Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-04

On Saturday last brief telegraphic
paragraph in the Press and Dakotalan
announced that Captain John B. Ray
mond was lying dangerously i'll, at
Fargo, of typhoid pneumonia. This
morning from the wire we gather the
Information that Captain Raymond died
at half past four o'clock Sunday alter
noon. So suddenly has come this end.
ing of a noble life that we can scarcely
realize the iull import of the sad
intelligence. Only ten days
ago he was in Yankton, apparently then
IN the full vigor of bis robust strength,
He was making his plans to go to
Washington this winter to aid the loyal
representatives of Dakota in their efforts
to secure division and admission ard
telt confident that at least half of the
task would be Accomplished before
spring. Returning to Fargo, he wrote
GeneIai Campbell, ag late as the 29lh
OF December, upon the same subject,
Captain Raymond was born in OHIO
IN 1913. When lad his parents
brought him to Illinois and located at
Champalgn, where he resided until
the breaking out of the war.
ln 1861 he enlisted as a private soldier
III General Logan's Illinois regiment.
Though but BOY ln years he was pro-
NOTED for service IN the field to the rank
OF captain and the end of the war found
him with the rank OF colonel Of voInn-
teers. On the 25yh of June, 1868, Cap.
tain Raymond was wounded while en-
gaging in hand to hand fight in the
| crater OF the rebel fort Hill, at Vicks-
burg, which had been mined and blown
| up by the union forces. When General
| Mcpherson was ambushed and
killed before Atlanta Captain
Raymond was with him and was the last
| man who saw him alive. He was cap
| tured by the rebel detachment which
killed Mcpherson and held prls.
oner for many months. These are in.
| cldents in Captain Raymond's long and
| honorable career as soldier. There
were none more devoted to the unior
cause, more courageous in the face OF tht
| enemy. After the war ended he located
in Adams county, Mississippi and be-
came planter and afterwards publishes
! of the Jackson Pilot. In 1876 he
was appointed United States marshal
for the district of Dakota and served
four years, declining re-appointment
It was during his official career that ht
became known to the people Of Dakota
Every true man who enjoyed the privi
iege Of his acquaintance will testify tt
his worth, to his integrity and to his
stability of character. While marsha
of Dakota he was resident of Yanktor
and hardly week has passed since ht
said to the writer that his years il
Yankton were the happiest years of hi
life. In 1880 he was candidate before
the republican convention a
VermilGon for delegate tc
congress and was defeated in the
convention. The Grand Forks conven
tion of 1882 nominated him and he was
elected as Dakota's delegate to congress
by the usual overwhelming republican
majority and gave to the territory two
years of valuable service. In the Pierre
republican convention of 1884 he re
ceived majority of two votes on the
first ballot for delegate to congress, bu
in the confusion precipitated by his enc
mics the vote was not announced anc
another ballot gave to another man {
majority of the votes cast. With hit
characteristic fidelity to his party ht
cheerful]y accepted the result, congrat
ulating the people of Dakota that h,
was to be succeeded by SO good MAJ
as Judge Clifford. March, 1885, CLOSED
his public career and he returned tt
Fargo, which place had become his resi-
dence at the close of his term as United
States marshal. He was extensively en-
gagged IN wheat growing near Fargo ant
to this he devoted his time and attea
ton. 1t has been stated in the news
papers that he had become seriously in
volyed financially by bis business under
takings. This to cetain extent wa
true, but through the exercise 0
his rare business qualification
he had placed his matters in good shap
and he remarked while in Yankton fe,
days ago that another year would pu
him on his feet again. He carried ON IL
surance of twenty thousand dollars
S which will go to his family.
During the past year Captain Ray
mond's wife, long an invalid, died q
Washington. This visitation preyed NJ
on his mind constantly, though only
his most intimate friends was know
the full measure of his yoiceless grie
ever present, ever uppermost in b
thoughts. Ii was during sleeple'
night of his last visit to Yankton, whe
the town was wrapt in siumbI
and only the moon an
the stars kept vigil ov
his inmost thoughts, that he sought IL
1 familiar surroundings of his old, hapE
N Yankton home, and there in the shade
OF the familiar trees communed vii
past memories-with the hallowed /