Dallas Morning News, May 21, 1896.
Wrigley - Alvarado, Texas, May 19
Col. James Wrigley died very suddenly Saturday night. Col. Wrigley was born in Montgomery County, New York, August 13, 1822. He came to Texas in 1844 and settled in Liberty County, where he resided for forty-one years. He was elected mayor of the city of Alvarado in 1894 and served two years. During the late war he commanded a battalion, it being a part of Waul's Legion. His wife is a daughter of Billups Gayle of Alabama. He leaves four children. He was buried with Masonic honors by the Cleburne commandery.
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WRIGLEY, JAMES
In the last issue of the Johnson County Review, editor Baillio pays a just and beautiful tribute to our departed friend and former fellow-townsman whose name heads this article, which we copy in full:
"Col. James Wrigley died at his residence, in Alvarado, Saturday night, after an illness of only a few short moments. He had been up town and returning home complained of a pain in his side. After going to bed he told his wife he was sick. In a few moments, before medical aid could reach him, he was dead.
Some time in April, returning home from a meeting of the Commandery, Knights Templar, at Cleburne he fell in getting off of the train and sustained injuries from which it seems he never fully recovered since he was often heard to complain of his side, upon which he had fallen. The dead gentleman was indeed and in truth a grand old man. He was a man of strong intellect, of unimpeachable integrity, of intense loyalty to his friends and had the courage of his convictions of right and wrong on all occasions. He was not a religious man, in the sense the term is used in these degenerate days, but he loved his fellow man, and the distressed and afflicted found in him, always, a sympathizer and a friend. He passed not by on the other side when the cry of distress fell upon his ear."
A few months ago he failed in business and, while his liabilities were not large, unpaid obligations were as gall and wormwood to his good man. But a few days before his death he told his son-in-law, Dr. B. G. Prestridge, that he intended to sell his humble home and pay his debts. And he and his good wife so stricken in years and in health. The statute of limitation and the homestead law, with all their protective powers, were not for him so long as he owed any man a penny.
But he has gone to his reward and the world is better by his having lived in it and humanity is elevated because this honest and chivalric man wore its form for the short space allotted to man on earth. He may have had his faults and foibles for he was human, but the good that was I him, his tender heart and sympathetic nature, his high sense of honor and chivalric bearing, so illumines his memory that they are hidden from view as we think of him. Few men had more of charity and less of malice toward their fellow men. It was fitting that one of such a kind and gentle nature should pass away with so little suffering.
The writer of this had the pleasure and the honor to be counted worthy of the friendship of this good and noble gentleman and feels that in his death he has suffered a loss indeed. Sweet may his sleep be until the inevitable hour when the grave must yield up its dead and the living and the dead shall stand before God. May kind heaven console and protect the good wife so suddenly widowed and bring a healing balm to the crushed and bleeding hearts of his family and friends.
His remains were followed to their resting place in the cemetery at Alvarado, Monday, by a large concourse of friends and were consigned to the grave with all the honors of masonry, of which order he was a zealous and honored member.
James Wrigley was born in Johnstown, New York, in 1822. In 1844 he came to Texas, setting at Liberty, in Liberty county, and has been a citizen of this county for some 8 or 10 years. During the war of 1891-5 he commanded a battalion in Waul's Legion and saw much active service.
In Masonry he attained high rank and was Past Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Past Grand Generalissimo of the grand Commandery and Past Grand Deputy High Priest of the grand Chapter. In Odd Fellowship he also won high rank, both in the subordinate lodge and encampment.
From April 1892 to April 1896 he was mayor of the city of Alvarado and retired from the office with the confidence and esteem of all, having faithfully and fearlessly discharged his duty in all things. (The Liberty Vindicator, Liberty, Tex, Jun 5, 1896 )
Wrigley - Alvarado, Texas, May 19
Col. James Wrigley died very suddenly Saturday night. Col. Wrigley was born in Montgomery County, New York, August 13, 1822. He came to Texas in 1844 and settled in Liberty County, where he resided for forty-one years. He was elected mayor of the city of Alvarado in 1894 and served two years. During the late war he commanded a battalion, it being a part of Waul's Legion. His wife is a daughter of Billups Gayle of Alabama. He leaves four children. He was buried with Masonic honors by the Cleburne commandery.
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WRIGLEY, JAMES
In the last issue of the Johnson County Review, editor Baillio pays a just and beautiful tribute to our departed friend and former fellow-townsman whose name heads this article, which we copy in full:
"Col. James Wrigley died at his residence, in Alvarado, Saturday night, after an illness of only a few short moments. He had been up town and returning home complained of a pain in his side. After going to bed he told his wife he was sick. In a few moments, before medical aid could reach him, he was dead.
