Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-14
DEATH OF COL. CARY.
sn.stsfEns A RELAPSE AND DIES,
RATHER UNEXPECTEDLY.
ROSIE AND USEFUL CAREER ENDED
A scholar of brilliant Attachments,
q Man OF sterling Integrity, and a
Philosophical Csuscn--Army Re-
cord aud business Career.

the nature OF a sad surprise for thons
he had been lying for some weeks almos
at deaths door. and his NE had been do
spaired of again and again, he raihe
wonderfully from the effects OF IN
virulcnt disease from which he suffered
and within a few hours OF his death al
condition was not at all alarming.
The relapse came on Tuesday night
and was followed Wednesday mornin'
with a return Of the chills which had ha'
such a debilitating effect in the earl.
stages OF the disease The pain was SC
intense that the patient was placed unde
the influence OF morphine, but he never
rallied. and sank slowly and peacetniS
into rest shortly after ~ NJ.
The deep regret felt az the death OF
Colonel Cary was manifested yesterday
in sincere expressions Of sympathy Tor
the bereaved. and admiration Tor the
sterling character OF the deceased. Public
bodies. notably the Chamber of Com
merce, the Life Underwriters Associa-
lion Of Virginia, met. as others VIII
do to-day, to pay tributes to his memory
and hundreds called at the residence TO
tender their sympathies kilograms We're
received from all parts Of the country
sncluding one signed by the Board of Di-
rectors OF the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company, which he had rep
resented here for many years.
SICK NEARLY a MONTH
The passing of this good man and emf
nent citizen will be a great blow to the
community. and ne will be long and
fenderly incurred. The fatal disease from
which he died first manifested itself
last spring. Colonel Cary recovered
from the attack. but succumbed.to serious
complications which developed on sun
day. December 18th.
in the death Of Colonel Cary Richmond
loses a great and good man, ana uls-
tiugushed and useful citizen. No one
was ever simpler. truer. or more honest
lie possessed a warm and kindly heart,
full OF an even. extraordinary eenteness
and sweetness. and he was patient. for
bearing, charitable, and magnanimous
without effort. He was universally re- |
garded as a genuinely honest man, in |
capable of duplicity in thought or deed. /
wholly true and sincere. inspired always |
by that pTisca fides which purihes and |
and resolutely bent, in the dark |
hour as in the bright, on the full per-
Torrance of his duty.
Colonel Cary died in the fulness Of time,
having long passed the allotted span of a
mans life, and to-day it may be truly
said that he has fulfilled his mission.
and borne IL SO that no invidious tongue
IAN level the shafts of calumny at the
great character which he has left behind
him.
TRUE TYPE OF AMERICAN.
Colonel Cary may be accepted as a true
ype Of the American, and the southern
gentleman. Wherever philosophy, refine
nent, and culture have gone upon the
,lobe, 1t IS possible 10 place the finger
lpon Individual men who are the exem-
liars Of nations character. those typi-
al forms under which others less noble
ess expanded. have manifested them
elves. Born from the general level Of
american society. ne sprung from dis
inguished antecedents. and he was a type
If the race from which he came. He
vas a member Of the famous Cary fam
~ Of Virginia. and was a son of Colonel
ill Armistead Cary, Of "ElmwoOd."
Elizabeth City county, where he was
'orn. October is, 1919 In a typical and
old country house of |
Virginia he passed his early years.
mid scenes and surroundings which
must have made their impression |
lpon his character at a period when the
mind takes every new influence and grows
n accordance with It; and to the last the
nan remained simple, hearty. proud. and
ourteous-the country Nirginian in all
ne texture of his character. His father
dispensed a very generous hospitality,
nd. dying when the subject OF this sketch |
vas scarcely 10 years old, the burden Of
he support of his mother and his bro ,
hers fell upon his shoulders.
His mother was a Miss Baytop. OF
Gloucester county. He was the Oldest of
our brothers-Dr. Robert y. Cary. Gill
Armistead Cary and Richard Miles Cary,
Il Mobile, the last named being the only
me surviving. Gill ArInistead Cary mar
led sister Of Colonel w. Gordon Nc
abe.
A strikingly-character incident is
elated Of him at this period. His father
Jed deeply involved in debt brought upon ;
i'm by going security for friends. John
3. Cary gave his personal note for every !
ent Of his fathers Indebtedness, declaring
hat no stain should rest upon his
arents memory, and he paid in full
very obligation.
EDUCATIONAL CAREER.
He graduated with distinction from Will &
am and Mary College in 1896 and subse-
uently took his degree as Master Of Arts
4 the time of his death he was
lember OF the Board of Gov
fnors OF his Alma Mater. He
as an eminent scholar and a born ,
'achcr, and, following the drift Of his :
lclinatioDs, founded at Hampton the T
Iilitary Academy which became, as a /
ssult OF his indomitable energy and dis
elton, one OF the foremost preparatory ,
'hools of the South. The school was =
10 outgrowth Of the famous Hampton .
cademy. which was founded in 1871 I
olonel Cary was the last principal or
rs, the Oldest educational establish h
ent in America. The Old building was "
'stroyed. and then Colonel Cary butt .
e Military institute and changed in n
any respects. the old regime. Boys were II
ere from every section OF the country
I'd the success OF the principal IN mould II
3 character was generally recognized ! d
g had rare faculty for controlling v
'ys. and was possessed or an exquisite a
jll In impariing knowledge He instilled ! q
10 his pupils the highest principles of ii
nor. There was no espionage. but a II
gh moral code. and the offenders we're o
n 10 the mercilessness Of public opinion is
Colonel Wilficd Il. Cutshaw. graduate v
the Virginia Military Institute. was as Il
slant principal al the academy for seve-
J years jus. prior 10 the war. He had q
arge or the military regime and Of the "A
hool Of Mathematics. Among Colonel y
sry's pupils were Colonel Gordon Mo n
ibe. Colonel Tabb, OF Hampton. Captain II
I'm 4. Curtis. Captain James Barron II
ope. late editor Of the Norfolk Land Z,
ark; the Rockers. Judge Baker +. Lee 8;
e Armisteads the XVhsfDo,,s wa -