The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-30
PAYS TRIBUTE
TO COL. MORTON
r. Y. HEDLEY, OLD FRIEND AND
RoYHooD COMPANION or LATE
FARGO CIVIL WAR VETERAN
RECALLS REMINIscENcEs-THE
FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY.

The funeral OF the late Col. c. A.
Morton took place yesterday afternoon
from the late home OF the deceased in
Oak Grove. The sermon was preached
by Rev. r. "A. Beard of the First Com
gregational church and present were
many members of the local post OF the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The body of the late Colonel Morton
was laid to rest In a vault in River
side cemetery awaiting permanent bur-
ial later. The pallbearers were /. F,
Clapp, James Holes, Thomas Baker, jr.,
w. G. Masfadden, r. C. Eddy, II. w,
Gearey, J.. B. Folsom and John p. Ed
wards.
Undertaken Dougherty conducted the
funeral. There were many beautiful
floral offerings from the many friends
of the family of the deceased who held
the late colonel in high esteem.
The following letter In which a high
tribute is paid to Colonel Morton will
be of interest to his many friends.
New York, Jan. 27.-My lear Mr..
Plumley: I received yesterday from
Morton Page, a telegram announcing
the death Of Colonel Morton, and my
heart is full of sympathy for the be-
reaved widow and fatherless child,
both Of whom I me tin this city when
the colonel was here in quest OF
health, His death was q personal
Of another of your honored citizens
who has also passed away-Major
Edwards.
Major Edwards and myself were
printing Office apprentices in Illinois
in the late SOS. in the same county,
but in different towns and did not
know of each other until war times,
We were both in the ranks, he in one
regiment and I in another. and about
the same time each of us received 9
commission, and then our acquaint-
anc began.
Just after the fall of Atlanta, and
while Sherman was preparing for his
great march to the sea, I was post
Renesaw mountain. The major was
inspector on the staff of the district
commander, and after his visit to my
post made so handsome a report oi
myself that my new shoulderstrap'
bore a fresh luster in my eyes. A
the end of the war he and I were as.
ISOLATED in the newspaper bushes!
for a time, and during that period WI
were mainly instrumental in the or
ganization of a Grand Army post
which was either No. 5 or No. z, in tn,
department of Illinois, where the frs
posts were organized.
After the majors remova to Da
kota, / visited him there, and yoI
know better than does any other HOY
nearly I came to casting my lot wit
you and him in newspapering. M,
visit to his home was a rare pleasure
His family was remarkably bright an
interesting, and I was most cordial
entertained by Mrs. Edwards. one {
the most estimable women / eve
knew, and whom / knew as a school
mate long before she and the majo
met.
Later when the major was in tn
consular service at Montreal, he o
occasion called to see me Will
) passing through the city between hi
} point OF duty and washington cit.
Our last meeting when he was on hi
way home to die, not long afterwar
to be followed. by his devoted wife.
; But why all of this? Because {
the death Of my old friend, Colon,
Morton. Such "reminiscences as aboy
were in part the themes of a volum
nous correspondence extending owe
years-of how we were a~cquainte
while in our teens; as boys hearin
Lincoln in one of his early polite;
efforts Il cannot recall the year
! somewhere between 1854 and 1867
: Morton's Grove, the beautiful woode
grounds about his parental home, no
. in the heart of the city Of Carlinvillt
Of the splendid people who had found
ed the town-the Braleys, Palmer
Mayos, Woodwards; Of the early Law
; yers - Palmer. Gilbert, Rinake
Z Pitman, walker and other:
of the social events; of poll
ical campaigns and greatparades;
the night doings Of the grotesql
Midnight Owls; of the burlesque d.
= ings OF the Sons OF Malta; the gre
revival and Peter Cartwright: of II
sweet singers among the girls and Il
bright ones among the boys-in shol
t OF all that comes to the ears and ey
Of youngsters and that is remember'
when later events have passed fro
our memory.
And there was much more. He WI
among the early volunteers for ciS
war service, and a valuable aid to Ct