Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-14
JUDGE BOCAGE DEAD. WAS 79 YEARS OLD AND THE OLDEST LANDMARK IN SOUTHEAST ARKAN-
 SAS.
Died at 3 O'Clock this Morning of LaGrlppe.-A Biographical
 Sketch of His Life.

Judge Joseph W. Boeage died this morning at 3 o'clock of h grippe, after. long confinement to his bed. He had been very low for some days and his death was not a surprise. A number of the members of his family were gathered at his bedside when the end came.
 He is one of the oldest citizens Of Southeast Arkansas, and has been prominent in literary, religious, po- litical and business circles for many years, His tall and straight figure gave him commanding appearance, and his long gray beard made him look like one of the patrachs of old.
 The arrangements for the funeral have not as yet been perfected.
 BIOGRAPHICAL.
 The following biographical sketch of Judge Boeage is taken from the Biographical and Historical Mem oirs of Central Arkansas, published in 1889:
 From the biography of every man there may be gleaned some lessons of genuine worth, for here are dis covered the secrets of his success or failure Tn the history of Mf. Bo- cage, one of the pioneers of the city, and one of It's most prominent men, is found much to commend He was born on the Island of St, Lucia, May $, lS19, and is the son of William and Marie Ann (Eavoisierl Boeage, the mother niece of the celebrated French chemist. Antoine Laurent Lavoisler, who was the originator of the gasometer and dise0verer of oxygen. He was born August 26, l743, and was guiilotined on May $, 1794, by the reyclnii9nists of Paris fpe was condemned on account offrfs wealth, and after sentence was pass ed. he asked for three days respite hat he might complete fine piece f chemical analysis, but that was denied him. The paternal grand father, Joseph Isadore Boeage, was descended from an illustrious family whose estates were in the old pro- vince. the Bocage, now known as the La Yendee in France. He came to the United States, in company lgith others, in 1795 fleeing from the French Revolution, settling in New /London, Conn, where he married 4 Mss Elizabeth Colt, daughter of M gapt. William Colt, of Revolutionary G anne. Some years after his marriage ZF ne went to the Isle ot St. Lucia, N% where he purchased q sugar and eof- lee estate. He also engaged in mer- | cantie and shipping business, deal- Il fnp largely in sugar and coffee, which Y business proved lucrative, and he be- came very wealthy. He died in ISIS. William Boeage. father of the sub feet of this skeech. was born in New London. where he received unusually p1o6. educational advantages, fin- ishing hls education at an bhgilsh college. ..,
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