Dr. Adolphus Leon Crittenden
Dr. Crittenden was born November 23, 1838, in Tennessee, but he grew to manhood in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was the son of William H. Crittenden and Martha Leonora Dickey Crittenden.
The long feared Civil War erupted on April 15, 1861, a few weeks after he had earned his degree. Two days after the beginning of the War, on April 17, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the Confederate States of America, Co. B, 9th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, as a physician.
After his war service, he returned to Holly Springs where he lived with his father. Then a letter arrived inviting him to come to the White Church Community in Arkansas to practice his profession. Dr. Crittenden accepted their invitation and came to Arkansas to build his practice.
In due course, he and Judith Leah were married.
Dr. Adolphus Leon Crittenden, only 32 years old, had ministered to his patients day and night during the influenza epidemic of 1870. He contracted the disease himself, and died April 15, 1870.
The grief of his wife, Judith Leah Golightly Crittenden, is reflected in this poignant inscription. After only four months of marriage she had been left a widow and was expecting a child. She and the doctor had been married on December 22, 1869, with the Reverend George A. Donnelly officiating.
Dr. Crittenden was born November 23, 1838, in Tennessee, but he grew to manhood in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was the son of William H. Crittenden and Martha Leonora Dickey Crittenden.
The long feared Civil War erupted on April 15, 1861, a few weeks after he had earned his degree. Two days after the beginning of the War, on April 17, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the Confederate States of America, Co. B, 9th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, as a physician.
After his war service, he returned to Holly Springs where he lived with his father. Then a letter arrived inviting him to come to the White Church Community in Arkansas to practice his profession. Dr. Crittenden accepted their invitation and came to Arkansas to build his practice.
In due course, he and Judith Leah were married.
Dr. Adolphus Leon Crittenden, only 32 years old, had ministered to his patients day and night during the influenza epidemic of 1870. He contracted the disease himself, and died April 15, 1870.
The grief of his wife, Judith Leah Golightly Crittenden, is reflected in this poignant inscription. After only four months of marriage she had been left a widow and was expecting a child. She and the doctor had been married on December 22, 1869, with the Reverend George A. Donnelly officiating.
Dr. Adolphus Leon Crittenden
Dr. Crittenden was born November 23, 1838, in Tennessee, but he grew to manhood in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was the son of William H. Crittenden and Martha Leonora Dickey Crittenden.
The long feared Civil War erupted on April 15, 1861, a few weeks after he had earned his degree. Two days after the beginning of the War, on April 17, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the Confederate States of America, Co. B, 9th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, as a physician.
After his war service, he returned to Holly Springs where he lived with his father. Then a letter arrived inviting him to come to the White Church Community in Arkansas to practice his profession. Dr. Crittenden accepted their invitation and came to Arkansas to build his practice.
In due course, he and Judith Leah were married.
Dr. Adolphus Leon Crittenden, only 32 years old, had ministered to his patients day and night during the influenza epidemic of 1870. He contracted the disease himself, and died April 15, 1870.
The grief of his wife, Judith Leah Golightly Crittenden, is reflected in this poignant inscription. After only four months of marriage she had been left a widow and was expecting a child. She and the doctor had been married on December 22, 1869, with the Reverend George A. Donnelly officiating.
Dr. Crittenden was born November 23, 1838, in Tennessee, but he grew to manhood in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was the son of William H. Crittenden and Martha Leonora Dickey Crittenden.
The long feared Civil War erupted on April 15, 1861, a few weeks after he had earned his degree. Two days after the beginning of the War, on April 17, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the Confederate States of America, Co. B, 9th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, as a physician.
After his war service, he returned to Holly Springs where he lived with his father. Then a letter arrived inviting him to come to the White Church Community in Arkansas to practice his profession. Dr. Crittenden accepted their invitation and came to Arkansas to build his practice.
In due course, he and Judith Leah were married.
Dr. Adolphus Leon Crittenden, only 32 years old, had ministered to his patients day and night during the influenza epidemic of 1870. He contracted the disease himself, and died April 15, 1870.
The grief of his wife, Judith Leah Golightly Crittenden, is reflected in this poignant inscription. After only four months of marriage she had been left a widow and was expecting a child. She and the doctor had been married on December 22, 1869, with the Reverend George A. Donnelly officiating.
Inscription
~My dear husband, thou art gone and I am left
But oh! How cold and dark to me,
This world of every charm bereft,
Whereall was beautiful with Thee.~
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