Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-07-20

Thomas Lincoln, universally known
as ''Tad" Lincoln, youngest son of the
late President Lincoln died at the
Clifton House in Chicago on Saturday.
His disease was dropsy of the heart.
His eighteenth birthday occurred in
May. He was taken i'll in few days
after his return from Europe. During
his illness his mother has been almost
a constant attennant. There has al
ways existed the waFmest affection be-
tween the two, and Mrs. Lincoln is al
most completely prostrated by her
affiiction.
He was a bright, precocious boy, and
from bis earliest infancy, was noted for
his affectionate and winning disposi-
ton. After the death of his elder
brother, William, he became the pet of
the house, and was almost inseparablel
from the company of his distinguished
father, who delighted in the Juvenile
pranks and amusing prattle of the boy.
Whenever Lincoln went to any public
gathering or to the courts flaw in
Springfield, little ''Tad', would be sure
to accompany him, unless unWillingly
detained at home to study his lessons.
He became quite public character
while yet almost infant in years, and
was known to the inhabitants of his ma
tive city almost as much as was Abra-
ham Lincoln himself. ta
Soon after President Lincoln was iD-
laugurated, in 1861, the family removed
from Springfield to the capital of the
United States. In Washington little
"Tad" was destined to become quite as
much of favorite as he had been in
Illinoise capital. During his moments
of relaxation, t1e-worn and patriotic
President would, for time, forget the
tremendous sponsibilities that rested
upon him, to enjoy himself in the bos-
ON of his family, of which the subject
of this sketch was the chiefest atsrac-
ton. The President always devoted
his leisure hours-Which through all
THAT exciting time werenot many-to
the instruction of his children Rob-
ert was then nearly grown to mans
estate, and was, consequently, more re-
moved from the paternal anxiety, but
''Tad" was, in measure, the special
pupil of the best-natured President that
ever occupied the White House. He
inherited much of his Iamented fathers
character. He had the same predis-
position to melancholy, and the same
genial spirit beaming from his features.
The assassination of that beloved par
1ient was a terrible shock to the poor
boy; he never afterward regained the
same elasticity of spirit,
and the shadow of his fathers doom
clung TO him through all hislafser life.
When Mrs. Lincoln left Washington
and settled in this city. her sons Rob-
ert and s;Tad" accompanied her. The
former engaged in the legal profession,
and "Tad'' prosecuted his studies at
Northwestern University. In thesum-
mer of 1869 Mrs. Lincoln went on a
European tour, accompanied by her
| youngest son, who then began to show
symptoms of disease. Together they
Travelled overthe better part of the Old
! World, and only a few months ago re-
turned to this city. Since their return
Mrs. Lincoln and "Tad" have occu-
pied rooms at the Clifton House, where
the boy now lies dead.
The disease which carried off young
Lincoln is known to medical silence as
dropsy of the chest. He was first at
tack ed by it before he returned to this
country, and has been suffering from il
ever since, until death released him.
DIR. @. D. Smith of this city hes been his
medical attendent throughout, and did
all that skill could do to save his pa
4 tient, with vain effect. 81 7a