Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-14
THE DEATH OF MRs.:GaEELEY.
Her Long. Continued Illness Scenes at the
Death-Relief q. Last to a Life Of Pain
Biography Of the Deceased

Death-Relief at Last TO a Life Of Pain
Biography Of the Deceased
Alter ten years of unremitted sick.
ness and pain, Mrs. Horace Greeley
died yesterday morning. For two
weeks her death had been hourly
expected. Her chronic disease had
assumed dropsical tendency, an,l
the consumption Of go many years
had otherwise given evidenc. OF the
general breaking up Of what was lei,
of life. She made trip to Nassau,
in company will, Mr.. Greeley and
their daughter about four years ago,
for her health, but the air failed to do
her any good. Again, last year, she
went with her two daughters &c
Europe and sought recuperation in
the balmy air OF Southern Italy; but,
while the climate benefited her, /.
failed to eradicate the disease which
I1lad seized upon her. She re,ured
with her daughters from Europe, in
) ube last, and stated that no air was
so balmy to her, and no water Sc
sweet, as the air and water of Chap
raqua. She remained ir this city for
some weeks after her return, too un
well to bc removed to Chappaqna,
and as an instance OF her tondness
for the water Of that "peerless'
spring, Mr.. Greeley was constrained
to have jugs OF the pure water itself
brought in TO her from the farm. She
was finally removed to her blouse
in the Woods and there passed the
heat of the Summer, which, in her
case, was doubtless aggravated by
the even greater heat OF the political
canvass. She remained here confined
to her bed almost continually, vary
ing her life only by visits TO her
friends at TarIytown, where the
breeze was stronger than at Chappa-
qua. On one other occasion she ven
turod TO rise from her bed and take
q carriage to ride N the open air
when the members OF the Democratic
National Committee, among whom
were a number of ex-rebel chlettains.
called upon Mr.. Greeley after teuier-
ing him the nomination at Baltimore,
and picknicking Under the ever.
greens. She then sail that nothing
could prevent her shaking hands with
those lifelong enemies of her hns-
band, who had now become such de-
voted friends, for said she, Il
hardly hoped TO see such millenl.
um." She was even then pale aud
exhausted, her skin was almost trans
parent in Its whitenesS, and her dark
eyes seemed to bIrn with q fitiul
light. She was compelled To rccline
in the carriage, covered with skaw!s,
and her friend Mrs. Stewart, who
closely attended her through her i'll.
ness to her death, had continually te
warn her against the volatility OF her
tongue and her prolonged stay in the
open air. In August, she ventured
to tho seaside at Fire Island; but the
weather proved stormy and bolster
ouf, and Mr.. Greeley was compaled
to return with her te New York
Daring the transit 4 violent rain
storm overlook them, aud this may
have aggravated her disease. At
any rate, on his return to Chappaqua,
she found herself growing 50 much
worse that, at her urgent request,
she was removed to New York
Here, at The residence of Mr.. Alvin
J. johnson, on Fifty y-seventh street
she fingered in agony, sinking per-
ceptibly until yesterday morning,
when, at 4 o'clock, she quietly and
peacefully brc thed her last.
Mr.. Greeley aud his daughter Ida,
Mrs. Lamson. an old friend of the
family, Mrs Stuart, and Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson, were at her bed side AS she
died. For days her voice had been
inaudible, and even her sick cough
could not be heard across the room,
and her life ended without any
further sign than the hardly percep-
tible throes that accompany the
death OF those long exhausted by
disease. The calumnies OF the cam
paisn, that had not ceased with the
illness OF his wife, had lost their sting
for Mr.. Greeley in the great griet
that cast the shadow OF lis coming
over his home. and he lett the bed
side where now lay only her inani.
mate duat, to commune alone with
his sorrow. while the daughters ST.
lently knelt in the presence OF the
dead and prayed.
The kind friends that had attended
her through her ten years of suffer.
ing took charge of her remains, aud
by noon they were laid out in the
parlor, bedeoked in a white robo, the
hands clasped across the breast, while
the kindly offerings OF friends had al
ready bes,rcwed tho corpse with
flowers.
Mrs. Gresley's maiden name was
Mary G.. Cheney, and she was born
in this city. Her only relative is a
brother living in Connecticut. Mr..
Greeley first met her at the Graham
House, an institution erected in New
York by Professor Graham, the
originator of the bran.bread dietetic
philosophy, and conducted on those
very frugal principles. Miss Cheney
was at that time school teacher, an
ardent believer in the vegetable aud
bran bread system, and a great
searcher after the knowledge OF
books. Mr.. Greeley was invcstigat-
ing the new philosophy, and thus
formed an acquaintance which ripen
ed into a life long affection. lie
sturdily pressed his suit to success,
although he had to follow the object
OF his affection to North Carolina
where she went to pursue her school
teaching. On the 18th of July 1886
the Nsw Yorker, which no edited. con.
tanned the following marriage notice
at the eud OF a long string Of siml
lar announcements:
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