James Jeffrey Roche (1847-1908) - Find a Grave Memorial

James Jeffrey Roche

Birth

31 May 1847

Mountmellick, County Laois, Ireland

Death

3 Apr 1908 (aged 60)

Bern, Switzerland

Burial

Holyhood Cemetery

Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map

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Irish-American Diplomat, Poet, Author, Journalist, and editor of the Boston "Pilot", the oldest and largest Catholic journal in America. He attended St. Dunstan's College and moved to Boston in 1866. He published poetry and other literary works, including a biography of John Boyle O'Reilly. He served as United States Consul in Italy and Switzerland.

Inscription

BENEATH THIS STONE RESTS
ALL THAT IS MORTAL
OF
JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE
BORN IN MOUNTMELLICK, IRELAND, 31, MAY 1847.
DIED IN BERNE, SWITZERLAND 3, APRIL, 1908.
AS AMERICAN CONSUL
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A WRITER. - HE GAVE FREELY OF
HIS GENIUS TO HUMANITY, THAT THE STRONG
MIGHT BE RESTAINED, THE WEAK STRENGTHENED,
AND RIGHT MIGHT REIGN; A POET, - PATRIOTISM,
HEROISM AND JUSTICE WERE THE BURDEN OF
HIS SONG; AN AUTHOR, - HIS KINDLY WIT AND
GENTLE SATIRE WERE TURNED ON FOLLY AND
HYPOCRISY; AN EDITOR, - HIS PEN FOUGHT
STOUTLY FOR THE OPPRESSED AND
PERSECUTED OF ALL RACES AND CREEDS;
A MAN, - HE NEVER SURRENDERED HIS
PRINCIPALS TO TEMPTATION, KEEPING
CONSCIENCE CLEAN AND SOUL FREE.
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THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS WHO
LOVED AND ADMIRED HIM IN LIFE AND MOURN
AND HONOR HIM IN DEATH.
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MAY HE REST IN REACE: