Source: PARAMORE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: David Lewis Paramore
Hi, does any one know who this is? Who were his parents? It was posted on
the Snohomish County, Washington Obits. It did not give the date of his
death. My speculation is that it might be a son of Benjamin F.
Paramore (Son of
David), since he (David Lewis) was born in Decatur Co., Indiana in March
1840. Benjamin F. and Ann Eliza Brooks were m. in June 1839. None of the
other of David's sons fit. I have not researched that family. Has anyone
else on the list?
Anna <ANNALOUM(a)aol.com>
Special to Daily Herald
SNOHOMISH- Aug. 8,
David Lewis Paramore, G.A.R. veteran thirty-second degree Mason and popular
Snohomish citizen died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning in the Snohomish hospital
from pneumonia after an illness of a week's duration. "D. Lew" as Mr.
Paramore
was known to young and old here and as he signed his name, was born in
Greenburg, Ind. March 18, 1840. He served two enlistments in the Civil
war from 1861 to 1862 he was a private in Company B 12th Indiana Inf. And
in 1864 was a corporal in Company A 134th Indiana infantry. He learned
the drug business in Indiana and later continued this occupation in Virginia
City, Nev., and Oakland and San Francisco, Calif. Before coming to Snohomish
30 years ago. In 1891 Mr. Paramore was enlisted by Lot Wilbur, pioneer
druggist of this city and a few years later went into business for himself,
retiring in about 1912. Shortly after coming here he was made president
of the Snohomish Bicycle Club and it was under his discretion that the
"bicycle tree" a mile south of town was arched out and a bicycle path from
Snohomish through the tree was made. Mr. Paramore was greatly interested
in Masonic work and belonged to all the orders of Masonry. He was a past
master of Centennial lodge No. 25 of this city and a member of Snohomish
lodge No 15, F.& A.M. He also was past commander of the Knights Templar
commandery and a member of Masonic council, both in Everett. He was a past
grand night priest of the R.A.M. of the state and was the Washington state
representative of the Masonic lodge in England. A trip to England, from
which Mr. Paramore returned about a month ago, is believed to have brought
on his death, his health having failed after leaving here. While he was
in England the lodge of that country was in session and he was accorded
great deference and honors. For more than a year prior to 1921 Mr. Paramore
was in charge of the medical department of the Western Washington hospital.
While commander of Morton post No. 10 G.A.R. In 1910 the veterans erected
a handsome monument at the G.A.R. cemetery, which was dedicated with
ceremonies
in which the late Governor Lister and Mr. Paramore made addresses. At the
time of his death he was a trustee of the G.A.R. cemetery association.
Mr. Paramore was a single man and is survived by a sister Mrs. Etta O.
Jones of Osceola, Iowa, and by a niece of the same city. Funeral services
will be conducted by the Masons and the G.A.R. Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Masonic
hall. Interment will take place in the G.A.R. cemetery.
From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon(a)hotmail.com>
Source: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L(a)rootsweb.com
"HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDENTS OF
JOHN LAWRENCE HESTER AND GODFREY STOUGH. 1752 - 1905."
Compiled by Martin M. Hester in 1905 at Norwalk, Ohio.(pp 138-139)
IN MEMORIAM.
"True indeed it is
That they whom death has hidden from our sight
Are worthiest of the mind's regard."
-Wordsworth
There is beauty and excellence in a pure heart. There is nobility in a
pure life. There is righteousness in a loving, sympathetic, believing soul.
The Dallas (Texas) Times Herald of April 26, 1905, contained the
following:
"Dr. W. A. McCoy, a well known practicing physician of Dallas, died
yesterday evening at six o'clock, at his residence, 797 Elm street, after a
lingering illness. The funeral services will be held from the Washington
Ave. Baptist Church at 2 P.M., Thursday. The interment will be made in
Oakland Cemetery. Dr. McCoy, who was one of the leading members of the
medical profession for the past seventeen years, was born in Clark county,
Indiana, September 1, 1844. He was educated at Franklin College, Indiana,
and the State University at Bloomington, Indiana. He graduated at the
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, with the class of 1883 and began
the practice of medicine in Decatur county, Indiana.
Page (138).
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In 1888 he moved to Dallas where he was actively engaged in the
practice of medicine up to the time of his recent illness.
In 1880 he was married to Miss Lizzie McClain, daughter of J.D. McClain
of Franklin, Indiana.
Dr. McCoy was the third son of Lewis and Rebecca H. McCoy, of sainted
memory, who were born, married and lived most devoted Christians in Clark
county, Indiana, for over forty years, when death separated them, rearing in
the meantime four children, viz: Dr. George K. McCoy, who died in the U.S.
Army, December 18, 1865; John M. McCoy, attorney-at-law, and Mrs. Henrietta
J. Taggart, surviving widow of W.H. Taggart, both of Dallas, and Dr. McCoy,
the subject of this sketch.
Dr. McCoy was reared upon his father's farm and gave the early energies
of his life to practical farming and stock raising, to which he was
especially adapted. His love for the farm never forsook him, and in his
professional life it was his delight to visit his little farm, and care for
and handle his horses and cattle, of which he always maintained a small
selected stock.
As a young man, Dr. McCoy was regarded as one of the purest and most
noble. Naturally kind and cordial, his sincere greetings always impressed
the stranger, and won and maintained for him many friends. His upright,
moral and Christian integrity never forsook him. He became a member of the
Baptist Church soon after his marriage, and lived the life of a consistent
Christian. He was a great lover of sacred music, and a few days before his
death, while his dear family and friends were singing sacred songs for his
comfort, he requested his son, Earl, to play for him on the violin, the song
"Saved by Grace," and this having been done, he said, "Now Earl, I want
you
to play that at my funeral."
In more mature life, Dr. McCoy enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his
fellow man to a high degree. He was popular in all his relations of life,
but more particularly among his patients, for whom he ever manifested a
sincere sympathy. He was called by them "the kind, lovable physician," and
one of the beautiful floral offerings at his funeral bore the inscription
"Our Beloved Doctor."
Page (139).