Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-26
sketch Of His Career.

| SkcUcn Oi Ills Ohreers
Rutherford Birckard Hayes was born Oct
| 4, 1872. He had been known principally as an
Ohio Governor prior TO his nomination for the
| Presidency, although he made record in the
war. He was educated at Kenyon College and
studied law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, at
Columbus In lS49 he moved to Cincinnati,
where ne built up eood practice and gained
murder trials. In 1889 he was made City
| Solicitor. He entered the army as Major OF the
| Twenty-third Ohio Vol unteer Infantry June Z,
| 1861. few months later he was Lieutenant
Colonel, and he came out of the army with the
rank OF Brevet Major General OF Volunteers, a
] rank conferred upon him for gallant and dis
| tinguished services during the campaignIvof
| 1884 In West Virginia, and particularly at the
battle of Fishers Hit and Cedar Creek, Va"
Aug. G, 1864 while Hayes was in the field. he
| was elected to Congress, and took his seat Dec.
I, 1865. He was elected to the next Congress,
| but resigned to make race for the Governor
| ship to which he was elected in 1867. In 1869
he was renominated by acclamation, and was
| elecred by about the usual Ohio majority. In
| 1872 he accepted a nomination to Congress,
! but was defeated by Gen. H. B. Banning.
| The Republican State Convention in 1876
nominated Hayes third time for the office
| of Governor. Aft er a campaign that excited
| the attention of the entire country on account
Of the financial heresies involved he was
| elected defeating "Old Bill" Allen about 5000
votes. 1t was this important canvass that
suggested Hayes as a possible dark horse in
1876. His nomination was brought about by
the fight against Blaine. The nomination of
the latter was seen to be impossible. The
Pennsylvania delegation led In break for
hayes, ana mis- nomination 1OllOWeu.
The suspense and anxiety of the country
during the months following the election is
well remembered IL is not necessary to dwell
long upon the causes. His administration was
not q brilliant, but n respectable one, and
Washington society declared his wife to be a
most refined and charming woman. Mrs. Hayes
died at Fremont o., June ~, $50.
Since his retirement from the Presidency
Rutherford B. Hayes had lived quietly at his
OLD home IN fremont o., devotinS himself as
tion of prison reform. Mr.. HAYES was at
tackled by en- illness which caused him to lose
his voice, and he was much depressed in con-
sequence.
1t will be remembered that ex-President
Hayes had been an intelligent and systematic
worker for the education OF the Southern
trustee sV Of the the Ohio state University az and W was
an earnest and effective laborer for the
prosperity Of that institution; lie gave
Of industrial education, in which he
was a preat believer, and of which he was an
earnest advocate. In these and other fields OF
practical usefulness he employed what might
have been the idle leisure of his retirement.
The Birchard library was presented to the
town of Fremont by ex-President Hayes. IL
contains a large collection of books and mu-
scum of historical records.
The life Of rutherford B. Hayes since his
retirement from the Presidency has been one
of peculiar unostentatiousness. During the
recent Grand Army encampment at Washing
ton the ex-Prestdent marched through the
broiling sun, with the rank and file of his
command. Upon recognizing him, the assem-
blage of patriotic thousands accorded him
march In speaking few days before his
death OF his daily pursuits the ex-President
said; 4 rise with the sun both winter and
summer and seldom use the gas TO dress by.
This makes me get mp very carly In the long
days of the year, but In the winter some
times lie abed as late as O'Clock, though
/ usually try to get out by g.
dress and come down to my library and
work from that time until breakfast. do ell
solve my most knotty problems at that time.
think ones brain is clearer in the morning,
and find this to be my best working period.
MY correspondence is quite large and Il covers
all sorts OF subjects. do all my work myself
and pen answers to all my letters with my own
hand