Some time in April, returning home from a meeting of the Commandery, Knights Templar, at Cleburne he fell in getting off of the train and sustained injuries from which it seems he never fully recovered since he was often heard to complain of his side, upon which he had fallen. The dead gentleman was indeed and in truth a grand old man. He was a man of strong intellect, of unimpeachable integrity, of intense loyalty to his friends and had the courage of his convictions of right and wrong on all occasions. He was not a religious man, in the sense the term is used in these degenerate days, but he loved his fellow man, and the distressed and afflicted found in him, always, a sympathizer and a friend. He passed not by on the other side when the cry of distress fell upon his ear."
A few months ago he failed in business and, while his liabilities were not large, unpaid obligations were as gall and wormwood to his good man. But a few days before his death he told his son-in-law, Dr. B. G. Prestridge, that he intended to sell his humble home and pay his debts. And he and his good wife so stricken in years and in health. The statute of limitation and the homestead law, with all their protective powers, were not for him so long as he owed any man a penny.
But he has gone to his reward and the world is better by his having lived in it and humanity is elevated because this honest and chivalric man wore its form for the short space allotted to man on earth. He may have had his faults and foibles for he was human, but the good that was I him, his tender heart and sympathetic nature, his high sense of honor and chivalric bearing, so illumines his memory that they are hidden from view as we think of him. Few men had more of charity and less of malice toward their fellow men. It was fitting that one of such a kind and gentle nature should pass away with so little suffering.
The writer of this had the pleasure and the honor to be counted worthy of the friendship of this good and noble gentleman and feels that in his death he has suffered a loss indeed. Sweet may his sleep be until the inevitable hour when the grave must yield up its dead and the living and the dead shall stand before God. May kind heaven console and protect the good wife so suddenly widowed and bring a healing balm to the crushed and bleeding hearts of his family and friends.
His remains were followed to their resting place in the cemetery at Alvarado, Monday, by a large concourse of friends and were consigned to the grave with all the honors of masonry, of which order he was a zealous and honored member.
James Wrigley was born in Johnstown, New York, in 1822. In 1844 he came to Texas, setting at Liberty, in Liberty county, and has been a citizen of this county for some 8 or 10 years. During the war of 1891-5 he commanded a battalion in Waul's Legion and saw much active service.
In Masonry he attained high rank and was Past Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Past Grand Generalissimo of the grand Commandery and Past Grand Deputy High Priest of the grand Chapter. In Odd Fellowship he also won high rank, both in the subordinate lodge and encampment.
From April 1892 to April 1896 he was mayor of the city of Alvarado and retired from the office with the confidence and esteem of all, having faithfully and fearlessly discharged his duty in all things. (The Liberty Vindicator, Liberty, Tex, Jun 5, 1896 )
Dallas Morning News, May 21, 1896.
Wrigley - Alvarado, Texas, May 19
Col. James Wrigley died very suddenly Saturday night. Col. Wrigley was born in Montgomery County, New York, August 13, 1822. He came to Texas in 1844 and settled in Liberty County, where he resided for forty-one years. He was elected mayor of the city of Alvarado in 1894 and served two years. During the late war he commanded a battalion, it being a part of Waul's Legion. His wife is a daughter of Billups Gayle of Alabama. He leaves four children. He was buried with Masonic honors by the Cleburne commandery.
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WRIGLEY, JAMES
In the last issue of the Johnson County Review, editor Baillio pays a just and beautiful tribute to our departed friend and former fellow-townsman whose name heads this article, which we copy in full:
"Col. James Wrigley died at his residence, in Alvarado, Saturday night, after an illness of only a few short moments. He had been up town and returning home complained of a pain in his side. After going to bed he told his wife he was sick. In a few moments, before medical aid could reach him, he was dead.
Some time in April, returning home from a meeting of the Commandery, Knights Templar, at Cleburne he fell in getting off of the train and sustained injuries from which it seems he never fully recovered since he was often heard to complain of his side, upon which he had fallen. The dead gentleman was indeed and in truth a grand old man. He was a man of strong intellect, of unimpeachable integrity, of intense loyalty to his friends and had the courage of his convictions of right and wrong on all occasions. He was not a religious man, in the sense the term is used in these degenerate days, but he loved his fellow man, and the distressed and afflicted found in him, always, a sympathizer and a friend. He passed not by on the other side when the cry of distress fell upon his ear."
A few months ago he failed in business and, while his liabilities were not large, unpaid obligations were as gall and wormwood to his good man. But a few days before his death he told his son-in-law, Dr. B. G. Prestridge, that he intended to sell his humble home and pay his debts. And he and his good wife so stricken in years and in health. The statute of limitation and the homestead law, with all their protective powers, were not for him so long as he owed any man a penny.
But he has gone to his reward and the world is better by his having lived in it and humanity is elevated because this honest and chivalric man wore its form for the short space allotted to man on earth. He may have had his faults and foibles for he was human, but the good that was I him, his tender heart and sympathetic nature, his high sense of honor and chivalric bearing, so illumines his memory that they are hidden from view as we think of him. Few men had more of charity and less of malice toward their fellow men. It was fitting that one of such a kind and gentle nature should pass away with so little suffering.
