Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-12-31

| tAmsrican Notes and Queries.]
George Washington.-Hisd death WAS
the result of a severe cold contracted
while riding around his farm in q rain
and sleet storm on December 10,
1799- The cold increased and was
followed by chill, which brought on
acute laryngitis. His death occurred
on December IA, 1799. He was SO
years of age.
Jonn Adams.-He died from old
age, having reached his 91st milestone.
Though active mentally, he was nearly
blind and unable to hold q pen stead
lily enough to write. He passed away
| without pain on July 4, 1926.
Thomas Jefferson.-He died at the
age of 1888, q few hours before
Adams, on July 4, 1926. His disease
was chronic diarrhea, superinduced
by old age, and. his physician said.
the too free use of the waters of the
White Sulphur Springs.
| James Madison.-He, too, died of
old age. and peacefully, on June %,
1886. His faculties were undimmed
to the last. He was S5.
James Monroe.-At the time of his
death, which occurred in the 73d year
of his age, on July 4, 1881, it was as
signed to no other cause than en-
feebled health.
John Quincy Adams.-He was
stricken with paralysis on February
81, 1S4S, while addressing the speaker
OF the house OF representatives, being
at the time a member of congress. He
died in the rotunda OF the capitol.
He was 81 years of age.
Andrew Jacksonville died on June
8, 1S45, 7S years old. He suffered
from consumption, and finally dropsy,
which made its appearance about six
months before his death.
| Martin Van Buren.-He died on
July "a, 1862, from a violent attack
of athsma, followed by catarrhal af-
fections of the throat and lungs. He
was 80 years of age.
William Henry Harrison. = The
cause of his death was plsurisy, the
result OF cold which he caught on
the day of his Inauguration. This
was accompanied with a severe diar-
rhea, which would not yield to medi-
cal treatment. His death occurred on
April 4, 1S41. q month after his in
auguration. He was So years of age
John Tyler.-He died on January
II, 1862, at the age of ~. l have
been unable to ascertain the cause OF
his death.
James X. Polk.-In the spring OF
1S49 he was stricken with q slight at
tack of cholera while on a boat going
up the Mississippi river. Though
temporarily relieved, he had a relapse
on his return home, and died on June
15, 1S49, aged 81 years.
Zachary Taylor.-He was the Sec
ond president to die in Office. He is
said to have partaken immoderately
later of q large quantity of cherries.
The result was an attack OF cholera
morbus. Another authority attrib-
utes his death to a severe cold. The
former seems the more likely. He was
66 years old.
Millard Fillmore.-He died from a
in his 74th year.
Franklin Pierce.-His death was due
to abdominal dropsy, and occurred
on October 8, 1869, in the 65th year
of his life.
James Buchanan.-His death oc-
Cured on June /, 1868, and was
caused by rheumatic gout. He was
II years of age.
Abraham Lincoln.-He was shot by
j. Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater,
Washington, d. c., on April IA, 1865,
and died the following day, aged SO
years.
Andrew Johnson.-He died from a
stroke of paralysis, July 81, 1875,
aged 81.
| The deaths of Grant, Garfield and
Arthur are recent enough to be remem-
bered by all.