St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo. 11-1-1898:
Death of Colonel Hyde.
He Published the Ballot in This City in 1890.
A Newspaper Man of Ability Passes Away.
Even Though His Effort in This City Was Not Successful the Colonel Made Many Friends Here--For Many Years He Was the Editor of the Then St. Louis Republican, Now The Republic--A Man of Great Talent--Colonel Hyde Was Prominent in the Newspaper World During His Entire Lifetime.
Colonel William Hyde, who became well known in this city when he edited The Ballot in the year 1890, died at the family home in St. Louis at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Although the paper which Colonel Hyde started in this city suspended publication after about six months of hard times, the gentleman who was at its head was one of the ablest newspaper men in the country. Following is a brief history of the life of Colonel Hyde, which appeared in yesterday's issue of The St. Louis Republic:
"William Hyde was born at Lima, near Rochester, N.Y., August 27, 1836. His father was Elisha Hyde, a native of Connecticut, a well-educated and accomplished man, who had removed to New York and become a teacher in Genesee College, and his mother was Amanda N. Gregory of Ithaca, N.Y. She is still living at Belleville, Ill., at an advanced age. He was fortunate in both his parents, for both were proficient and accomplished scholars and educators, and it was directly from them that he received an education and training that was singularly accurate and thorough. During his early manhood Mr. Hyde himself showed the bent of his training by teaching, for a short time, after an attendance of two years at McKendree college. But this vocation was too tame for him; his active, aggressive spirit, not less than his robust, active body, demanded a less tranquil field of usefulness, and, with the purpose of fitting himself for it, he went to Kentucky and attended the law school of the Transylvania University at Lexington, where Robertson, Marshall and Wickliffe, jurists of renown the country over, were the teachers. When he left the university he had a law practice license signed by Judge Marshall.
Did not Practice Law.
"Although he never entered upon the practice, the instruction he received at Transylvania was worth, in the vocation he did choose and follow, all that it had cost him in time, study and expense; for, while the proficient and successful journalist is expected to know, and should know, no little on all subjects, a severe and accurate discipline in the principles and workings of law must constitute, in this county, an essential qualification for his tasks. Mr. Hyde conceived a high admiration for Stephen A. Douglas, the famous Democratic champion of Illinois from 1845 to 1860, and his first newspaper writing, published in The Belleville Tribune, was in support of Douglas' position on the Kansas-Nebraska question. For a time he was editor of The Tribune, and later of The Sterling (Ill.) Times. The proprietors of The St. Louis Republican discovered his talents for writing, and in 1857 engaged him as Springfield (Ill.) correspondent for that paper during the sitting of the legislature. This was the beginning of a connection with The Republican which was maintained for twenty-eight years. In the fall of 1857, Mr. Nathaniel Paschall, editor of the paper, asked him to take a position as local reporter.
"He accepted it and, three years later, became assistant editor under Mr. Paschall, the most cordial and confidential relations existing between them until the day of Mr. Paschall's death in 1866, when Mr. Hyde became managing editor under Col. George Knapp. In 1885 he made a visit to Europe, taking his family with him, and shortly after his return was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of St. Louis. After the expiration of his term of service he went to St. Joseph and started a daily morning paper called The Ballot, but the enterprise was not financially successful. He was next called to Salt Lake City to assume the editorship of The Salt Lake Herald. When he resigned the editorship of The Herald he returned.
"Mr. Hyde was married at Toronto, Canada, June 4, 1866, to Miss Hallie Benson, daughter of James L. Benson, an estimable citizen of St. Louis and flour inspector for the Merchants' exchange. Mrs. Hyde is a native born Missourian and has lived in the state all her life, with the exception of two years spent with her parents in Canada. They had two daughters, both living--Chaille F., now Mrs. Howard Payne, of Webster Groves, Mo., and Miss Amy, living with her mother at 4428 West Pine boulevard, St. Louis.