The writer of this had the pleasure and the honor to be counted worthy of the friendship of this good and noble gentleman and feels that in his death he has suffered a loss indeed. Sweet may his sleep be until the inevitable hour when the grave must yield up its dead and the living and the dead shall stand before God. May kind heaven console and protect the good wife so suddenly widowed and bring a healing balm to the crushed and bleeding hearts of his family and friends.
His remains were followed to their resting place in the cemetery at Alvarado, Monday, by a large concourse of friends and were consigned to the grave with all the honors of masonry, of which order he was a zealous and honored member.
James Wrigley was born in Johnstown, New York, in 1822. In 1844 he came to Texas, setting at Liberty, in Liberty county, and has been a citizen of this county for some 8 or 10 years. During the war of 1891-5 he commanded a battalion in Waul's Legion and saw much active service.
In Masonry he attained high rank and was Past Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Past Grand Generalissimo of the grand Commandery and Past Grand Deputy High Priest of the grand Chapter. In Odd Fellowship he also won high rank, both in the subordinate lodge and encampment.
From April 1892 to April 1896 he was mayor of the city of Alvarado and retired from the office with the confidence and esteem of all, having faithfully and fearlessly discharged his duty in all things. (The Liberty Vindicator, Liberty, Tex, Jun 5, 1896 )
Wrigley - Alvarado, Texas, May 19
Col. James Wrigley died very suddenly Saturday night. Col. Wrigley was born in Montgomery County, New York, August 13, 1822. He came to Texas in 1844 and settled in Liberty County, where he resided for forty-one years. He was elected mayor of the city of Alvarado in 1894 and served two years. During the late war he commanded a battalion, it being a part of Waul's Legion. His wife is a daughter of Billups Gayle of Alabama. He leaves four children. He was buried with Masonic honors by the Cleburne commandery.
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WRIGLEY, JAMES
In the last issue of the Johnson County Review, editor Baillio pays a just and beautiful tribute to our departed friend and former fellow-townsman whose name heads this article, which we copy in full:
"Col. James Wrigley died at his residence, in Alvarado, Saturday night, after an illness of only a few short moments. He had been up town and returning home complained of a pain in his side. After going to bed he told his wife he was sick. In a few moments, before medical aid could reach him, he was dead.
Some time in April, returning home from a meeting of the Commandery, Knights Templar, at Cleburne he fell in getting off of the train and sustained injuries from which it seems he never fully recovered since he was often heard to complain of his side, upon which he had fallen. The dead gentleman was indeed and in truth a grand old man. He was a man of strong intellect, of unimpeachable integrity, of intense loyalty to his friends and had the courage of his convictions of right and wrong on all occasions. He was not a religious man, in the sense the term is used in these degenerate days, but he loved his fellow man, and the distressed and afflicted found in him, always, a sympathizer and a friend. He passed not by on the other side when the cry of distress fell upon his ear."
A few months ago he failed in business and, while his liabilities were not large, unpaid obligations were as gall and wormwood to his good man. But a few days before his death he told his son-in-law, Dr. B. G. Prestridge, that he intended to sell his humble home and pay his debts. And he and his good wife so stricken in years and in health. The statute of limitation and the homestead law, with all their protective powers, were not for him so long as he owed any man a penny.
But he has gone to his reward and the world is better by his having lived in it and humanity is elevated because this honest and chivalric man wore its form for the short space allotted to man on earth. He may have had his faults and foibles for he was human, but the good that was I him, his tender heart and sympathetic nature, his high sense of honor and chivalric bearing, so illumines his memory that they are hidden from view as we think of him. Few men had more of charity and less of malice toward their fellow men. It was fitting that one of such a kind and gentle nature should pass away with so little suffering.
The writer of this had the pleasure and the honor to be counted worthy of the friendship of this good and noble gentleman and feels that in his death he has suffered a loss indeed. Sweet may his sleep be until the inevitable hour when the grave must yield up its dead and the living and the dead shall stand before God. May kind heaven console and protect the good wife so suddenly widowed and bring a healing balm to the crushed and bleeding hearts of his family and friends.
His remains were followed to their resting place in the cemetery at Alvarado, Monday, by a large concourse of friends and were consigned to the grave with all the honors of masonry, of which order he was a zealous and honored member.
James Wrigley was born in Johnstown, New York, in 1822. In 1844 he came to Texas, setting at Liberty, in Liberty county, and has been a citizen of this county for some 8 or 10 years. During the war of 1891-5 he commanded a battalion in Waul's Legion and saw much active service.
In Masonry he attained high rank and was Past Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Texas, Past Grand Generalissimo of the grand Commandery and Past Grand Deputy High Priest of the grand Chapter. In Odd Fellowship he also won high rank, both in the subordinate lodge and encampment.
From April 1892 to April 1896 he was mayor of the city of Alvarado and retired from the office with the confidence and esteem of all, having faithfully and fearlessly discharged his duty in all things. (The Liberty Vindicator, Liberty, Tex, Jun 5, 1896 )
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