Beaudry, Louis Napoleon

Methodist; b. of Roman-Catholic French-Canadian parentage, at High gate, Franklin County, Vt., Aug. 11, 1833; entered Troy Conference, 1856; studied in Troy University, but left before graduation, and became chaplain of the 5th regiment of cavalry, N.Y.S.V., Jan. 31, 1863; was in nearly one hundred engagements; in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., during summer of 1863; and honorably discharged from the service, July 19, 1865. Since 1876 he has been a member of the Montreal Conference, and is now superintendent (presiding elder) of the French District of the conference, and profe or of theology in French in the Wesley an Theological College, Montreal. He was 25 converted from Romanism through the influence of Rev. Joseph Cook, his cla mate a:id room-mate at Keesville, N.Y., 1852-54. He has written, Army and Prison Experiences with the Fifth New -York Cavalry, Albany, 1865, 4th ed. 1874; Spiritual Struggles of a Roman Catholic, New York, 1875 (6th Canadian ed., Toronto, 1883; French trans., Montreal, 18S2; Spanish trans., Mexico, 1884).