The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-25
GOV. "DICK" OGLESBY.
Death of One of Illinois Most Famous
Citizens.

anu ~ Aibcl soAstcs t,OuattA AsASh
ard j. Ogiesby died ut his residence in
Elkhart at los O'Clock p m, today.
The immediate cause of his death was @
fall his head striking the sharp edge Of a
piece OF furniture. The remote cause was
vertigo, which eau ed the fall. The blow
made a sharp dent in the right side or
the temple from which the blood freely
flowed Deaf h resulted from the concus-
81 Of the brain.
General Richard J Oglesby was born
in Oldham county, KY, July 20, 1924.
His parents were of Scottish extraction.
OPlssby TO Decatur, Ills, and grew up in
that city. First he was farmer three
years and then he returned to Kentucky
and learned the carpenters trade.
j AT the nqe of nineteen he returned to a
farm in Illinois In lS44 Mr.. Oglesby
began the study OF law at Springfield and
upon his admission to ths bar located in
Moultrie county, where he practiced I'M
til the Mexican war broke out in 1876
when he enlisted AS "a volunteer. AT the
close of the war he returned to Decatur
and in 1877 drove over land to California
in search of gold. Returning he was
prominent in the campaign of 1854. he
was nominated state senator and elected.
lie was placed in command of federal
ana served throughout the war In 1864
he WINS elected governor of Illinois and
served two terms, In 1879 he was again
elected governor and made United States
senator at the following meeting OF the
legislature His fourth election as gov
ernor was In 1884. After this term he re-
tired to private life.
CHARLES Z. BAILEY.
Mr.. Charles E. Bailey. whose death on
sunday, was reported Monday morning
was born April 10, 1872 in the same room
of tho fanny homestead then in West
brook, where he died at the. age OF "a years
and eight days. His parents were George
Bailey and Betsy (Webb Bailey
Mr.. Bailey leaves a widow who was
Miss Annie Noyes of Portland to whom
he was married November 26. 1879, but
there are no children. There are no near
or surviving relatives than Mrs. Selden
Connor of Augusta, and Mrs. Kellen of
Washington, d.. C., pieces, and cousin
Miss Helen Bailey. Congress street, this
city.
The late MIR. Bailey was regular at
tendant at State street church. he has
not been engaged in business for many
years, but was a deep lover OF flowers ana
agriculture, which latter he carried on
exten ,ively at the homestead, which is
one of the finest old places in that section
of the annexed district.
The funeral will tie held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 80 O'Clock from his late
residence. Rev. DR.. jenkins of State
street church win ocffiiate.
NOTES.
Representative ". 5. Baird. of Louisi-
ana. died Saturday in Washington.
Paymaster q. A. Vandergrift, Z. 5.
v. died SUNDAY at Atlanta.
Rev. RoberC Ryland, famous Baptist
educator of the south, is dead at Lexing-
ton, KY, aged "a years.
Mrs. j. p. Bass, whose funeral &C.
Cured in Bangor ont Saturday. was the
daughter of the late Leonard and Martha
l.. March In 1866 she was united in
marriage to Hon. Joseph +. Bass and
residence so we'll known to Bangor
people. Mrs. Bass had 70 children. Mr..
bass will have the sympathy of oil in his
bereavement