The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-26
ISAAC JENKINSON IS
KILLED BY A FALL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
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1863 to 1874. He was at one time post
raster of this city.
Although Mr.. .TenkinsOn's health had
rot been the best of late he was able
- be about, and only yesterday spent
considerable time cleaning his lawn
Ilr Jenkinson was we'll to do, as is
Mrs. Jenknson in her own name, both
owning considerable real estate.
News of his death Wednesday even
ing quickly spread about the city and
ne local telegraph wires were burden.
"a with dispatches concerning his
oath, sent by local correspondents to
morning newspapers all over the coun-
Try. Mr.. Jenkinson's tragic death has
asst a gloom over his host Of friends
in this city and elsewhere in this
state.
Delightful Personality.
Mr.. Jenkinson's personality was
,,ost delightful. He possessed a re-
nlarkable memory, and, as he played a
lost important Lart in a history-mak-
ing epoch. his narratives were a never
ending source of delight to his friends.
He always took keen interest in
newspaper affairs, and was frequent
visitor to the Palladium Office. He Of
tered helpful advice to members Of
the Palladium staff and occasionally
contributed interesting articles to this
paper.
Some few weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs.
.Aenkinson ordered monument from
u local dealer, to be erected at Earl
ham cemetery. Mr.. Jenkinson explain
ed that he had ordered the shaft be-
cause he believed the living person,
not his executor. was the proper one
10 select a monument.
Jenkinson's Career.
On January Is. 1909, the Indianapo-
10 News printed the following inter-
ssting account of some of the most
historical incidents in the career Of
the Hon. Isaac Jenkinson:
4 When the Republican presidential
electors Of Indiana met at the State
House in Indianapolis this week, to
canvass the vote of the state at the
Governor Winfield T. Durbin as Off
cial messenger to convey the returns
to Washington, the incident awakened
lively recollection in the mind of at
least one Hoosier, namely, Isaac Jen-
kinson of Richmond.
Mr.. Jenkinson has gained distinction
in many things, but Of none is he
prouder than that he was the messen-
ger that bore the official returns Of
Indiana to Washington in 1860, when
Abraham Lincoln, Of Illinois, and Han.
nibal Mamlin, of Maine, were chosen
President and Vice-President, Yespec-
lively, OF this republic. It is now Mr..
Jenkinson's distinction to be the last
Of Indiana's Lincoln electors the other
twelve having crossed the bar As he
sat and read this week OF Mr.. Durbin's
mission and its meaning his thoughts
ran back to the stirring days of 1850
when the cloud Of Civil War hung over
the United States in it's menacing
blackness.
Indiana then had thirteen electors,
two Of them from the state at large.
Now there are fifteen in all, two still
serving from the state at large. Elec-
'tion day in 1860 fell on Tuesday, No
vember 6. Indiana had been a Demo
cratic state. but the trend of senti.
ment on the slavery question ran so
strongly toward abolition that the Re.
publican hosts triumphed. and the
state was carried by Lincoln and Ham
ain. defeating John c. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky. for President and Joseph
Lane. Of Oregon, for Vice President,
the Democratic nominees. The Re.
publican state ticket had also been
victorious the month before, result.
ing in tn eelection Of Col. Henry s.
Lane for Governor, and Oliver p. Nor
ton for Lieutenant Governor.
Met In Old State House.
The law then provided that the pres.
idential electors meet on the second
Wednesday in December, and on the
day appointed the thirteen Republican
electors assembled in the hall of the
house of representatives in the old
state house. which. too, was also re- !
Quired by law. 1t was a day of bitter !
cold. Mr.. Jenkinson remembers. and !
the electors sat shivering in their
seats. for the old state house was not |
famed for warmth. The electors pro-
ceeded to business, Notwithstanding
their discomfort, and elected Cyrus NJ.
Allen. Of Vincennes. president and
John w. Ray of Madison, later Of In. |
dianapolis. as secretary.
After the formal organization had |
been effected it was moved that they
move to the Bates house, now the
Claypool hotel. and complete their bus
mess. The roll call OF members
found all present, as follows:
Observation-Disclosures Cumback and
John l.. Mansfield.
District Electors-First district. Cy.
rus M. Allen; Second district, John w.
Ray: Third district, Morton c. Hunt.
er: Fourth district. John H. Farqua-
har; Fifth district. Reuben A. Riley;
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