Jerome C Bres Jr (abt. 1855 - 1884)

Born about 1855 in Ouachita, Louisiana, United States

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Died 20 Aug 1884 at about age 29 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

On Wednesday Evening, August 20th, 1884, at 6:30 o'clock, Father Jerome Bres, aged 29 years, died. The death of this estimable Christian man, has cast a gloom over the entire parish. He had suffered for weeks past with that dread disease known as typhoid-malarial fever, supposed to have been contracted while attending to his church duties and ministering to the wants of the sick.

Father Bres was loved by the members of the Roman Catholic Church because he really was a Father to his parishioners, always ready to attend the wants of the sick and afflicted. Kind and tender hearted - never a man more so.

Father Bres was the son of Jerome Bres and Francis Ann Filhiol (the latter now deceased) and was born and raised up to the age of 15 years in Ouachita Parish, near Monroe, and was a grandson of John Jean Filhiol, who was Spanish Commander at Fort Miro, which was situated where the town of Monroe, Louisiana now stands. Father Bres leaves a father, two brothers, three half sisters and numerous other relatives throughout the state to mourn his loss.

At the age of 15 he expressed a desire to become a priest, having been instructed by the priest then at Monroe, the Rev. L. Gergaud, who lost his life ministering to the wants of the yellow fever sufferers. At 15 years of age Father Bres was sent to St. Charles College, Maryland. He graduated at that college and went from there to the Theological Seminary at Baltimore, and was ordained priest in December, 1881. He returned from Baltimore to Monroe and assisted the priest there who had a disease of the eyes.

At the death of Father Avenard, sixteen months ago, at Alexandria, Father Bres was appointed assistant priest with Father Menard, priest of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church at this place, where he remained until his death last Wednesday.

Father Bres was a splendid speaker with easy delivery, and his sermons were the cause of a great many people attend-ing the Catholic church who were not members. He took a great interest in the temperance cause, and before the local option election in this parish a few months since, spoke in public and by his fearless denunciation of that curse, strong drink, greatly assisted the temperance people in carrying the election.

Though young in years to cross the dark river from which no traveler returns, his friends and relatives have the great consolation of knowing that no man was better prepared for death.

The funeral will take place this morning at 8 o-clock at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Alexandria. According to custom his remains will be buried under the church.

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Burials, Rapides Parish La Submitted by Jane Parker McManus ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ http://usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm
2. ↑ http://usgwarchives.org/la/lafiles.htm

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