The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-12
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! FARMvILLE, VA. February 11.-Af-
ter a protracted illness, DR.. Joseph
Dupuy Eggleston died this afternoon
at his home, near Worsham, Prince
Edward county. in the seventy-seyenth
year of his age. Hon. Joseph d.
Eggleston, Jr., State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, reached home from
Richmond few minutes after his
father had passed away. DIR. Eggles-
ton had been an invalid for some years,
and his death this afternoon, while 1t
has caused general sorrow was no sur
prise to his friends and relatives.
sketch of His Life.
DR.. Eggleston was son of Richard
Beverly and Elvira Eggleston. and was
born October %, 1881, at Cedar Grove,
near Jennings Ordinary, In Nottoway
county, Va. He received his early edu-
cation in an old field school.
After some time spent under the
private rrsceptorship of DR.. William
Smith Morton, of Cumberland county.
he entered the University OF Virginia,
where he remained for one year He
then entered Jefferson Medical Col
lege, in Philadelphia. from which he
graduated in 1851. Feeling the neces
sity Of entering at once upon the prac-
tice of his profession, DR.. Eggleston
the duties of a physician. His equip
ment, notwithstanding his youth, was
unusually complete for that time. rs
he had durin,- his last year in Phila-
delphia attended an extra course of
lectures under the noted DIR. Warren
ton, and during the winter of 1929
he took a postgraduate course at the
jefferson Medical College.
Life i'm Prince Edward.
In 1854 DR. Eggleston moved to
Prince edward county. and settled at
Marble Hill, where he at once entered
upon large practice This became
so extensive that In 1870, in order
| to be located near the centre of his
| practice. and in order to get better
school facilities for his children, he
\ purchased "The Oaks near old Prince
FCward Courthouse and championships
ney. at which. place lie spent the bal
| ance OF his life. In 1858 he married
Miss Ammo Darlington Booker. daugh-
ter OF John Booker. of Charlotte coun
t., who for a number Of years was 9
commission merchant In Richmond Or
lEggleston contributed number or ar
| tlcles to various merical Journals anc
was tho author of several papers rcat
before medical societies. and was fol
Il many ySuIS iiICiliOCI W tt'S y - So -
Medical Society.
| In recent years he had retired from
active practice, and had devoted him
Iself to reading and study and to The
management OF his farm which he al
l ways kept In a high state of cultiva
1 ton.
In his skill as a physician, in hi!
originality of thought and in his bold
ness as a pioneer in medical practice
u wit h - n
/ p. Mattauer in the annals OF Prince
Edward county. They were neighbour
| from 1854 until the latter's death IL
I 1875, and were often together. Dr.
Eggleston was especially noted fol
correct diagnosis. His powers In thi
direction giving him the reputatio,
among many OF being almost a wizard
When the War Between the State
commenced DR.. Eggleston offered him
self as a soldier. but was persuaded t
remain at home, as there was grea
need for physician in his neighbor
hood He gave freely of his means 7
the Southern cause, was In the figh
on the retreat OF Lee from Richmond t
Appomattox, and during the Ions
struggle his home was always open t
sick and wounded soldiers. many Q
whom were nursed back to health
his hospitable home.
II Reader and Student.
DR.. Eggleston was a great reade
and student and there was scarcely an
phase of life in which he was no
= Interested, and on which he was no
we'll Informed. He kept In touch wit
all lines of progress, was man Q
rare common sense and fine judgment
and was answering in his devotion t
A principle. Was charming In converse
ton and few could meet him withou
being impressed with his strong per
sonality. OF the sternest integrity h
q was in his home and friendly relations
as tender as a woman. From his yout
he was actively connected with TIL
Presbyterian Church and was genel
Gus contributor to every good caus
OF Whig ancestry, he was himself
ilife-long Democrat. 1t was under III
leadership that Prince Edward count
WAS first wrestcd from scally-wa
negro rule, and a Democrat sent to til
General Assembly, and Democrat
elected to I'LL the county offices, and
stop the chaos of extravaganza an
misrule that had become the settle
policy OF this section. More than or