MARKSVILLE BULLETIN NEWSPAPER Jan. 4,
1879---July 9, 1887 Obits
(Transcribed by Ellen Dauzat)
Jan. 11, 1879 p. 4
Frozen to Death--- Last Thursday morning Resaire McCarthy was found
frozen to death about one hundred yards on this side of Mansura. It appears
that he had been drinking pretty freely at a grog shop in Mansura the previous
evening and on his way home was thrown by his horse. Several citizens of
Mansura heard his cries but believing it to be the boys did not pay any
attention to them. Resaire was a good hearted and serviceable colored man and
we truly deplore his untimely and horrible death.
An inquest was held over his body by Coroner Clayton.
Jan. 25, 1879 p. 2
Major Jon H. New of New Orleans, died in that city on the 19th
inst. Major New was one of the most distinguished members of the city bar and a
profound scholar. Louisiana deeply deplore the death
of such citizens.
March 15, 1879 p. 3
On Tuesday last, early in the morning, Mr. Martin Mayeux, a young man
living in Moreauville, in this parish, accidentally shot himself in the
abdomen. It appears that he was hauling firewood and carried a gun in which
becoming tiresome he tried to push under the wood. In attempting to do so one
of the barrels went off and the discharge lodged in the abdomen, killing him
almost instantly. The deceased was nineteen years of age, of very good family,
industrious and beloved by all his neighbors.
March 15, 1879 p. 3
On the morning of the 11th inst., Mr. Martin Mayeux accidentally shot and killed
himself, at the residence of his father-in-law Mr. M. M. Dufour, Moreauville,
at the age of nineteen years.
It is painful to announce the death of one so
mild and kind as was our young friend Martin. He was beloved by all of his
school mates and we were always when meeting him greeted by a bright smile, and
we cannot but regret him, and in our young hearts will ever be kept a place for
the memory of Martin.
We extend our sympathies to his bereaved family, praying that his soul
be received in God’s sanctuary.
H. P. C.
April 5, 1879 p. 3
An unfortunate difficulty occurred in this town in the afternoon of
Wednesday last between Messrs. L. J. Ducote and Arthur M. Firmint, in which the
latter was shot and killed. We forbear any comments,
not wishing to influence public opinion.
April 5, 1879 p. 3
It is with deep regret that we chronicle the death of an old and
honorable citizen of this parish—Capt. Downing Glasscock. A resident of this
parish for the past forty- five years, and the head of an influential family of
this parish, his death has cast a deep sorrow over
many hearts. We tender our sympathies to those who feel the great affliction of
so great a loss to them.
Died—At his residence, in Cottonport on Sunday
the 30th. Inst. Downing Glasscock, aged 70 years and 3 months.
On Wedenesday the 2nd inst., at his mother’s residence, in
this town, Arthur Michel Firmint, age 19 years and 5 months.
April 19, 1879 p. 3
We were pained to learn of the death of Mrs. J. J. Normand, which
occurred on Wednesday last. Her funeral took place on Thursday and was very
largely attended. The deceased was the sister of our accomplished Deputy Clerk,
Mr. L. V. Gremillion.
May 3, 1879 p. 3
Died—On the 30th
ult., George Billington, aged 27 years.
While in the prime of life and engaged in his daily occupations he was
struck down by the falling of a steam boiler upon him at Barbresh Plantation.
The death of a mode citizen is at all times a great grief and loss to
family, friends, neighbors, and the community in which he lived, but for such
anyone in the peaceful pursuits of life to be struck down, suddenly without
warning--- at one moment full of life, youth, health and hope, the next
mortality stricken—sends a shock of horror and of grief into every breath.
Mr. Billington was born and reared and lived all his life in this
community, where he was loved and respected by all for his truthfulness and
integrity of character, the exemplary and even tenor of his life, his industry
and usefulness. Brought up as a mechanical engineer there was little in the
related branches that he could not do or tell how to be done, and he was in his
calling probably more useful to more people than fell to the share of any other
person of any calling in the parish.
Absolutely temperate in all things, woefall of his time and devoting all
of it to some useful and good end, living as if convinced that our lives are in
God’s hand: the use we make of them, in our own upright, frank, industrious,
modest and amiable. He was a model for imitation in his habits and his life.
His death makes a void in the family circle, in which he was an idol, as
heart rending as it is irreparable, and to friends and the community, one,
which cannot be filled.
S.