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St. Louis City death records say burial in Green Mount cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
Death of Colonel Hyde.
He Published the Ballot in This City in 1890.
A Newspaper Man of Ability Passes Away.
Even Though His Effort in This City Was Not Successful the Colonel Made Many Friends Here--For Many Years He Was the Editor of the Then St. Louis Republican, Now The Republic--A Man of Great Talent--Colonel Hyde Was Prominent in the Newspaper World During His Entire Lifetime.
Colonel William Hyde, who became well known in this city when he edited The Ballot in the year 1890, died at the family home in St. Louis at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Although the paper which Colonel Hyde started in this city suspended publication after about six months of hard times, the gentleman who was at its head was one of the ablest newspaper men in the country. Following is a brief history of the life of Colonel Hyde, which appeared in yesterday's issue of The St. Louis Republic:
"William Hyde was born at Lima, near Rochester, N.Y., August 27, 1836. His father was Elisha Hyde, a native of Connecticut, a well-educated and accomplished man, who had removed to New York and become a teacher in Genesee College, and his mother was Amanda N. Gregory of Ithaca, N.Y. She is still living at Belleville, Ill., at an advanced age. He was fortunate in both his parents, for both were proficient and accomplished scholars and educators, and it was directly from them that he received an education and training that was singularly accurate and thorough. During his early manhood Mr. Hyde himself showed the bent of his training by teaching, for a short time, after an attendance of two years at McKendree college. But this vocation was too tame for him; his active, aggressive spirit, not less than his robust, active body, demanded a less tranquil field of usefulness, and, with the purpose of fitting himself for it, he went to Kentucky and attended the law school of the Transylvania University at Lexington, where Robertson, Marshall and Wickliffe, jurists of renown the country over, were the teachers. When he left the university he had a law practice license signed by Judge Marshall.
Did not Practice Law.
"Although he never entered upon the practice, the instruction he received at Transylvania was worth, in the vocation he did choose and follow, all that it had cost him in time, study and expense; for, while the proficient and successful journalist is expected to know, and should know, no little on all subjects, a severe and accurate discipline in the principles and workings of law must constitute, in this county, an essential qualification for his tasks. Mr. Hyde conceived a high admiration for Stephen A. Douglas, the famous Democratic champion of Illinois from 1845 to 1860, and his first newspaper writing, published in The Belleville Tribune, was in support of Douglas' position on the Kansas-Nebraska question. For a time he was editor of The Tribune, and later of The Sterling (Ill.) Times. The proprietors of The St. Louis Republican discovered his talents for writing, and in 1857 engaged him as Springfield (Ill.) correspondent for that paper during the sitting of the legislature. This was the beginning of a connection with The Republican which was maintained for twenty-eight years. In the fall of 1857, Mr. Nathaniel Paschall, editor of the paper, asked him to take a position as local reporter.
"He accepted it and, three years later, became assistant editor under Mr. Paschall, the most cordial and confidential relations existing between them until the day of Mr. Paschall's death in 1866, when Mr. Hyde became managing editor under Col. George Knapp. In 1885 he made a visit to Europe, taking his family with him, and shortly after his return was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of St. Louis. After the expiration of his term of service he went to St. Joseph and started a daily morning paper called The Ballot, but the enterprise was not financially successful. He was next called to Salt Lake City to assume the editorship of The Salt Lake Herald. When he resigned the editorship of The Herald he returned.
"Mr. Hyde was married at Toronto, Canada, June 4, 1866, to Miss Hallie Benson, daughter of James L. Benson, an estimable citizen of St. Louis and flour inspector for the Merchants' exchange. Mrs. Hyde is a native born Missourian and has lived in the state all her life, with the exception of two years spent with her parents in Canada. They had two daughters, both living--Chaille F., now Mrs. Howard Payne, of Webster Groves, Mo., and Miss Amy, living with her mother at 4428 West Pine boulevard, St. Louis.
