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REV. WILLIAM PORCHER DU BOSE, S. T. D., professor of ethics in the academic department and of exegesis in the theological department of the University of the South, was born April 11, 1836, in Winnsboro, S. C., being of Huguenot descent on both sides. He was graduated from the Military Academy of South Carolina in 1855, and received the degree of M. A. from the University of Virginia in 1859. He then entered upon the study for the ministry. In 1864 he entered the Confederate Army and served as adjutant until 1864, when he was ordained and appointed chaplain of Kershaw’s Brigade, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. He was then successively rector of the churches of Winnsboro and Abbeville, S. C., and, in 1871 was elected chaplain and professor in the University of the South at Sewanee. He resigned the chaplaincy in 1883, but has filled the chair of professor ever since coming to Sewanee, being one of the ablest and most devoted members of the faculty. He was married, in 1863, to Miss Anne B. Peronneau, who bore him four children, of whom three are living—Susan P., Mary P. and William H. The mother of these children died in 1873, and Dr. Du Bose was then married to Mrs. Maria L. Yerger, nee Rucks, daughter of Judge Rucks, of Nashville. Dr. Du Bose received the degree of S. T. D. from the Columbia College of New York.