People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-06-27
Judge William Carver.

Inere are NUMBER OF Olu SOluleTs
in this county who were members Of
the 1Olst Indiana Infantry: of which
Judge William Carver was colonel
Judge Carver was an uncle Of ex-
County Attorney Carver of this
county. Judge Carver died last week
at his home near NOblesyille, Ind.
The Noblesville Ledger contains
two-column notice OF his death from
which we extract some points which
will be OF interest to his old soldier
friends in this county:
Hamilton countys most widely
known lawyer, soldier, legislator and
jurist is no more. After many weeks
of patient suffering, during which
time he was conscious and even able
to converse with his friends, Judge
VIM. Carver died at his home three
miles west Of NOblesville, at 2 O'Clock
Friday morning, aged IS years, 10
months and % days. The illness Of
the deceased dates back about year,
but he was not confined to his home
until within the past two months.
His death, in measure, was due to
a general breaking down of his
physical system, but it is attributed
principally to indigestion. Literally
speaking, he starved to death.
In 1913, he was elected and then
served a term of three years as Sena-
tor in the Indiana Legislature, where
he achieved considerable nOtOriety
as chairman on some of the most i'm
portant committees. In 1851, he was
elected Prosecuting Attorney for the
old Eighth Judicial Circuit, which, at
that time embraced nine counties.
In Sc, he was Democratic candidate
for Representative to Congress, Op-
posed by the Hon. John U. Petit, of
Wabash, and although Mr.. Garver's
vote was much ahead of the PreSiden-
tial ticket in his district, he was de-
feated by small majority.
In 1857, he received the appoint
ment and a commission from the
government as special postal agent
for the states of Indiana and Illinois,
which position he filled up to 1861.
He was also delegate from Indiana
to the celebrated Democratic Nation
al convention. at Charleston, to
which the Indiana delegates were In
structed for Stephen A. Douglas. Mr..
Carver retired from that body and
came home in disgust before the con-
yention closed its stormy discussions
which disrupted the old Democratic
party, and gave the political power
of the country into the hands OF their
opponents.
In August, 1862, he was commits
stoned by Governor Morton to organ
ize and equip a regiment Of vOlun-
teerS for service in the field. During
that month the Northumberland
was raised and sent to the front. He
then raised the One Hundred and
First Indiana Infantry, of which he
was commissioned Colonel, and with
it went into the field in Kentucky
and Tennessee. He remained with
his regiment until in the following
May, when, in consequence of con-
tinued i'll health, he resigned his CON-
mand and returned home, and it was
nearly a year before his health per-
mitted him to resume his legal bust
ness. In 1865 he was appointed by
Governor Morton, Judge Of the Court
of Common Pleas for the Fourteenth
Judicial District, to fill vacancy;
and in the following October he was
elected to the same office without op'
position, and at the expiration of a
term Of four years, he was reelected
for another term; and again in lS7:
he was elected to the same Office, but
the Legislature at that session
abolished that court. In 1876 he wa:
elected Joint Representative for the
counties of Hamilton and Upton u
the State Legislature and served two
years 10 important positions on the
various committees of the house.