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 a
we'll known and prominent board oFtradc
man, NJ. DE Bclloy, is well remembered
by many people in Chicago, especially
by those who were acquainted with the
history of the unfortunate man. He WAS
Il Frenchman, and scion of one of the
oldest and first families of France. His
name and title in full were the Marquis
.Aymar dc Belloy. He was a man of fine
education, refinement and good business
ability. In his carly life he was Il wild,
adventurous youth, who spent his fortune
at home, and came to America say twenty
years ago. For a few years he obtained
his livelihood by teaching, keeping his
rank to himself, and going under the un-
assuming name of NJ. Marechal. About
this time the marquis concluded that all
his wild oats were sown, and he would
abandon the fast life he had previously
led. He became acquainted with 4
handsome country girl from Michigan,
with whom he fell in love. She was
onlv fifteen years old, and, from the
standpoint of the adventurous and high
toned Frcnchman, was unreiined and un-
cultured. But he w;ls captiyatcd by her
very innocence and want Of knowledge
of the world, and married her. They
lived happily together up to the time Of
his dcatll, 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 ti,o board Of
trade in Chicago. He there showed the
same wayward, reckless traits that had
been tic cause of his chcckcrcd life. He
made fortunes and lost them. Sometimes
he WAS on the top wave of prosperity,
and again he lived in q cave of gloom.
During one Of his periods Of depression
he took his own life, rs is generally be-
leycd, 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 Lie.
4 subscription among his associates on
the board of trade realized 81 800 or 81
0O0 which was used to dcfray his funeral
expenses, and the rest given to the
family.
A widow with six young children and
no means is discouraging lot in Chicago
or elsewhere. The oldest boy contribute
cd what he could to the support of the
family by backing boots and selling
PAPERS He was barefootcd and ragged,
and his education was received in the
streets. The widow and her half dozen
children were as poor and comfortlcss as
the widow and fathcrlcss could well be.
After time, finding it impossible to sus-
tain life here, the widow, who is An en-
ccllcnt lady, took her family and went to
reside with Il relative in Gcncsco, in this
State, where she is now living in scclu-
sion, and still piuchcd for means to make
life comfortable.
Thcsiory thus faris one ofcarly reckless
ness and waywardncss, of self-cXilc from
home, of an carly marriage, of Il prcma-
turc death, and subsequent wrctchcdncss
to the family. The concluding chapter
can now be written, and it is as romantic
as anything in fiction, and it is trnc. In
tclligcncc 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
be casily done. The French law rccog-
nizcs foreign marriages, contracted in
friendly countries, according to the law
of those countries. Consequently the
marriage with tho Michigan girl will he
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 Gcncsco. The widow
herself becomes Il marchioncss, holding
the same relative position to the family
as did the deceased marcllionrSS. The
oldest boy becomes Il marqnS. Ih,
family is one of the most distinguished
in France. 1t dates back To the CRU
sadcs. 1t has furnished tw" cardinal,
and two marshaIs IN the nation. / CHicdNC
Jowrno', JuiY 21b.