Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-19
DEATH or COL. VIM. POUND.

DEATH OF COL. VIM, POUND.
A telegraphic dispatch was received by
A. W. Howard, at five O'Clock last night,
from Capt. j. w. Raymond, announcing
the death of Col. William Pound. United
States attorney for Dakota. He died at
half past seven O'Clock yesterday at Akin.
Minnesota, while on the the train en- route
from Bismarck To Yankton. His wife aud
eldest son aud Capt. RAYMOND were with
him. A telegram hid been received
earlier in the day. sent brob,blv the day
before. stating that he would
probably reach home on Saturday night
and an announcement Of that kind wa
made in yesterdays paper. The intelligence
of the death of Col. Pound was not unex
pected by his friends. He has been gradu-
ally sinking under the effects of that fell
disease, consumption, and though there have
been at times hopeful indications, the gener.
al course of the disease has been a gradual
wearing ont of the VITAL forces. Some two
or three weeks ago he left Yankton for Bis
marck on the steamer Nellie Peck, with the
hope that the trip would prove beneficial.
As there was no boat ready to return from
Bismarck he started for home by rail, and
died when his Journey wa' about half made.
No particulars Of the distressing affair have
been received, and none are needed. All
our readers can form in their own minds a
vivid picture of the scene. The devoted
wife, the child bereft of a father, the anxious
friends, the dying man whose last breath Of
life goes out amidst the jar and clatter of a
swiftly moving railroad train-we can see it
and weep for them all.
Col. Pound was born in Salem, Co.
lumbia county, Ohio, of Quaker
parents, on the l4th day Of September, 1s4o.
In the early part of his career he taught
school and studied law. At the age Of
twenty-one he was married and one year
later was admitted to the practice Of Law.
Under the call for three months men at the
beginning Of the war, Col. Pound enlisted in
the It'll Indiana infantry. After his return
he entered upon the practice Of his profes.
sion at Ravenna, Ohio, and subsequently
moved to Greensburgh, Indiana, where fol
two years he was publisher and editor of the
Greensburgh Chronicle. He cameto Dako-
ia in 1869 as private secretary to Governor
Burbank. In May, 1870, he was appointed
postmaster of Yankton and held that posi-
ton until November, 1871, when he was
appointed United States attorney for Dako-
ia. In November, 1875, he was reappointed
to that position aud held it at the time Of
his death.
OF his career during the eight years Of
his residence in Yankton we can pay Iii
memory no greater tribute than to say that
it is without a stain. In his public capacity
he was honest and honorable in all things
never swerving from the path Of strict recti
tude. Among his friends and in his famil,
he was the ideal Of = christian gentleman
q man of whom it can be said he had no faults
Beloved by all, he is mourned by all, an
wife, children and mother have tn
warmest sympathy which a sorrowing con
munity can bestow. A great hearted
noble souled man has gone to his rest an
not alone those who have leaned upon hi1
for guidance and support during life's hal
! piest years are stricken in heart by this dis
pensation of providence. Throughout tn
length and breadth Of Dakota and bac'
amid the scenes of his earlier years there
, sincere grief that he is no more with u.
During all the years We have known him
Col. Pound has been a member of the Con
g~regational church. He leaves a wife an
three children and a widowed, childles
mother.
His remains will probably arrive to-mol
row evening and the understanding is tina
the funeral will take place on Sunday fro,
the Congregational church, under the aus
pieces ofthe masonic fraternity, Of which
) was a member.