Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . bbins bonds andthus rob the State Treasury of nearly a quarter of amillion dollars. The State Government was impli-cated in this affair, and to this day remains unex-plained or unatoned for. For the above, and othermatters previously mentioned, Gov. Bissell has beenseverely criticised, and he has also been most shame-fully libelled and slandered. On account of exposure in the army, the remotecause of a nerv
Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . bbins bonds andthus rob the State Treasury of nearly a quarter of amillion dollars. The State Government was impli-cated in this affair, and to this day remains unex-plained or unatoned for. For the above, and othermatters previously mentioned, Gov. Bissell has beenseverely criticised, and he has also been most shame-fully libelled and slandered. On account of exposure in the army, the remotecause of a nervous form of disease gained entranceinto his system and eventually developed paraplegia,affecting his lower extremities, which, while it lefthis body in comparative health, deprived him of loco-motion except by the aid of crutches. While he wasgenerally hopeful of ultimate recovery, this myste-rious disease pursued him, without once relaxing itsstealthy hold, to the close of his life, March iS,i860, over nine months before the expiration of hi,gubernatorial term, at the early age of 48 years. Hedied in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church, ofwhich lie hart been a member since
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