The Ouachita Telegraph April 2, 1868 Page 2, Column 1 Death of Dr. C.H. Dabbs. The usual Sabbath morning quiet of Monroe was rudely shocked last Sunday by the unexpected announcement of the death, sometime the night previous, of Dr. CHRISTOPHER H. DABBS, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed of our citizens. He had been ill, but not seriously, on Saturday, and was attended by Drs. Calderwood, junior and senior, and by Dr. Strother, complaining of pain, something like neuralgia or rheumatism, in the stomach. About 11 oclock at night he dismissed his physician, and directed his servant to go to bed, saying he felt much better. Alas! How uncertain is life. The servant obeyed his masters directions and fell very soon to sleep, not awaking until daylight, when he arose and approached the Doctors bedside to find that the immortal part of the good old man had winged its flight away from its clayey tenement to the God who gave it. His arms were folded across his breast; his noble features were perfectly composed, and there was every appearance that death came indeed like a thief in the night and announced the final dissolution of soul and body in the midst of a deep and gentle slumber. The funeral ceremonies took place on Monday under the direction of the Masonic Fraternity, of which Dr. Dabbs was an exemplary member. The cortege which followed his remains to the cemetery was one of the largest, and perhaps the most sorrowful ever gathered together in Monroe. The burial service was both touching and impressive, being participated in by at least fifty of the fraternity. It was well and truly said by the Rev. Mr. Lawson, in his remarks at the grave, that the lamented deceased was unique in his own character, and that he was not cast in the ordinary mould of men. He was of massive structure physically, but mentally his organization was fashioned with extreme delicacy and vigor. He was a sympathizing and generous friend; a prudent and safe counselor; a magnanimous opponent; a good and worthy citizen; a patient sufferer, (and who can tell what his trials were?) And withal a type of true nobility. He will be missed and mourned by hundreds of devoted friends. Dr. Dabbs was 62 years of age, and was a native, we believe, of Tennessee, but removed to Louisiana about the year 1835. Nearly ever since that time he has resided in Monroe, where he attained great celebrity as a physician and had amassed before the war a handsome estate, nearly all of which was swept away or rendered valueless by the struggle between the sections. He never held any very prominent public position, but exorted a wide political influence in behalf of the principles he espoused. He was a capital wit, the life and soul of every crowd in which he moved. His life was full of incident, making an inexhaustible fund of humor and absorbing story, upon which he often drew, always with charming effect upon his companions. We could dwell at length on this trait of his character, but we would fain abandon a theme so full of individual sorrow, and regret, dropping a tear to the memory of our departed friend as one whose like we fear we shall never see. NOTES: Below Dr. Dabbs obituary, there is a resolution of respect given by the members of the medical profession of Ouachita Parish. A Resolution of Respect from the Masons is published in the Ouachita Telegraph, April 15, 1868 edition, page 3, Column 1. The Ouachita Telegraph April 15, 1868 Page 3, Column 1 OBITUARY. Monroe R.A. CHAPUER (Sic), No. 18. WHEREAS, It has pleased God to remove from our midst our esteemed companion GEORGE ESSICK, who departed this life on the 18th of March, 1868: Resolved, 1st, That we cherish the memory of our departed companion with Fraternal emotion; and that we deeply sympathize with the bereaved widow and family of the deceased, and that in evidence of our Fraternal regard we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, 2nd. That the secretary be instructed to present a copy of these reolutious (sic) to the widow of the deceased, that they be spread upon our record, and that the news papers in Monroe be requested to publish the same. Resolved, 3rd. That a page of our record book be draped in mourning and inscribed to the memory of our deceased companion. By order of the Chapter. J.A. McGUIRE Sect. Monroe, La. April 11th, 1868
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