In Memoriam. 1831. J. Z. C. Whiting PHILA ́ELPHIA, PA. Editor of the Americ. Exchange and Review. DIED JULY 31, 1891. ACED 57 YEARS. In Memoriam. 1891. J. H. C. Whiting, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Editor of the American Exchange and Review. DIED JULY 31, 1891. ACED 57 YEARS. THIRD DAY. FRIDAY, October 9, 10 A. M. The meeting was called to order by the President. The members first listened to the memorial on the death of Mr. Hawley, presented by Mr. E. M. Condit, chairman of committee. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON THE DEATH OF MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ASSOCIATION: Amos H. Hawley was born in the village of Worthington, eight miles north of Columbus, Ohio, December 14, 1840. When he was nine years of age the family moved to Seville, Medina County, of that State. Whether as we used to discuss in our boyhood-man makes the circumstances, or circumstances make the man, certain it was that the incident of this removal to the little village, only three miles distant from the Ohio Farmers' Office, put young Hawley in line of his life work. From this unpretentious town, but little known beyond the county limits, the social and business circle of his life widened until his was a familiar name in a hundred thousand homes, mostly in his native State. About 1859, his father, A. G. Hawley, was chosen secretary of the Ohio Farmers' Fire Insurance Company. Somewhat broken in health, in 1864 his youngest son, of whom we now speak, was taken into the office as his principal assistant, and in 1867 succeeded his father, by reason of the latter's failing health, as secretary of the company. This position he held to the day of his death, which occurred September 16, 1890. He died from a stomach trouble which resulted in the depletion of the blood. Far more than any one man he promoted and witnessed for twentythree consecutive years, as secretary, the growth of this company from a weak, struggling, local organization to its present status, having over sixteen hundred thousand dollars in assets and an honorable record wherever known. Considering these results, we have no need to ask if his life reflected the highest integrity, or whether he possessed that |