May 17, 1879 p. 1
We are pained to learn of the death of a child of our friend S. R. Cocks
Esq. Of Big Bend.
May 31, 1879 p. 3
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Mr. Thomas P.
Frith, which occurred at his home, in Evergreen, on the morning of Wednesday
last. He bore his long and painful illness with Christian fortitude and manly
courage. The loss to this parish by the demise of such a man is great and
irreparable, and in our next issue we will in an appropriate way, and in
fitting terms pay our last homage to the regretted dead. And in the meantime we
extend to the bereaved our sincere condolence.
June 21, 1879 p. 3
On the 14th day of June at Simmesport, La.,
Mr. J. E. and Mrs. A. Trudeau’s darling little George. Aged three years.
Dear Parents, do not weep, for he has gone to God. He closed his eyes
peacefully, sweetly on father, mother, only to open
them in realms above. Yes, he wore a smile in death’s cold embrace. Thus
another harp has been added to Heaven’s choir, another bright cherub, to
Heaven’s host. It was the good fortune of the writer soon after coming to
Simmesport to become acquainted, and attached to little George. And to be
suddenly taken from us this, depriving me of the privilege of singing and
playing for him, causes my heart to heave with deep emotion, for not to love
him, with me twas impossible. He has gone! Dear little George may we meet, and
again sing for you on that bright, and beautiful Shore. Farewell.
I.
S.
Aug. 30, 1879 p. 3
We are pained to learn the death of Mrs. Alice Owen, wife of Dr. C. D.
Owen. Mrs. Owen was the daughter of the late Dr. W. H. Winn, and was a lady
much beloved and esteemed in the community in which she lived. We tender our
condolence to the family of the deceased lady.
Sept. 27, 1879 p. 3
Lucien D. Coco
It was our mournful duty to carry to the grave on last Monday the
remains of our aged friend whose name heads this feeble tribute. The oldest of a large, influential and wealthy
family of this parish and having lived continuously in our midst, he was known
to everyone. Eldest son of a noble father, who transmitted to him those correct
habits of life, that purity of mind and that courageous devotion to strictly
honest habits it is no wonder that his career has been
one of rapid success. Frugal, temperate, energetic he amassed a large fortune
which he handled judiciously. The cold exterior of Lucien D. Coco was not a
correct reflex of his warm heart, and his death will disclose that his acts of
assistance and charity were numerous. We knew him well; we liked him; he was
our friend. Twelve years ago when we were but a boy he befriended us, and we
say it with pride we retained his friendship to the day of his death.
I his death a happy and peaceful home is made
desolate. A widow and six orphaned children will weep over the wound that
contains that which was dearest to them, and memory must fill the void created
by his demise. He has lived a life of purity, industry and economy and he has
died the death of a good man. The living should not regret the dead; tears may
assuage the pangs of the bleeding heart, yet we must remember that in Christ is
our faith and in prayer our sweet consolation.
We extend t the bereaved our sincere condolence.
Oct. 4, 1879 p. 1
Died---
On Tuesday, 23rd September A. D.
1879, at his residence on False River, in this Parish, after a brief
illness Saint James Joffrion aged 65 years.
The deceased was the head of one of our oldest Creole families and was
the father of our well known citizens, Ernest, Oscar and Emile Joffrion and of
Mrs. L. B. Watkins, Miss B. Joffrion and an infant son, and he was the brother
of P. Joffrion, Esq. The funeral ceremonies took place at the church of
Immaculate Conception (Chenal) in the grave yard of which is the family burial
place. A tender parent, a loving husband, a true friend and an upright man,
Saint James Joffrion was consigned to his last resting place amid the tears of
many dear relatives and friends in whose hearts his memory.
“Requiescat in Pace.”
Pointe
Coupee Pelican.
Feb. 21, 1880 p. 3
Died—At the
residence of Fielding Edward, on Red River, on last Saturday at 3 o’clock P.
M., William Sloat, aged 63 years.
Died—At the residence of her son-in-law
Moise Ducote Esq. On Thursday, January 29, 1880 Octavine Scallan, aged 67
years, relict of Azenor Lemoine and mother of that excellent citizen our valued
and esteemed friend Zenon Lemoine of Cottonport. Through many long years of
suffering, borne with Christian fortitude and resignation this excellent lady
has at last gone forth upon that journey from whence no traveler returns. May
the walks of eternity prove easy to her is the ardent wish and hope of those
who knew her well and best. To her bereaved son and her many connections and
friends we extend our sincere condolence.
