The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-01-28


Miller, before the Supreme Court. and
Attorney General Scott represented the
| Commonwealth. The points presented
were new and interesting, and a ruling
was desired on that account, as much
as for the relief of the accused.
How the Presidents Died.
George Washington-His death was
the result of a severe cold contracted
while riding around his farm in rain
The cold increased and was followed by
chill, which brought on acute laryn-
gifts His death occurred on December
14th, 1893. He was sixty eight years of
age.
John Adams-He died from old age,
having reached his ninetyfrst mile
stone. Though active mentally he was
nearly blind and unable to hold pen
I steadily enough to write. He passed
away without pain on July 4th, 1926.
Thomas Jefferson-He died at the age
of eighty three, IL few hours before
Adams on July 4th, 1926. His disease
was chronic diarrhoa, supernduced by
old age and, his physician said, the too
| free use of the waters of the White Suls
phur Springs.
James Madison-He, too, died of old
age, and peacefully, on June sSth, 1886.
His faculties were undimmed to the last.
He was eighty-fye.
James Monroe-At the time of his
death, which occurred in the seventy
third year of his age, on July 4th, 1881,
it was assigned to no 9th ar cause than
enfeebled health.
John Quincy Adams-He was stricken
with paralysis on February 21st, 1S48,
while addressing the Speaker of the
House of Representatives being at the
time member of Congress. He died in
the rotunda of the Capitol. He was
eighty>one years of age.
Andrew Jackson-He died on June
Sth, 1915, aged seventy-eight years. He
suffered from consumption, and finally
dropsy, which made its appearance
about six months before his death.
Martin Van Buren-He died on July
54th, 1852, from violent attack of asth-
ma, followed by catarrhal affections of
the throat and lungs. He was eighty
years of age.
William Henry Harrison-The cause
of his death was pleurisy, the result of a
cold which he caught on the day Of his
Inauguration. This was accompanied
with severe diarrhma, which would not
yield to medical treatment. His death
| occurred on April 4th, 1S41, q month
after his Inauguration. He was sixty
eight years of age.
John Tyler-Hc died on January 18th,
1862, at the age of seventy-two. / have
been unable to ascertain the cause of
his death.
James K. Polk-In the spring of 1S49
he was stricken with slight attack of
cholera while on a boat going up the
| Mississippi river. Though temporarily
relieved, he had relapse on his return
home, and died on June 18th, 1910, aged
| fifty-four years.
Zachary Taylor-He was the second
1 president to die in office. He is said to
have partaken immoderately of ice wa
ter and iced milk, and then later of a
large quantity of cherries. The result
was an attack of cholera morbus. An
other authority attributes his death to
a severe cold. The former seems more
likely. He was sixty-six years DID,
Willard Fillmore-He died from a
stroke of paralysis on March 9Th, 1874, in
his seventy-fourth year.
Franklin Pierce-His death was due to
abdominal dropsy. and occurred on De-
tober 9Th, 1869, in the sixty-ffth year Of
his life
James Buchanan-His death occurred
on June 1st, 1861 and was caused by
rheumatic govt. He was seventy-seven
years of age.
Abraham Lincoln-He was shot by J
Wilkes Boothlat Ford's Theater. Wash
ington, on April 18th, 1865, and died the
following day, aged ffty-six
Andrew Johnson-He died from E
stroke of paralysis, July 31st, 1875, aged