From the KNOX COUNTY [ILLINOIS] REPUBLICAN
Wednesday, June 14, 1882
JOHN J. LAUX OBITUARY
On Thursday last [Note: date of death was June 9, 1882], Mr. John Laux went from Canton to a place near, for the purpose of fishing. After a while he concluded to bathe. Thinking the water was not deep, he jumped in and immediately sank to the bottom, the water being so cold as to produce cramps. A friend who was with him tried, but without avail, to save his life. The body was recovered late in the afternoon and was brought to this city Saturday morning.
The funeral took place from St. John's Church, on Saturday afternoon at 3:30, the services being conducted by Rev. Dr. Leffingwell, a large number of sorrowing friends from Knoxville and Galesburg being in attendance.
John Laux was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 7, 1859. He was baptized in the Episcopal church when an infant. His parents removed to Waukegan, Illinois, the year following his birth. There he attended the public schools from 1865 to 1870, when the family moved to Canton, Illinois, he remaining there and attending school until December 1874. He was then employed in the drug business by his brother Carl in Chicago, and on the removal of the family to Galesburg, he entered the drug store of W. H. Mack, remaining there two years until his health gave way and he was obliged to quit business and go to Colorado, where he remained for nine months. On his return, with restored health, he entered Knox College, with the intention of taking the Classical course, but on account of his health was again obliged to leave College where he had attained a first class standing and thereafter devoted himself to the acquirement of a musical education. He was organist of the Universalist Church in Galesburg for two years, and had been organist of the Congregational (Brick) church for six months up to the time of his death. He had also been teaching music in Canton about three months, with good success.
Mr. Laux was a young man greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends in Knoxville and Galesburg, whom this calamity has sadly stricken. He was a dutiful and much loved son, an affectionate brother, and his loss to them will be very great.
The mortal body sleeps beneath the sod,
Whose white-winged, ransomed soul has flown on high,
There welcomed by its tender, loving God,
Where sorrow is not known, nor pain nor sigh.
The following resolutions of respect were passed by an association of young people of Galesburg, of which he was a member:
Whereas, in the mutability of human affairs our Heavenly Father has seen fit to call one of our number, John Laux, "thro' death unto life."
Therefore be it:
Resolved, that we his former companions, classmates and co-workers in this church and Sabbath school, though scarcely comprehending the full meaning of this sudden and deep bereavement, would still bow submissively under the hand of the Omnipotent believing that "He doeth all things well."
Resolved, that our departed brother exhibited in his life the beauties of the Christian graces, while by his death we are all reminded of the Master's warning "Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh."
Resolved, that we tender to the stricken family our sincere and heartfelt sympathy, that we remember them in our prayers, that we may all feel the sweet assurance of the Holy Spirit, our Comforter.
Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon our records, that a copy be sent to the bereaved household and to each of our city papers for publication.
E.S. Carr
K.D. Atken
A.B. Colton
Also from the KNOX COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Wednesday June 14, 1882:
Prof. Carl Laux and family desire to take this opportunity of expressing their heartfelt gratitude to the many friends in Knoxville and Galesburg for their kind assistance to, and sympathy with them in the hour of affliction and beg to assure them that it will ever be most thankfully remembered.
[Note: These newspaper articles were provided by Lynn Watters of Galesburg, Ill. in May of 1987.]
Mary Lynn Williams
Great Great Granddaughter of Prof. Carl Laux
Wednesday, June 14, 1882
JOHN J. LAUX OBITUARY
On Thursday last [Note: date of death was June 9, 1882], Mr. John Laux went from Canton to a place near, for the purpose of fishing. After a while he concluded to bathe. Thinking the water was not deep, he jumped in and immediately sank to the bottom, the water being so cold as to produce cramps. A friend who was with him tried, but without avail, to save his life. The body was recovered late in the afternoon and was brought to this city Saturday morning.
The funeral took place from St. John's Church, on Saturday afternoon at 3:30, the services being conducted by Rev. Dr. Leffingwell, a large number of sorrowing friends from Knoxville and Galesburg being in attendance.