B.
March 6, 1880 p. 2
C. E. Frith
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Mr. C. E. Frith,
which said event occurred in the town of Alexandria while on a professional
visit. When the intelligence of the
death of our young friend reached this place a general gloom settled over our
community, for the deceased was universally liked and his position in society and
at the Bar made him a prominent and talented citizen of this Parish.
Barely twenty -eight years of age death came at a period in life when
the future should be big with hope and aspirations. Thoroughly educated, an
accomplished lawyer and a polished gentleman, he was the idol of his family and
the pride of his friends. Married to an estimable lady a few years ago, he
leaves a widow and three children. These will mourn the untimely death of
husband and father, and we know how bitter and scalding the tears that well up
and flow from the hearts torn into shreds by visitations so desolate and
painful. Humanity would be untrue if over the mound beneath which reposed the
body of the beloved Edward there did not flow the tears of anguish from eyes
that delighted to gaze upon his proud and manly form. In tears there is relief
for anguish and in religion we find the consolation denied us elsewhere. Aged
mother, devoted wife, beloved brother and sisters and orphaned children let
your tears flow without restraint for those who weep are those who feel, and
pray permit a friend who was attached to him in life and who honors his memory,
to join in dropping the tear of deep affection over the new made grave.
L.
Sept. 25, 1880 p. 3
It is with regret that we this week chronicle the death of Mr. Emile J.
Bordelon, who departed this life on Monday evening last, aged 51 years. The
deceased was well and exusively known, the head of a large family, a good
citizen and a sincere patriot. He had been in failing health for several months
and his death was not unlooked for. Peace to his ashes.
Nov. 27, 1880 p. 3
The widow of the late Jeff Posey, who lost his life on the Bonnie Lee,
of which he was clerk, entered suit against Captains Noah Scovell and C. S.
Kouns for $25,000 damages.
Dec. 4, 1880 p.2
Editor Bulletin: Was murdered on the highway within a mile of
Marksville, on the 26th ult, William Pearson.
He was industrious, sober, peaceable and of a quiet disposition and
character. He was very much beloved by his kindred to whom he was very much
attached and ever ready to lend a helping hand. He had by his industry and
thrift accumulated a sufficiency for independence and was very much esteemed by
his own people as well as the whites.
He lost his life through fidelity to the
trust confided to him by his employer and friend. Though otherwise out of place
here, justice to our community requires it to be stated that his murderers were
not of us; one from Texas and the other is stated to be a fugitive from justice
of Mississippi.
S.
Dec. 4, 1880 p. 3
It is with sincere regret that we hear of the death of the estimable
wife of our good friend and relative George H. Iriou Esq. Which sad event
occurred on Tuesday last. The deceased was a daughter of our venerable friend
J. Horace Marshall and had been married to Mr. Iriou for several years. She
leaves husband, three children, a large family and a host of friends to deplore
her loss and weep over her grave.
Dec. 18, 1880 p. 3
Died----At Bordelonville, on the 2nd
inst., Faustin Bordelon, aged 62 years and 11 months. The deceased was well and
widely known in this parish; was the head of a large and influential family and
in his death the community sustains a severe loss. His life was pure and
irreproachable. His many virtues stood forth in bold relief and the general
respect accorded him by the community in which he lived for so many years is
testimonial sufficient that he was honored by the people, beloved by his
acquaintances and almost idolized by his family. When the icy finger of death
is imprinted upon the human forehead, consoled must be the man who lays himself
down to final rest satisfied that his life has been long and honorable,
uninterrupted by aught that could hurt conseience nor bring to the check the
blush of shame. Such was the life led by Faustin Bordelon, and the writer
knowing him for many years can well attest that he was a good man, a devoted
Christian, a sincere friend and a loving husband and father. Peace to his
ashes. L.
Died—On
Tuesday, Nov. 9th 1880, at the residence of Dr. Butler, in the town
of Natchitoches, Mrs. B. J. Moore, consort of the lat ex-Governor, Thomas O.
Moore, of Alexandria, parish of Rapides.
A happy and peaceful home is made desolate; gloomy shadows are gathered
a round the hearth which only a short while since was cheered and brightened by
the loving presence of a mother or pained children are weeping over the grave
which contains the perishable remains of what was most dear to them; society is
bereft of one of her most honored and regal queens; Louisiana mourns the loss
of one of her true patriots; and an old and wealthy family becomes extinct—Mrs.
