The record-union., 1898-09-29
Passed Quietly and Peacefully Away
Late Yesterday Afternoon
At the Home Of His Daughter, Near DIED.
ham, Massachusetts.
Death Came to the Delaware
Statesman Without Pain, Sur
rounded by His Wife, Two
Daughters and Son-The Re-
mains to Be Taken to His Dela-
ware Home for Interment.

| ware Home for Interment.
| DEDHAM (Mass), Sept. 2S.-Thomas
F. Bayard died at 4:30 o'clock this aft
| ernoon at KarStein, the summer resi-
dence of his daughter, Mrs Samuel D.
| Warren after an illness Of six weeks.
His death was without pain. His wife,
his two daughters, Mrs. Warren and
| Miss Florence Bayard, and his son,
| Thomas F., Jr., saw him draw his last
breath, and his third daughter, the
| Countess Lauenhaupt, was on her way
to Dedham.
The remains will be conveyed to
| Delaware, and the funeral services will
be held Saturday in the old Swedish
Church at Wilmington.
| Karlstein lies off the Needham road.
Here about the middle of August came
| Mr.. Bayard, to be the guest of his
| daughter and his son-in-law. He was
| sick, but it was given out that his i'll
ness was merely due to declining years.
| He steadily grew worse, however, and
| had spells of semi-consciOusneSs and
| of delirium. A consultation of phySi-
| clans was held August 26th. and they
! agreed that Mr.. Bayard was suffering
| from artorie cOlOrOSiS and a general
| breaking down, incident to age. He
| suffered no pain to any noticeable de-
! gree. and the chief tendency was to
| sleep.
! During the first few weeks of his
illness Mr.. Bayard was able to sit up,
! but as the days passed he became
| gradually weaker, and three weeks ago
| he laid himself on his bed and never
! again rose from it. At times he would
rail- to some extent, but the relapse
carr him always nearer the end.
His onderful constitution resisted the
le:va 5 of disease for a surprising Pc
! riod Much of the time he was in a
semi-conscious condition, seldom recog-
| nizing any of the family, and at inter-
! walls having sinking spells, accompanied
by choking. These left him always
weaker.
] Yesterday it became evident that his
death was a matter of only a few
hours. Still he fingered having a slight
rally during the night, and during the
! forenoon his condition showed little
change. At o'clock he began to sink
rapidly, and half an hour later he gent
/ ly passed away. Tomorrow the body
/ will be sent to Delaware, being due to
arrive at Wilmington Friday afternoon.
Thomas Francis Bayard was 4 dis
| tinguished member of an eminent fam
ily Since long before the revolutionary
| war times the BayardS have been con-
spicuous in the country's history as
patriots and statesmen, and many ac-
quired national fame as jurists. Four
! har of rH fa ho
had Senatorial honors bestowed upon
them by the little State of Delaware
Thomas Francis Bayard, his father,
James Ashton Bayard; his grandfather
of the same name, the negotiator Of the
| treaty Of Client, and his uncle, Richard
Henry Bayard. His grandmother
was also the recipient of Senatorial
| hOnors
Thomas Francis Bayard was born in
| Wilmington, Del, October %, 1923, and
was a younger son. In his thirteenth
! year he entered school at Flushing. L.
l. Here he remained two years At the
expiration of that period, being intend
| ed by his father for mercantile pur-
suits, a clerkship was obtained for him
in the establishment of Mr. Bayard's
Schermerhorn. Here he received an ex-
cellent business training.
| In 1913 his elder brother died where
upon, at the request of his parents. he
returned to Wilmington Having a lik-
ing for his fathers profession, that Of
law, he became a student with that end
in view, and was admitted to the bar
(! in 1851. He Immediately began the
! nj
father. and was successful from the
beginning, his local fame spreading
rapidly. In 1858 he was appointed
United States District Attorney for
| Delaware, but resigned the following
year.
/ In 1855 Mr.. Bayard removed 20 Phil
adelphia, where he formed a legal CO.
partnership with William Shippen. This
connection lasted five years, being ter
minated by the death of Mr.. Shippen.
| Mr.. Bayard, on the death of his part
ner, returned to Wilmington, where he
was needed by his father, who was then
i engaged in public duties.
| When the war of the rebellion began
Mr.. Bayard was pursuing his profes-
sion. With the first mutterings of war
the people of Wilmington set about es-
| AiN"is VI Sell pIolettlOll. ~
military company was organized and
Thomas f. Bayard was elected its First
Lieutenant. In June. 1860, the famous
peace meeting of citizens was held at
Dover, and Lieutenant Bayard was one
of the principal speakers He de-
nounced the war, and his remarks on
that occasion have been quoted in later
years as an argument against his avail
ability as a Presidential candidate.
| Meanwhile Mr. Bayard's popularity
in his native State kept growing rap
/ idly, and in 1865 he was elected to
succeed his father in the United States
Senate, and was subsequently twice re-
elected. 1t is noteworthy that On the
day he was elected to the Senate for
| the full term his father (who had re-
signed) was also reelected a Senator
from Delaware to serve for the unex-
pired part of his original term This
is the only case of a father and son be-
/ ing voted for by the same Legislature
| to fill the Senatorial Offices
/ Almost at the outset of his Senatorial
career Mr.. Bayard took a leading part
on the Democratic side. Senator Bay
ard took an active part in the discus