Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Smith, W.L. -October 30, 1882
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
November 04, 1882, page 3


Early in the morning of October 30 a young white wan (sic) who spent the night 
on the gallery of Martin's coffee-house, corner of Railroad Avenue and Conway 
street in this town, was discovered by a neighbor to be in a dying condition. 
Assistance was summoned, but the unfortnuate (sic) man was beyond human aid and 
breathed his last. The Coroner was sent for, viewed the remains, and found that 
the man had died from dysentery and exposure. Inquiry revealed the fact that the 
poor fellow was W.L. Smith, a native of Indiana, aged 26 years, who had been in 
the employ of Robinson's New Orleans Lightning Rod Company. He was a young man 
of dissipated habits and his untimely end was evidently hastened by the 
inordinate use of liquor. Coroner Vandegriff telegraphed news of the death to 
the father of deceased at Seymour, Indiana, and received a response directing 
that the young man's effects be sold to defray the expenses of his burial. As 
there were no effects to be found, the Coroner had the remains interred in the 
Protestant cemetery at public expense.


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