Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1895-12-19
"OLD ROMAN" rs DEAD
LIFEWORK OF ALLEN @. THUR.
MAN ENDED.
Surrounded by Loved Ones and Uns
conscious of Physical Distress, the
Great Mans Soul Takes Flight
Twenty-one Graves Robbed.
Due to a Fall.

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Judge Allen G.. Thurman died in Column
bus, Ohio, shortly after o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. So peaceful was the end
and so quietly did dissolution come, that
the change was hardly noticeable to the
loved ones who surrounded his bedside
He had lived with his son, Allen w.
Thurman, since the death of his wife,
several years ago, and being unable to
leave the house he occupied apartments
in the second story of the residence, where
he spent the last days of his life in re-
markably pleasant and agreeable man.
ner.
The beginning of Judge Thurman's
fatal illness dates from Nov. last, when
he fell heavily while walking across the
library floor. A few days after the fall
his life was despaired of, but he rallied
from the shock and at times apparently
seemed to have regained his Old-time
vigor. Nov. Is Judge Thurman was 50
years old, and on that date several of his
old friends called on him and had pleas
ant chat. On that occasion he smoked a.
cigar with his friends and seemed un-
usually cheerful and bright. Since the
accident he had his good days and his
bad ones. He had been confined to his
called on him daily. That he was steadily
growing weaker was apparent to all, and
it had been known for some time that his
lease of life could not be protracted much
longer. On account of his confinement
to bed Judge Thurman began to be afflict-
ed with bed sores and in order to relieve
this unpleasantness he at times sat up
and stood up, but he had not attempted
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the day of his death DR.. Whitaker found
the patient gradually sinking. lie gave
him little water and whisky, which was
swallowed mechanically. At the final
scene all of the family were at his bed
side. He seemed to be free from all dis
tress, and during the morning hours all
that the sorrowing family could do was
to moisten his parched lips at intervals.
Those present at the death scene were
Mr.. and Mrs Allen W. Thurman and the
following grandchildren: Lee, Miss
Katherine, Allen g., Jr. Daniel c., and
Startling Thurman, all children of Allen
w. Thurman.
The death of Allen c. Thurman re-
moves a picturesque and impressive figure
from the ranks of the Democratic party.
During long career in politics Mr. Thur
man had devoted most of his energy to
the public service in channels where it
was most effective and the sum total of
his endeaYors imposes large debt of
gratitude upon the public at large. Al
though a Nirginian by birth, Mr.. Thur
mans life-work was done in Ohio, and it
is with the Buckeye State that he is
identified. His service on behalf of the
commonwealth was long and honorable,
including term in Congress, four years
on the State Supreme bench ard n long
and very creditable record in the United
States Senate. 1t was while in the Sen
ate that he won the sobriquet of "Old
Roman" title which has hung in popu-
lar memory as pertinaciously as did his
maxim, "a tariff is a tax" which he made
the watchwOrd of the campaign wherein
he was defeated for the Vice Presidency.
He was born at Lynchburg, Va, in 1913,
and removed to Chilicothe, Ohio, with his
parents when six years of age. Thurman
was not q religious man, in the strict
sense, and very often he was POLITICALLY
profane, yet both his private and public
life was remarkable for its purity. Since
the death of his wife, two years ago. he
had been more secluded than ever He
had felt her loss more than his stoical
spirit would display, yet his grief had
been that of a philosopher. Judge
Thurman was a rich man. The estate Of
his wife had been well managed and
greatly increased. The Thurman family
has always been among the most aristo-
cratic in the State, and the younger gen
GRAFTON is prominent in the social circles
of Columbus.