The evening times., 1896-01-13
Was SIX Times 4 BRIDE
Romantic Career Of a Famous Beauty Of
Lansinghufg, New York.
She Eloped in Brooklyn When Sew
enteen-Left Money for a Monu-
ment to Her First Husband.
New York World.

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| There died at a ranch near Santa Ana,
Cal, the other day middl. aged woman,
Mrs. Louise Campbell, who had been six
times a bride and five times followed the
corpse of her husband TO the grave, says
the New York World. Mrs. Campbell was
| fifty-four years Of age, and was born in
Lansingburg, near Albany, n. Y. She
was a relative of the old Dutch PATRON
family of Pruyns of the Upper Hudson River
| cou ntry.
| Her maiden name was Louise Taylor.
| She was an only child, and her family was
| among the weaRhiest in that locality.
| She had a private tuter, and it was the
parents Intention TO send her abroad for
several years OF travel md residence when
her school days should have been finished.
As a child she was always beauty, and
| before she was fifteen years old she had
young men admirers by the dozen in The
old town OF Lansingburg.
In 1858, when seventeen years old. she
visited an aunt IN Brooklyn. There her
| beauty Immediately attracted attention.
| She fell madly in love with an impecunious
young man, aust home from college and at
that time a teacher in the Brooklyn public
schools. Almon Rollins was his name.
After a few weeks acquaintance she clipped
from her aunt's home and was married to
the schoolieacher.
The young people went South, where Rol-
Inns got n place as tutor in a seminary in
Montgomery, Ala. The change in climate af-
fected his health, and he was an invalid for
two years. He resigned his place as tutor
and tried light work on plantation. His
beautiful bride cheerfully accepted their un-
fortunate lot and taught music for the sup
port of herself and husband. She was too
proud to write to her relatives for financial
or other aid. In 1860 Rollins died.
The widow, then 10 years ofage, remained
in Alabama, supporting herself by teaching.
In Nav, 1861 she was married to Clarence
Cushman, q very rich young English mer-
chant in New Orleans. Pictures of her still
extant, and taken at the time of her second
marriage, show that her sad experience and
hard work and privations had made little
if any change in the wondrous charm Of her
eyes, and her refined, classic features. The
Cushnians went to Europe. lived in Munich
for several years. and two children that
died in childhood were born to them there.
In 1864 Mr.. Cushman lost over two-thirds
of his property in the South by the ravages
of the war. In Rome Mr.. Cushman was
seized with the Roman fever and died.
The widow went to London, where she
found that her husband was really bank
rupt for weeks before his death. Too proud
to inform her relatives of her distress. she
remained in England and once more became
a teacher. She was a goyerDess in an En-
glish family for three years, and then re-
turned to New York, where she was sales
woman in a dry good store.
In 1868 she was married in Plainfield,
N. j., to Lieut.. Oscar d. Williams, United
States Army, and went with him to live
at Fort Sully, N. D. They lived happily
together and Mrs. Williams became fav.
lite of all tie fort. In August, 1863, her
husband was drowned while bathing in
the Missouri River, ard bis wife became for
the third time widow.
Her father, who had heard of his only
daughters misfortunes, begged of her tt
return TO her former home, and be forgiven
but she still felt the sting of his refusal to
recognize her first marriage and once more
began earning her own livelihood. For two
years she was governess in the famiiy OF
Louisville merchant.
She married in 1871 the Rev. Edward
Lukes at Covington, Ky. The preacher
dent Cleveland at Syracuse. N. Y. Her
husband was sent as missionary to India
and his wife accompanied him. They made
their home successfully in India. Hong Kong.
and Honolulu. Mr.. Lukes died in the
Sandwich Islands in 1876, and his wife
made her way back to America with his
body.
Mrs. Lukes lived with Il brother and
sister of her dead husband in Indianapolis
She then entefed a private hospital in Chi
cago as i nurse. She was very poor and
was again compelled TO work hard for
living. Among the patients who came to
the hospital was miGd'e-aged man,
widower, named Hiram f. Dana. In his
days of conyaiescence he was waited upon
by the beautiful Mrs. Lukes. ard lie fell
desperately in love with her. The couple
were married in Chicago in December, 1880.