Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-08

From the Piqua (o.) Democrat Angst %
Curious DevelOpmcHts-A Son Of Aaron
Barr Living IN Hinmi County-A
SOiroWing old NAn Calmly Await
ing the Death summons.
Eos DEMOcRAT: It's lnown by Il compare
lively few persons that sou of Colonel Aaron
Burr, the arch -conspirator, around whom clings
a romantic and lraeical history, is a citizen OF
Miami county, yet such is the astounding rnct
live have not Bourbon among US, we baye
the Ulis pring Of a man whu, for four T.aIs hrld
the second highes ollce in the gift OF the Amer.
lean people, the slayer Of II milton, and the ut-
ttmpted dismrmbtrment OF the Uuiun.
would not credit the fact until led into the
presence 1T The c"nsprators son, whuse head is
now stredked wi h ,llye ars r'pe FIR he tom
The old gentleman, who wears his mother q
name passing the decline OF life upon farm.
won by the sweat OF bis brow is one of our most
peaceful cltZaus.
lie furnishes, yet very reluctantly, incontesti-
bic pr offs Of his descrnt- consisting of letters
from Burr to his mother prior and subsequent t,
her sons birth. HIS mother was Miss Citherine
-, at that time tlSOO) well known Wash
ton belle, who fell beneath the blandis shments Of
the Vce President. She was noted for her beau-
ty, refinement. and wit, aud, after her ruin fed
mysterously to Philadelphia. Her sudden dis
prearance from the gay capital created great
dedkOt talk; and after that event she was dead
to all the world save her titled destroyer and
his son, our, citizen.
Mr. -saw his father but twice-once
after his acquittH before the Supreme Court oi
the United states at Richmond, when he was
tried flr treason. the second and last time In The
latter part ~ 1885 10 New York.
Upon the latter ooc 81 n our old citizen was rec
ognized as the son OF the conspirator.
lie was then aged--bOwed b the earth with
l... airkf ~ f.ua
en- heart. Disease also racksd his frame
Thirty years before his only daughlcF had sailed
from Charleston, South Carolina, To meet him,
but the vessel in which she embarked was never
heard from, and the blow nearly crushed Burr 5
life.
"Sir," said the old man, "although the blood
of Aaron Burr runs through my veins, de-
test it. He cOnspired against the best Govern
ment on the face of Gods foetstool, and am
the offspring of atratorn
al tried to redeem N.Y. birth by fighting for
my country in the Florida war but the odium
rankles in my heart and lAlle does the Gov
ernment suspect that It pays pension to the son
OF Aaron Burr"
When asked him II might publish his ex-
sience, he said "Yes. 1t will do me no
harm but for heavens sake point not out my
place Of retirement to the gapping world. Stig-
matze my father as you please but speak kind. d.
ly, pray thee, of my gentle and erring mother,
who is in heaven waiting for her son.
al am on the borders Of three score and ten I"
he continued, with moisiened eyes. "I want 10
cross the river, where the stain of ancestry will
'yer cnrrode a name"
have moi mentioned the old mans name.
Without his consent II never passes my lips.
or claims The service of this pen.
Ilut suffice il n saw that he Is often seen on
the streets of Piqnn. aud more than once filled
jurnrs se In our euurts.
II, waits calmly fnr death, and. heleivc. has
exacied prnmise from his grandson IN hurry the
letters of his father with him A short umr
hence-yss, | ieel il viii Mt b, long funeral
ooriege N this cnunly viii follow TO the tomb
the son of Aaron Burr.
Theu, peace TO his ashes H.c,D.