New-York tribune., 1900-05-07
OBITUARY.
EX-sECRETARY W. C. ENDICoTT.

Boston. May 6.-Wllliam Crowninshield Endicott
Secretary OF War under President Clevelands first
Administration. died at his home No 163 Marlboro
St, this afternoon. from pneumonia. the age Of
seveuty-three- Although Mr. Endcott's system
had been somewhat enfeebled by an attack of the
grip from which he suffered last winter. he had
been in apparently good bodily health up to last
Wednesday, when he took his customary drive.
Shortly after he was taken i'll. and pneumonia de-
veloI ed, the disease reaching its most acute form
Saturday evening at which time II was feared
by DR.. Morton Prince his attending physician that
the patient could live through the night He
rallied slightly. however but during Sunday his
respiration gradually grew weaker. and about
O'Clock he passed away. With him the end
his wife and his son. William c Endicott. jr The
funeral arrangements have not yet been deter
mined. except that the funeral will be private and
that burial will De in Salem Mr.. EndicotIs daugh-
ter the wife of Joseph Chamberlain. the English
Secretary OF State for the Colonies was informed
by cable OF the event. Mr.. Endicott had lived in
residence in Danvers Centre. Mass Previous to
that time his home was in Salem. where he
ried his cousin. Ellen daughter of George Peabody
the well known philanthropst.
William Crownnshieid Eudicott came of distin-
guished ancestry He direct descendant Of
John Endicott. first Governor OF Massachusetts.
under the charter from the Crown. having been
appointed in London April 80. 1923. and holding
Office until succeeded by Governor Winthrop In
1880 His maternal grandfather was Jacob Crown
inshield, Secretary Of the Navy under President
JefersCn. from 1905 10 1903 whose brother Jacob
Crownnshield, was Secretary Of the Navy under
President Madison, from 1914 10 1878
AT the age of twenty ". c. Endtcott grad
uated from Harvard and three years later,
after studying at the Harvard Law School. he was
admitted to the bar in Boston He continued in
active practice of his profession until 1S3 when he
was appointed Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court by Governor Washburn In early life he
was an old line Whig but he became Democrat
In 1860 His early political experience a
1855, and again IN 1S07 when he was It's president
In 1870 he was candidate for Congress, but sur-
fered defeat, and he the defeated Demo
cratic State ticket for AttorneyGeneral in ISL and
In 1873
In 1882 he resigned from the Supreme Court and
went abroad for his health for a year. The Demo
1 Gratis made Aim their candidate for Governor In
1884. but he poled only small vote When Presi-
dent Cleveland selected his Cabinet officers in 1Sss
he named ex-Judge EndicOtt for Secretary of War
His military experience had been confined to ser
vice the captain of a militia company in Salem
One of the notable events of his service Secre-
tary his appointment Of what came to be
elaborate plans have been to a considerable extent
carried out in the defenceS of the cities on The
Atlantic board.
Judge EnGicott had a high reputation pol
iShed public speaker OF his notable Efforts De
ing his oration 1873 on the 259th anniversary o
the landing of his ancestor Governor Endicott. or
/ New England soil. He OF the Board o.
! OverseeFs of Harvard University. member OF th'
Massachusetts Historical Society president OF th'
/ Peabody Academy OF Science OF Salem, ana
trustee of the Peabody Education Fund He haG
also been president of the Essex Bar and presiden
/ of the Salem Bank