John Laux was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 7, 1859. He was baptized in the Episcopal church when an infant. His parents removed to Waukegan, Illinois, the year following his birth. There he attended the public schools from 1865 to 1870, when the family moved to Canton, Illinois, he remaining there and attending school until December 1874. He was then employed in the drug business by his brother Carl in Chicago, and on the removal of the family to Galesburg, he entered the drug store of W. H. Mack, remaining there two years until his health gave way and he was obliged to quit business and go to Colorado, where he remained for nine months. On his return, with restored health, he entered Knox College, with the intention of taking the Classical course, but on account of his health was again obliged to leave College where he had attained a first class standing and thereafter devoted himself to the acquirement of a musical education. He was organist of the Universalist Church in Galesburg for two years, and had been organist of the Congregational (Brick) church for six months up to the time of his death. He had also been teaching music in Canton about three months, with good success.
Mr. Laux was a young man greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends in Knoxville and Galesburg, whom this calamity has sadly stricken. He was a dutiful and much loved son, an affectionate brother, and his loss to them will be very great.
The mortal body sleeps beneath the sod,
Whose white-winged, ransomed soul has flown on high,
There welcomed by its tender, loving God,
Where sorrow is not known, nor pain nor sigh.
The following resolutions of respect were passed by an association of young people of Galesburg, of which he was a member:
Whereas, in the mutability of human affairs our Heavenly Father has seen fit to call one of our number, John Laux, "thro' death unto life."
Therefore be it:
Resolved, that we his former companions, classmates and co-workers in this church and Sabbath school, though scarcely comprehending the full meaning of this sudden and deep bereavement, would still bow submissively under the hand of the Omnipotent believing that "He doeth all things well."
Resolved, that our departed brother exhibited in his life the beauties of the Christian graces, while by his death we are all reminded of the Master's warning "Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh."
Resolved, that we tender to the stricken family our sincere and heartfelt sympathy, that we remember them in our prayers, that we may all feel the sweet assurance of the Holy Spirit, our Comforter.
Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon our records, that a copy be sent to the bereaved household and to each of our city papers for publication.
E.S. Carr
K.D. Atken
A.B. Colton
Also from the KNOX COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Wednesday June 14, 1882:
Prof. Carl Laux and family desire to take this opportunity of expressing their heartfelt gratitude to the many friends in Knoxville and Galesburg for their kind assistance to, and sympathy with them in the hour of affliction and beg to assure them that it will ever be most thankfully remembered.
[Note: These newspaper articles were provided by Lynn Watters of Galesburg, Ill. in May of 1987.]
Mary Lynn Williams
Great Great Granddaughter of Prof. Carl Laux
From the KNOX COUNTY [ILLINOIS] REPUBLICAN
Wednesday, June 14, 1882
JOHN J. LAUX OBITUARY
On Thursday last [Note: date of death was June 9, 1882], Mr. John Laux went from Canton to a place near, for the purpose of fishing. After a while he concluded to bathe. Thinking the water was not deep, he jumped in and immediately sank to the bottom, the water being so cold as to produce cramps. A friend who was with him tried, but without avail, to save his life. The body was recovered late in the afternoon and was brought to this city Saturday morning.
The funeral took place from St. John's Church, on Saturday afternoon at 3:30, the services being conducted by Rev. Dr. Leffingwell, a large number of sorrowing friends from Knoxville and Galesburg being in attendance.
John Laux was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 7, 1859. He was baptized in the Episcopal church when an infant. His parents removed to Waukegan, Illinois, the year following his birth. There he attended the public schools from 1865 to 1870, when the family moved to Canton, Illinois, he remaining there and attending school until December 1874. He was then employed in the drug business by his brother Carl in Chicago, and on the removal of the family to Galesburg, he entered the drug store of W. H. Mack, remaining there two years until his health gave way and he was obliged to quit business and go to Colorado, where he remained for nine months. On his return, with restored health, he entered Knox College, with the intention of taking the Classical course, but on account of his health was again obliged to leave College where he had attained a first class standing and thereafter devoted himself to the acquirement of a musical education. He was organist of the Universalist Church in Galesburg for two years, and had been organist of the Congregational (Brick) church for six months up to the time of his death. He had also been teaching music in Canton about three months, with good success.
Mr. Laux was a young man greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends in Knoxville and Galesburg, whom this calamity has sadly stricken. He was a dutiful and much loved son, an affectionate brother, and his loss to them will be very great.
The mortal body sleeps beneath the sod,
Whose white-winged, ransomed soul has flown on high,
There welcomed by its tender, loving God,
Where sorrow is not known, nor pain nor sigh.
The following resolutions of respect were passed by an association of young people of Galesburg, of which he was a member:
Whereas, in the mutability of human affairs our Heavenly Father has seen fit to call one of our number, John Laux, "thro' death unto life."
