The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
Hon. Ben Butterworth Dies
at Townsville.
WAS NOT UNEXPECTED.
Had Been Sick Of Pneumonia
and a Relaspe Carried
Him of.


Special 10 the Chronicle
BROWNSVILLE, GA. - Especially
Hon. Ben Butterworth, who has been
sick In this city some weeks. took a
sudden turn for the worse Sunday
morning and died at o'clock Sunday /
afternoon. His body will be sent to
Washington Monday. The trouble /
which carried him OF was Brights dis
ease. The end was peaceful and when
1t came his wife and children were at
his bedside.
He came here to recuperate from an
attack OF pneumonia and recovered
rapidly until two weeks ago, when he
suffered from uremic commissions.
From that relapse he never recovered.
Benjamin Butterworth was what Is
known as "blrthright Quaker"
Those who knew him best during his
busy career are unanimous In saying
Of him, His daily life was an exem-
plary of the tenets Of that good old
faith as that Of any public official
could be-"
lie was born In Warren County, o.,
Oct %, 1897 and was a member Of the
State Senate from Ohio from Warren
and Butler counties in 1874; was
elected from the First Ohio District
TO the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh.
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congresses
and was reelected to the Fifty-frst
Congress as a Republican.
ben" Butterworth, as he has al
ways been best known, spent his ear
lier years around gainesville and Eos
ter's Crossing-the latter a little sta
ton on the Little Miami Railroad. His
father was VIM. Butterworth, his
mother a Linton, a family noted
throughout the entire line for their
kneenness Of intellect, powers of per-
ception and strength in speech aud de-
bate. Both parents were of Quaker
ancestry.
Maj. Butterworth's keen intellect
and remarkable powers Of perception
were inherited from his mother. Mai
. ButterwOrth's first acquaintance with
law was made in the office of Durbin
Ward, then a successful practitioner il
Cincinnati. During the war he attained
the rank of Major of an Ohio regI
ment. He was Commissioner of Pat
ents during the administration of Gar
field and Arthur and his record made
then and subsequently had grea
> weight with President Mckinley in Sc
y lecting him for that position.
He was made Secretary Of tn,
Worlds Fair project early in the In
!, ceptiOn of that great enterprise at Chi
cagO during the early 9Os ard WORKED
along in that capacity with honor t
. himself and profit to the company I'M
, til its close.
:, A wife and four children surviv
the dead statesman. His wife wa
:, Miss Mary Schuyler of Pennsylvania
:. The children are Mrs. Howe, O
u Washington, D. c., a widow; william
- who married a Miss Deere, of Moline
ILL.,; young Ben, who was injured i
IL college game early in life, an
y Frank, whose prowess as a foot ba
ie y, coach and full back is almost interni
- tional
- Mr. Butterworth was elected a Rel
~ resentatlye in Congress Of the Fir;
Ohio District, including the city {
Cincinnati, to the Forty-siXth, Fort!
" seventh, Forty-ninth Fifty and Fift!
first congresses. From then until al
lie pointed to the position ne occupied ;
81 his death he devoted most of his tin
le to the practice Of law, especially pa
n ent law, in Washington.