Wallace - Lew
Source: New York Times Feb 11, 1905
Crawfordsville, Ind Feb 10 -- It is said on the best authority that the condition of Gen. Lew Wallace is critical. The General is confined to his bed almost all the time. Two nurses are in constant attendance upon him and it is the opinion of his immediate family that the venerable soldier is slowly but surely approaching the end. The General's family does not wish to give information regarding his illness. Although letters and telegrams are constantly pouring in from all parts of the country, so careful are they in their vigilance that the family physician hitches his horse two blocks away from the Wallace home durin ghis daily visit and enters the house from the rear of the grounds. Gen. Wallace's vitality is marvelous and he battles with his affliction with the same untiring energy which has charaterized his entire career. Although there are numerous callers each day, none is permitted to enter the sickroom. - kbz
Source: New York Times Feb 19, 1905
Crawfordsville Indiana - Feb 18 - The funeral service of Gen. Lew Wallace this afternoon were private in accordance with his wishes. Only the family and a few intimate friends attended. Until noon the body lay in the library building and was viewed by thousands. Business was suspended while the city did honor to the memory of the dead. The coffin was draped with a flag given Gen. Wallace by the women of Evansville at the beginning of the civil war. On the breast of the dead soldier was the order bestowed upon him by the Sultan of Turkey. Resting on the coffin was page No. 699 of Gen. Wallace's autobiography, the last page written by him. The services were simple Following the Lord's Prayer and Scriptural reading, the choir of the First Methodist Church sang, Jesus Lover of My soul, Dr. E.A. Schell read extracts from Ben Hur, showing Gen. Wallace's religious attitude. President Kane of Wabash College offered prayer and the choir sang, Face to Face. The body was place in a temporary vault. The pall bearers included Judge A.B. Anderson of the US District Court and prominent residents of the city. - kbz
Source: – 22 Feb 1905 Wed Ft. Wayne Weekly Sentinel Wed p 5 (very very long obit)
The famous patient’s condition which had been precarious for the last three months became suddenly worse last evening at 7:30. Dr. Warren H. Ristine, who has been his physician for years, was hurriedly called. His first glance told him that life was fast ebbing away. The general remained conscious almost to the last. At the deathbed were his wife, Henry Wallace, his only son and Mrs. Wallace, together with the physician and two nurses. The two little grandchildren of Gen. Wallace were in the house, but they had been sent to bed by their parents after being taken to the sick chamber to bid their beloved grandfather the last goodbye. Dr. Ristine said the direct cause of the general’s death was exhaustion, resulting from starvation (cancer of the stomach couldn’t keep food down)