The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-06
MRS. BAYARD
AT DEDHAM,
She Went From Washing
ton Yesterday. The
Bayard Family. i

her husbands bedside. She has recently
bean with her mother. Mrs. Clyner, VII,
hes also been i'll. 1t was the Intention o,
Mrs' Bayard to bring her husband to Will
inington last weok, but the change for the
worse in his condition prevented this, Mr..
Bayard's illness Is duo primarily to oatsrrh
OF the stomach, which was followed BY I,
complication of dlseassA
1homas Francis Bayard who was Sec
rotary Of State during Grover Cleveland
FIRST Presidential torn, and the first Am :.
bassador Of the United States to the Court
OF st, James duringthe second Presldsn.
cy OF Mr.. Cleveland, was a distinguished
member OF an ointment family. 1t Is a very
largo family too, and Its members have
been very WILDLY distributed in both the
Old World and the new. Its origin has
been traced back to the province OF Dau-
Prime now In the Department Of Isre, ir
the southeast Of France. where, not very
far from Grenoble, the ruins OF Chatear
Bayard. browning hill which com mands
one OF the noblest prospects In that region
mark what is regarded Is tho cradle Of III.
race ~.
From the earliest times the Bayards were
distinguished for courage In war and fldel.
ity to their sovereign A selgnsur do Bay
ard. the head Of the house, was slain In
the battle Of Potisrs In the vain attempt
to prevent the capture Of King John
the Good by the English. His son fell In
combat with the same enemy ut Azincour:
and his grandson at Montihery. But the
second IN descent from this last was moro
widely known than either. and, joining to
the hereditary prowoss and constancy Of
his race. n purity and nobility of character
| peculiarly his own. Furnished to history
and romance the ideal Of a perfect knight.
Pierre du Terral, Seisnour de Bayard.
'The knight without fear and without re.
| proach," was the famous captain Of
Charles VIII, Louis MI and Francis /,
the latter OF whom. after the battle o,
Marignano,' would receive the honor Of
knighthood from no hand but that Of Bay.
ard. In zoos, he, single-handed. Kept the
bridge Of Garigliano against tho Spaniards
and saved the whole Fronch army Hea-
nally fell, shot while conducting the re-
treat at the passage Of the Sasa, on Apff
30, 1924. AS he left no heirs, his estatts
md rank descended to the next OF kin, atlN
tho family name, Du Terrail, was me.gSt
In the territorial name Bayard.
FAMILY LONG CONSPICUOUS, al,
Interesting stories arc also told Of the
history Of the Bnyards In America. bsgin-
ming with the middle of the seventeenth
century; but 1t Is sufficient In this conueo.
ton to say that since long before tn, Rev
olutionnry times the Bayards have been
conspicuous In theicountry' history as pa
triots md statesmen, and many acquired
national fame MS jurists. Nicholas, the first
ancestor to come to America. u son of m
Amsterdam merchant. though OF French
II ugenot extracation. and nephew OF Go,
ernor Stuyyesant, was Secretary of the
Province OF Now York in 1879, Mayor Of
New York In 1885 and holder of several
other important Provincial Offices
Colonel John Bayard, a grandson, wars
member of the Provincial Council Of l774,
and n prominent leader Of the movement
for Independence In Philadelphia; mem,
bar Of the Council Of safety: Colonel OK
the Second Continental Regiment raised
in Philadelphia In l756; Speaker Of til,
Assembly In I'M; member of the Cont.
mental Congress In 1855, besides havIns
been honored with many other offices Of
great trust.
IL was with James Ashton Bayard,
grandfather OF Thomas f.. that the
Senatorial line Of his family commenced.
He was chosen to Congress In 1895, and
served until 1903 IA an acknowledged
leader Of the old Federal party. He was
sent to the United States Senate in 1900,
and served tn .re until .sl3 Ho declined
the mission to France offered to him by
President Adams in 1871 and con: rmoi to
him by the Senate, but served as joint
commissioner with Adams, Clay, Gallatin
and Russell in negotiating tho Treaty Of
Client, which was concluded in December,
1914. He was then appointed Ministe' to
Russia, but declined that office also; and
while busy with the details OF CONNER.
cial treaty with Great Britain was taken
sick, and returned homo in a national yes.
sol to die in sight Of his native shores,
filed by his son. Richard II. Bayar', who
was chosen Senator in 1896 and ngan in
Ls4l, and who was sent as Minister tu Boil
GUM in 1850.
THOMAS F's FATHER
Tho third Senator in tho line was James
A, Bayard, father Of Thomas L. He repre-
,cntcd Delaware in the Senate from 1851 to
SOL when he resigned although ho had
ust been elected to serve for third term.
Like all tho Democrats of tho:e days, 10
believed that war meant disunicn, and was
or that reason opposed to war
The Bayard influence was against seccs.
ion, or Delaware. with her strong south
I'm sympathies wou!d have cast her lot
With tho confederacy and divided with
Maryland the disastrous honor of being
he battle ground of the contending forces.
ncensed, after the war, at tho oxactlon Of
he iron clad oath of a MN whose loyalty
lad not been open to question, Senator
aines A. Bayard, when tho oath was sub
nittcd to him, showed that no could take
. by taking it, and expressed his sense Of
he unconsti. utionality and injustice Of the
cquircment by ro,igning his scat.
George X. Riddle was elected to iii tho
nexpired term thus opened, but Riddle
we'd only very short time, and
ames A. Bayarl was induced to return
nd servo out the second unexpired term
Osulting from his own resignation. q,
Thomas f. Rayard was elected for tho
lcoocding full term, and thus it came
bout that father aud son were elected to
10 Senate OH tho Same day and sat In il
u the same day, the one going out ana
lc other coming In on the 18th Of March,
800, which was also the da:e Of this first
lauguration of Ulysses s. Grant as Pros.
lont OF tho United States.
Mr.. Hlles Home from Dedham.
William S. Iiilies returned from Dsi-
nm, Mass. this morning wh.ro he saw
on. Thomas L. bayard. Mr.. HiIles says
10 ex-ambassador Is gradually sinking
i'd that his death will occur within n tow