The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1912-04-19
ANGEL" or CAMP
DICK ROBINSON DEAD.
Mrs. Eliza Farris Passes Away In
Lancaster. AGED 81 Years-Hr
Interesting Life.

Lancaster, April Is.
Mrs. Eliza Hoskins Farris, per-
haps Lancaster's most highly-re-
garded resident, died at the city
hospital, after an illuas4 Of several
weeks due TO stroke os paralysis.
Had Mr-. Paris life been spared a
fortnight longer, she would have
reached her ninety second milestone
on the 23d of April.
/ la the passing of Mrs. Farris'
death claims one of the most inter-
estlng women of Central Kentucky.
Mrs. Farris enjoyed the distinction
! mot outstanding a $1,000 claim for
her benefit had been turned down in
the United States Senate, after n
strong plea ~ her behalf By Senator
W. q. Bradley of having been the
recipient of a $1,000 private purse
made w for her by twelve United
States Senators who were impressed
with the justice of her claim.
Mrs. Farris. or Aunt Eliza, as
she was aftcctionately known, APP
pcared as If she might have step
ped out of II portrait done of some
patrician of other generations. Her
unique headdress. snow white sway
ing rnglets, her softly modulated
voice, her gliding movement and
quaint. impressive gestures, were all
of character that impressed them
selves on the memory.
Mrs. Farris was truiy a historic
parsonage in that her early life was
So closely interviewer with the most
stirring material incidents of Gar
rard county. and that her people
have been prominent both in politics
and military affairs. Mrs. Farris
before her marriage was Miss Hos
kins, of lower Garrard. the daugh-
ter of William Hoskins, a wealthy
planter of that locality, and sister
of William A. Hoskins. "A famous
Federal officer of the Civil War.
Miss Eliza Hoskins at the dawn Of
prime Of a young woman and her
| highly cultured faculties were keenlv
observant of many of the interesting
incidents connected with the history
Of the first Federal camp south of
the Ohio River.
Camp Dick Robinson" was locat-
] ed on a farm of 335 acres, six miles
north of Lancaster and originally
part of the old I&pskins place, the
girlhood home of Mrs. Farris, i'm
mediately across the road. Ii was
not only a hostess. but also rs
"a tender nurse that Mrs. Farris
then Miss Hoskins. distinguished
herself. What Florence Nightingale.
the English philanthropist, was to
the hospitals during the Crimean
war. Miss Eliza Hoskins was 10 the
sick aud languishing at Camp Dick
Robinson and not only did her SER
vice extend 10 the occupants Of the
| Federal station. but also to any dis
abled Confederate that needed her
mlni,trations.
II was impossible for time to fill
the orders from the Garrard county
camp for food and clothing. and in
Tue tn~thtp VI lfHls the rtiultiN
were assigned quarters in a grove of
sugar naples. where exposure to the
elements rendered il necessary TO
build n hospital. Miss Eliza saw
many n raw recruit only thinly clad
fall victim 10 dread Pneumonia.
and many others overcome by an
epidemic of measles. Other hos
pitals were built and the nearbv
dwellings were filled with the IL '1or
lack Of other accommodations. The
lIoskins home was thrown open TO
the unfoitunates. even the large old
parlor being filled with the sufferers
Every day Miss Eliza made her
round at the bedsides, not only in
her own home, but also at every
house where a hnguishinG soldier