B. J. Moore, was the last of the Leonards.
Her sterling qualities, rare, mental endowments and unostentations
manners long ago won our admiration, and we can not on this
occasion refrain from offering a
loving tribute to the memory of the whom to us was bound by the closest ties of
consauguinity, and who proved herself always our true friend and well wisher—we
shall ever remember her with respect, gratitude and affection.
High toned, cultivated and refined, she sustained all the relations of
life with dignity and honor, and her noble heart was sever the shrine of those
transcendent virtues which should ever adorn the Christian matron—she was a
faithful wife, a tender parent and a sincere friend. Dissimulation held no sway
in her frank and loyal nature, and the duties of her position were discharged
with scrupulous integrity. The habits of her life were correct—her earthly
career pure; she leaves a bright record and an unsullied reputation, which is
the most priceless legacy that a fond parent can bequeath its children—a
monument which will long survive the sculptured marble which affection’s hand
will rear above the dewy sod that marks her place of rest.
The cold exterior of the gifted Mrs. B. J. Moore,
was not a correct reflex of her warm and generous heart—the few select friends
who were honored with her confidence and intimacy, and who enjoyed her
boundless hospitalities, best know and most keep appreciated the intrinsie
value of the treasures which lay hidden beneath a frozen surface! Her kindly
act scattered blessings in many poverty stricken homes, and her benefactions
invoked the telling prayers of the widow and the orphan. May she reap the
reward of her beniticence!
Those cruel bereavements which shattered all of her earthly hopes,
bereft her home of its fairest attractions, and made ruins of her happiness, were
borne with fortitude and patient resignation; and although not a professed Christian, was nearer God and heaven than many whose lips
proclaim their faith, and whose actions deny the teachings of Christ.
May the crown of a blissful eternity be
conferred upon her immortal soul! She died within the folds of the Roma
Catholic Church, and on her death bed, received the last sacraments and all the
consolations of religion; she was buried according to the rites of that Church,
of which she had but recently become a member. On a beautiful knoll in the
Cemetery at Pineville, she sleeps by the side of her late gallant husband and
children, who some years since preceded her to the land of shadows. May roses,
violets and chrysantemums sweetly bloom around her grave! May immortelles here
offer their undying chaplets! May the queen of the Southern forest—the stately
Magnolia, with its graceful foliage of fadeless green, and its snowy chalice
like blossoms, to this sacred deposit bring tokens of remembrance, and around the
tomb exhale their most bewitching fragrance. Their beautiful emblem “I change
but in death,” is a typical of that brave and loyal heart which lies buried
beneath their evergreen shade and may the drooping branches of the weeping
willow tenderly embrace the consecrated spot where rest the mortal remains of
our dear and lamented, R. J. Moore! S. L. C.
Dec. 25, 1880 p. 4
Dead---Last Wednesday, the 22nd inst., Mr. James Satterfield
breathed his last in our parish prison. He had but a week ago been tried and
convicted of murder, and before the sentence of the Court had been pronounced
upon him he has been called to another and higher Tribunal, where the “good are
rewarded and the bad are punished.” Mr. Satterfield was 90 years old and a native
of North Carolina. He had for many years been a resident of this parish.
Jan. 22, 1881 p. 2
Obituary
Died----Evergreen, on Friday the 14th inst., Rose Marshall,
consort of Charles Irion,
aged----years.
A sad duty falls upon us this week, that
of chronicling the death of this estimable lady. But two months ago her sister,
Mrs. George Irion, was laid in the tomb, and today she, who stood vigil at the
bedside of a dying sister, is also transformed into the pallid cerements of the
grave. This, another bereavement is added to the family whose tears were not
yet dry. Of a disposition so kind and loving, Mrs. Charles Irion had won a
circle of friends who mourn today wit her disconsolate husband, her aged father
and mother bowed down with grief, her sisters, brothers and relatives the loss
which has made a wound which time can never heal. Unassuming and modest in
manners none knew her but to love her. Like her sister, Mrs. Charles Irion,
leaves four children too young, Alas! To ever know the bright and noble
qualities of their sainted mother who now sleep in Jesus. Well may we say,
“Death loves a shining mark.” To the bereaved and
disconsolate we offer our condolence.
