When his health began to fail, he retired from business and spent several months in Cuba hoping to derive benefit for his pulmonary disease by a change of climate. His condition did not improve, and after returning to Cincinnati, he spent some time in revisiting several points in his old Congressional district.
His health began to fail, so he stepped down from his business and spent time in Cuba hoping for relief from his pulmonary disease by changing the climate. Despite no improvement, he returned to Cincinnati and revisited parts of his old congressional district.