Claiborne-Richland County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Calhoun, John Davidson 
December 30, 1915

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Times-Picayune, Friday, Dec. 31, 1915
Obituary from the Times-Picayune - Friday, December 31, 1915:
 
Assistant Surgeon General of Louisiana Division U.C.V. is Mourned.
Rayville, LA, Dec. 30 - Major J.D. Calhoun, aged 69, died here this morning at 
10 O'clock after a week's illness with la grippe.  He was a long time resident 
of Claiborne Parish and moved to Rayville about eight years ago.  He had retired 
as a physician, but was a prominent business man, being interested in several 
mercantile establishments and also interested in large real estate holdings in 
this parish.  He was assistant Surgeon General of the Confederate Veterans 
of Louisiana.  
  
He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, and two brothers, all of 
whom reside here, and a sister, Mrs. Pickel, of St. Louis.

He was a Mason of high rank and also was a member of the Methodist Church.

The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon with interment in the cemetery here.
                                                                        
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   The following special orders have been issued:
   "Headquarters Louisiana Division United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, 
LA., Dec. 30, 1915."
    "Special Order No. 1:
"It is with profound sorrow that the major general commander announces the death 
of Major J.D. Calhoun, M.D., assistant surgeon general of the division, who died 
at 10 O'clock a.m. today at Rayville, LA. Funeral will be held at that place at 
3:30 O'clock p.m., Friday, Dec. 31, 1915.
   
"Major Calhoun was a gallant soldier of Company E, Thirty-first Regiment Louisiana 
Infantry, C.S.A., and a member of Henry W. Allen Camp No. 182 U.C.V. at Monroe, LA., 
and was a retired Physician, and took interest in the affairs of the organization.  
He attended the reunions at Richmond, VA., and New Orleans, November 10-11 this year, 
in good health, and his death is a distinct loss to the division and brings sorrow 
to his many friends and comrades."
  
 By order of A.B. Booth,  Major General Commander
 "Official:  Thomas Higgins, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff"

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