Feb. 5, 1881 p. 3
Homicide—On last Wednesday evening a very
unfortunate affair occurred at the
store of Mr. Edward Coco, at Hamburg, this parish. The clerk Mr. Bruce Denson
was killed by Mr. L. Fisher with a mallet, without any grave cause, we have
been told. In our next issue we will be able t give the particulars.
Obituary Feb. 5, 1881 p. 3
Departed this life on Friday night, the 14th
inst., Mrs. Rosa Irion, wife, off our friend and brother, Mrs. Charles Irion,
and daughter of our esteemed fellow townsman, Mr. J. Horace Marshall.
This is the second very sever affliction which has befallen the same circle of
loved ones. Mrs. Irion was of a meek, gentle, and loving disposition. A devoted Christian, wife and mother. She is greatly missed.
None knew her but to love her. Her death and that of her sister, which occurred
recently, have left two sadly bereaved husbands and several little orphans, two
of them little tender infants. These two Christian sisters, so lovely in
character and useful in their spheres of labor and influence, are safe in the
arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast. May God comfort the hearts that have
so suddenly been deeply grieved, and give them grace to be submissive to his
chastening hand. H. B.
Died—At Evergreen on Thursday the 22nd.
Ult., Mary Myers, sister-in-law of T. Levy, aged 50 yrs. N. O. Papers please
copy.
Evergreen, Jan. 1881
Died—At
Cottonport on the 27th ult., Marie Louise Rabalais, late consort of
Appolinaire Bordelon, aged 69 years. The deceased was an estimable lady, a
meek Christian and beloved by all who knew her. Mother of several children, she
devoted herself to them with that care and close attention characteristic of
the true mother and noble woman. In her death our venerable friend Mr.
Appolinaire Bordelon sustains a severe affliction, for age is fast creeping
upon him and his faithful helpmate preceding him to that “bourne from whence no
traveler returns,” leaves him upon earth desolate and inconsolable. He has our
most sincere condolence.
Feb. 19, 1881 p. 2
Obituary
Again death hath entered the family of
our friend. D. B. Hudson, of Holmesville, and snatched from their midst one of
the brightest Landall—his oldest son. So bright and lively the little boy—so
sudden and rapid the ravages of disease, that even those who had watched him
closely could scarcely realize that Landall was dead. But this, another jewel
is removed from earth to its place in the Heavenly Casket, where together,
three little brothers and a sister are free from human sufferings. A large
circle of friends offer this, their heartfelt sympathy to the difflieted
family.
A Friend.
Feb. 26, 1881 p. 3
Mr. Charles Zimmer and his family have our deepest sympathy in the Florence Minnie, aged 11 years. This sad
event occurred on last Wednesday, after a short illness.
March 12, 1881 p. 3
Obituary
Died---on
Bayou Des Glaise on the evening of the 4th inst., at 8 o’clock,
Sallie E. Griffin, wife of Charlie George, age—years.
She has left us and our hearts are
filled with passionate grief. The dark shadow of death has taken in from our
brightest jewel.
She, who, but a few days ago was so full of life, and health, is gone. A
cloud of impenetrable woe has fallen upon the heart of the devoted husband,
whose idol she had been. And the lisping lavish voices will receive no answer
to their call of “Mama,” for the happy cadence of the sweet voice is forever
hushed.
She has gone to that bourne from whence
no traveler returns.
Her short journey is ended!
Another bright life has been taken from its
frail casket to shine in the brighter light of glory.
Yet, we must not mourn, or murmur, that
we see her here no more, but look toward to the happy reunion in “That sweet bye and bye” where we will meet
to part no more.
We are lonely, oh! So lonely,
And our hearts are filled with pain,
For our brightest light has left us
That will never come again.
The soft dark eyes are closed
In a deep and dreamless rest;
And the weary hands are folded
O’er her still and pulseless breast
But she has only gone before us;
We must stifle back our cries,
And try to meet our loved one,
In
the home beyond the skies.
Jessie.
April 16, 1881 p. 3
Died-----At
the residence of Victor A. Moreau, on the 14th inst., S. D. Edwards,
aged 37 years, 3 months and 4 days, a native of this parish.
April 23, 1881 p. 2
In Memoriam
Died—At the
residence of Mr. V. A. Moreau on the 14th inst., Mr. Stephen E.
Edwards, aged 37 yrs.
One of the most painful duties that an editor has to perform is to
chronicle the death of a dear and true friend. The deceased was a member of a
large and influential family and beloved by all who knew him. Of a disposition
kind and amiable he had made a host of friends who today join his grief
stricken family in dropping the tear of affliction over his mound. Though
transformed into the pallid cerements of the grave his many virtues will never
be forgotten.
