Charles and Madge went to Colorado and then California for his health. It's assumed he had tuberculosis, but it didn't help and he quietly passed away on February 7, 1887 and was interred in Topeka Cemetery. Frank sold the business a few months later.
Charles and Madge were only married six years. Madge returned to Topeka and ended up remarrying to Henry Dowding, an old school mate of hers, in 1889. Mr. Dowding would pass away in 1894 after only five years of marriage. Madge returned to her home in New York, never marrying again.
Rest. Sweet Rest.
