Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-26
1t Carries Off EN-Prcsidcnt
Hayes ut His Home at
Fremont, Ohio.
81 Know ! am Going Where
Lucy U.s." His Last Words.
---Bricf sketch.

WY liIiHS WIS ktl,t tAtttuillpiF
quiet in the vicinity Of the Hayes
mansion. An early report on the
condition of the cx-prcsidcnt that he
was improving nicely and resting
easily alaycd SUSPICION So the
sudden announcement by Webb
Hayes that his father had just died
proved Shuck to all. From Mr.
Hayes ii is learned that The condition
of his father tool; a sudden change
early in the evening and dissolution
rapidly followed
Gen. Hayes sickness has been
watched during the day and evening
by pr. lIillbis!I and friends "f the
general. and az is generally the case
many conflicting rtImprS wcr" al'uat,
but an Interview early in the evening
with Rutherford y. Hayes appeared
to reduce tho facts TO a statemen'
that his condition was practically
unchanged. The members at the
family had spcn, the day quietly al,
nome and nothing seemed to ind cate
that the death of the general was
expected. Webb Hayes Went TO the
bank where lie il employed as usual
An Associated Press >pnndcnt
interviewed personal friend %. the
family. WHO said that the ex-presl-
dent was seized with a cold in
Columbus last Saturday while
driving to the union depot and asked
for stimulanl. This 50 revived
him that he insisted on returning
home. saying:
IL would rather die in Spicgcl
Grove than live anywhere else"
After boarding the train lie vas
seized with violent pains in the
chest which lasted until after he
returned home. He was treated for
angina pcctoris. and while relieved
u lii" distress ui the heart he never
recovered his vitality and his life
was suddenl, terminated 10y paralysis
of the heart.
While lying in his room he
frequently referred to a visit made to
his witc'S grave on the preceding
Sunday and spoke Of the quiet
beauty of the SNOW covered scene.
lie said that he almost wished lie
were lying there. ''and vet" said he.
my life is an uncXceptionally happy
one. His last words, spoken to his
family physician with the utmost
carnestiieSs. We're:
II know am going where Lucy
is
lie passed quietly and painlcSsly
away at lO:io in the evening. sur
rounded by the members of the
household. The funeral services will
be held Friday and Gen. Hayes will
be placed beside his beloved wife in
Lakewood
Rutherford lBrchard iIaves was
born in Delaware. O.. October !. lS22
His father died previous to his birth
leaving widow in easy crcum-
stances. enabling her to give her son
an cducalion at that time far beyond
the ordinary. He first attended Il
COMMON school. Early in life began
To study Latin and Greek under
the tutclage Of Judge Sherman
French. He took !; course in the
academy at NorWalk. o.. and in 1887
went TO the Isaac Webb school, at
Middleton, to prepare for college. In
lS3S te entered Kenyon college at
Gambler, O. He graduated in ISL.
and was chosen to deliver the
valedictorN. He entered the law
Office Of Thomas Sparrow at Column
bus, and IN lS43 finished his studies
sity. He was admitted to the bar
in the same year and established
himself at Lower SaHdusky-now
known as Frcmont-and formed Il
partnership with Ralph p Buckland.
then congressman. In 1850 he estab-
lished himself in Cincinnati. In 1852
he married Lucy Webb, daughter of
DIR. James Webb, of Chillcothc. In
1856 lie refused the nomination for
common pleas judge In 1858 and
1859 lac was city solicitor of Cincin-
natl. Hays always voted with the
wing party and upon the birth of the
republican party allied himself with
that organization. AT the first out
break Of tile war he rendered his
services and was appointed major
Of the Twcnty-third regiment Of
Ohio infantry. He was later
appointed judge advocate of the
department of Ohio. He was pro-
NOTED to lieutenant colonel and a
year later made colonel as reward
for bravery
To Mr.. Hayes is largely due the
credit for routing Morgan's band and
compelling the surrender of that
noted guerrilla. In 1864 Col Hayes