Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-19
The Widow OF a Union General Stary.
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MRS. GEN. wociIEy, oStE RFrIr IN WASHINGTON
FORCED TO SUPPORT LHK BY rAwsISs RkE Er,
FkCTS
From the New York world TODAY
The following advertisement appeared yesterday
In a morning paper
NJO0IIEY-IF THIS Il SEEN RY p.r,,VrrR
~ !A,e g; neral I'm NoolleS please address n b
Mt. Smith when called upon was much avcrsa 70
giving any Information touching the nature OF the
communication he desired 10 have with the
daughter ~ such prominent general. Finally he
told his story, follows:
't'en. Wooiley WAS. as you know, provost mar
shA 81 the middle division OF the federal force. ,ln-
Ger General Lew Wallace. Throughout the war
l was with him much OF the time ana we be-
came Intimate friends Rnfare the war he vas
president OF hank in Cincinnati and also lived
part oi me tine Ia Indianapolis HIS wife WAS A
woman OF broad culture, nnely educated and the
author ot several volumes, which attracted GEN
erai attention ia the south. she belonged 10 one
OF NE c,si families in kentucky-tie John,ons, who
are tt4tcd 10 The Lees. OF Virginia She ~ inti-
mate with the wives al IIncoIns Cabinet Oilers
dutlhS he war ana held a. high sollal position as
any lazy In the land. She was Neli-knOWu In
:" dS1.i'l-I'h ana baltimore society, About s,N
years ilo zen. Nooiley died ana Iu>r sight ~ tha
I'lhhS. a lew weeks ago, 10y the merest accident
l Stdmoitd ulnn the widow OF the general But
NtdI a change. found the hiE!-Spirttei nnble-
minded lady, who had rclgntd belle only few
Years before living in cellar sloyyl, sr,ryins, IN
death. Even ia that damp ,imy place. bow%scr
the old grace sttll chung lc her and She r,,fet ms
with all her old time courtesy IN spite of III sham,
sic let that any one had discover her absolute
poverty"
Mr.. smith tapped nervously on the d,sl, rs he r.
called The picture Of the cellar.
How calne she In such destitute crclI,.sr snc~~
III Was the old story OF "A southern Monaus nm
yleluhS prize. After her husbands death she trtti
20 support herself, hut she WAS grow Ing old ami A
long Illness Reduced her 10 absolute want ON. by
one Tie lew ELECTS she htd were pawupd and nu
THESE she managed 10 keep body aud soul together
Tier cellar cost only 1875 month. An OLD creole
servant who had waited on her when She WAS IN
Dexter circumstances SIN remained with her ana
contributed something 10 her support Men ANA
officers who IL iUTlucr Unl'-s had been nl,iId II
touch their hats 10 Mrs. Gen Woolcy nOx passed
her on the Streets not recognizing In The white
haired plainly dressed woman the lady they had
once esteemed IL an honor Ia know"
And she had nothing 10 live ou""
Absolutely nothing. Every thing hal gone only
The wreath that had lain upon her Lusband'- comm
ana The sword that had hung 10y his side remained
lilene she VIII never part with. 1 asked rs turned
over these relies, what had become OF her children
she answered simply: dead. They have been dead
several years have since learned Chat one child
was dead only TO her. She has married daughter
hNlhg IN TIL, city In good circumstances ami have
taken the liberty To advertise. hoping 10 bring
KNOWS nothing OF the desperate straits TO which
her mother Is reduced, and ANY aid rendered ms
mother would come most gracefully from her child
80 hope TO hear from her SOON
tender, pathetic letter from Mrs. WODuev. tell
ing OF one or TWO uisdppolnl mCat- that size had
suffered, was shown. II was dated Baltimore Mr.
smith admitted That Mrs. NO0ley WAS living I'm
Baltimore. but declined, lOr the Iady ; sake louake
public her address