Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-05


as man OF re. arkable talents and from
Use. His remains were Brought to Saera
mento by committee OF lawyers detaile
for that purpose. Two of that committe
were destined to meet upon the duelin
field afterward, viz; David G. Brodericl
and David 5. Terry. The remains lay il
state in the Senate Chamber of the Stat
Capitol. Shortly before his death Fergu
son remarked to his friends, My frien,
Baker has known me best in life asl
him. if he will, to speak of m
when | am dead" In complianc
with that request, Colonel E. D. Baker
who afterwards fell in the battle al Bali
Bluff, pronounced an Grafton over the re
mains of his unfortunate young friend ant
pupil, in the presence of great assemblage
| The Grafton was followed by an impressiv
| sermon by Rev. J. A. Benton. Ferguson
remains lie in the southwestern corner o
the State plot, over which is erected
marble shaft, upwards of twenty feet il
hight. On one side is chiseled a bust o
the deceased. On the other side the follow
ing inscription w. /. Ferguson, nativ,
of Washington county, Pa. Died Septem
Der IA, 1858, aged 80 years, months,
days. State Senator, Sacramento county
| JOHN c. BELL.
! In the northwest corner of the State pla
| lie the remains of John c. Bell a membel
of the Assembly from FL Dorado county
who was shot at and stabbed in the Ser
geant-at-Arm's room of the State Capitol
| about l o'clock P. NJ, on the 10Th of April
! 1860, by DIR. W. H. Stone, of Georgetown
| Ell Dorado county. Stone interrupted 6
| conversation between Assemblyman vii
| kins and Bell. calling the latter liar
oil II in haf ao rxytt ri 10, Get
when the latter shot at Bell, and then, in
! the fight that ensued, stabbed him foul
| times. When the men were separated
Stone had derringer in one hand and {
| dirk knife in the other. Bell lived unit
the 18th, when he died in great agony. DR.
| Stone, wealthy man. was afterwaro
! cleared in Court, and died few years since
at San Jose. Hon. John CONFESS, of Ell
| Dorado county, afterward United States
| Senator, pronounced an eulogium on the
| death of his associate, which has ever been
regarded as the ablest effort of CONFESS
| life. His grave is surmounted with a tall
marble shaft, upon which the following il
| inscribed: john G. Bell, member of the
Assembly, from Ell Dorado county; died
April 10, 1860; aged % years.
THOMAS CAMPBELL.
In the southwestern corner of the State
plot is q handsome marble monument over
20 feet in hight, whose only inscription is
that of Campbell 1t was erected by an
Act of the Legislature to the memory OF
| Thomas Campbell, member of the As
sembly from Calaveras county, who died
in San Francisco on the Both day of De.
cember, 1862, at the early age of % years
He had served with distinction one term
in the Assembly, and had just been re-
loln fal l.,
death. Eulogies We're pronounced upon
his death by Assemblymen Warwick,
Barclay, Fitch, Wright and Ames. He
was one of libertys most eloquent cham
pions, whose honesty was never questioned
and whose character was without a blem-
ish or stain. In his closing remarks, Thos
| Fitch said "But he is dead The morning
of his life flushed high with the promise
of an effulgent day, suddenly put on his
sable robes, and mantled together in their
dark folds the promise and the prophesy
Alas for the young life so high with hope
so early gone hence Alas for the mystic
rious workings of fate Myriads of souls
to-day bewail the messenger of death
while youth and talent go reluctantly to
the grave. Many gallant ship goes down
with her burden of priceless treasure,
while 1.-The rotten hulk lies rocking in the
|
| will sing among the fir trees of his home q
dirge for their lost son, the Sierras put on
| their priestly robes as before, and spring
| will come again but we shall long remem.
Der how bright star went out at twilight
and how great hope was riven by one
| blow of the hand Divine"
J. W. VAUDEVILLE. ac
Hon. J. w. Vaudeville, Controller Of
Sfof tad afh h Il Df LII
and o streets, in this city, on the morning
of February 4, 1876, of paralysis, and lies
buried in the State plat. He was born in
Coventry, Chenango county, New York, in
| 1924, and consequently was 80 years Of
age. He was in youth surrounded by cir.
cumstances which developed traits of char
acter that made him through life self-reli.
ant. He was graduate of the State Nor
| NAL school of New York, and for some
years followed the profession of teaching
| In 1S49 he came to California with the ad.
| vance guard of that mighty throng which
swept into this section on the discovery Of
gold being made known at the East He
| first located at San Jose, and engaged in
| teaching school. In 1850 he entered upon
| the arduous duties of a pioneer miner al
| Sonora, in Tuolumne county, which place
was ever afterwards his home. He was
| ticket in 1852 From that time he con-
| tinued in active political life with little in.
| Permission. He was reelected to the
/ Assembly in 1858; was made State Senator
| in 1854 for two years term, and reelected
| in 1856. His legislative career was marked
| with boldness, activity, keen perceptive
! faculties, and sterling integrity. He was
elected State Controller in 1857, but receiv-
| ing the appointment of United States Sur
veyor- G eneral for California from President
| Buchanan, he accepted the latter, and die
| not qualify for the former. In 1867 he was
| again elected TO the Senate from Tuolumnt
| for four years. Afterwards he served as
State Commissioner of immigration. In
1879 he was elected State Controller, an
office which he held at the time of his
death.
| DIR. t. NJ. LOGAN.
| A beautiful marble slab, on the western
border of the State plat, MARKS the las
resting-place of Dr. T. NJ. Logan. The in
| scription reads as follows:- L. NJ. Logan
native of Charleston, S. G. Died February
10, 1876, aged 6S years and II days. Mark
| the perfect man and behold the upright
for the end of that man is peace" He
was pioneer physician and enthusiastic
scientist. He located in Sacramento in
1849. Even in those early days, when
everything in theState was in chaotic con
dition, and few people cared to do anything
that was not to be rewarded promptly witt
gold, the doctor began keeping the records
of the thermometer and barometer rain
fall, health statistics, ETC., which he care
fully continued until within a few week
OF his death, all of which have been pub
lished and extensively copied, not only il
the United States, but throughout Europe
At the time of his death he occupied th
chair of Professor of Hygiene in the medi
cal department of the State University
was Secretary of the State Board o
Health, of which he was virtually tn
originator.
JOHN E. BAKER.
Hon. John Ellge Baker, member of tn
Assembly from this county died May
1881, during the session of the Legislature
His home was near Emmaton, and he wa
elected at the fall election in 1880. He wa
a native of London, England, came to Cali
fornia when but five years of age, and a
the time of his death his age was SO year
and l month. When the war of the re
bellion broke out he went East and joine'
the Union forces. served throughout tn
war, and was with Sherman in his famou
march to the sea- At the close of the wa
he returned to Sacramento. The funera
services were conducted in the Assembl.
Chamber by the Chaplain, Rev. DR.. Deal.
/ GOVERNOR WIN. IRWIN.
The last interment made in the State pic