Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-06-09
DIR. TROUSDALE
CALLED BY DEATH
FAITHFUL MINISTER OF THE COS
PEI PASSES AWAY IN CHI
cAGo HOSPITAL.
GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY AND
FOREMOST AMONG METHo-
DIST DiviNEs IN STATE.
Madison, June 5.


DR.. Samuel Whitney Trousdale, one
of the best known Methodist ministers
in Wisconsin, died at Wesley hospital
in Chicago yesterday morning at
o'clock. He had been at the hospi-
tai some eight weeks for treatment.
His illness had been of long duration
and he had been great sufferer from
the very beginning. For time it
was hoped that he would recover, but
the great pain to which he has been
subjected, wore out his strength; yet
SO great were the powers of resist
ance that even after the operatTn,
which he underwent in the hospital, it
was believed that recovery was pos
sible.
His loss will be greatly felt by the
Madison district OF which he was the
superintendent at the time OF his
death, and over which he has had the
oversight for several years. DR..
Trousdale was born Nov II, 1851 and
was the only son of William P. and
Mary Ann Trousdale. Upon his
mothers side he had seven half
brothers and sisters, w. w. Parkinson,
Mrs. Allison, W. j. Trousdale, Mrs.
Perrigo, Judge r. NJ. Bashford, John
w. Bashford, now deceased, and Bish-
Cd James w. Bashford of the Metho.
dist church.
DR. TrousdaIe spent his early days
on a farm at Fayette. In 1871 he en-
tered the preparatory department OF
the state university and the ancient
classical course from which he grad
uated in 1877. He was tutor in
Greek and elocution in the state uni
versity for year and then entered
the school of theology OF Boston uni
versity, from which he graduated in
1881 He received from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin the degrees OF A. M.
and Phi. d., and from the Ohio Yves
leyan university and from Lawrence
university the degree of d. D.
He joined the Wisconsin conference
in 1882 and was honored by the con-
ference not only with many of the
best appointments, such as Hudson,
Eau Claire, La Crosse and Platteville,
but represented his conference in the
general conference of the church at
four sessions, being chairman of the
Wisconsin delegation each time. In
the fall of 1882 he was married to
Miss Alma L. Baker, the daughter Of
] ohn Z. Baker of Madison, and sister
of Mrs. E. N. Warner, who died at La
two
children, Elizabeth Dale and Paul
Whitney. For his second wife, he
married Miss Minnie Taylor of La
Crosse, to whom was born three sons
Theodore, James and Whitney.
DR.. Trousdale has been highly es-
teemed during his Christian ministry
for his scholarship, his earnest devot-
ed faith and for his straightforward
simple and singularly even disposition
and character. In the pulpit he was
earnest, forcible, and far above the
average of pulpit speakers. He was
one of the most available men in the
conference, of which he was a mem
Der for almost any work or position,
and he was singularly free from all
defects of character, personality and
manner which could detract from his
useful service as Christian minister.
He was one OF family the mem
bers of which are singularly gifted
with intellectual ability and striking
personality, and he shared to large
degree the characteristics of the
family He was however, of a highly
spiritual nature and all of his powers
were consecrated 10 the highest IDEAL
ism and perfected by conscientious
action.