Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Source: The Marine Review 19 April 1900 FUNERAL OF THE LATE CAPT. THOMAS WILSON Simple as his life and impressive as his character were the funeral services for the late CAPT. THOMAS WILSON, in Cleveland, Wednesday afternoon. The family residence at No. 2196 Euclid ave- nue was crowded with those who had come from far and near to pay the last tribute to the dead. The floral offerings were beautiful. REV. CASPAR W. HIATT of the Euclid avenue Congegational church officiated at the services, assisted by REV. F. C. OTTMAN of New- wark, N.J., and CHAPLAIN JONES of the Floating Bethel. Briefly and eloquently they reviewed the life which had been active in busi- ness, philanthropic and church circles. The remains were interred at Lake View Cemetery, the following gentlemen acting as honorary and active pallbearers: Honorary - W. C. FARRINGTON, Buffalo; CAPT. ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL, Duluth; J. W. WESTCOTT, Detroit; CAPT. WILLIAM FORBES, Port Huron; CAPT. J. G. SMITH, Chicago; CHARLES BEATTY, Buffalo; WILLIAM CHISHOLM, SR., JUSTIN SNOW, HORACE FORD, CAPT. GEORGE P. MCKAY, W. D. REES, E. W. OGLEBAY, Cleveland. Active - HON. JOHN H. FARLEY, GEORGE L. QUAYLE, J. E. UPSON, J. J. SULLIVAN, H. D. GOULDER, H. A. HAWGOOD, B. L. PENNINGTON, T. SPENCER KNIGHT, J. W. MOORE, H. CLARK FORD, H. P. MCINTOSH and CAPT. EDWARD MORTON, all of Cleveland. The flags upon all vessels in the harbor were placed at half mast and many of the offices of the vesselmen were closed. Among the vesselmen from other cities present were: W. C. FARRINGTON of Buffalo, president of the Lake Carriers' Association; CAPT. ALEX- ANDER MCDOUGALL of Duluth, CAPT. WILLIAM FORBES of Port Huron, CAPT. J. W. WESTCOTT of Detroit, C. D. CARPENTER of Port Huron, JAMES ASH, GEORGE W. BONE and CAPT. J. J. H. BROWN of Buffalo. The tribute of the Lake Carriers' Association, prepared by a committee consisting of H. COULBY, B. L. PENNINGTON, J. J. H. BROWN and HARVEY D. GOULDER, is as follows. "The news of the death of CAPTAIN THOMAS WILSON, like a thunder- bolt from a clear sky, came as a surprise and a severe shock to his many friends throughout the chain of lakes. It smote all with a keen sense of sorrow for the irreparable loss. "THOMAS WILSON was a man of strong personality. He was domi- nated by reason rather than by sentiment or impulse and he had the courage of his convictions. He was a man of more than ordinary sagacity and forsight. His integrity was unquestioned. His benevolence was unfailing and he gave without ostentation. Having committed himself to particular charities or institutions he deemed worthy, his interest in them never wearied, his financial support never flagged. He had hosts of friends and stood by them always with fraternity and loyalty. He was a man of correct personal habits. Nothing could swerve him from the course of conduct he had chosen as proper and right for him. A consisten Christian, strenuous for correct doctrine, he never obtruded his profession but exemplified it in his life. As a citizen he was public- spirited and patriotic. He conscientiously did his part in en- deavoring to secure good government and just laws, especially the enactment of laws to promote the cause of temperance. He was a devoted husband, an indulgent father, a steadfast friend. If universal sorrow is any measure of his worth, an irretrievable loss has been sustained in his death. "His counsels as president of the Lake Carriers' Association, and later as a member of the executive committee, were always wise and helpful, and to him perhaps as much as to any other, we may attribute the success of the association. "As members of the executive committee we adopt this memorial tendering our sincere sympathy and condolence to the afflicted family in their great bereavement and during the long, sad journey homeward. May the consolations that Heaven alone can give be abundantly bestowed upon the multitude who mourn his loss. "We direct that this memorial be spread upon the records of the association and that an engrossed copy be presented to the bereaved family." =========================================================================== Captain Thomas Wilson died March 22, 1900, in Jerusalem, while making a tour of the Holy Land with his wife and daughter Mabel. His remains were brought back to Cleveland for burial in Lake View Cemetery.