DEATH OP DUPOUB 41 



John James Dufour'a wife died, in Switzerland, 

 in 1-l':;. The half of her estate, which, by the laws 

 of that country, fell to her son, David Vincent, was 

 transferred to the father in exchange for the lata 

 property, whirl, consisted of personal property, a 

 town lot, 29 acres in one parcel and 605 acres in 

 another in Vevay and neighborhood, and a half right, 

 in partnership with John Francis Dnfour, of keeping 

 ;l * err S across the Ohio River. It is evident that 

 John James Dnfour intended to return to Switzerland 

 to pass his declining years, bnl he was overtaken 

 before the purpose was accomplished, and his tomb 

 was made in Indiana. The remains were firsl in- 

 terred at Florence, Indiana, bul were later removed 

 to the family fiinn lot seven miles above Vevay; 

 and here the wanderer may to this day read the in- 

 scription on the tombstone: 



I ! • re 

 It deposited the remains of John Jamea Dnfour, 

 A oative of the Canton of Vand, Switzerland, 

 Who departed this life 

 lary 9th, 1827, 

 fed 64 y. : 

 Remember man as you pass by 

 Thai as yon are now bo once \\:i- [• 

 Bnl as I am soon yon must be; 

 ire for death and follow me. 



Dnfour musl haw been pi d of unusual intel- 

 ligence, forethought and perseverance. Be was a 

 pioneer, and he gave his life to prove that the wine 

 grape cannol be grown in eastern North America. 

 <,, " a' ""■ ruin of his hopes there had sprung, even 

 before his death, the branch of promise, bul he had 

 "-•I fullj perceived it- worth. It needed another oasl 



