the remarks, 'Commencement of pay, June 17;' 'time of service 8 mo. 29 days.' by authority of the Secretary of War.

"F. C. Ainsworth,
"Colonel U. S. Army, Chief of Office."

Colonel Ainsworth also says, in the same communication:

"It is proper to add, however, that the collection of Revolutionary War records in this office is far from complete, and that the absence therefrom of any name is by no means conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary Army; it is proper to state that there is reason to believe that provision will be made by Congress in the near future for the publication of the records in question, so that the information they contain will be made available for the use of societies and persons

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