St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-13

! funeral at the residence at 10 a. m.
! Saturday. While efforts will be made
| to have, the services as private as pos
sible, in Difference to public sentiment
all who desire will be given an op-
portunity to view the remains at the
residence. Rev. J. L. Grover, who to-
day celebrated his eighty-ninth birth
day, will preach the sermon. 1t was
Judge Thurmans request that if Rev.
Mr. Grover was living and in good
health, the latter should preach the
sermon at his funeral. Mr.. Grover is
| at present city librarian, position
: he has held for twenty-five years, and
| is still a very active man.
OHIO IN MOURNING.
| Gov. Mckinley today issued the fol-
flowing:
! "Ohio has lost one of of its noblest
! citizens Allen G. Thurman died at 1
! O. clock today, at his home in the city of
| Columbus at the ripe age of eighty-two.
| He was a statesman whose sturdy in
! tegrity and exalted abilities were rec
! ognized not. only in his own state, but
! in every part of the United States. AS
a judge of the supreme court of the
| state he was a learned and incorrupt-
| ible interpreter of the law. AS United
| States senator he faithfully and with
| nOnOT tHlS
| state in the United States senate. He
was a. distinguished party leader. and
! stood in the front rank with the great
/ men who were his contemporaries.
After being the recipient of many hon
! ors at the hands of his party and coun-
trymen, he retired to private life with
the universal respect and esteem of the
citizens of the republic and the love- Of
| all who had the honor of knowing him.
His illustriouS career is a conspicuous
/ pY r1n Of a of
lean citizenship, and is worthy the
study of the youth of our state. The
, people of Ohio, regardless of party.
will be mourners at his bier. Out Of
dered that the flag be displayed at half
| mast over the state capitol until after
his obsequies."
LIFE OF THURMAN.
Allen Granbery Thurman was born at
Lynchburg, Va, Nov. 13, 1918. His
father was Rev. Pleasant Thurman, a
minister of the Methodist church, and
his mother the only daughter of Col.
Nathaniel Allen, nephew and adopted
son of Joseph HeWeS, one of the signerS
of the Declaration Of Independence.
His parents removed to Chillicothe, O.,
in 1919, and he made that place his
home until he settled in Columbus in
1858, where he has since resided. His
education was in the Chillicothe acad-
emy and at the hands of his mother.
At the age of eighteen he assisted in
land surveying, and at twenty-one he
He studied law with his uncle, Gov.
William Allen, was admitted to the bar
in 1885. and in a few years was en-
+ ployed in almost every litigated case
elected by the Democrats to congress,
and he entered that body Dec. 1, 1S45,
as its youngest member. Preferring
the practice of law, he declined a re-
at the bar until 1851, when he was
elected to the supreme bench of Ohio.
From December, 1854, till February,
1856, he served as chief justice. and on
the expiration of his term he refused a
denomination. His opinions contained
in the first five volumes of the state re-
ports are remarkable for the clear and
forcible expressions of his views and
the accuracy of his statements of the
law
In 1867 Mr.. Thurman was the choice
of his party for governor of Ohio. Ru-
therford B. Hayes, his opponent, was
elected by a majority Of fewer than
5000 votes, though the Republicans
had a majority in 1866 of more than
1900. Mr.. Thurman was then elect
ed to the senate to succeed Benjamin
F. Wade. He took his seat March 4,
1869, and from the first was recognized
as the leader of the Democratic mi
nority. He was member OF the Ju-
dietary committee, and on the acces-
sion Of his party to power in the For
ty-sixth congress he was made Its
chairman. and also chosen president
pro tempore of the senate, owing to the
illness of Vice President Wheeler. In
1874 he was elected to the senate for
second term, and in his twelve years
of service, ending March 4, 1881, he
won a reputation for judicial fairness
and readiness, dignity and power in
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