Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-03-11
How the Presidents Died.

George Washington. His death
/ was the result of a severe cold con-
tracted while riding around his farm
in a rain and sleet storm Dec. 10. 1929.
| The cold increased aud was followed
by chill, which brought on acute
| laryingitis His death occurred Dec.
/ Il, 1899. He was 6S years of age.
/ John Adams. He died of old age,
| having reached his 9lst milestone.
! Though active mentally, he was near
! " blind, aud unable To hold pen
steady enough to write. He passed
away without pain July 1, 1926.
Thomas Jefferson. He died at the
/ age of So. a few hours before Adams
July 4. 1926. His disease was chronic
diarrh9a, superinduced by old age,
and. his physician said, the too free
use Of the waters OF the White Sui
/ phur Springs.
James Madison. He, too died OF
| old age. aud peacefully, June IS, 1886.
His faculties were undimmed TO the
I last. He was So.
James Monroe. At the time OF his
death. which occurred in the ISd year
of his age, july 4. 1881, it WAS AS
signed 10 no other cause than en-
/ feeOled health.
John Quincy Adams He was
stricken with paralysis Feb. 81, lS4S'
while addressing the speaker oil the
house of representatives, being at the
time a memt ,r of congress He died
in the rotunda of the capitol. He
was 81 years OF age.
Andrew Jackson. He died June 5,
lS45. IS years old He suffered from
consumption and finally dropsy,
which made its appearance about six
months before his death
Martin Van Buren. He died July
"a. 1862, from violent attack OF
asthma. followed by catarrhal al
fections of the throat and l"ngs. He
was SO years Of age.
William Henry Harrison. The
cause of his death was pleurisy. the
result of IA cold which he caught on
the day Of his Inauguration. This
was accompanied by a severe d'ar-
rhna, which would cot yield to medi-
/ cal treatment. His death occurred
/ April 4. lS4l. "A month after his inaug-
uration. He was GS years of age.
John Tyler lie died on Jan. IL,
1862 at the age Of ~. ] have been
| unable to ascertain the cause of his
| death.
James X. Polk. In the spring Of
lS49 he was stricken with a slight at
tack Of cholera while on boat going
up the Mississippi river Though
temporarily relieved, he had relapse
on his way home, and died on June
Is. 1S49, aged 81 years.
Zachary Taylor. He was the second
president 10 die i'm Office. lie il said
to have partaken mmoderately Office
water and iced milk and then later OF
a large quantity Of cherries. The re-
sult was an attack OF cholera morbus.
! Another authority attributes his
death to u severe cold. The former
seems the more likely. He was GO
years old.
Millard Fillmore. lie died from Ia
stroke of paralysis on March s, 1874
in his 14th year.
Franklin Pierce His death was
due to abdominal drorsy, and occur
red on Oct. 8, 1859, in the G5th year OF
| his life.
James Buchanan. His death oc-
Cured on June /, 1883, aud was
caused by rheumatic gout lie was
II years Of age.
Abraham Lincoln. He was shot by
J. Wilkes Booth, at Ford's theater,
Washington, d. c., on April II. 1866,
and died the following day, aged So.
Andrew johnson. He died from
stroke OF paralysis, July 81, 1875,
aged 67.
The deaths OF Grant, Garfield. and
Arthur are recent enough TO be re-
mbered by all.