The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-05
Ex-V|CE PRES.
FAIRBANKS HAS
PASSED AWAY.
MEMBERS OF FAMILY
AT THE BEDSIDE.
Served Two Terms as Vice
President Of the U. S. From :.
1905 to 1913

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June A..
Charles Warren Fairbanks, former
Vice President of the United States:
and former United States Senator for,
Indiana, died al his home here at 800
o'clock tonight. Death was due to IN.
Ierstitial nephrits. which has been !:
chronic ailmcnt with him. but not re-
sarded as particularly serious until re-
Gently.
All members Of the eX-Fice Pres.
ident'S family, except Major Richard
Fairbanks. who is in France, were al
his bedside.
Mr. Fairbanks became unconscious
scy.ra; days ago and did not regain con-
seriousness un 10 the :ime Of his death =,
Mr.. Fairbanks was sixty-six years OF
acc and had been nominated twice on
The Republican ticket for vice president
OF the United States. After his hrse
nomination he was elected but was de-
fcated in his Second race in 1916.
The former vice presidents health had
brru puor for several yeas. during the
second Liberty loan campaign. while on
y speaking tour in behalf of the loan' ne
suffered Il physical hrHaNdo~n.
| Tho distinction OF birth in q log cabin.
! which ilustrious Americans OF an
; earlier day commonly had. was also that
! of former Vice. President FairbanksS-4il
il probable that he was the last OF
American statesmen ~ have been born
! in ont 6r these humble cabins. -.
The one where hc was horn on May
II. 1852. was at Unionville Center. .. II
! came dangcrouslyG near being the fu-
neral pyrr for the future statcman.
When MIR. Fairbanks was a boy OF I, his
I T,thrr built q new home and the one
ru,.m log cabin was used AZ 4 carpenter
shop one day while the workmen were,
AZ lunch. Charles wandered into the
shop and carelnssEy threw A bunch OK
shayings into the open fireplace. Inc
cabin caush, fire and when the boy
realized his danger he was torced 10
scramble through Il window.
Mr., Fairbanks traced his ANCESTORS 10
tn. days OF Oliver Cromwell. who
counted "Fayerhankes" among his sup
porlcrs. Jonathan Fayerbankcs. the
first member OF the family TO come 10
America. landed at Boston in 1886. Mr..
Fairbanks father was Loriston Monroe
Fairbanks Il wagon maker Of Vermont,
who emigrated TO Union county, Ohio.
His mother was a sister OF the l2te
William Henry Smith. once general man
arnr OF the Associated Press.
Entered wesleyan. :
Tho Fairbanks home frequently was
! the hiding place OF runaway slaves. and
no black man ever was turned away
! from the door. Fairbanks was years
old when Abraham Lincoln was elected
president. Then. followed the Civil var.
the stirring scene Of which tho future
wee president followed with keen in,
tercSt. r55
Fairbanks At Is entered Ohio Wesley
an college at Delaware. O., sharing an
attic room with the son of another
farmer, and the two cooked their own
| meals. Fairbanks did carpenter work
To earn his first law hooks.
! Elected to Senate
Soon after he WAS graduated. MIR.
! Fairbanks was appointed agent OF Tho
| Associated Press at Pittsburgh, Pa,
holding that position for one year. His
mos, important assignment was the
rally Of the Democrats and liberal Re-
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