Show DEATH OF MRS FREMONT brilliant woman practically unknown to present generation the announcement of the death ol 01 jessie benton fremont in california with whose early fortunes both she and her husband gen john C fremont were closely identified will hardly affect the present generation which knows little about this once brilliant woman indeed the interest 1 in her life now is purely reminiscent but her death will bring up many in te resting memories to those whose recollections go bad half a century and who will recall her as the hand some dashing high spirited wife of fremont and daughter of sen ator benton she was the young lieu tenant s support and inspiration in that famous exploration which made him known all over the country as the pathfinder she was the wife of the first republican candidate tor for the presidency cv and had fremont been elected she would have had a brilliant court at the white house over which she would have presided in queenly style she was honored at european courts where her wit and beauty made her a social sensation she was the belle of many cities a general ta fa evorite in an unusually wide circle of 1 i MRS am ON rp distinguished acquaintances and a born social leader but the defeat of her husband husbands s political ambitions and other misfortunes which overtook him deprived her of the opportunity to fill positions in which she would have shone the society queen once de thrones is soon forgotten and such was mrs Fr emonts fate |