Therefore be it:
Resolved, that we his former companions, classmates and co-workers in this church and Sabbath school, though scarcely comprehending the full meaning of this sudden and deep bereavement, would still bow submissively under the hand of the Omnipotent believing that "He doeth all things well."
Resolved, that our departed brother exhibited in his life the beauties of the Christian graces, while by his death we are all reminded of the Master's warning "Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh."
Resolved, that we tender to the stricken family our sincere and heartfelt sympathy, that we remember them in our prayers, that we may all feel the sweet assurance of the Holy Spirit, our Comforter.
Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon our records, that a copy be sent to the bereaved household and to each of our city papers for publication.
E.S. Carr
K.D. Atken
A.B. Colton
Also from the KNOX COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Wednesday June 14, 1882:
Prof. Carl Laux and family desire to take this opportunity of expressing their heartfelt gratitude to the many friends in Knoxville and Galesburg for their kind assistance to, and sympathy with them in the hour of affliction and beg to assure them that it will ever be most thankfully remembered.
[Note: These newspaper articles were provided by Lynn Watters of Galesburg, Ill. in May of 1987.]
Mary Lynn Williams
Great Great Granddaughter of Prof. Carl Laux
Wednesday, June 14, 1882
JOHN J. LAUX OBITUARY
On Thursday last [Note: date of death was June 9, 1882], Mr. John Laux went from Canton to a place near, for the purpose of fishing. After a while he concluded to bathe. Thinking the water was not deep, he jumped in and immediately sank to the bottom, the water being so cold as to produce cramps. A friend who was with him tried, but without avail, to save his life. The body was recovered late in the afternoon and was brought to this city Saturday morning.
The funeral took place from St. John's Church, on Saturday afternoon at 3:30, the services being conducted by Rev. Dr. Leffingwell, a large number of sorrowing friends from Knoxville and Galesburg being in attendance.
John Laux was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 7, 1859. He was baptized in the Episcopal church when an infant. His parents removed to Waukegan, Illinois, the year following his birth. There he attended the public schools from 1865 to 1870, when the family moved to Canton, Illinois, he remaining there and attending school until December 1874. He was then employed in the drug business by his brother Carl in Chicago, and on the removal of the family to Galesburg, he entered the drug store of W. H. Mack, remaining there two years until his health gave way and he was obliged to quit business and go to Colorado, where he remained for nine months. On his return, with restored health, he entered Knox College, with the intention of taking the Classical course, but on account of his health was again obliged to leave College where he had attained a first class standing and thereafter devoted himself to the acquirement of a musical education. He was organist of the Universalist Church in Galesburg for two years, and had been organist of the Congregational (Brick) church for six months up to the time of his death. He had also been teaching music in Canton about three months, with good success.
Mr. Laux was a young man greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends in Knoxville and Galesburg, whom this calamity has sadly stricken. He was a dutiful and much loved son, an affectionate brother, and his loss to them will be very great.
The mortal body sleeps beneath the sod,
Whose white-winged, ransomed soul has flown on high,
There welcomed by its tender, loving God,
Where sorrow is not known, nor pain nor sigh.
The following resolutions of respect were passed by an association of young people of Galesburg, of which he was a member:
Whereas, in the mutability of human affairs our Heavenly Father has seen fit to call one of our number, John Laux, "thro' death unto life."
Therefore be it:
Resolved, that we his former companions, classmates and co-workers in this church and Sabbath school, though scarcely comprehending the full meaning of this sudden and deep bereavement, would still bow submissively under the hand of the Omnipotent believing that "He doeth all things well."
Resolved, that our departed brother exhibited in his life the beauties of the Christian graces, while by his death we are all reminded of the Master's warning "Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh."
Resolved, that we tender to the stricken family our sincere and heartfelt sympathy, that we remember them in our prayers, that we may all feel the sweet assurance of the Holy Spirit, our Comforter.
Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon our records, that a copy be sent to the bereaved household and to each of our city papers for publication.
E.S. Carr
K.D. Atken
A.B. Colton
Also from the KNOX COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Wednesday June 14, 1882:
Prof. Carl Laux and family desire to take this opportunity of expressing their heartfelt gratitude to the many friends in Knoxville and Galesburg for their kind assistance to, and sympathy with them in the hour of affliction and beg to assure them that it will ever be most thankfully remembered.
[Note: These newspaper articles were provided by Lynn Watters of Galesburg, Ill. in May of 1987.]
Mary Lynn Williams
Great Great Granddaughter of Prof. Carl Laux
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