This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Longlois Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1772 Message Board Post: Lafayette Daily Journal Wednesday, October 18, 1871 THE LATE PETER LONGLOIS Peter Longlois, who died day before yesterday, was born on the farm on which he died, which was part of an Indian reservation. At the time of his death he was upwards of seventy years of age. He had no means of determining his exact age, but at the Battle of Tippecanoe he was old enough to be present and to be entrusted with the management of a horse. At about his twenty-first year, he experienced religion, and was baptized by Elder Isaac McCoy, then a missionary among the Indians, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Soon after his union with the church he entered Hamilton, now Madison University, New York, where he spent two years in study. At the close of his academic course he received from his Professors testimonials of a high character to his diligence and progress in study, and to his consistent piety. It was the hope of his brethren that he would give his life to the Christian ministry, but for some reason that hope was not realized. A large and valuable landed estate fell! into his hands, the care of which took up all his time and thought. But the early literary advantages, which he enjoyed, had a marked influence upon his life. He was always well informed in reference to the important events of the day, and always conversed with interest and with discrimination in reference to any movement then in progress. Mr. Longlois was thrice married. A widow and four children survive him. His last illness was long, extending through several years. In its severity it sometimes deprived him of self-control. For the moment his patience gave way, but never without regret afterwards. He maintained his hope of a blessed immortality, through the great atoning sacrifice, unshaken to the end. In the absence of the pastor of the Baptist church, his funeral will be attended today at 2 o'clock p.m. at his late residence by Dr. _?_ and Bailey.