Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-14
Henry A. Dubois. M. D.. LID.
Dssth Of Much Esteemsd and Prominent
 

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 Dseth Ofa Much Esteemsd and Prominen | Citizen.
 Henry Augustus DuBois, M D., ILL D.
 died yesterday morning at his residence or
 Howard avenue. His death was caused bI
 paralS sis after an illness of few months
 In his death the city loses one of it's most up
 right and esteemed citizens, gentleman o
 honorable lineage and varied culture, distin
 gulshed in his profession, which he orne
 mented and dignifed, and the recipient botl
 at home and abroad of special honors il
 tribute to bis worth and learning. In a vol
 tune entitled ''The Physicians and Surgeon
 of the United States,' published in Phila
 delphia in 1878 ina sketch of his life 1t is statst
 that Henry Augustus Dubois was born Aueus
 9, 1908, in New York city, at what is now
 known as the corner of First avenue anG
 First street. but which was then the country
 residence of his father, Cornelius DuBois
 He is the sixth lineal descendant of Jacques Dubois, Q French Huguenot, who took
 refuge in Holland, and, in 1875, came
 over with the Dutch settlers to Kingston
 Ulster county, New York, bringing witl
 him his infant son, Pierre DuBois. born in
 Leyden, and who afterwards became the
 founder of the first Reformed Dutch church
 in Poughkeepsie and also of the one still ex
 i ting in Fishkill, N. Y.
 On his mothers side Dr. Dubois is the
 sixth in descent from John Ogden, who vas
 born in North Hampton, England, in 161O
 and represented South Hampton, Connect
 cut, in 1859, and during the Dutch rule was l virtua1lv hA 2 H.
 of the province, and who afterwards settled
 in New Jersey and built the first house in Elizabethtown. (Ses Hatfeld's History ot
 New Jersey.)
 1 In 1917 Henry Augustus Dubois entered
 the French military academy of Louis Bau ! csls refugee of the first French revolution. August T. 1927, he was graduated A. B. of Columbia college, N. Y. October 23, 1880,
 hs was graduated M. D. of the College of
 Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and the same year was appointed house physician to the New York hospital. October, 1881,
 he went to Europe to complete his medical studies.
 In Paris he attended the clinical courses of Louis, Andral, ChomeI and Broussais in med icine, and of Dupuytren, Lisfranc, Roux. Velpeau and Amussat in surgery. He was an intimate friend of Louis and his private pupil in consultation. He was the private pupil of Amussat in practical surgery and of Madame La Chapelle in obstetrics. He was also the private pupil of the celebrated Fife de Beaumont, with whom he made many ee- oloeical excursions.
 In 1881, shortly after his arrival in Paris, he was made g member of the Polish com- m1ttee, which met weekly at the house of ifs president, General Lafayette, or at the house of J. Fennimore Cooper, the object of the committee being to send money and men to aid Poland in her last brief and inefectua, struggle for liberty.
 Dr. Dubois had formed the design of joining the Polish army, but Eas dissuadsd therefron by the committee, who iud ged the attempt futile.
 April 9th, 1884, he was elected at Paris a member of the Geological Society of France. and in the same year he attended the funeral of General Lafayette. He was one of the few who aVailed themselves of the special honor accorded to Americans of following immediately next to the body, this being the post of danger as well as of honor: for it was well known that an attempt would be made by the "Red Republicans' to obtain possession of the body in order to make it their rallying standard.
 The first attack was made in the Place Vendome, and the double line of cuirassiers were forced back upon the cortege, nearly crushing Dr. Dubois and others who were nsasest to the bier.
 While in Europe Dr. DuBois made the of and received tokens of regard and friendship from Sir Astley Cooper, MT Liston of Edinburgh, and from Rasori and Iomssini, the celebrated authors of the Contra Stimulant" theory of bygone days
 Nov, 1884, Dr. Dubois returned to New York. and in 1885 was appointed first on the list of physicians to the New York dispen- zary.
 Dec 17th, 1885, he vas married to Cath l crime Helena Jay, third daughter of Peter | Jay, Esq of the New York bar, and old | sst son of John Jay, first Chief Justice of | 'ons and one daughter. Feb. 9th, 1887, he Tes elected member of the New York Iv- ,sum of Natural History
 In the fall of 184O he gave up the practice 't medicine on account of his health, and emoved to Ohio, where he laid out and in ,AChp AAccSuE0 Lu0 V1llHQ0 or Newton 1 Falls, giving his medical services freely SO ar as his health permitted to all far and wide Vho had need. In 1852 he returned to New fork in improved health, but did not resume 1 he practice of medicine.
 October 14th, 1854, Dr. Dubois removed Q New Haven. Connecticut, for the purpose f educating his numerous family of sons, one f whom Is now professor of engineering in he Sheffield Scientific school of Yale College July 28th. 1864, he received from Yale ollege the degree of IL. D., signalizing i'm as one ''qui de fide Christiana defender. 8 bene meritus sit," for his reply to the Seven English Essayists," which was repub- Dean of Carlisle'' and for his Critical Ex- { nination" of the publications of Darwin and l uxley. September 18th, 1864, he was elected a ember of the Academy of Arts and Sciences ' Connecticut. October goth, 1869, he went to France. $ ally and Malta, for the recovery of his \ aaIth, seriously impaired by incessant labor 6 returned July 5th, 1870, but was obliged s
 leave again in 1872, with portion of his I mlly, and remained in Europe till Septem- T 1T, 1874, when he returned to his residence New Haven. c Dr. Dubois contributed two sons to the | Hence of his country during the war of @ rebellion, the only two who were then of 5 e. The oldest Of these sons was Captain . 'rnelius Dubois, who subsequently served I lder Gen. Sherman, and was brevetted for . llantry at the battle of Resaca in Geor n B. His health, seriously impaired by ex- u sure and wounds suffered on account of u s country, became worse and worse till his D ath in 1880. g Dr. DuBo second son, Henry A. Dubois. = 's appointed surgeon during the war on @ staff of Gen. Sheridan. Although suffer- V 3 greatly from the hard ships then under. t! ne, he is now practising his profession ti San Rafael, California A Of the other children. now residing in this d' y, John Jay is 8 member of the New York ID r, and Robert Ogden is in the Junior class z, the Yale Medical school,