The announcement on Saturday that Major Douglas Pope was dying, sent a shock to many hearts in this city. By this most unexpected death a most estimable family has been a second time cruelly bereaved. Major Pope was a brother-in-law of Mr. George P. Bowen, who died on Monday last; and he had been employed by him as a deputy in the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court. An unusually strong attachment existed between the two and it is believed that the disease which terminated so fatally was contracted by Major Pope while tenderly nursing his brother-in-law during his last illness. Each left a widow with three fatherless girls, under ten years old; and Major Pope's mother has thus, within a few short days, been suddenly bereft of the two chief props of her declining years. Besides his widow and children, and his mother, he leaves two sisters and two brothers to mourn his loss.
Douglas Pope was born in Alton, Illinois, July 29, 1841. His father, Wm. Pope, Esq., was for many years Clerk of the United States District Court in Springfield, his grandfather, Hon. John Pope, having been the first Judge of that Court. Douglas Pope was also a nephew of Maj. Gen. John Pope, of the regular army, and a son-in-law of Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley, of St. Paul, Minn. At the breaking out of the rebellion he left the general office of the North Missouri Railroad, at St. Louis, and was appointed Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of his uncle, Maj. Gen. John Pope. He served with the Army of North Virginia, and acquitted himself with great gallantry at the disastrous battle of the Second Bull Run.
During the war Major Pope served with distinction as Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of Maj. Gen. Pope, Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley and Maj. Gen W. S. Hancock, retiring with the rank of Captain and brevet Major. After the close of the war, he was appointed First Lieutenant in the 13th Infantry, serving several years, and being stationed successively at St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis, Mo., Leavenworth, Kansas, Camp Douglas, Salt Lake City, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
His character was genial and affectionate, his temper even, his humor droll and attractive. He had a faculty peculiarly his own of inspiring in those with whom he was intimate a warmth of feeling toward himself, and the friendships made by him were of an enduring nature. A favorite son and brother, kind in all his words and ways, hospitable, generous and manly, his unexpected taking off creates a void in many hearts which no other can fill.
The death of Major Pope seems all the more untimely from the fact that he was to have been appointed Clerk in the United States District Court, in the office of which he served as deputy the past five years. The funeral will take place from St. Paul's Episcopal Church this afternoon. --IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-9-1880
Douglas Pope was born in Alton, Illinois, July 29, 1841. His father, Wm. Pope, Esq., was for many years Clerk of the United States District Court in Springfield, his grandfather, Hon. John Pope, having been the first Judge of that Court. Douglas Pope was also a nephew of Maj. Gen. John Pope, of the regular army, and a son-in-law of Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley, of St. Paul, Minn. At the breaking out of the rebellion he left the general office of the North Missouri Railroad, at St. Louis, and was appointed Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of his uncle, Maj. Gen. John Pope. He served with the Army of North Virginia, and acquitted himself with great gallantry at the disastrous battle of the Second Bull Run.
During the war Major Pope served with distinction as Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of Maj. Gen. Pope, Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley and Maj. Gen W. S. Hancock, retiring with the rank of Captain and brevet Major. After the close of the war, he was appointed First Lieutenant in the 13th Infantry, serving several years, and being stationed successively at St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis, Mo., Leavenworth, Kansas, Camp Douglas, Salt Lake City, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
His character was genial and affectionate, his temper even, his humor droll and attractive. He had a faculty peculiarly his own of inspiring in those with whom he was intimate a warmth of feeling toward himself, and the friendships made by him were of an enduring nature. A favorite son and brother, kind in all his words and ways, hospitable, generous and manly, his unexpected taking off creates a void in many hearts which no other can fill.
