St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Wikoff, William December 20, 1857
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The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, LA) Dec. 26, 1857, pg. 2
Died.- On Sunday 20th inst., at Greenwood, (near Opelousas,) the residence of 
his father, William Wikoff - fourth son of Dr. J. A. and Mary E. Taylor, in the 
10th year of his age.

The sufferings of this tender and interesting child were of the most 
excruciating character. None of the numerous friends of the family, who 
anxiously gathered around little Willie's bedside, could look upon him with 
tearless eyes.

An affliction of lameness, two years since, from a severe and long illness of 
Hip disease, had rendered him indeed an object of the most endearing solicitude 
to his parents and friends: - While the highest hopes were fondly entertained 
of the brilliancy of his intellect and his promise of future excellence. Alas! 
for the fond hopes of all who mourn his early departure.

"How brief the space, even to the brave

Between the cradle and the grave!

Like lightning in the somber night,

A moment seen, then lost to sight,

Or like some frail, ephemeral flower

That blooms and withers in an hour."

Opelousas, Dec. 21, 1857

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