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upon his cheery face am! erect form, . | one would never suspect that sixty ■summers had passed over his head. Until his last illness, we never had a i thought of his mortality other than I that ho would “grow old gracefully and become an octogenarian, as his , venerable father, now nearly 85, has . done, and that thought always gave us comfort. Apparently, the principal cause of bis death was , inflammatory rheumatism, from which ! he was an intense sufferer. for months before taken to his bed, but his physicians ascribed as the cause “aneurism of the abdominal aorta,” with other complications. On this point Dr. J. A. Rowan, who was with him frequently, says: “I am of the opinion that the rheumatic troubles with which lie was afflicted so long, were in great measure due to the pressure of the aneurismal tumor upon some of the prominent nerves.”The writer first became acquainted with Bro. Douglass when the Prohibition agitation began in this county iu 1883. From that time on, our association in religious and prohibition work was intimate aod unbroken and I was honored with his confidence and faithful friendship.It is but simple truth to say of him, I
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Brookhaven Leader
Brookhaven, Mississippi, US
Wed, May 31, 1899
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