The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-24
PRESIDENTS SONS.
Points Of Interests Concerning Worthy
Sons of Illustrious Sires.

| fOInt9 OF Interests Concerning worthy
Sons of IlIustrious Sires
Abraham Lincoln's son served his
country in the ca binet and as minister
to England He is a good lawyer.
makes speciality of insurance law, and
has had a good practice when not in
office. He is thought to be tolera bly,
well off, as fortunes go in these DAYS,
his investments having usually turned
out well. His wife, the daugh-
ter of James Harlan, whose name
sounds strange in the ears Of
the present generation, notwith-
standing he was United States
senator from Iowa and Grants first
secretary of the interior, is wealthy in
her own right. Mr.. Lincoln has sew
eral interesting, bright children and
pleasant home in Chicago.
Gen. Garfield's sons are both practic-
ing lawyers in Cleveland, where they
have an office in the magnificent Perry
Payne building, which was built by
ex-senator Payne, William O. Whit
ney's father-in-law. The boys are do
ing tolerably well. They enjoy the
friendship and good will of such men
as NJ. A. Hanna, Amos Townsend and
ex-senator Payne and will doubtless
do well in time. One of the sons lives
with his mother in the city, while tho
other keeps his home on the old place
at Mentor. This latter has political
ambitions, was an unsuccessful candi-
date for the state senate recently. and
has congressional aspirations which his
friends believe will be gratified in the
GEAR future
The two sons Of Rutherford Il Hayes
are quiet modest but good business
men. One of them, Rutherford, il the
cashier of the savings bank in which
his father was a heavy stakeholder in
Fremont, 0. he is successful in every
thing he undertakes, is not speculative
by nature or inclination, but inher;ts
his fathers caution and shrewdness.
He is unmarried and lives with his
sister, also unmarried, In the old home
stead in Fremont, which village il the
sit Of the Croghan massacre in the war
OF 1872. pleasant. clean, thrifty north
ern Ohio town, about thirty miles from
Sandusky and at the head Of nsyiga-
ton on the Sandusky river. The other |
son, Orchard, is successful lawyer in
Toledo, member of the firm which in |
cludes a son of the late Justice |
Swayne. Of the United States supreme |
court, and brother of Gen Wager |
Swavne. Of this city. Birchard Hayes |
Is reserved in his tastes and Ia bits and !
genial and faithful in his friendships |
and has also inherited his fathers /
quiet, torceful, On. plodding way of |
succeeding with almost everything he |
puts his hand 70. He Is happily |
married and has a pleasant. home ia |
the thrifty and wealthy little city on
the Asumre
Col Fred Grant Is known 70 his asso-
GATES as having developed into quiet,
modest, thoughtful man. who is best
liked by shote most intimately ac-
ousinted with him He and Rober. /
Lincoln are alike IN that while they
have held high Office they have 10 ,a.ts
nor particular aptitude for po.i.ics
Col Grant enjoys life as an American
gentlemen He - neither obarusive
ror snowy IN any respect He has
most beautiful wife nee Honose q
Chicago Her father vas orc. v.ry
wealthy, and IL Is believes he s~ttled
dot on Mrs Grant 10 tho..
days Col Grant has Reasonable for
-une. the income from which will pro /
baby enable him 20 live comfortably
% an un0stsns atioas way He vase iu.
-aied Tor the army. and doca 10. show