New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
E.. C. STEDMAN DEAD.
END CONES SUDDENLY.
Poet at York on His Remintscence.
Before He Has Stricken.

Before He Has Stricken.
Edmund Clarence Stedman. the poet. died sud
denly from heart disease his home, No. 2643
Broadway. yesterday. The end came at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. During the morning
Mr.. Stedman was AT work on his "reminiscences
and seemed TO be in his usual health. He was
stricken suddenly. and died almost instantly,
before any aid could he given him For several
months Mr.. Stedman had continued his literary
work. although his physicians had advised him
to take a complete rest.
Mr.. Stedman leaves two sisters Mrs Nelson
b Easton. of this city. and Mrs. William l.
Kipp, of San Francisco, and one son, Arthur
Stedn1sn Those who knew him say that he
never completely recovered from the shock of
the death of his wife and his SON Frederick S.
Stedman- two years ago No definite arrange
ments have been made for the funeral.
Mr. Stedman had offices for many years at
Nc 20 Broad street, and after his retirement
from the New York Stock Exchange, in Feb
ruary. 1900. he continued to take an active in
terest in the banking business. Besides his
town home. where he had been doing most of
his literary work for several months. he had a
handsome home at Lawrence Park. Bronxville.
and it was there that Mr.. stednlan did most of
his writing
In the early COS he organized the firm Of
Stednan Elwell & Co. which dissolved in
1865 Later the firm reorsanized under
the name of E. c. Stedman & Co. and con-
tinued until 1883 From that time Mr.. Stedman
had no partners.
He was the only in the history Of the
New York Stock Exchange to receive silver
loving cup upon his retirement from active
trading Both his homes are filled with literary
and art trea sureS-
Mr. Stedn1an was a member of the Century.
Players Authors. National Arts and Yale clubs.
At the time of his death he was, in addition 10
his memoirs. at work special article
Edmund Clarence Stedran. poet critic, essay1st
and banker. was born in Hartford Conn. OCTOBER
g. 1885 His father a merchant of that city.
and in 1880 had married Miss Elizabeth Clementine
Dodge. a sister of William E Dodge She was
granada lighter Of the Rev Aaron Cleveland the
Colonial poet and related 10 William Ellery Chan
ming and Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coke After her
first husbands death Mrs Stedman married Will
lam B. Kinney, afterward Minister at the Court or
Turin. She wrote poems for The knickerbocker
Magazine ''Blackwoods" and other periodicals
and was the author of q metrcal romance and a
tragedy.
His father died before Edmund two years
old. and he sent 10 a great-uncle, James Sted-
man, at Norwich. Conn. 70 he educated. He
entered Yale College when only fifteen years old.
and DISTINGUISHED himself IN Greek and English
composition. In 1851 he received first prize Tor
his poem Westminster Abbey which was pub
lshed in The Yale Literary Magazine" At the
end Of his sophomore year he was suspended for
breaches of discipline. and did net return to com
plete his course. In 1s1 however, he was restored
TO his class by the college authorities and the de-
gree of Master Of ARTS was conferred on him
After private study Northampton, Mass. M
Stedman engaged in newspaper work At Norwich,
t4corrnx the editor in 1852 OF The Norwich Irib-
une" 4 year later he married and became ouner
and editor OF The Winsted Herald" Of which II
was said that II was the most influential literary
paper ever published IN country town. II ~as
IN 1856 that Mr stedran came TO this city and be-
came one of the group OF writers which included
Bayard Taylor, George William Curtis, William
Winter P H stoddard. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
and others He was a contributor ~ Vanity
Fair" ''Putnams Monthly and Harper = Mag
azlne" and became member Of the editorial staff
Of The Tribune. 70 which he contributed in rapid
succession The Diamond Wedding" The Ballad
Of Lager Beer and How Old John Brown Took
Hsrper's Ferry These and others Of his earlier
poems were included in his first volume Of verse
Poems. Lyric and Idyllic. which was published in
1864
While talking TO number of friends IN the Cen
tury Club recently Mr. Stedman told of his first
assignment when he entered the newspaper husi-
ness as i reporter on The Tribune Al that time
Charles A Dana was managing editor Of The Tr1h-
,,ne and he sent Mr.. Stedman 10 report the death
of Washington Irving. Mr.. Stedman described the
funeral arrangements and told Of his trials in get
ting the information necessary for the four columns
which he had been told 10 write,
He said that he had been in the city only short
time and knew no one O whom he could appeal for
help. While in the church at Irvington during the
funeral services he became acquainted with tall
man who sat near him, and from whom he got
most of his information. The man. he afterward
learned was y. F Willis, the poet and author
Mr. Stedman was familiar figure at the Century
club and he attended meeting Of the board Of di-
rectors. of which he member, on Friday
night.
Mr. Stedran always maintained the most friend
u relations with The Tribune. He the only
one outside the members Of the editorial staff Of
The Tribune who attended the dinner given by
them 10 Mr. Reid when he was appointed Ambas
sador England
In that wear Mr.. Stedman joined the stan OF
THE New York World" and for the first two years
of the Civil War he was the correspondent Of that
newspaper at Washington and At the army head
quarters Of Generals Mcdowell and Mcclellan
owing TO A failure of health he took the post Of
prIvate secretary to Attorney General Bates. in
JJncoln's Cabinet. He also devoted some study to
the law and in 1854 he interested in The con-
struction of the first Pacific railroad and the
financing Of the enterprise This led him into
,be field of finance, and he returned to this city
10 begin his career as broker and banker He be-
came an active member Of the Stock Exchange.
holding his seat until 1900.
Rut his business allowed by
Mr. Stedman interfere with his literary actfv-
,ty On the contrary, success in securing freedom
from financial cares led him TO devote and
more time as the years went to enduring work
This was largely in the field of criticism, although
his pen was always ready for the production of
noems In 1864 appeared Alice Of Monmouth, an
IdvI of the Late War; and Other Poems," and in
1863 The Blameless Prince and Other Poems
His Gettysburg Ode read before the Grand
Army OF the Republic reunion in Cleveland in 1871.
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