River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-27
Death of Mrs. Lincoln.
SHE PASSED AWAY SUNDAY NIGH1

SHE PASSED AWAY SUNDAY NIGHT.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 17.-Mrs. Alb
raham Lincoln, the wife of the mar
tyred president, was attacked with par
alyiic symptoms on Saturday evening,
and has been gradually sinking ever
since. Her attending physician says
she cannot last many honrs. Since
her return from New York city, she
has been making her home at the resi-
dence of her sister, Mrs. Ninian Ed
wards, and living in a state of ex-
elusive retirement. She rarely left
her room, and seldom went out Of
doors. For several weeks past she has
been suffering with boils, which almost
covered her person. These, it is
thought, caused such state of nervous
irritation rs to bring about para sis
from the bursting of blood vesse. -p-
on the brain, which occurred this eve
ming, and she died at S:15. She remain
ed unconscious until her death, and
passed to the other world peacefully
and without a struggle. Anxious rela-
tives and friends watched at the bed
side expecting her death momentarily,
lovingly attending to her wants, but in
her unconscious state she could give
them no sign of recognition. Her death
will cause universal mourning for as the
wife of President Lincoln, she was
held in sort of veneration by the peo-
pie. The Hon. Robert T. Lincoln,
secretary of war, has been advised of
his mothers death, and telegraphs that
he will leave Washington tonight and
arrive here Tuesday morning. Mr..
Lincoln was telegraphed the morning
of the expected death, and has been
kept informed during the day. 1t was
not believed until yesterday afternoon
that this sad end woald be result OF
this sickness, for yesterday morning
Mrs. Lincoln had expressed a deter
mination to
Go TO SOME WATERING PLACE
as soon as she was able. In the after
noon her symptoms became more
alarming, and she informed her
friends that she was dying. After
wards she passed into comatose state
from which she did not recover.
Mrs. Lincoln, whose maiden name
was Mary Todd, was born in Licking
ton, KY, in December, 1918. Her re-
latives coming to this city to live, she
came here in 1889, and here she was
married Nov 2, 1912, to Abraham
Lincoln, the marriage ceremony being
performed al the residen of her
hrother-in-l law, the Hon. n. w. Ed
wards, in whose house she has just
died. Some years afterward Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln took up their residence
IN two-story frame house at the cor
ner Of jackson and Eighth streets,
where they lived until Mr.. Lincoln's
election to the presidency,
in 1860. Removing with
him to Washington, she shared with
him the trials of war, and when he was
stricken down by an assassin at her
side in Ford's theater, her mind re-
ceived shock that left it considerably
impaired. 1t was this shock that led
TO the
DISPLAY OF MANY ECCENTRICITIEs,
and which caused her friends to Sc
cure treatment for her in private re
treat at Batavia, some years ago. In
the fall after the assassination, Mrs.
Lincoln moved to Chicago, where she
comfortably resided in her own resi-
dence. She lived there both before
and after her retirement to Batavia,
from which retreat she was taken after
her mind was considerably improved.
In the summer of 1876, Mrs. Lincoln
went to Europe and resided nearly
four years at Pau, a celebrated water
ing place in the south part of France.
There she received fall which injured
her spine and considerably added to
her troubles. Returning to America in
1880 she arrived in this city early in
November of that year, and resided at
the home of the Hon. N.
w. Edwards until the fall of
1881, when she went to New York and
received treatment for ali affection of
the eye and diabetes. 1t was during
that time that Mrs. Lincoln's financial
matters were so widely discussed, which
discussion led to the increase of her
pension to S. 900 annually by congr ess.
On the Oath of last March, Mrs. Lin
coin again came to this city. Here she
lived in
COMPLETE RETIREMENT,
seeing only few friends, confined to
her room, and unable to take exercise.
She has suffered considerably, and this,
coupled with her almost py@mic con-
dition, led to the appearance of boils
and carbunclee upon all parts of her
body. These rapidly exhausted her
strength, and Saturday she became
worse, and sank continually until death
relieved her at 8:15 o'clock this evening.
Four children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln = Eddie, Thomas, Robert,
and Willie. Mr.. Robert T. Lincoln is
the only surviving member of the fam
lily, and he has the sympathy of a ma
ton in his bereavement.