The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-25
Knew of His Wound.
Nursed Back to Life.

Nursed Back to Life,
After the battle General Blacllmar
was removed TO the house of Mrs.
James Nj Thompson nearby, where he
met Miss Thompson, now Mrs. Creel,
whose dear mother took me into her
home and nursed me back to life when
was a Yankee soldier in the war"
as General Blackmar says in his will.
While recovering from his wounds he
was stricken with the dread Camp
fever and again his life was despaired
Of but the careful nursing of the
southern gentlewOmen brought the boy
safely back TO life. General Blackmar
never forgot the kindly act of the
strangers in the strange land who took
pity on him. and always kept UP the
friendship with the Thompson family.
In common with many other families
of the south, the Thompsons Were-left
poor BY the war and il was his chief
delight to render what little assistance
the proud southern family would ac-
Cept About six years ago Mrs. Thomp-
son died. A year later her daughter
married H. Nj. Creel OF Louisville and
she now resides I'm that city.
Last night at the home in bingham
Mrs. BlackmaT. the generals widow,
told the story which lies behind the va
rious clauses in her husbands Will.
During the war my husband had his
horse shot from under him at the bat
tie of Stoney river. He fell under the
horse and was severely injured. After
the battle he was carried to the house
of Mrs. James NJ. Thompson, where he
was cared for by Mrs. Thompson and
her daughter, Nina, who at that time
was about II years old, and they I'M
doubtedly saved his life.
THE bequest is to Mrs. 3. NJ. Creel
of Louisville, Ky, who was formerly
Miss Thompson. Mrs. Thompson died
about six or seven years ago. We have
often visited the ThOmpsons during the
past years and L have every regard for
them"
If the United States will accept it
General Blackmar will present to the
government the identical chair in which
General Grant was seated when he
wrote and signed the articles of capitu-
lation at the surrender of General Lees
army, April Q, 1855.
Public requests amounting 10 over
ST.. 600, and other requests TO the
amount oG,$45.000, are mentioned, The
residue of the estate is 10 be turned
over as a trust fund to the American
Unitarian society. to be known as the
WilmOn W. BlackmaT fund. the income
to be enjoyed by Mrs. Blackmar during
her life. and thereafter One-half the in
come Is to be paid to ]. Wilmon Brewer.
Many Public Requests.
The public requests include the fol-
lowing: Grand Army of the Republic.
of which deceased was commander in
chief $4,000; department of Massachu-
sets c. A. r.. 81 GOO: Massachusetts
commandeTy, Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States. ST.
000 with directions that a tablet be
erected In memory of she deceased in
the Unitarian church at bingham; f..
W. Kinsley post c. A. r., Boston, ST.
600; Edwin Humphrey post, G. A. r.,
bingham. $500: Woman's Relief Corps.
bingham, 5000; Gwynne Temporary
Home for Destitute Children. Worces-
ter street, Boston $4,000.
WilmOn Henry Sheldon, son of the
Hon. Henry n. Sheldon. is to get $1,000:
Grace Green Griffith. a cousin. OF CleVe-
land O., ST coo, +. B. Stillings, Boston
81 600: J. Horace Brown. Boston. S2500:
Charles r.. G6odhue. bingham. $500;
John J. Magner. deceased. Gardiner
$500; George p. Cushing. fifteen shares
of stock in the Nantasket Beach
Steamboat company.
Why Mrs. Thompson Nursed.
Louisvine.-Mrs. Nancy T. Creel of
this city. who will receive a bequest of
$1,000 by the will of general Wilmon
w. BlackmaT as a token % gratitude
which the famous general felt toward
the family of Mrs. Creel. whose mother
had nursed him back to life and health
during the civil war. was only a small
girl when the city appealed to the citi-
gems 10 open their houses to the wound
ell soldiers, as the hospitals were un-
able To take care OF all those who need
ed nursing.
At this time General Blackmar was