The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-19

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of General Lee-The Mother Tells Hei
Sad story to a Reporter-The Body o.
the Young Lady, Eleanor Reeves, Viii
be shipped East Today-She Attended
the high School and VIII be Buried Al
Columbus, o., Sunday Next.
On the east side Of Hydaulic avenue
south Of Main, where a dim number
marks the residence of S07, was found
last night a woman and two children.
The woman in spite OF her surround
tngs showed that she had been used 10
better times. and in fact when the Eagle
reporter called at the residence he
found many signs which bespoke better
days.
The family album was filed with the
pictures Of many statesmen (by reputa-
ton, at LEAST. And as the pale faced
mother was drawn away from the cot
On which laid her daughter, who was de-
lirious with fever, she was persuaded 70
tell something OF her past life. The
story told TO the reporter is as follows:
In 1864 l was a young girl living IN
Tennessee My father had gone TO the
war in behalf Of the Confederacy- Ny
mother was left alone with two child
ren--myself and brother, who was then
Il years of age. The day before the sur
render at Appomatox my father was
detailed as a. committee from General
Lse's army 70 carry 10 General Grant
the first offer of surrender.
MY fathers name was Horace Por-
ter, aid de camp Of General Lee and
was a graduate of West Point IN 1893.
When the war broke out he war, found
located at Mobile. AlaDama, and Of
course his sympathies were with those
with whogn ne had been associated for
the past three years, and when the word
came that Fort Sumpter had been fired
upon he was not STOW TO join his inter-
ests with that OF his commanding gem
eral, Stonewal1 Jackson, and when the
old southern hero decided 10 accept a
position as aid de camp OF General
Stonewal Jackson, the entTeaties OF my
mother who was raised at Columbus.
Ohio, could not persuade him from the
course he had taken.
During the war we lived at Columbus,
Ohio. and Of course were surrounded by
a different sentiment from that for
which my father was fighting.
.4On the day of the surrender at APP
pomartox my father received a fatal
wound from some unknown person and
was brought back TO Columbus, Ohio,
where my father breathed his last with
the shadow of the stars and stripes still
falling across his face He said he
loved his country, but that he thought
the white mans supremacy should be
recognized forever, and hence he could
not support a cause which would mean
equal rights in the schools, in the poll
ti,.al arena with that OF his son. HIS
last request was that his winding sheet
might be the flag Of his country. and
thus enveloped the American flag en-
closed the remains of my father who
breathed his last on May ., 1854, with
in two blocks of the state capitol OF the
Buckeye state
AT. St Louis, where my mother NOV
81 after my fathers death, was thrown
among persons who sympathized with
the lost caIlse and 1 finally was united
In marriage to the son of a, prominent
general who was intimately acquainted
with my father.
When the Frisco road was built TO
Wichita my husband was sta toned
here He held a position IN the en-
gineers corps and was well acquainted
with the present city engineer. H L.
Jackson.
While running 4 line south Of Mo-
nette, No, my husband was shot by
some man in ambush, and for what
cause II has never been known
AT the time of my husbands death I
was living in Wichita I had always
been raised without work and when the
news came of my husbands death
Whose name I now withhold---I was at
q loss what course to pursue.
Il tried sewing. but made a horrible
failure Next I tried bookkeeping for a
certain attorney who now holds an Of
fetal position at Kansas City, and found
that to retain the position included the
surrender OF ideas which I held sacred,
and was compelled to resign the posi-
ton. 1 then secured a position in
laundry and have worked hard to raise
my family.
Two years ago in Oklahoma my boy
was accidentally shot. The blow came
near killing me, but my daughter there
came 70 my rescue and together we have
worked as mother and daughter"
At O'Clock the spirit OF Ella Trsmble
passed away and the heaTtbroken moth
er was left alone.
She had seen her father. mother and
1tllAtAAtAA pass away d4ltA dabAAC S-LC "
left
No tears came to the relief OF the
heartbroiSen woman until after she had
related her story - the Eagle reporter.
when the flOos2gates were opened and
the broken heart was relieved from the
great burden. The telling Of the story
and explaining her connection with tina
pictures nher home. were the means
Of relieving the poor woman. Blessed
were the tears that came at last 10 the
stubborn heart.
The funeral VIII BE- held this morning
and the body 81 the daughter who at
tended the Wichita High school last
year. VIII be shipped % Columbus o.
this morning and laid beside her grand
father, General Horace Porter.
The poor mother viii hardly return 70
Wichita as she has many relatives in
Ohio and Kentucky and. being alone.
the humble home viii be bToken-Ella
Tr9mble is dead
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