Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-26
MRS. HAYES, DEATH.

The Ex-President's Wife Passes Away At Her Home In Fremont, Ohio-Her Death the Result of an Apopleetic Fit-The Family Prostrated With Grief.
 FREMONT, O., June 25.-Mrs. Hayes, the wife of ex-President R. B. Hayes, died at her home at 6:50 o'clock this morning. The end was not unexpected. At o'clock last eveu- ing she had an attack of heart failure and from that time grew rapidly worse. At 8 o'clock all her family and the few relatives in the house were called to her bedside, and Rev. J. M. Mills, her pastor, read a short scripture lesson. All then knelt, and Rev. 0. B. Barnes and Rev. MT. Mills led in short prayer, after which all but the fami- ly retired. At Il o'clock her death was mo- mentarily expected, but she rallied slightly and continued to breathe until after the morning had come.
 All night the sorrowing family watched around the bedside. Mrs. Hayes lay mo- tionless, and but for the faint breathing and weak huttering of the pulse there were no signs of life. The anxious watchers, waiting only for the inevitable end, were bowed with grief and scarcely word was spoken the night through. The physicians kept in the background and the family were alone with their loved one. In vain they hoped for 8 slight rally that might come before death so that she could recognize and speak to them As morning dawned the hold on life grew weaker and weaker and finally the spirit took flight. In voice choked with emotion I the physician announced that the end had come, and the family's long vigil closed in prostration and grief. General Hayes and his four sons were affected, while Fanny was ! nearly prostrated with grief and by her long ! sleepless watch at her mothers bedside The entire city is in mourning and flags are at half mast.
 Telegrams of condolence have been re- \ ceived from many friends, among them President and Mrs. Harrison.
 Mrs. Hayes death is the direct result of I an apopleetrio attack with which she was seized vile sitting in her room last Friday been in 8 semi-conscious condition. It was at.once realized how serious the attack was and her sons, Burehard, who resides in Tole- do, and Webb, who was in Cleveland, were ! sent for. Her other two sons, Scott and
 Rutherford, were in the city. Hundreds of | telegrams containing words of sympathy and I tenderness have been received by the family.
 | The funeral will take place Friday after | noon.
 Mrs. Hayes's maiden name was Lucy Ware Webb. She was born August 29, 1881, at | Chillicothe, O., and was the youngest child
 | and only daughter of Dr, James Webb and
 Maria Cook. Her grandfather, Judge Isaac Cook, who came from Connecticut in 17S1, and all four of her great grandfathers served in the Revolutionary war. Her father served | in the War of 1S12, and died during the chol- era scourge in Lexington, Ky, in 1883. Her ! mother. Maria Cook Webb, was a woman of
 great force of character and deep religious | convictions. She removed to Delaware to l have her sons educated at the Ohio Wesleyan | university, and her daughter received the ! benefit of the same instructions and after- wards was graduated at the Wesleyan female ! seminary at Cincinnati in 1859. She was
 ! married December 30, 1852.
 l During the four years of her life at the
 White House she was distinguished by the graceful cordiality with which she received ! all who came to her.