St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Lewis, John M. January 25, 1869
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The Opelousas Journal. (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, February 20, 1869, Image 2

DIED. - At midnight, Monday, January 25th, 1869, J. M. Lewis, son of Ellen 
C. and the late Judge Wm. B. Lewis, aged 26 years.

The deceased contracted the illness which finally proved fatal while a 
prisoner of war for nearly a year in Fortre-s Monroe. Fore about nine months 
past he was confined more or less to his room, and endured with calm and 
heroic resignation the wasting disease which slowly but surely undermined 
his strong constitution. Several weeks before his death, he evinced that 
perfect willingness to die, and that quiet confidence in God's mercy, and 
calm submission to His providence which are based alone on a consciousness 
of forgiven sins.

Poor Murph! "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well." May that God who 
smoothed his dying pillow, and who ushered his spirit into the realms of 
eternal peace as gently as the tenderly shepherd carries a lamb in his 
bosom, soothe the sorrowing hearts of his relatives and friends with the 
assurance that their loss is his gain, and that released from all suffering, 
he beckons them to follow him into the better land.

W.

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