Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-22
Famous Missionary
Rev. Edward 81. Pierre
Crosses the Divide

Early Sunday morning death called
Rev. Edward Walter st. Pierre, mis-.
sionary, minister and prison chaplain,
to the fold Of his fathers. He was 81
years and 4 months old and was i'll at
the Salem hospital about week. Heart
trouble was the cause OF his DEATH
which occurred Sunuay morning at 3:15
clock.
Born at st. Anne Illinois, the colony
of French Canadians founded by Father
Chini0uv III the early part of the nine
: teenth century, on September II, 1859,
he led life of varied and exciting ex-
perienees. He graduated from the
academic and collegiate courses of Lake
Forest University, Illinois, in 1884. and
three wears later was graduated from
Mccormick Seminary.
! He then entered the ministry and
! was assigned to the missionary post at
| Oroomiah, Persia, where he had charge
Of the Oroomiah missionary college,
which accommodated 500 students. He
remained there seven years
Rev. St. Pierre was gifted as teach
! ed and the native students graduated
1 from his college attained to exceptional
| high scholarship and efficiency Dur
! ing the winter sessions of the college
he taught in the class room, but in
summer he would go on evangelistic
| trips into the mountains among the
wild tribes of Kurds His home was in
a compound guarded by soldiers of the
! kiro If ho oft he compound he had
TO have body guard. Ono evening he
w., out ~4,Mv., nIs BODY guard, and
| fell into the hands of bandits and
same near losing his life.
When he left Persia, he came to
! Portland and became the minister of
the Marshall Street Presbyterian church
where he remained seven years. Then
! he became suprintndent of the Prison
er's Aid society, with headquarters in
Portland, and for over eight years was
connected with prison work. He was
during a portion Of that time chaplain
and parole officer of the penitentiary
and through his efforts the present pa
role system has been established. II
was through his Influence with Gov
ernor Chamberlain that the chapel al
the penitentiary was built.
Rev. St. Pierre is descended from The
st. Pierres that came over from France
land settled about Lake St. Pierre il
lthe province of quebec. Stanislas st
4 Pierre, his father, left his home il
canada to follow Father Chiniquy into
Illinois, where a great Freneh-C Canadian
setrlement was made. In the early fiji
ties, when Father Chiniquy led severa.
thousand Catholics out of the Roman
church and established an Independent
church, Stanislas st. Pierre was one
of the men who left the Catholic faitl
to become a protestant. That was al
Kankakee, Illinois.
During the past four years Rev. st
| Pierre has been living on his farm il
Polk county in vain endeavor to fine
| relief from his attack of heart trouble
| A week ago he was taken to the hospita
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Ella
:, X. st. Pierre, who has accompanied he
husband in his various trips to the end
of the earth; Mabel, Lucille, Ella
) Ralph and Walter st. Pierre, children
one brother, Theodore st, Pierre, IL
Miltonsville, Kansas; and two grand
daughters.
The funeral will be held Tuesda,
afternoon ut l:30 o clock from thu
Presbyterian church, of which Rev
Carl II. Elliott is pastor. Intermen
will be in City View cemetery.