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The Western Star 18 March 1880 [copied from microfilm located at the Warren County Genealogical Society] |
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Death of Dr. W. H. CorwinDr. Corwin died on Friday morning last, at the family residence on west Main street, at the age of fifty-three, and was the only son of the late Hon. Thos. Corwin. He has been suffering from a stroke of paralysis which he received several months ago, and has been on the decline ever since. He was a good citizen, beloved by every one who knew him, and was always ready to do a kindness to the humblest citizen. He was a man that took great interest in foreign and domestic affairs, a close observer of current events and delighted to discuss the political situation during our State and National elections. During election times he would be a frequent caller at the Star offices to learn what the latest news were from the rest of political war. The following clipping from the Cincinnati Times we indorse heartily, and which gives a brief history of him during his father's life: "Dr. Corwin will be remembered well by many of our citizens. He
was often in Cincinnati during the lifetime of his distinguished father.
He went with him to Mexico, serving as his father's private secretary,
and on his father's return to this country he had the position of charge
d'affaires. He returned to the United States in 1866, and not long afterward
began the study of medicine. He pursued his earlier studies in this city
and completed his course in Philadelphia. He entered the practice of his
profession here, and soon after returned to Lebanon, where he has been
living since and where he died. No man lived with finer feelings of a
more generous or more lovable character than Dr. Corwin. He had the chivalrous
instinct strongly developed. He was true to his friends. His sympathy
was comprehensive. He had an innate abhorrence of all that was low and
base. He had read a great deal and his memory was marvelously retentive.
He inherited his father's fondness for anecdote, and his knowledge of
men and politics was wide, accurate and entertaining. His judgment was
sound and clear. He had no taste for politics, but he would have won distinction
in that field if he had chosen to give his attention to public affairs.
Men were attached to him as to a brother. He had been for a long time
in ill health, and his death was not unexpected. He was thoroughly loyal
to friendship, courageous in his convictions, devoted to his family. He
follows to the grave a mother whom he venerated and a father whom he loved
and worshipped. Cares and troubles are over for him, and only memory of
his rare qualities of head and heart remain. |
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