The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-02
BATTLES ENDED.
The Distinguished Soldier and
Eloquent Political Leader,
Durbin ward, After Desperate Struggle,
Succumbs to the Grim Destroyer.

DatuIuay aI6rnOOns r0t years no mas poen
. sufferer from rheumatism, and has been
confined to his room for the past Ave or six
weeks He was unconscious and mot able
to recognize even his wife.
General Ward was born In Augusta, |
Bracken County, KY, February II, 1919.
& ETfS s,..1 s,.s 3 parents Ess y 10 .ss. entered
and began the practice Of law at Lsbs.
non with Judge Smith . few years
later. He was afterwards partner Of Gov.
ernor Tom Corwin, and In 1S46 was elected
Prosecuting Attorney Of Warren County.
He then went to the Legislature and dis.
tingulshed himself by opposing capital
punishment and the loaning of the State
arms to Kossuth, the Hungarian exile Un-
I'll Zach Taylor's election to the Presidency
General Ward had afilIated with the Whis
party. In 1855. the Wing party having
disbanded. he was nominated BY the Demo-
Gratis for Congress and defeated. In 1858
he was beaten for Attorney General Of
Ohio on the Democratic ticket. In 1860 he
was delegate to the Charleston and Balti-
more conventions, in which he was strong
supporter Of Stephen A. Douglas. General
Ward was Union soldier and was wounded
at Chickamauga. About 1855 he opened q
law Office In Washington. In 1855, while
still In Washington. he was again nomt.
mated for Congress- in the Third Ohio dis.
trict, but was defeated by General Robert
g. Schenck. From 1906 to 1869 he served
as United States District Attorney for the
Southern district of Ohio. Since then he
has practiced law In Cincinnati The Cen
eral was married November 81, 1865. to
Miss Elizabeth Probasco. but no children
survive him.
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LEBANON, May 4.-At the opening of the
Common Pleas Court, this morning. Judge
O'Neall announced the death Of General
Ward, and, after some preliminary mat
ters had been attended to, a meeting was
held to take suitable action on the loss of
one of the most distinguished members Of
the Warren County Bar. Hon. A: g. McBur-
ney, who was admitted to the Bar at this
place on the 4th Of May. 1S4S, with General
Ward, Harvey Sellers, James c. sabin, and
chairman, and Albert Anderson secretary.
In assuming his duties Mr.. NcBurney re-
ferred to'the fact Of his admission to the
bar in the courthouse here with General
Ward and the others named above, and re-
marked with visible emotion that the
brilliant career of his deceased cotem.
porary as lawyer, soldier and political
leader was so we'll known to all that he
would not say anything further at the
present time.
Judge O'Neall's motion for the appoint
ment Of committee OF five to draft reso-
lutions and a memorial then prevail ed, and
the chair named the following list to which
his name was added on motion of j. A.
Runyan: Thomas F. Thompson, Judge
O,Neall, John E. Smith, ]. Kelly O'Neall
II was decided to attend the funeral in a
| body, and on the motion of Hon. Seth w:
Brown the clerk of the court was instructed
| to notify all the bars of this judicial dis
trict and circuit, and the Bar ASSOCIATION :
| fixed for 1t, and also to extend an invita-
| ton to meet with the bar of this county III
Z; the courthouse next Wednesday morning
| at half-past O'Clock, when the COMMITTEES
! will report, and leading lawyers 9i tne
ticipate in the memorial exercises to bt
held at that time. Court adjourned til
next Thursday in honor Of General Ward
MEETING OF THE DAYTON BAR.
| DAYTON, O., May N.-The Common Plea
and Superior Courts OF this county ad
journed this morning, upon suggestion o
the death Of Durbin Ward, who was . FIRE
| quent practitioner before the courts her.
in past years. A bar meeting was callec
at noon, and Samuel Craighead mad
chairman, and o. B. Brown, secretary
On motion of Judge Elliott, message o
coincidence was ordered to be sent to tn
| widow of General Ward, and q committe
| consisting of Geo. W. Houk, Judge Elliott
Judge HAYNES, o. NJ. Gottschall and j. A
McMahan were appointed to draft appro
| pirate resolutions and report tomorrow af
ternoon. 1t ID thought that there will b
quite a representation from this city ant
| vicinity at the funeral on Wednesday,.
Samuel Craighead, on taking the chai
| to-day, spoke Of General Ward as an abl
lawyer, a gallant soldier and genia
L
| Judge Elliott said that General War
! had appeared frequently in his court, AM
was notable for confning himself strictl!
to the law in the case as he understood II
| a rare and commendable trait.
| Mr. McMahan said that General Ware
WAS one of the simplest and grandest me,
| he ev knew.
| When the resolutions are reported to
! morrow, more extended remarks will b
| made. .r. a,... ..
| GENERAL Wards FUNERAL.
CINCINNATI, May N.-George H. Thsma
Post, at q meeting held last evening, mad
arrangements to attend the funeral o
General Durbin Ward In body on r"x
Wednesday. The de- d soldier was an hon
ored member of the Post, and the after
dance of his old comrades will be mum
erous. At . meeting last evening tn
following members were appointed q
official pall-bearers: VIM. b. Pugh
| VIM. j.. O'Neiil, James Beggs ant
Louis Derrick. The obsequies will tax
| place at Lebanon at I O'Clock p. m, unde
the direction Of George II. Thomas Post, b.