The Days of a Man 1893 



tent. The strength, of character then revealed by 

 Mrs. Stanford more .than justified the confidence 

 reposed in her by her husband. But of that much 

 more in due time. 



Mr. Stanford's funeral was attended by a great 

 fun/rai d ' S concourse of people, for as man and as friend he 

 was held in the highest esteem. Conspicuous among 

 those present were the employees of the railway 

 company, who felt for him a genuine reverence and 

 affection. The service was conducted by Dr. 

 Horatio Stebbins, whose stately discourse ended 

 with words memorable for their truth and justice: 



Bearers, men of iron hands and iron hearts, gentle down 

 your strength a little as ye bear his body forth 'tis a man ye 

 bear and lay it safely in its last strong resting place. 



His early As Leland Stanford's idealism has concerned so 

 Hf' large a part of my own life, I shall here diverge to 



touch upon some of the salient points in his char- 

 acter and history. He was born in Watervliet, 

 Albany County, New York, on March 9, 1824, 

 and died at Palo Alto, June 21, 1893. His early 

 education he received at the well-known Cazenovia 

 Academy. Having afterward finished his prepara- 

 tion for the profession of law, on September 30, 1850, 

 he married Jane, daughter of Dyer Lathrop, a 

 business man of Albany, and settled at Port Wash- 

 ington, Wisconsin. There, however, he soon lost 

 all his belongings by fire, upon which he decided to 

 try his fortunes in California (whither he went by 

 the old overland route), while Mrs. Stanford, re- 

 turning to her parents' home, awaited a favorable 

 opportunity to rejoin him. 



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