The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-30
DIR. AYREs IS DEAD
Passed Away Early Yesterday
Morning
AT THE AGE OF SO YEARS
Funeral viii Occur This
Morning at Ten O'clock
AT THE AGE OF SO YEARS

This morning &C 10 O'Clock from the res
idence Of his son W. W. Ayres, corner OF
G.arimer and Eleventh streets, the funeral
of the late DR.. W. N. Ayres will take
place. The Masonic Lodge Of Valley Cen
ter Of which ne was a member will at
Tend in a body.
This grand old man passed away shortly
after midnight yesterday morning. His
grandson, VIII A Ayres and a friend
were at the Old mans side. He died
peacefully, 6rown nor ripple of struggle
passing across his calm features. A heavy
breath, the last act of a life which had
spanned eighty-eight years, came from
his liDs and he had closed his career.
When the watchers knew that the spirit
had passed and the family was called, the
grandmOther. herself IS years old, stood
beside the body Of her companion Tor So
wears, with the expression that she would
not give herself UP to grief. but hold to
fhe sweet conviction that she would soOI
join him.
DR.. Ayres, himself was a splendid speci-
men Of preservation through spiritual
peace. careful living and care Of the body.
Close upon the end of his century, he had
q head as strong, as firmly poised, as
radiant with wealth Of snow-white
hair as the head OF the poet Whittier.
Strong as his mind had been, his magni-
Eicent physique outlasted 1t and in the
last few weeks, he did not speak nor re-
cognize his companions. but the strong
mechanism Of his heart and lungs KEEP
on in their work. reluctant to SURRENDER
when the time had come for their labors
10 cease at last
God had showered golden sunshine on
this man. To him had been given a splen-
did physical equipment, freedom from
pain and sickness; to him had been given
khe glory OF an optoGisuc nature, the
spirit of a kindly amity with all man.
kind, the unconscious faculty OF charity,
of love and tenderness; and to him had
been given, what ne priced above all else,
the endowment OF a precious wife, who
in the ambition OF youth, battled at his
side. who in the midday and the noon Of
life. shared with him his triump11s, and
who, at evening stood with her hand in
NAS etG NiIC sun VI hOIiNNg dClINtt1cS WcIlI
down and sleepy twilight came with the
stars that beckon and promise to the
world worn soul
He could not witness the last scene Of
all-her look into the dark where he had
gone. and her eagerness ITO follow.
He fought good fight. He had finish
ed his course. He had kept the faith. He
knew that there was laid up for him a
crown or righteousness which the Lord,
the righteous judge. has given him.
DR.. William Nesbet Ayres was born,
March 3. 1911. He was born in Frederick,
Ohio. He was the son OF William and
Elizabeth Culver Ayres, who were born
respectively in Lucerne county, Pa, and
Columbia county, New York. William
Ayres Sr. followed the Joint occupation
of miller and farmer first IN his native |
state and then later in Ohio where his
death occurred in Lexington. Richland
county. DR.. W. N. Ayres assisted his
father in the mill and on the farm and |
pursuing his studies in the district school. |
Later ne attended the university at Mans |
field. Ohio. where he graduated, and in |
1880 commenced the study Of medicine in |
Louisville, KY, under the instruction of
DIR. William c. BenneH, with whom he |
Temained from May 1880 to December 1888. |
He entered the practice Of his profession |
at New Amsterdam, Indiana, and subse =
quently returned to Louisville where he |
received his diploma as a graduate ply
stefan of the regular school. From Louis |
vile. DR.. Ayres removed to Georgetown, |
Indiana, at which place ne was married |
Feb. 4, 1886 to Miss Eveline H Hanger, |
who was born in Stanton, Augusta coun-
ty, Va, September IS, 1914 Dr. and Mrs |
Ayres lived at Georgetown. Indiana Is
years and then moved to Elizabethtown, |
Illinois. in which time he carried on a |
drugstore for II years. He arrived in this /
county on the 5th day of July, 1859, and /
: lived with his son W. W. Ayres. until he
secured him a home in Valley Center, |
where he remained until ten years rgo
ne and his wife have made their homo
with their son. W. W. Ayres. DR.. Ayres
was an ordained minister of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church end lived
Christian life. He was a member Of the
Legislature OF Illinois and met A. A.
Glenn who was in the senate at the same
tine.
The children OF DR.. William n. and
0NSH"S H. ASteS "STS Feu III NUMBER,
consisting of two sons and eight daught-
ers. FIVE Of whom died in infancy, five
lived to be grown ond had families. Mrs
James II. Ross OF Harrisburg, Ill, who
Is now on a visit to her brother, W. w.
Ayres and parents. and W. w. Ayres are
the only surviving members of the chill
nren. The mother Of W. W. Ayres and
Mrs. Ross IS still living at the ripe old
age Of S. years.