Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-03


decided to\go into business for him
self and bought out the brokerage
business Of Smythc Il Co. in Pueblo.
He and Mrs Cammact removed at
once to the Smelter city and his
friends here understood that his bus
mess became decidedly prosperous al
most from the time he took charge.
Adversely seems to have first frowned
upon Cammack when during the next
year his wife was taken ill., dying in
Cripple Creek three years ago last De-.
cember
Cammack Then Changed Man.
From the day of his wife's death
Cammack was a changed man. say
his Denver friends He took TO drink
:ne heavily and had a severe hemorr-
hage which nearly resulted in his own
death. Recovering from this spell Of
sickness he continued his business in
Pueblo, where he met a Miss Lucy
Gardner a Canadian. whose home at
that time was in Boston, but who was
visiting friends In Pueblo and In Den
yer. Cammack soon formed an at
tachment for her and marriage was
arranged.
Cammack came to Denver, while
Miss Gardner went back to Boston to
secure her rousseau. Returning to
Denver accompanied by an aunt. she
met Cammack and they were married
in this city October II, 1906, by the
Rev. DR.. Coyle.
Cammack. who had been making
money hand over fist, remained in
town a few days. playing host winning
and dining his friends; then. with his
new bride, returned to Pueblo to re-
side
Since that time Denver friends Of
the Cammacks have heard rumorS of
domestic trouble, but in October last
when the couple visited this city. they
invited two or three friends to Pueblo
on the 18th to celebrate their ami
versary with them. They said they
We're keeping house. and everything
seemed smooth enough in the Cam
mack home.
However. there have been vague
rumors in Denver from time to time
that all was not we'll in the Cammack
family Then. too, the financial crisis
is said to have hit CammaCk severely,
and the combination of family troubles
and business worries set him to drink
ing heavily.
cammack's Family Well Known.
"Sherm" Cammack. as he was known
to all his friends, together with his
first wife, was prominent here during
the many years of his residence in
this city He held good position with
the Iowa Central. having for eleven
-,
ant in the general offices. He was
married here eighteen years ago to
Lillian Wylis. daughter of the late
Judge j. G. willis, one of the pioneer
lawyers and jurists of this county. who
died twenty-seNen years ago. Her
mother Mrs Ruth Willis, is still liv
ing. and makes her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lawrence, at
Rockford, Ill.
Mr. Cammack lived here eight years
after his first marriage. and went to
PHOENIX, 'Ariz. for q year being threat
encd with pulmonary tuberculosis. He
then went to Denver. where Mrs.
Cammack died. His marriage to- Lucy
Gardner followed ten months after
Mrs. Cammack's death.
Mr. Cammack is survived by his
aged mother, Mrs. Rumna Cammack,
who for many years lived at the cor
ner of Second and Church streets, but
who is now making her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Fl. l.. Votaw, at Ia
coma, Wash. Mrs. Votaw is a full sis
ter of Sherman Cammack, and one full
brother, Charles Cammack, for many
years of Cedar Rapids. now lives at
Tacoma, Wash. James Cammack, of
Tacoma, Wash, for several years dep
uty clerk of courts here, and we'll
known in this city. is half brother.
Harry Cammacll, for many years with
the Iowa Central operating depart
ment in this city, now with the Elgin,
Joliet 4 Eastern railway, Chicago, and
living at Englewood. is a cousin.
"Sherm" CammacK's father was killed
in an accident many years ago, when
tree fell on him, and his widow mar
ried her husbands brother, Elihu
Cammack. who died a few years ago
in this city Sherman L. Cammack
was 43 years of age.