The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-10-25
WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD.

LILLIAN ENh DE- [AsDe \
Death of the Eminent STAT Last
Hours of his ulness-Brief B~ioprnphicai
Sketch.
Hon. William II. Seward breathed
his last at his residence in Auburn, n.
Y, at fifteen minutes after live O'CLOCK,
on the evening of Thursday, Oct. ~.
A telegram furnishes the following par
ticulars of the sad event:
"Mr. Seward having taken cold and
been somewhat unwell for a day or two
was, on the evening of Saturday, the
5th, seized with a severe chill, and his
physician was summoned to him. he
had been, during the summer, In his
ordinary good health, suffering only
from the inconvenience of the muscular
palsy of his arms, and had been engaged
in preparing for the press his account
of his recent journey around the world
The chill was that of ordinary tertian
ague, accompanied by a harassing
| catarrhal cough. 1t was followed by
| fever and delirium, which lasted till late
in the night on Sunday. He was up IN
| the afternoon, took dinner and passed a
| comfortable night. On Monday, with
| the exception OF his cough and catarrh,
he was comfortable, and dictated as
| usual to his assistants on the compile
| ton of his book. He played whist ON
| Monday evening, but at 10 P. m. a
| slight chill occurred followed by delirium
and fever, with aggravated catarrhal
| disturbance of the chest, which lasted
nearly all night, his physician seeing
him on this account after midnight.
On Tuesday morning, after some sleep,
he was again better, and drove out IN
the afternoon, but fever, delirium, and
restlessnes returned with the cough on
Tuesday night. On Wednesday he
drove out for two hours, and dictated
to his amanuensis as usual, though
harassed all day with the cough and the
catarrhal effusion in the chest.
Son Wednesday evening his cough
abated for a while, and there seemed
a promise of o good night, but the fe-
yer, restlessness, and cough returned at
bed time. He was nearly sleepless UNI
til 5 o'clock in the morning. A 4 a. M,
to relieve the tedium of lying sleepless,
he had his son William read the New
York Times to him of Wednesday morn.
ing. He slept after 5 pretty well til ii
a. m. of to-day, though his fever kept
up without any real remission. At half
past | he was seized with great difficult
ty in breathing, caused by q sudden
catarrhal effusion into the lungs, COM
mencing with the right lung, and soon
involving the left also, which occa-
stoned his death in about two hours.
lie entertained no apprehension but
that he should recover from the attack
of catarrhal ague till last night and this
morning. While at his age and with
the condition of muscular :lsy, from
which he has suffered SO long, the fact
that the fever was increasing upon him,
together with the catarrhal disturbance,
led his physicians TO apprehend = fatal
result in the course of u week or more,
yet no immediate fear was felt, and his
dissolution was sudden and unexpected.
Mr.. Stewards intellectual faculties were
! clear and vigorous to the last, save
when disturbed by paroxysms OF fever.
Just after the etiusion from the lungs
to-day, and thinking it would relieve
his breathing, he was, at his own desire,
placed O a lounge and bolstered up and
moved from his adjoining bedroom into
his study, where, in the midst OF his
books and his literary and other papers,
and surrounded by his relatives and a
few friends and his devoted depend
ants ihe breathed his last. For the last
hour of his life, as the powers Of nature
were giving away, his condition became
easy, and he spent his time in aifec.
tomato l~eavc-takings OF relatives and
dependents, and finally sank quietly to
his last rest, SIS if going to sleep"
William Ii. Seward was born in
Orange county, n. Y, May II, 1901.
His ancestry was Ceitic,-Welsh on his
fathers and Irish on his mothers side.
His father was a wealthy physician, who
died in lS49. At Is William Henry
entered Union College; at 10, while
still a student, he visited Georgia, and
: taught school there for six months. He
! then returned to New York, and wa.
admitted to the bar in 1922. The mex
year he changed his residence TO Au
? burn, entering q law partnership with
Judge Miller, and a year later married
:, his partners daughter, Miss France;
! Adaline Miller. In 1924, he began the
/ war upon the "Albany Regency" the
leaders of the Democratic party. In
1928 he presided at a Young Mems
. Convention held in New York ~fayorine
. the election of John @. Adams to the
Presidency, and in the same year de
clined a nomination for Congress. IL
1880 he was elected to the State Senate
In 1888 he visited Europe, publishing 6
q series Of letters in the Albany Euenins
: Journal. in 1894 he was a candidate
for Governor of New York, and was op
> posed and defeated by Mr.. Marcy, and
! in 1888 was again nominated for the
4 same office, this time beating his former
. opponent. In lS40 he was reelected
Governor, and, upon retiring, in 1872
resumed the practice of the law.
! In 1874 he vigorously supported
, Henry Clay, and in lS4S Gen. Taylor,
for the Presidency. The Legislature OF
New York, chosen in l84S, elected Mr..
Seward United States Senator for the
term beginning March 4, lS49. In 1855
he was reelected to the Senate. In the
Chicago Convention Of 1860 he had been
a candidate for the nomination, receiv.
ing as high as l73 votes. In the com.
position Of his Cabinet, Mr.. Lincoln
appointed him Secretary Of State, and
during the war controlled our relations
with foreign Governments. Upon the
death of MI. Lincoln, in 1865, Mr.. Sew.
ard was continued in office by President
johnson, and remained Secretary of
State until March 4, 1869, having held
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