The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-03-29
A CELEBRATED WOMAN.
A Retired Belle Mt Leadville--What
was Her Maiden Name

Lesdville, COL, cor. to New York World.
Few persons know that in the city of
Leadville, Colorado, there lives one Of the
most celebrated women of her day. Men
at fashionable watering places raved
over her beauty and varied accomplish
ments. President Buchanan is credited
with saying; The only woman ever
loved well enough to marry. God bless
her." And that little man of intellect,
Alexander H. Stephens: "The most
beautiful, accomplished and thoroughly
good woman I ever knew. Worth her
weight in diamonds Col. Dan McCook,
the evening before he was killed in battle,
said to comrade: II feel sad tonight;
why, I cannot tell. Perhaps it is my last
night on earth. I was thinking Of my
old college days in Alabama and the most
attractive woman I ever met. Well, it
is all past; we are both married, but I
wish she may never know a SORROW"
Gen. Pat Cleburne, having premonition
of his death, asked this lady to write his
obituary if he should fall in battle the
next day. The battle of Franklin and
Cleburne's death have passed to history.
The touching little poem that came out
in the Memphis Avalanche by this lady,
and so extensively copied in the South.
| ran nonoro io ot;ll an,o,,horod,
Brave Cleburne is sleeping
Where night dews are weeping
And pale leaves are falling
| Like gift gems around;
Where sad Winds are signing
And sweet flowers dying
To mingle their breath
With the ashes they love, etc.
In 1860 the Prince of Wales and suite
were in st. Louis. A lovely young girl
passed Barnums Hotel. "See! Look,
my Lord!" the Prince exclaimed, adj
dressing Lord Lyons; isn't she exquis-
ite?" stIg A,.,f ,stt,aH
For months touching little poems were
published in the Louisville Journal, and
highly praised by its editor, George d.
Prentice, who spoke of her as remark.
able woman, full of genius. Parepa Rosa
heard of her voice and asked her to sing.
The great prima donna threw up her
hands in ecstasy, and exclaimed
"Madame, what shame for pride te
keep that voice from the world"
| This wonderful woman, with so many
| gifts, has for fifteen years lived in quiet
retirement, forgetting and almost for
gotten by the world that once did her 81
much homage, in perfect bower O
beauty cher cottage), adorned by lovely
paintings and sculpture from her OWL
hand and from European masters.
| One painting by Titan, an heirloom
from her husbands family, hangs on tn,
wall and is beyond value. Many etch
ings taken from Southern Utah Ii,
around. She has travelled for year il
Utah, and relates many interesting anec
dotes of the Mormons. Her husband il
one Of the most noted lawyers on tn,
Western coast-a man of great erudition
the son of ex-United States George Gold
thwaite, Alabama's most noted and be
!: loved son. Judge Goldthwaite is tn
criminal judge of lake county, and hi
wife, the subject of this sketch, is a well
preserved woman of about 40, lookin,
about 80, retaining much of the origina
beauty of heart and person that mad
her such favorite with the sterner Sc:
in years gone by. A happy, model wife
, she seldom visits, retains few culture,
. friends end seems to have forsaken tn
fashionable world that once adored her.
The maiden name of the lady men
toned in the Worlds letter was Mis-
| Lucy Harmon, and her first husband poi
sessed the very uncommon name {
, Brown. She resided in Phoebe sever.
: years; also at Silver Reef for one veal
The heirloom, the Titan painting n
ferred to, is small picture taken frol
, off the cover of pasteboard box, prol
. ably stocking box, if it is the sam
: heirloom and Titan painting which 81
displayed in Phoebe. Our readers in N,
,, vada and Utah will at once recognize tt
t eccentric lady, also who the correspon,
e emit of the New York World is.