Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-06
DEATH OF MRS. SHERMAN.
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The wife OF w. =. Sherman Passes Awav
-skcfck Or NJ EveDtful Life.
New YoRK, Nov. % Mrs. Ellen Ewing
Sherman. wife Of General w. T. Sherman
who had been seriously i'll at her resi-
dence, No. Is West Fifty -first street since
Sunday last, died at haH-past nine O'CLOCK
yesterday morning. She had been COM
planning Of cardiac affection Tor the past
Ave years, and about three weeks ago
Ellen Ewing Sherman was the daughter
of Hon. Thomas Ewing, who for many
years represented the State of Ohio IN the
United States Senate, and held the omces
of Secretary of the Treasury under Presl-
dent w. 81. Harrison and Secretary OF tue
Interior under President Zachary Taylor.
His daughter, Ellen, was born az ner
fathers home in Lancaster, O., IN the year
1924 At an early age she made the &C.
quaintance Of William 4. sherman, ano
the two were constant playmates. In the
year 1887 young Sherman entered tho
military academy at West Point, and MISS
Ewing, then child, accompanied her
father to Washington. After young Sher-
man had entered the army, he found OPP
portunities Of meeting his old playmate
during his leaves Of absence, and in 1aaS
they became engaged. The marriage was
to have taken place in 1916, but the ont
break Of the Mexican war caused the artll.
lery regiment in which Sherman held
commission as Lieutenant to be ordered TO
California, where he was detained by duty
until 1850. Il, that year he obtained .
leave of absence, returned to Lancaster,
o., and the long delayed marriage was
celebrated. Mrs. Sherman afterwards re.
sided in California, Louisiana and SI
Louis, and during the absence OF her hus-
band with his command during the re-
belion made her home with her father.
Mrs. Sherman, since the close OF the
war, has resided both in Washington ana
st. Louis, and three years ago, after the
retirement Of General Sherman, the FAM
lily removed to New York, where they have
since made their home, first at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, and afterward at their pres
emit residence. When General Sherman
was appointed to the Generally OF the
army, he made his home in Washington,
but in 1873 transferred his headquarters to
st. Louis, where the family resided until
1873, when they returned to Washington.
In 1880 Mrs. Sherman returned
with her family to this city, re-occ
plying the house No. 912 Garrison
avenue, which was presented by
the citizens of st. Louis to General Sher-
man at the close Of the war. In 1885 the
family transferred their residence to New
York, where they have since lived.
Mrs. Sherman was noted throughout the
country for the ardor and intensity Of her
devotion to the Roman Catholic Church,
the faith to which all Of her children ad-
here. Although suffering from ill-health
for the past twenty years, she was untiring
in her charities, and was recognized as
one of the best organizers of Catholic edu-
cational institutions to be found in the
country. In acknowledgment Of the great
services performed by her for the church,
the Pope bestowed upon her the order OF
the Holy Rose, distinction never before
conferred upon an American. Although
prevented by ill-health from taking an
active part in society, Mrs. Sherman had a
host Of friends in this city, and will DO
universally mourned.
In spite Of i1l-health from which she has
suffered for the past twenty-five years,
Mrs. Sherman found opportunity for much
literary effort, and is well-known as a
writer on historical, religious and social
questions. She has published a life Of her
father, Hon. Thomas Ewing, which is ad.
mitted to be q most valuable contribution
to the history Of Ohio, in which Mr.. Ewing
took very prominent part, being the ace
howledged leader Of the Wings and after
wards of the Republicans. Some eight
years ago she published a brochure upon
q bookswritten byaWillian Hermann enti-
tied ssThe Dance u DEATH" indorsing tho
views expressed by him in regard to round
dances, which Mrs. Sherman always
strongly reprobated. This pamphlet ex-
cited widespread attention, and was re.
published in England and translated into
French. Mrs. Sherman was often con-
tributor to Catholic magazines, and her
articles were widely read. She also fur
nished much assistance to her husband in
the compilation Of his memoirs. Her in
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