New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-22
The Late Colonel Stockdale.

morning last the remains arrived III Cauton'
accompanied by his widow and little con
| The body was placed in q casket at San
| Francisco, aud reached Canton in good con-
| dition. 1t was taken to Snyder's warerooms,
where it remained until Sunday morning,
| when the funeral services we're held at the
| Congregational Church. Notwithstanding
| the inclemency of the weather the large
! church was filed. Sidney was raised in
Canton, and the people who knew and loved
him in his boyhocd days were ready and
| willing to do honor to his memory and sym
| pathize with his afflicted family and rela-
| tives. The services we're conducted by Rev.
! Fl. Mills, pastor Of the church, and were in
the following order:
l. Doxolcgy, BE Thou o God
Anthem, Come Thou FOunt."
3. Response, THE Seven Promises
1. Chant, From the kecesses of LOwly
Spirit"
5. Response after prayer. Hear My Cry"
6. Funeral services. Blessed are the
Dead and hymn, why do We Mourn"
7. Sermon, seventeenth verse of the seven
ty-second Psalm.
S. Anthem, Might Of the Grave"
His body was then carried to the grave
by the ex soldiers, who were present in q
body, under charge of Captain A. B Smith,
and deposited in temporary brick vault.
which had been erected on Saturday, where
tno remains Will ITO uutll spring, WHICH, IL 40
the int ntion Of Mrs. Stockdale. "a we learn,
to erect vault in which the body will be
deposited.
We gave few facts in relation to the life
of Captain Stockdale two weeks since, but
we can not refrain here from referring to
them again, in connection with fuller dc tails
A handsome silver plate, beautifully en-
graved by Mr.. Messler's workman, was
placed on the casket. and contained this
inscription:
sidney Albert Stockdale. Born in St
Louis, Missouri. May IL, 1871. Died in San
Diego, California, December %, 1875
Captain Stockdale Vas, therefore. in the
thirty-tifth year of his age at the time of
his death. In 1851 Sidney came with his
parents to Canton. December %, 1875 he
united with the Congregational Church OF
this city, of which his mother was also
member. During his boyhood he exhited
those noble qualities which in after life en-
deared him to all, and which, since bis man
hood, have given him SO many responsible
positions. When quite young he entered
the store Of H. +. & j. w. Ingersoll as clerk.
and remained with them until the spring of
1859. when he entered the banking house OF
G. T. Head. where he remained until the
spring of 1861. when, shortly after the
war broke out, he enlisted in company
E. Eighth Illinois Volunteers, then com
manded by Colonel Oglesby. In July he
was detailed on Grants staff; in January.
Cavalry; May, 1862, mustered out. lie
aided in getting up the One Hundred and
Third Regimen, and was made captain OF
Company c. but was soon after detailed on
Grants staff He was provost marshal OF
Nashville, and held other positions of trust
while in the army. He was deputy col
lector under Kellogg, az New Orleans, and
atterward collector of internal revenue of
the district of New Orleans, and filed all
the various positions with honor and fidelity.
In 1874 he resigned on account OF his fail
ing health, and went 10 Denver and Cali
fornia, and from that time until he ceased 10
breathe he fought, as it were. against death.
He had no home tor any length of time, but
travelled from place to place, seeking a
benef :ial climate. He bought small place
and an orange orchard at San Yuzee, but
his health not permitting him to give it that
attention which he thought it should have,
he sold it. He had been at San Diego not
quite three weeks when death overlook him.
In 1868 Sidney married Miss Laura Jones,
of Princeton, and granddaughter of Mr.. Ira
johnson. of this city, her mother being Mr.
JohneOn's daughter. He leaves surviving
him his wife and one child
At San Yuzee. just before leaving for San
Diego. Sidney met William b. Hull, former
principal of our Canton school. After
reaching San Diego, and finding his health
failing rapidly, he wrote for Mr.. Hull to
come 70 him. Mr.. Hull went down as soon
as he could get boat, but did not reach
SaE Diego until several hours after Sid
ney's death. He rendered great assistance
to the afflicted wife, in a strange country
and among strangers, in getting the body
of her dead husband to San Francisco
1t is said IAN honest man is the nOblest
work of God" Sidney A. Stockdale was
an honest man. All who did business
with him bear testimony to that. He has
been tempted many times. The positions
he held in the South, during the war and
SINCE gave him unlimited means for becom-
ing immensely wealthy. In one instance
alone, while provost marshal at Nashville,
train TO pass through his lines. He indig
nantly spurned the offer, ordered the arrest
of the person making it and turned the
cotton over to the government And at his
death he did not leave, so far az we can
learn, over 81, 600 or 81, 000 most of which
was made in legitimate speculations, outside
of his salary from his official positions. He
had policies on life insurance to the amount
of $4,000, $4,000 held by Mr.. Z. T. Head,
and $4,000 held in New Orleans; and these,
with the few thousands he possessed, will
no doubt leave his family pecuniarily CON-
Portable. Among his possessions ia some
property in Denver.
And we add here that Captain Stockdale
belonged to the Masonic fraternity, having
united with lodge in New Orleans. The
MasOns IN California paid due attention to
him while he was among them.-Canton ~
Hnois) Register.
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