DEATH OF DR. BEESON
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
REV. W. E. BEESON, D.D., President of Trinity University, Aug. 18th, at the residence of Wm. Craig, M.D., near Hillsboro, was stricken with paralysis in the left arm while at the dinner-table. It gradually passed to the whole of the left half of his body. His symptoms assumed such an alarming character that on the 20th Dr. Craig telegraphed for his wife to hasten to him. So many bridges had been washed away by a recent freshet that quick time could not be made by railroad. The writer took Mrs. Beeson by private conveyance. By traveling all night we arrived at Dr. Craig's next morning. We found brother Beeson in his right mind and sensible that his end was near. With respect to the future he said, "All is well." His disease had laid fast hold upon him. He gradually became worse and quietly departed at 8 P.M., Sept. 5th. His body was brought to Tehuacana and buried with Masonic honors. He died as he lived. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.
S. T. ANDERSON.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, September 21, 1882, page 4]
DEATH OF DR. BEESON
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
REV. W. E. BEESON, D.D., President of Trinity University, Aug. 18th, at the residence of Wm. Craig, M.D., near Hillsboro, was stricken with paralysis in the left arm while at the dinner-table. It gradually passed to the whole of the left half of his body. His symptoms assumed such an alarming character that on the 20th Dr. Craig telegraphed for his wife to hasten to him. So many bridges had been washed away by a recent freshet that quick time could not be made by railroad. The writer took Mrs. Beeson by private conveyance. By traveling all night we arrived at Dr. Craig's next morning. We found brother Beeson in his right mind and sensible that his end was near. With respect to the future he said, "All is well." His disease had laid fast hold upon him. He gradually became worse and quietly departed at 8 P.M., Sept. 5th. His body was brought to Tehuacana and buried with Masonic honors. He died as he lived. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.
S. T. ANDERSON.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, September 21, 1882, page 4]
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