Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-09
From the ew ',tieaas Tim IS
EACT AaD sSO1s sNCE.
SAM Wards S0n-GAc Young wan
who Knew Eos FEi> Father A
Famous SlsI Case which EBcais
with Notable aOu.sianians 3feGO-
.fkOtkler.


Au Interesting will case has been on
. TRIAL before the Surrogate Of New York
| the parties to which nave tcen aseu-
c'ated with n ijottaut events aud char
! Hcttrs liz the history Of this State 1T
! is The application OF TIE grand N other,
Of Sam Ward, Jr., WHO dec, a>.d Ia
| Paris IN 1865, Leaving all his property
! to bis mother, and declaring that H..
/ ulC not hao~ his faiIer. Ara yet ii at
! iettitr umS tie wei! known sam Ward
the king Of the lobby at Washington
! aud the most famous dinner giyer on
this continent; ii gent;t man renowned
lGr lis accUn!E.,is Ii ult.nts. his universal
knowit dSe, hlS cnnv,v!aEty, W.T., aud
hls la: g. c'sct' Of EcIuajiliabc- ami
lntinittcs IN all III. gay capitals Of the
Old uuG new world. IT 1iIould car
talniy, too, havs been known to ti,,
son o. eul'- a uInu, titeJ I.ls father,
when he first cxperscuced tie pride. ii
paternity, WAS ii III. III btl of the III, IL
great cualmerciai and baking ti.m #
Prime, Wand Il King, IN New York
l. was r,S;ii dvu, indeed, ut the time,
more than thirty years ago. = ve,r.
brilliant match when the lovely and
tsNtoih piiHbIA l4tS lihIi !t-Il
the elegant.
WITTY AND WEALTHY YOUNG SAM WARD,
of the great English firm. Medora
Was the pctted daughter OF our great
lawyer, Joh" Is. Grymts, WHO, for
more than forty years, was regarded
the head OF our bur. The oldest mem
bers of our bar Will remember witt,
what pride and affection the great ad-
yocate used, even Iii the midst of u
trial III court, to draw from his pocket
his gold snnt-box and gaze upon, tie
l~'-~is, -,>,-' -, t'e-fIl.Tu oH IL III
ivory, with tn. Inscription, NedDra a
SON u pere. Upon this daughter tie
ojd lawJ er l;.vlane6 all his love ard
devotion. For tie rest of the world
he ma:ifested little regard, charity
or indulgence. Indeed he was regard
ed somewhat ubiustiy, as a misan-
thrcp". lie certainly was a merciless
satirIst. But the utternuce of the
name Of bis daughter Medora never
failed to dissipate all his scurness and
gloom, and calling forth all the ten
dcrness of his nature, and far more
tenderness than men who had lived
the iIf; and experienced the sorrows
and troubles which had hardened his
HchI ever CbtI1Su OI UldHiISSt. CGe
was the daughter of mother from
whom her father had been long sepa-
rated. That mother Is now the claim
ant urdfr the will OF her grandson.
THE ONCE LOVELY MEDORA,
the legatee of her son, having surviv-
ID INN Dut a few mouths. Here is
aouther example of the longevity of
the Creole race. Mrs. Suzette Grymes
WAS the gay and beautiful widow of
me first Governor of IIouisiaUa, W. {.
=. Claiborne, to whom this Province
o: louisiana was deiivered III 1904
Tie lie and character OF Gov. Clai-
borne la'gns b., familiar t. ali our
readers. He sas great friend and
favurite Of President Jefferson, and
had voted for lin AS member of Con
gress, and, receiving the brilliant p':-
sItion OF Territorial Governor OF Lou
isiaDa. bore a most prOmin mt Iart IN
the organization md defense of this
State. No public official
WAS EVER HFLD IN GREATER ESTEEM
rnd respect by people than was Gov.
Claiborne. Marrying as his second
wife q be sutiiui Creole lady. le died a
few years after retiring from the Gu
bernatOrial Chair, leaving his widow
and several children, who now survive.
Among those are Mrs NJ Murigny
aud Mr. Charles Ga borne, late CLERK
of th, United States Court in this
State. Our honorable citizen, W G.
&. Claiborne, who also still lives. Is
the son Of Gov Claiborne by his first
wife. The Widow Claiborne, some
years aitar the death of the Governor,
married Col John r. Grymes, then III
the meridian of his fame and distinc-
ton as 8 lawyer. For some years they
lived together IN grand style and were
the lead RS OF ia -hionable life in the
city. Finally, however, their matri
ruonia relations were interrupted. and
Mrs. G.1 mes Il parted for the North
with her young children, and purchas-
iug country seal Oh Staten Island.
resided there ioT many years, superiu-
sending the edu. alton of her children.
CcL. GKYMEs RESUMED Ills OLD BACHEi.-
OR HABITS,
! and lived for many years a solitary,
unhappy life, holding little or no W
| itrr;ru.se with any member OF his tm-
! iy save his loved nie;tora. vino made
I several visits to him, during wh;c;;
! the old lawyers mo1Oscness entirely
| disappeared aud his spirits resumed
tncir old vivaciIy. It is the son of
! his lady who festifies his devotion to
uis mother by the Will winch Is DOW i'll
controversy, though II is hardly con-
reivahle, and, indeed. the fact OF her
! absence aud illness at the time OF h!~
desth wou!d disprove sucL ~ infer
-ncr. t.I,,t she could have been a party
/ to the uhtiiiai reference % his father
Us unknown to him Should the will
] ba naintn!ped, the venerable grand
N .tAer, who must now be In the
neigborhood of one hundred years
old, will be the chief beneficiary
thereof