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St. Louis City death records say burial in Green Mount cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo. 11-1-1898:
Death of Colonel Hyde.
He Published the Ballot in This City in 1890.
A Newspaper Man of Ability Passes Away.
Even Though His Effort in This City Was Not Successful the Colonel Made Many Friends Here--For Many Years He Was the Editor of the Then St. Louis Republican, Now The Republic--A Man of Great Talent--Colonel Hyde Was Prominent in the Newspaper World During His Entire Lifetime.
Colonel William Hyde, who became well known in this city when he edited The Ballot in the year 1890, died at the family home in St. Louis at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Although the paper which Colonel Hyde started in this city suspended publication after about six months of hard times, the gentleman who was at its head was one of the ablest newspaper men in the country. Following is a brief history of the life of Colonel Hyde, which appeared in yesterday's issue of The St. Louis Republic:
"William Hyde was born at Lima, near Rochester, N.Y., August 27, 1836. His father was Elisha Hyde, a native of Connecticut, a well-educated and accomplished man, who had removed to New York and become a teacher in Genesee College, and his mother was Amanda N. Gregory of Ithaca, N.Y. She is still living at Belleville, Ill., at an advanced age. He was fortunate in both his parents, for both were proficient and accomplished scholars and educators, and it was directly from them that he received an education and training that was singularly accurate and thorough. During his early manhood Mr. Hyde himself showed the bent of his training by teaching, for a short time, after an attendance of two years at McKendree college. But this vocation was too tame for him; his active, aggressive spirit, not less than his robust, active body, demanded a less tranquil field of usefulness, and, with the purpose of fitting himself for it, he went to Kentucky and attended the law school of the Transylvania University at Lexington, where Robertson, Marshall and Wickliffe, jurists of renown the country over, were the teachers. When he left the university he had a law practice license signed by Judge Marshall.
Did not Practice Law.
"Although he never entered upon the practice, the instruction he received at Transylvania was worth, in the vocation he did choose and follow, all that it had cost him in time, study and expense; for, while the proficient and successful journalist is expected to know, and should know, no little on all subjects, a severe and accurate discipline in the principles and workings of law must constitute, in this county, an essential qualification for his tasks. Mr. Hyde conceived a high admiration for Stephen A. Douglas, the famous Democratic champion of Illinois from 1845 to 1860, and his first newspaper writing, published in The Belleville Tribune, was in support of Douglas' position on the Kansas-Nebraska question. For a time he was editor of The Tribune, and later of The Sterling (Ill.) Times. The proprietors of The St. Louis Republican discovered his talents for writing, and in 1857 engaged him as Springfield (Ill.) correspondent for that paper during the sitting of the legislature. This was the beginning of a connection with The Republican which was maintained for twenty-eight years. In the fall of 1857, Mr. Nathaniel Paschall, editor of the paper, asked him to take a position as local reporter.
"He accepted it and, three years later, became assistant editor under Mr. Paschall, the most cordial and confidential relations existing between them until the day of Mr. Paschall's death in 1866, when Mr. Hyde became managing editor under Col. George Knapp. In 1885 he made a visit to Europe, taking his family with him, and shortly after his return was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of St. Louis. After the expiration of his term of service he went to St. Joseph and started a daily morning paper called The Ballot, but the enterprise was not financially successful. He was next called to Salt Lake City to assume the editorship of The Salt Lake Herald. When he resigned the editorship of The Herald he returned.
"Mr. Hyde was married at Toronto, Canada, June 4, 1866, to Miss Hallie Benson, daughter of James L. Benson, an estimable citizen of St. Louis and flour inspector for the Merchants' exchange. Mrs. Hyde is a native born Missourian and has lived in the state all her life, with the exception of two years spent with her parents in Canada. They had two daughters, both living--Chaille F., now Mrs. Howard Payne, of Webster Groves, Mo., and Miss Amy, living with her mother at 4428 West Pine boulevard, St. Louis.
