New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-05
Thomas w. Deklyne.

The friends Of Colonel T. w. Deklyne |
were startled and panied to learn that he |
died yesterday morning at the Charity
Hospital, in this city, whittier he had been |
taken at his own request when he became !
aware that he was stricken with smallpox.
He had been but few days in the hospital,
and being under the personal care OF Dr.
A. ". Smythe, his friend, and skilful
physician, the prospects for his immediate
recovery were fair. On Monday night,
however. the disease took an unfavorable
turn, congestion of the brain ensued, and
it soon became apparent that the power OF
human skill could not prolong his life.
AT the time Of his death, T. w. Deklyne
was twenty-nine years of aga. He was
native of Philadelphia, and a graduate OF
the high schools of that city. Though but
a mere boy at the outbreak of the rebel
lion, he offered his services in the Union
cause, and joined the volunteer navy. In
that branch of the service he became assis-
tant engineer, and so continued until the
close of the war. He then decided to make
Louisiana his home, and married the
daughter of Captain Warren, of Algiers, in
which district of our city he has since re.
sided.
But few young men have been more
generally known in New Orleans than
Colonel DeKlyne. He had been an
Inspector of customs, and afterw ward entry
clerk at the Customhouse. Subsequently
he was appointed deputy marshal and then
chief deputy in the Office of United States
Marshal Packard, succeeding to the position
formerly occupied by F. A. Woolf1ey, Esq.
More recently he was appointed to the
responsible position of clerk of the United
| States District Court, and SO continued un-
til the time of his death. Added to the
duties of the offices we have mentioned'
| and which made the record of his short life
| a still more busy. one, he was prominent as
an officer of the State militia, and became
| adiutant general of the frat division
General Longstreet's command-with the
| staff rank of colonel He has also, since
| 1870, been secretary of the Republican
State Executive Committee of the Repub-
| Iicau party. He was also a member OF the
| Board of Directors of Public Schools Of New
| Orleans.
| The many positions he was called upon
to fill developed in him great executive
ability. remarkable for one of his years,
and his record stands as that OF young
| man who did we'll and faithfully what was
| for him to do, illuminated with honest in
tegrity and unstained by single act OF
| dishonor.
| Personally Colonel DeKlyne had not a
known enemy in the world. Of fine ap-
pearance and agreeable manners, frank and
cordial, he was one who won all hearts to
him. He carried with him an air of natural
nobility, and those differing from him in
political opinion were constrained to be-
come his friends. As he was loved in life.
regrets at his death are great and many.
He leaves wife and three children, the
| Youngest a babe born while the father lay
upon his deathbed. Under such clrcum-
stances all words seem too poor to express
the sympathy due. the afflicted young
widow and her children, but such sympathy
is readily yielded by all who knew and
| loved her husband.
| The funeral of deceased occurred yester-
| day afternoon. Service was said at the
Girod Street Cemetery by Rev. DIR. Reed.
where the remains were inferred.