The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-08-12
Fortune FayOrS Mt Last.

The death, year ago last May, of Il
we'll known and prominent board oltradc
man, NJ. DE Belloy, is well remembered
bv many people in Chicago, especially
by those who were acquainted with the
history of the unfortunate man. He WAS
a Frenchman, and scion of one of the
oldest and first families of France. His
name and title in full were the Marquis
Aymar dc Bclloy. He was man of fine
education, refinement and good business
ability. In his early life he was a wild,
adventurous youth, who spent his fortune
at home, and came to America say twenty,
years ago. For few years he obtained
his livelihood by teaching, keeping his
rank to himself, and going under tho un-
assuming name of VI. Marechal. About
this time the marquis concluded that all
his wild oats were sown, and he wu..l4
abandon the fast life he had previously
led. He became acquainted with Il
handsome country girl from Michigan,
with whom he fell in love. She was
only fifteen years old, and, from the
standpoint of the adventurous and high
toned Frcnchman, was unretincd and ul-
cultured. But he WAS captivatcd by her
very innocence and want Of knowledge
of the world, and married her. They
lived happily together up to the time Of
his death, and six children were the re-
suit of the union.
As might have been expected, the
noble family of the marquis turned up
their titled noses at this marriage with Il
backwoods girl in America, and refused
to recognise it or her. He several years
ago became member Of the board Of
trade in Chicago. He there showed the
same wayward, reckless traits that had
been the cause of his checkcrcd life. He
made fortunes and lost them. Sometimes
he was on the top wave of prosperity,
and again he lived in cave Of gloom.
During one Of his periods Of depression
he took his own life, rs is generally be-
licvcd, leaving his wife and six children
in poverty. He had an insurance OF
$4,000 on bis life, which has never been
paid, the companies resisting payment
on the ground that he took his own life.
4 subscription among his associates on
the board of trade realized 81 800 or 81
0O0 which was used to deiray his funeral
expenses, and the rest given to the
family.
A widow with six young children and
no means is a discouraging lot in Chicago
or elsewhere. The oldest boy contribute
cd what he could to the support of the
family by blacking boots and selling
papcrs. lie was barefootcd and ragged,
and his education was received in the
streets. The widow and her half dozen
children were as poor and comtortlcss as
the widow and fathcrless could we'll he.
4 ftcr time, finding it impossible to sus-
tain life here, the widow, who is an ex-
ccllcnt lady, took her family and went to
reside with relative in Ciencsco, in this
State, where she is now living in sec u-
sion, and still pinchcd for means to make
life comfortable.
Thcstory thus far is one ofcarly reckless
ness and waywardncss, of sclf-cXilc from
home, of an early marriage, OF Il prcma-
turc death, and subsequent wrctchcdness
to the family. The concluding chapter
can now be written, and it is as romantic
rs ANYTHING in fiction, and il is true. In
tc!ligcncc has just reached Chicago that
the Marchioncss De Bclloy, the mother
of the family and Of the Chicago De
Bclloy, has died. The Chicagoan was
the eldest son of the family. All that is
wanting now is for the proofs OF Il
legal marriage, according to the American
law to be forwarded to France, which can
bc cusily done. The French law rccog-
nizcs foreign marriages, contracted III
friendly countries, according to the law
of those countries. Consequently the
marriage with tho Michigan girl will be
held valid, and not only do the titles of
the family, but onc-third of the fortunes,
descend to the widow and her family,
now residing in Gcncsen. The willow
herself becomes II nlarchioucss, holding
the same relative position tn the family
as did the deceased marchonrSS. lllc
oldest boy becomes marquis. J ne
family is one of the most distinguished
in l'flncc. Ii dates back To the t'HI-
.adrS. 1t has furnished two cardinals
AMI two marshaIs lu the nation. / CaicdT0
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