The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-22

aware that he had been in i'll health for
several months. The cause of his death
was general weakness from old age.
The illness Immediately preceding his
death was OF but few days duration,
ana for that reason the announcement
Of his death created surprise.
The kilograms received at the Gov
ernment building announcing Judge
Drummond's death called forth express
sions of profound sorrow. Judges
Blodgett and Gresham at once adjourned
their courts until after the funeral shall
have been held.
having died few years ago. He was
the father of four children, one of whom
is son.
The funeral will be held in this city
Monday at 2 p. m. from ST. James
Episcopal Church. The services will
be conducted by Bishop McLaren, as
sisted by Rev. Mr.. Ball, of Christ's
Church, Wheaton, and Rev. Mr.. Tuck
erman, of ST. James. The interment
will be at Graceland. The pall-bearers
will be Judges Gresham, Blodgett,
Magruder, Dyer and Jenkins, the two
latter coming from Milwaukee, and
Messrs. Edwin Walker, E. Il. McCagg
and c. NJ. Osborne.
lin Bristol, Lincoln County, Me-, where his
grandfather moved from Scotland before the
revolution Thomas Drummond was born on
October 49, 1893 His father, like all the farmers
on the coast of Maine at that time, was also
q sailor, and his was brought up
among the wholesome surroundings
of the fields and the sea, where
he gained experiences without which his
future distinction as lawyer, especially in
admiralty cases, would have been impossible.
His father served for years in the Maine
Legislature. and died in 1887 His mother a
daughter Of Henry Little Of Newcastle Me-,
died prematurely.
Thomas Drummond graduated from Bowdoin
College at Brunswick, Me-, in 1890, at the age
of 81, after preparing ut the Newcastle. Mon
mouth, Pennington and Gorham academies
Going to Philadelphia, he studied law
In the Office Of William T. Dwight, son Of
President Dwight Of Yale College; but when
this patron entered the ministry Mr. Drum
mond finished his studies in the office Of
Thomas Bradford, Jr., and was admitted tc
practice at the Philadelphia bar in March, 1893
Foreseeing the future Importance OF the West
he moved to Galena, ILL.,, in 1895, and
q
staunch Whfg he was elected to the Illinois
State Legi llture in 1910 and served out the first
and last elective office he ever held. Later he
was associated politically and professionally
| with Lincoln, Douglas, Judge Trumbull Judge
Treat, Chief-Justice David Davis, w. w. Ham
ilton, o. p. Field. Joseph P. Hoyne, and many
others nearly as prominent.
He built up lucrative practice and reputa
ton as q keen. profound, and honorable juriA
that induced President Taylor to name him as
the successor of Judge Nathaniel Pope, OF the
United States District Court CT Illinois, in
1850. In 1854 Judge Drummond made
Chicago his home, and in 1855 he
was named as judge Of the newly
organized Northern District Of Illinois. Serv
ing with iawless record in December
1869, he was appointed Judge of the Cir
cult Court OF the United States for the
Seventh Ju iicial District, comprising Hi
nois, Indiana and Wisconsin. He retired in
1884 at the age Of 75 after thirty-four years
service as Federal Judge, in which he WOE
the respect the admiration and the affection oi
his fellow citizens He gained rather than lost
by his close connection and consequent com
parison with many OF the most eminent Amer
ican jurists Of his generation.
His last appearance in public was at the ban
quet rendered Melville E. Fuller upuc his ap
pointment by President Cleveland as Chief
Justice CT the United States Suprc me Court
He presided and made speech. His enfeebled
condition that made his hands tremble as II
palsied did not deter him from delivering vigor
GUS and eloquent words that thrilled every
person present. His was the gem of the
EVENING"