The death of Major Pope seems all the more untimely from the fact that he was to have been appointed Clerk in the United States District Court, in the office of which he served as deputy the past five years. The funeral will take place from St. Paul's Episcopal Church this afternoon. --IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-9-1880
The announcement on Saturday that Major Douglas Pope was dying, sent a shock to many hearts in this city. By this most unexpected death a most estimable family has been a second time cruelly bereaved. Major Pope was a brother-in-law of Mr. George P. Bowen, who died on Monday last; and he had been employed by him as a deputy in the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court. An unusually strong attachment existed between the two and it is believed that the disease which terminated so fatally was contracted by Major Pope while tenderly nursing his brother-in-law during his last illness. Each left a widow with three fatherless girls, under ten years old; and Major Pope's mother has thus, within a few short days, been suddenly bereft of the two chief props of her declining years. Besides his widow and children, and his mother, he leaves two sisters and two brothers to mourn his loss.
Douglas Pope was born in Alton, Illinois, July 29, 1841. His father, Wm. Pope, Esq., was for many years Clerk of the United States District Court in Springfield, his grandfather, Hon. John Pope, having been the first Judge of that Court. Douglas Pope was also a nephew of Maj. Gen. John Pope, of the regular army, and a son-in-law of Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley, of St. Paul, Minn. At the breaking out of the rebellion he left the general office of the North Missouri Railroad, at St. Louis, and was appointed Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of his uncle, Maj. Gen. John Pope. He served with the Army of North Virginia, and acquitted himself with great gallantry at the disastrous battle of the Second Bull Run.
During the war Major Pope served with distinction as Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of Maj. Gen. Pope, Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley and Maj. Gen W. S. Hancock, retiring with the rank of Captain and brevet Major. After the close of the war, he was appointed First Lieutenant in the 13th Infantry, serving several years, and being stationed successively at St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis, Mo., Leavenworth, Kansas, Camp Douglas, Salt Lake City, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
His character was genial and affectionate, his temper even, his humor droll and attractive. He had a faculty peculiarly his own of inspiring in those with whom he was intimate a warmth of feeling toward himself, and the friendships made by him were of an enduring nature. A favorite son and brother, kind in all his words and ways, hospitable, generous and manly, his unexpected taking off creates a void in many hearts which no other can fill.
The death of Major Pope seems all the more untimely from the fact that he was to have been appointed Clerk in the United States District Court, in the office of which he served as deputy the past five years. The funeral will take place from St. Paul's Episcopal Church this afternoon. --IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-9-1880
Douglas Pope was born in Alton, Illinois, July 29, 1841. His father, Wm. Pope, Esq., was for many years Clerk of the United States District Court in Springfield, his grandfather, Hon. John Pope, having been the first Judge of that Court. Douglas Pope was also a nephew of Maj. Gen. John Pope, of the regular army, and a son-in-law of Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley, of St. Paul, Minn. At the breaking out of the rebellion he left the general office of the North Missouri Railroad, at St. Louis, and was appointed Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of his uncle, Maj. Gen. John Pope. He served with the Army of North Virginia, and acquitted himself with great gallantry at the disastrous battle of the Second Bull Run.
During the war Major Pope served with distinction as Captain and A.D.C. on the staff of Maj. Gen. Pope, Maj. Gen. H. H. Sibley and Maj. Gen W. S. Hancock, retiring with the rank of Captain and brevet Major. After the close of the war, he was appointed First Lieutenant in the 13th Infantry, serving several years, and being stationed successively at St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis, Mo., Leavenworth, Kansas, Camp Douglas, Salt Lake City, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
His character was genial and affectionate, his temper even, his humor droll and attractive. He had a faculty peculiarly his own of inspiring in those with whom he was intimate a warmth of feeling toward himself, and the friendships made by him were of an enduring nature. A favorite son and brother, kind in all his words and ways, hospitable, generous and manly, his unexpected taking off creates a void in many hearts which no other can fill.
The death of Major Pope seems all the more untimely from the fact that he was to have been appointed Clerk in the United States District Court, in the office of which he served as deputy the past five years. The funeral will take place from St. Paul's Episcopal Church this afternoon. --IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 2-9-1880
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