Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-26
EAST OF TIE ROCKIES.
Death Of Mrs. R. B. Hayes at Her Home
in Fremont, Ohio.
HANGINGS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Disclosures Made in the Cronin
Mystery-Trouble With Mon
tana Indians.
EAST OF TIE ROCKIES.
[sPEcIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECoRD-uS1oN.l
DEATH OF MRS. HAYES.
Immediate Members of Her Family
Har RadsiIa

Immediate Members of Her Family at
Her Bedside.
FREMONT (Ohio), June 25th.-Mrs. r. B.
Hayes died this morning at $50 o'clock.
Mrs. Hayes passed quiet night, sinking
gradually until the hour of her death. At
her bedside were members of the family
together with Mrs. Mitchell, q cousin OF
General Hayes; Mrs. Huntington, a cousin
OF Mrs. Hayes; Lucy Keeler, Mrs. A. H.
Miller and the physicians.
Mrs. Hayes maiden name was Lucy
Ware Webb. She was born August 2S,
1881, at Chillicothe, Ohio, and was the
youngest child and only daughter of DR..
James Webb and Maria Cook. Her grand
father, Judge Isaac Cook, came from Con
necucut in 1871, and all four of her great
grandfsthers served in the Revolutionary
war. Her father served in the war of 1872
Mrs. Hayes was married December so,
1852.
AT the breaking out of the Rebellion her
husband entered the army, and from that
time until the close of the war her home
was refuge for wounded, sick and fur
loughed soldiers going 10 or returning from
the front. She spent two winters in camp
with her husband in Virginia, and after
the battle at South Mountain, where he
was badly wounded, she fastened to and
Joined him at Middleton, Md, and later
spent much time in the hospital near Fred
erick City, Md.
Since the retirement of her husband
from public life she has been an ardentlv
interested member of the Womans Relief
Corps, and has served during successive
years as President of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
HER LAST MOMENTS.
CLEVELAND, June 25th-A Leader special
from Fremont says: The sad and long
hours of watching and waiting for some
change for the better in the condition of
Mrs. Hayes have ended. All through the
night the physicians and family were con-
stantly in and around the sick chamber
In the early part of the night there were
fears that the end was not far off. At .
O'Clock this morning answers came from
the residence that she was failing. In fact,
that was the predominating feeling, but
she would occasionally rally for a short
time and then relapse. At a few minutes
before o'clock this morning the sad an
nouncement was made that Mrs. Hayes had
passed away at 6:30 o'clock Her death
was very easy and without distress. Cen
eral Hayes was much affected, but,
as did all the family, bore up as
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never regained consciousness after the at
tack on Friday last. She has not been
able to retain any medicine or nourish-
ment. Besides the family and physicians
there were present dnriDg her last hours
Mrs. Mitchell of Columbus, niece of Cen
eral Hayes; Miss Huntington of Moss
Point, Miss Cousin, Mrs Hayes, Miss Lucy
Keller, OF this city, a cousin of General
Hayes; Mrs. a. II. Miller, of this city, who
is an intimate friend OF the family and has
been constantly in attendance.
During last evening Mrs. Hayes pastor.
Rev. j. NJ. Mills, and Rev. G. E. Barnes,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, were
there and were requested TO hold services
in the sick room. Only the family and
attending physicians were present. After
a short scripture reading brief prayers were
Otered by both the ministers.
The funeral will occur Friday afternoon
at o'clock from the residence in Spiegel
Grove. Complete arrangements have not
yet been made.
President McCabe of the Delaware Uni
versity will be the officiating clergyman.
President MCCabe officiated al their mar
rlage and also at their silver wedding ami
yersary. kilograms of sympathy and con-
dolence are being received from people all
over the country.