----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 02/16/1888

French, B.F. (1831 - 11 FEB 1888)

Died, in this city (Neillsville, Clark County), Saturday morning, of heart disease, Dr. B.F. French, aged 56 years.

He had been a sufferer for a long time with an infection of the throat, but that had apparently become much better, and it was hoped he would recover his usual health and live for many years. But it was not to be. His life is known to all men, and he was universally respected. With strong opinions of his own and able to sustain them in all places, he was willing to believe that others could honestly differ with him, and were entitled to his respect and friendship, although not subscribing to his ideas of policy or right. He has built his monument to Clark County and it is one that will endure as long as the county endures. Fulsome praises and mere high sounding words in an obituary notice are useless means to keep his memory green in the hearts of those who knew him best. His life work is over its trials and its greatness are well known to all. As a good citizen he lived, and in death he is gathered to his fathers, honored and mourned by all. He leaves a wife and six children to grieve over the loss of the husband and father. May they be comforted in the hope of one day meeting him in a better, brighter land.