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St. Louis City death records say burial in Green Mount cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
Death of Colonel Hyde.
He Published the Ballot in This City in 1890.
A Newspaper Man of Ability Passes Away.
Even Though His Effort in This City Was Not Successful the Colonel Made Many Friends Here--For Many Years He Was the Editor of the Then St. Louis Republican, Now The Republic--A Man of Great Talent--Colonel Hyde Was Prominent in the Newspaper World During His Entire Lifetime.
Colonel William Hyde, who became well known in this city when he edited The Ballot in the year 1890, died at the family home in St. Louis at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Although the paper which Colonel Hyde started in this city suspended publication after about six months of hard times, the gentleman who was at its head was one of the ablest newspaper men in the country. Following is a brief history of the life of Colonel Hyde, which appeared in yesterday's issue of The St. Louis Republic:
"William Hyde was born at Lima, near Rochester, N.Y., August 27, 1836. His father was Elisha Hyde, a native of Connecticut, a well-educated and accomplished man, who had removed to New York and become a teacher in Genesee College, and his mother was Amanda N. Gregory of Ithaca, N.Y. She is still living at Belleville, Ill., at an advanced age. He was fortunate in both his parents, for both were proficient and accomplished scholars and educators, and it was directly from them that he received an education and training that was singularly accurate and thorough. During his early manhood Mr. Hyde himself showed the bent of his training by teaching, for a short time, after an attendance of two years at McKendree college. But this vocation was too tame for him; his active, aggressive spirit, not less than his robust, active body, demanded a less tranquil field of usefulness, and, with the purpose of fitting himself for it, he went to Kentucky and attended the law school of the Transylvania University at Lexington, where Robertson, Marshall and Wickliffe, jurists of renown the country over, were the teachers. When he left the university he had a law practice license signed by Judge Marshall.
Did not Practice Law.
"Although he never entered upon the practice, the instruction he received at Transylvania was worth, in the vocation he did choose and follow, all that it had cost him in time, study and expense; for, while the proficient and successful journalist is expected to know, and should know, no little on all subjects, a severe and accurate discipline in the principles and workings of law must constitute, in this county, an essential qualification for his tasks. Mr. Hyde conceived a high admiration for Stephen A. Douglas, the famous Democratic champion of Illinois from 1845 to 1860, and his first newspaper writing, published in The Belleville Tribune, was in support of Douglas' position on the Kansas-Nebraska question. For a time he was editor of The Tribune, and later of The Sterling (Ill.) Times. The proprietors of The St. Louis Republican discovered his talents for writing, and in 1857 engaged him as Springfield (Ill.) correspondent for that paper during the sitting of the legislature. This was the beginning of a connection with The Republican which was maintained for twenty-eight years. In the fall of 1857, Mr. Nathaniel Paschall, editor of the paper, asked him to take a position as local reporter.
"He accepted it and, three years later, became assistant editor under Mr. Paschall, the most cordial and confidential relations existing between them until the day of Mr. Paschall's death in 1866, when Mr. Hyde became managing editor under Col. George Knapp. In 1885 he made a visit to Europe, taking his family with him, and shortly after his return was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of St. Louis. After the expiration of his term of service he went to St. Joseph and started a daily morning paper called The Ballot, but the enterprise was not financially successful. He was next called to Salt Lake City to assume the editorship of The Salt Lake Herald. When he resigned the editorship of The Herald he returned.
"Mr. Hyde was married at Toronto, Canada, June 4, 1866, to Miss Hallie Benson, daughter of James L. Benson, an estimable citizen of St. Louis and flour inspector for the Merchants' exchange. Mrs. Hyde is a native born Missourian and has lived in the state all her life, with the exception of two years spent with her parents in Canada. They had two daughters, both living--Chaille F., now Mrs. Howard Payne, of Webster Groves, Mo., and Miss Amy, living with her mother at 4428 West Pine boulevard, St. Louis.
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St. Louis City death records say burial in Green Mount cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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