St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Wilcoxson, Thomas July 22, 1863
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The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, August 08, 1863, Image 1

DIED, At Breau's Bridge, in the Parish of St. Martin, THOMAS WILCOXSON, in 
the 65th year of his age. He was buried in the town of Opelousas La. on the 
22nd of July 1863, with masonic honors.

At a called meeting of the Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19 of Free and Accepted 
Masons, held at Opelousas on the 22nd July 1863, the following preamble and 
resolutions were unanimously adopted:

Whereas it has pleased the Great Architect to call from our midst our much 
esteemed brother, THOMAS WILCOXSON, and to place him in that bright sphere 
of existence where the sorrows of this world are not known; - 

Therefore, Be it resolved, That the members of this Lodge deeply deplore the 
loss of our departed brother, remembering with pleasure and prido the many 
virtues that adorned his long and useful life, his chivalrons spirit, his 
kind and liberal heart, his universal benevolence, which taught him "to feel 
another's woe" and never refuse the claims of the poor or the broken 
hearted. In the social circle, in the midst of friends, around, the 
hearthstone, wherever he was found his noble soul irradiating its own 
exalted feelings and impulses spread life and joy around him; - And that we 
tender our sympathy to his family in their deep affliction and remind them 
that He who rules the Heavens and the Earth does all things weil, and they 
must receive the sorrow which He has sent them with resignation and 
fortitude.

Resolved, that the members of this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning 
for the term of thirty days as a token of respect for our deceased brother.

Resolved, That this resolution be spread upon our records, and copies be 
forwarded to the family of the deceased.

Committee- 
P. D. Hardy, John Macdonald, P. Leonce Hebrard.

By order of the W. M. E. Pilate, Secretary.



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