Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-07
DEATH OF hon. j. T. UPDEGRAFF.
,Demonsfralio,s of sorrow.
Impressive Funeral Ceremonies.

weary weeks. died at his home in Mt.
Pleasant about o'clock on Thursday
Day. His serious illness
was known to the public. but the con-
staiit aSsnrafee by physicians from his
bedside, and even after the true nature
of his disease was discovered by Dfs
Won Weber and Kinsey of Cleveland, a
few days before his death that he would
recover. kept alive the hope of his
friends that his life would be spared to
them and the people. The fore part OF
last week. although quite weak and
feeble, he seemed to rest freer from
pain than for some, days previous, and
enjoyed with greater Zest the nourish-
ment whichSwas given him to prepare
his system for an operation which was
to have been performed week Later.
and his family took fresh hope. On
Tuesday evening. the patient began To
grow worse, when DR.. Comlev, of Har-
riSxille, was sent for and did what he
could for his relief. During all day
"Wednesday he suffered the most eY--
crnciating torture. In the meantime,
DR.. .Kinsey, who had been advised by
telegram of the change, arrived, but the
condition of DR., Updegraf was such as
to render an operation for his relief out
of. question. The alarming symptoms
continued during Thursday, the patient
growing weaker until at 4 O'clock, the
pulse was stilled, the. sufferings ended
and Congressman Qpdegraff was dead
Through all the adjacent country
about his home, the sad news spread
with remarkable swiftness, and every
circumstance connected with his death
WAS aLxiously sought after by iH9uiring
friends. Ali oyer the district the wires
flashed the intelligence of his death, and
in thousands of Households feeling OF
genuine sorrow, akiRstO that. over the
loss of IA near relation, prevailed. =
Dr.. Updegraff was born in the village
of Little York, Jefferson county, May
18th, 1922; afterward, and -Hwheh
parents. removed to a farm near
Mt. Pleasant, now owned by a brother
of the deceased, d. b. Updegraff, in
which neighborhood our subject spent
the greater portion of his life. His ear
ly education was obtained in the CON-
mon schools, and it was. supplemented
by a regular course at Franklin College.
His educational studies alternate ed with
farm work until he was nineteen years
old, when he turned his attention to
medicine, studying under Dr. VIM, Flan-
ner, graduating afterward at the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. Having cDm-
pleted his course there he went to Eu-
rope to perfect his medical knowledge,
and. attended medical schools in Edin-.
burg and Paris. Returning to jefferson
county he took up farming again in con-
nections with the practice of medicine,
giving more attention to. the former
than to the latter as being more to his
taste, though he left his farm during
the latter part of the war of the Rebel
lion to serve as surgeon in theFU Union
army. .,:.ta4 =; ,;ts -, ID. - .:sf.s. HISS
His public life began in 1872, when he
was elected to to the Ohio Senate. and
was chosen one OF the Presidential Elec-,
tors in the Electoral College that gave
the vote of. OHIO to Gen. Grant AT the
Republican State Convention of 1873. he
was chosen Temporary President In
1875 he was Chairman of the Republican
State Committee and directed the cam
paign that made Gen. r. B. Hayes Cow
-ernof' and opened the way for him To the
Presidency. He was a delegate to the
1876, which nominated Hayes. Two
years laters he was elected from the; Six
teenth district to the Forty-sixth Con-
gress, was reelected in 1880 tothe Forty
seventh Congress, and in the present
year was elected from the Feorganized
Seventeenth district, after a contest
twice before the people: and in two con-
ventions, the bitterness of which are
fresh in the minds of the people. e
DR.. Updegraff was thrice married.; his
first wife WAS a Miss Underhih, ofsIn.
dianapolis, and the second Miss Evans,
of Mt. Pleasant. The third wife, and
who survives him, was Miss Libbie w.
Kicks, of Mt. Pleasant, whose watchful
care and tender devotion to her husband
during his protracted fitness, is worthy
of remark. Five of Mr.. Updegraff's
children survive him. the eldest being
Judge r. d. Updegraff, of Cleveland;
Geo. T., another son, lives at Helena,
Arkansas, and one daughter, Mary A,
about sixteen years of age, and, two
bright little boys Fred and Charles,
the younger seven years old, make up
the family. A brother, Rev. David b.
Updegraff. and sister Mrs. Sarah 5en-
kins,, reside in Mt.Pleasant.
The r4aalady of which DR., UpAegraff
died afflicted him for over two years, and
gave him so much uneasiness that more
than year ago lIs consulted .Drs Bliss
and Baxter, we'll known Washington
physicians, The examinations of these
gentlemen did not discover the real
cause of trouble, and in consequence the
Doctor did net apprehenf serious danger
to his health. fee sesfsE-a
A post-mortem held on Saturday by
Drs. Kinsey of Cleveland, Comley of
Harrisville, and Finley of Mt. Pleasant,
confirmed the results of the examination
made the week previous, that there was
stone in, the bladder. There were ten
stones found in the bladder, each about
the size of a chestnut, and of total
weight OF nearly two ounces. !, The walls
of the bladder; was almost half an inch
thick, and that organ was tightly con-
tracted around this mass of caiculi.
AT THE RESIDENCE,
the remains lay in a magnificent cedar
casket, covered with line broadcloth
faced with satin,sy very similar to the one
in Which President Garfield was first
placed. The lining was of rich white
quilted satin, and the pillow of; richly
cream colored satin, with
the words "At Rest" embroidered IN the
centre of the cover. On the lid of the
coffin was a plain silver plate, bearing
this inscription: ~.
"DR. J. T. UPDEGRAFF, 90
Died November 80, 1882, -,.
Aged 60 years. =
MOURNING. c'i'
i. In token. Of the deep grief of the peo-
Pile. among whom DR.. Updegraff had
lived for over half a oanfni.v tho to1rr ,,f |