The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-10-19
From the Rock Island n.y. Union.
Love and Death.
A Womanss DevotiOn--A Bride of tw
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A Womanss Devotion--A Bride Of two
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In the Daily Union, of September %.
appeared the following:
MARRIED. = Morris = Lequatt = At
Pennington, near Salt Lake City, Utah,
on Tuesday, September 18th, Mr.. T.. C.
Morris and Miss Mary c. Lequatt, both
Of Rock Island county. - 49,
The letter that brought the announce
ment-from a friend of parties-gave
us permission to tell the story Of the
love that animated these two young poo
ple-a love that had been horn while
yet the future of both was bright with
hope; a love that had been siren gthened
by sickness; love that culminated in
marriage at the portals Of death. But
fear Of distressing the parties kept US
silent at the time. Now that . greater
distress than any we could inflict has
come upon the yoapg bride and the
bravo soldiers kindred, We may allude to
what we then kept silent ON. Hope and
tear are alike overt can do no harm
Among the many young men who en-
listed from Rock Island county to de
fend their country during the war was
Thomas G. Morris, son Of VIM. Morris.
of Ellington He joined tue 45th regi.
Incnt, and III time became q Lieutenant
When he left the service and came home
he had contracted an affection Of the
lungs. which he thought little Of, but
still endeayored to have cured. He won
the affections, and became the accepted
lover of Miss Lequatt in . few months
after his return and only waited q res
toration Of his health to marry her. Rat
month after month passed, nearly three
years were gone before Morris began To
realize that he could not be cared at
nome, and then, acting under advise. he
started for the West to see what q
change of climate would do. He began
his journey about the first of july last,
and in due time arrived at Salt Lake
City. After vainly seeking health in
the pure air Of the mountains, he found
himself gradually sinking, and apprised
his friends that his case was hopeless.
About the first of September he found
the fell disease was making such rapid
strides that If he would see his betroth-
ed alive he had no time to lose. He tel
egraphed to her of his condition, and
with wonan's singleness Of devotion
she left her home and went to him. She
arrived at Pennington, village be-
tween the Pacific Railroad and Salt
Lake City, where Morris was stopping.
on the morning of September IL, and
on the evening Of the same dsy the two
were married. 80 E
A week or ten days afterwards Mr..
and Mrs. Morris began the journey
homeward, all hopes of the air Of Utah
being beneficial to the invalid having
been abandoned. The journey was
made by easy stages, frequent stoppa-
ges being made to recruit Lieutenant
Morris strength, which was rapidly fail.
ing. On reaching Grand Junction, near
Des Moines. Iowa, on Wednesday. the
99th, he was much exhausted, and on
being removed from one car to another
quietly breathed his Last. Kind str.p-
gers procured coffin for the renains.
and the stricken widow proceeded on
her homeward journey with her dead.
On the S0th, just twenty one days after
she left it . maid, she arrived ct Edine
ton, widow. Life is made up of sad
stories, but there are none more ssd
han this. -.