At a meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Cleveland, Sept. 11th, 1876, The<\/p>\n
following among other proceedings were had to wit;<\/p>\n
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The Mayor F. E. HARDWICK<\/strong> having announced that P. M. CRAIGMILES<\/strong>, Alderman of the First<\/p>\n Ward had departed this life on the evening of the 8th instant at his late residence in this city. Thereupon<\/p>\n on motion of Arthur TRAYNOR the following named Aldermen were appointed a committee to report<\/p>\n suitable resolutions to wit; Arthur TRAYNER, J. M. CROW<\/strong> and Robt. McNELLY<\/strong>, who reported the<\/p>\n following which was adopted to wit:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whereas the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Cleveland have learned with deep regret that P.<\/strong><\/p>\n M. CRAIGMILES<\/strong> a member of this Board departed this life on the evening of the 8th instant after a long<\/p>\n and painful illness; and feeling keenly the loss we have sustained, deem it proper to pay some tribute to<\/p>\n his memory, and place on record some testimonial of our appreciation of his worth as a man and of his<\/p>\n many good qualities as a citizen. Mr. CRAIGMILES<\/strong> became a citizen of our town in 1852 and since that<\/p>\n time has made his home among us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During that time he engaged extensively in the wholesale mercantile business in Charleston, S.<\/p>\n C. and in New York. He accumulated a handsome estate and greatly added to the wealth and prosperity<\/p>\n of our city by settling among us. He was twice elected Alderman of the First Ward by his neighbors<\/p>\n without solicitation on his part and by his ripe experience in financial affairs greatly aided in the<\/p>\n direction of the financial operations of our Board. We feel his loss in our deliberations; and now that he<\/p>\n will meet with us no more it gives us pleasure to express that our associations with him as a man were<\/p>\n of a most pleasant and agreeable nature; that his memory is not darkened by unpleasant recollections;<\/p>\n that as we are all travelers and \u201cstrangers in the land,\u201d the meeting with him in the earthly journey was<\/p>\n a pleasure to us like meeting a friend in a distant and strange land; and we can confidently hope that<\/p>\n when we shall pass over the river of death into that strange and mysterious future we will meet and<\/p>\n know him again; and forever renew the pleasant associations which began in this earthly existence.<\/p>\n With such feelings we can sympathise \/sic\/ with his family and more intimate friends; and offer<\/p>\n to them the consoling reflection that dark and dismal as the tomb may appear yet it has been lighted by<\/p>\n the presence of the Redeemer, cold as the waters may have seemed that surged around his dying<\/p>\n frame; yet they were warmed by the spirit of the Him who in this life was \u201ca man of sorrow and<\/p>\n acquainted with grief,\u201d and we entertain a hope that his oft expressed wish to die and be done with<\/p>\n suffering was the resultant expression of a faith and hope that his future life would be one of peace and<\/p>\n