West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-06-29
now THE PRESIDENTS DIED.

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was the result of severe cold con.
tracted while riding around his
farm in n rain and sleet storm on
December 10, 1899. This cold in.
creased and was followed by chill,
which brought on acute laryngitis.
HIS death occurred on December
ii. 1899. He was 6S years of age.
| JOHN ADAMs--He died from old
age, having reached his 91st mile
stone. Though active mentally,
he was nearly blind and unable to
hold a pen steadily enough to
write. He passed away without
pain on July a, 1926.
| THOMAS Unreasonable died at
the age of 83, few hours before
Adams, on July 4, 1926. His dis
ease was chronic diarrh@a, superin-
duced 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 un-
dimmed to the last. lie was So.
JAMES MONROE, at the time of
his death, which occurred in the
73rd year of his age, on July 4,
1881, it was assigned to no other
cause than enfeebled health.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMs-He was
stricken with paralysis on February
21, 1S48, while addressing the
Speaker of the House Of Represen-
tatives, being at the time a member
of Congress. He died in the ro-
tunda of the Capitol. He was 81
years of age.
ANDREW JAoKsoN-He died on
June 8, 1S45, 70 years old. He
suffered from consumption and fl
nally dropsy, which made its APP
pearance about six months before
his death.
MARTIN VAN BuREN-He died
on July "a, 1862, from violent at
tack of asthma, followed by ca
tarrhal affections Of the throat and
lungs. Ho was 80 years of age.
WILLIAM HENRY HARR1soN-
The cause of his death was pleurisy,
the result OF a cold, which he
caught on the day of his Inaugural
ton. This was accompanied with
severe diarrh@a, which would not
yield to medical treatment. His
death occurred on April A., 1911, a
month after his inauguration. lie
was 60 years of age.
JOHN TYLER-He died on Jan.
IL, 1862, at the age of ~. | have
been unable to ascertain the causc
OF his death.
JAMES x. PoEK-In the spring
OF 1910 he was stricken with "a
slight attack of cholera while on II
boat going up the Mississippi river.
Though temporarily relieved, he
had relapse on his return home
and died on June Is, 1s49, aged 81.
ZACHARY TAYLoR-He was the
second President to die in office.
He is said to have taken immoder.
ately OF ice water and iced milk.
and then later of a large quantity
OF cherries. The result was an at
tack of cholera morbus. Another
authority attributes his death to a
severe cold. The former seems the
more likely. lie was 66 years old.
WILLARD FILLMoRE-He died
from a stroke of paralysis on March
8, 1874, in his 74th year.
FRANKLIN PIERcE-IIis death
was due to abdominal dropsy, and
occurred on October 8, 1869, in the
Goth year of his age.
JAMES BUcHANAE-His death
occurred on June I, 1868, and was
caused by rheumatic govt. lie was
~ years of age.
ABRAHAM LINcoLN-le was shot
by j. Wilkes Booth at Ford's The.
atre, Washington, d. c., on April
IA, 1865, and died the following
day, aged Sc.
ANDREW JoHSsoN-IIe di d
from a stroke Of paralysis July 81 A.,
1875, aged Ga.
The deaths Of GRANT, GARFIELD
ARTHUR and Hayes are recent
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