The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-24

Butler, II NJ Williams, II NJ A''"N' al
nd S d Barrow. e OF
After the services Of the c""F''I W
yoro concluded, the Masonic burial r,
ties were performed, conducte" by f'
)r A i Barrow 2 " NJ, by inc c
500 c:al request of the dead, DR. Bal
.ow, having with DIR W IL Taylor, +
lone everything that medical AID
,ould devise to alleviate the suffer d
il Is OF the past weeks. {
William KjltIand Douglas was
born Nav %, 1929 in New Haven +
Co,u or John aud Auue Douglas !
Dusceuded from the famous oco'''S"
elan of Douglas, his paternaI anceS'
tors had resided in Connecticut from
its first settlement, as had also LIS
maternal progenitors. His great
grandfather was the C"I WI"
Douglas, who raised IA regiment III
New Haven tor the Revolutionary
army, aud at the battle OF Long
Island was the last America" 10
leave the fell, having receive" H.
iuries from the effects OF when lie
died, The subject of this sketch Ill
his own life did not belle the
Influences of herrdity, thongh
his patriotic services have Oeen
more peaceful but no less devoted
His, education at Yale College
was interrupted by delicate he"i.''
and bv the devolvins upon his
: shoulders of family cares, due to tue
) dealb Of his father, but he per-
severed and WAS graduated i" the
+ class Of 1851, He had first contem'
r plated the practice of law, but h"a'
: " determined to devote h'S He 'c
:. the ministry of the Epscopa
Y Church. His first work was among
y the mill operatives i'll Thompson
p vile. Conn: lie WAS ordained
q deacon in 1853 by Bishop BrowneiI
# and priest in 1854 by Bishop WI
= Iiams. His first charge was at ST
y. Johns, Warehouse Pt, Conn DH''"j
=. this period he was offered, tnfo"s'
Recommendation of the faculty 4
20 his ALMA Mater, the profesS0rshl!
20 Of Mathematics aud Natural Ph'Io'
e. ophy in Kenyon College, OnI'
# This, I've decliued, having resolve
~ to devote himself to parish mIhlstr!
w Lis health breaking down, he AT
Of cepted an invitation to come Sout|
no making his home for two years {
.Iv Waterproof, La. While at TIL
~ place, on Oct q, 1861 he was ma
: ried in Trinity Church, Natche
-. Miss, to Miss Sarah L. Tucker,
Lo lady of wealth and social prom
.,u hence in Adams Go, From 1858
ant he was with the church OF t
~. Epiphany in New Iberia, where
sal two SOILS were born. Before sec'
to sion took place he had assam
his charge of Jefferson College ne
i'm Natchez, Miss, with pastoral o.
as of ihe congregation that worship
his in the college chapel. After t
tpu years, the college was obliged
10, suspend on account of the war
the he remained in this vicinity till Is
YER Union in sentiment, he neVert
Tor. less threw all bis energies to
assistance OF his adopted sectl
,es. The state government arpoh
GUS him its representative in those p
ion. tons overruu by tue enemy, all
to duous post which frequently DrOu
his him into conflict with the Il
lay tary authorities and even into ?
), in on. Of this time, be says IL
back upon those three years of {
:, ~. ger and toll in behalf OF the dJ
ouu. Confederate cause as represe1
oh. by its hospitals, its secret 7
we're offices, its widowed bIideS,ana d
Gas lated households with sincere
Fl approval. 1t was honest, tho'
Paw to all material interests ruinoe
pba gave a zest to life which no tt
,,,oh IRE could buy. The public ey