The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-05-06
For the a.te CRY.

"a 0S6eS EDiiosSs uavV Euao Psao6ssp"s
ny, in quite nunbsrof papers, SINH
80 following: i
- 10 The real name Of Mrs. jobs 9.
The Nov York Evening Pest,
5Te2 L !. Jssslr b. y I'D Amor.
- Oyclopedi., speaAI her father:
i3ty, sara that = III BxxTor and
uS ~ IN Bes AMIR tut she signs
lei Jsssls Ann BxkroN." + Phil.
- BY the biographies Of Mr..
BentS - appearing in the papers, that
Sour Jessie" was christened Ann, and that
the name by which she was best known was
family term Of endsarment. p keokuk
Journal.
It would seem from the above that, OIL
though the matter may be one Of little or no
actual Importance, thero il nevertheless q
certain interest felt BY many - to tho true
name Of the wife OF the candidate Of the
Republican party, in 1856, for the Presiden-
| cy such interest arising, probably, out OF
the frequent mention Of her name during the
tendency OF that contest, A. we'll in the pub
lie press % in connection with certain 'scr-
clss.o The writer Of this having, in years
gone b91now both Mrs. Fremont and her
Fathers family intimately we'll, is enabled to
Throw some light upon this question, DO il OF
ever 90 little or ever 80 much Importance
The intimacy referred to existed 10 the yesrs
ls43, 4 and S, during neftlon Of which
time the family Of Col. e. ssided in s..
Louis, and Mrs. Fremol n-her
husband being then abss ~ 81 ~
bra.ed cxpenh acros( ~ mou =
sains, whidk Sxned him % Mdch sclat.-
After his return - St. Louis, late in the
lsummer Of 1874, Mrs. r.. accompanied him
" Washington City, whses Ne writer again
llusasly met them, 81 ~ residence Of Col.
Dsnton, during ahsvintsr and spring Of lS45.
The name y which Mrs. Fremont was al
ways s6drssa daring the period mentioned,
BY all1 1na members Of her fathers
i fam 20 IN llmsslf, was either Jessie, or
Jseuite A. - sever Ann alone. Sheher-
Iaaf, in sieaing her name, always wrote it
4 Jessie Fremont, or Jessie b. (Benton) Free
mont, never using the Ann. The writer has
nov baiore him . book presented by Mrt'
r. $500 Of his children, on the fly leaf Of
which r. MrlAAan, b. herself, 'eTo - ~
fro 1fisnd, Jessie Fremont, August Sd,
l8<6 Also, there is now before him
letter . the wfitw Of this, from Mrs. Free
mont, bearing the date Washington City,
Nov. 1, 1874, the signature to which il
"Jsssie b. Fremont" This letter, by the
!. way, presents one Of those singular phases
in the politics Of the country that one looks
back to with interest, in view Of the changes
that have since taken place. Tbs writel
could call to mind enough Of such, during
the thirty years, or thsrsabouts, that he ha.
! been voter, to furnish materials for an in
! serssting and curious little volume.
The date of the letter above alluded TO, i
. will be seen, was Immediately after tn
T, Presidential election Of 1874, between Messrs
Polk and Clay; and in it Mrs. Fremont says
"One Of my friends has just received let
"ter from Mr.. Buchanan, saying that Penn
"sylvanis has gone for Mr.. Polk; and thu
"telcgraph gives the very agreeable new
sthat our majority is now five thousand, ant
the electoral vote will exceed that for Gov
Sermon by some two or three thousand."-
Little did Mrs. Fremont then think that MIR
Buchanan and her husband would, twelv
: years later, be the opposing candidates Q
the two great political parties for the Presi
!, deasy!
II 10 perhaps proper to say, that the abov
allnsion by Mrs. r. to politics was elected b
M request made to her by the writer, on he
: Aeparture from St. Louis, that she woul
: Ifmnish him with the earliest intelligenc
v from Washington Of the result Of the cleo
= tioss She tool, However, even at that tim'
81 then bat - ySars Of age,-as was MOT
y natural, : wsfn interest in political Affairs
70 The fayorite daughter and true feminir
- iAdpe Of her great father--who filed, at Il
:. pSriod alluded to, so large a space in Il
., public eye--it could not we'll have been oil
:. erwise. Inhcriting = lthsral share Of the il
Of nsl1nblo will and lees5 pride Of charact'
he Of SAaa isaAer, softcntd down By the oil
:. CANT re6nsnents Of the iatsllsosual al
81 highly accomplished woman, and the mob
no devotion Of the true-Learted daughter, q
r.. deep aad absorbing interest (hafdly second
=. that evinccd for the welfare Of her husbsl
be cycn) which she took in whatever touch
II. him, either politically or personally, ~
I'm manded the high seeard and adnairstion
I.r all who knew hsfwell, the writesssf this !
~ cluded.
IN Hence it happened that, some half > doc
ysars - daughter was named fcr be
is and, ~ child having died IN iaeeDey, I
=. uan1, = Jessie Frenssl,n WAS engravs1ap
a. the fsnily monus y q ~ Keokd seI
terry. This eccars5 T. 1850, ok eAze !
fora Col. FfsmosA - named, Or thought |
100 probably, as saaaidaAs foslAc Prcsidens
' 0 When be became ssch csa1idase the wit,
= regardless Of his war. p1seonal respect 30
rm for Col. and Mrs. FfS6ee s~ss agaiat
re; elec.ion--as be would b again. under sin
~ lar circumstances.
led But, why has the question arisen 40 III
~ true name Of Mrs. FremontP | accout
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