To his disconsolate wife, sisters and
brothers we extend our warmest sympathy. Let the bereaved find consolation in
the reflection that the departed relative sleeps in Jesus. May
the sod rest lightly on his ashes.
Long, long, will we miss thee, friend,
Long, long, days for thee we’ll weep,
And through many nights of sorrow
Memory
will
her vigile keep.
April 30, 1881 p. 3
Died—At the
residence of Mr. A. Blanchard, in this town, on Monday the 25th
inst., Mr. Arthur Gorman, aged 22 years, a native of Texas.
He was followed to his grave by a large
concourse of people and the burial ceremony was impressive. Peace to his ashes.
June 18, 1881 p.3
Died—In Marksville, on Sunday, the 12th
inst., John Eutrope, son of Esteban Chavez and Angela Chaze, aged 5 years and 3
months.
The darting of fond parents has thus
passed away and the
hand of afflection is laid upon them. Never have we witnessed
such a heart rending scene as when the coverlid of the coffin closed over the
mortal remains of the little Jean. The bereaved have our deepest sympathy.
June 25, 1881 p. 3
Died—In Marksville on Saturday, the 18th
inst., Mrs. Caroline Gaspard, consort of Mr. A. Frank, aged 55 years, 9 months
and 18 days.
The deceased was greatly beloved in this
community where she resided almost all her life. She was a kind, hospitable and
Christian woman and her many good qualities tend greatly to assuage the loss
which her bereaved family have sustained. To the aged
husband, bowed down with grief, and to her
disconsolate daughters and sons we offer our condolence. Be consoled in the
reflection that the model wife and affectionate mother now calmly sleep’s in
Jesus, free from the troubles of this world.
July 16, 1881 p. 3
Died
Delvallade—In New Orleans on Thursday,
July 7, 1881, Mrs. Ernestine C. Delavalde nee Peuchene, aged 41 years.
Guillot—At the parent’s
residence, Alida, daughter of Azenor Guillot and Josephine Brouillette, aged 7
years.
Stern indeed are the realities of life
but oh! How sweet the consolation afforded in the words of
Christ when he said “suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them
not.”
July 16, 1831 p. 3
Died
On,
Sunday, the 3rd. inst., Alva G. Pearce at his residence in this
parish.
The cruel reaper, Death, has again
invaded a happy home and we are left today the painful duty to record it. “Whom
the Gods love die young,” can in no instance be more applicably said than in
the demise of the friend to whose memory we come to offer this feeble and last
tribute. Alva G. Pearce was young, accomplished and possessed of all the
virtues of a Christian. Always kind, amiable and courteous he had made a host
of friends upon whom death has cruelly inflicted a deep wound. A young wife and
child, an aged mother, sisters and brothers are left behind to cherish his
memory and wear the weed of grief, sorrow and affliction.
His body lies under the stately
magnolias in the cemetery at Evergreen, and the virgin purity of their flowers
is no more emblematic of them than of the soul which has just taken its flight
to its Maker. Among the blessed in the realms Above he
has met the reward which a well spent life on earth was promise.
To the bereaved we offer our condolence.
July
30,1881p.
3
We are grieved to report the death of Mrs. Aldige Mayeux, which occurred
at Borodino, in this parish, on the 24th inst., at the age of twenty
years.
Her sufferings were intense and lasted for five days. Her attending
physicians were compelled to resort to surgical instruments, but to no avail,
and in the greatest agony her soul passed away. She died at that period of life
when the Iris of youth was bending over her in all its loveliness. May she rest
in peace.
Aug. 13,1881 p.
3
Died—In this
town on Thursday, the 11th inst., Lucile Marie, infant daughter of
Albert Goselin and Fideline Bernes, aged 2 yrs. 9 months.
We extend our sympathy to the bereaved
parents in this there hour of affliction. Cruel Death has bereft them of the
pride of their household but there is consolation to them in the reflection
that their little Lucile has joined the angels above where sufferings and troubles
are unknown.
Aug. 27, 1881 p. 3
We were sorry to hear of the death of the estimable wife of Mr. J. S.
Hosea. She was a lady of rare accomplishments and leaves sorrowing relatives
and friends to mourn her demise. The bereaved have our sympathy.
Sept. 3, 1881 p. 2
Last Friday evening, James Clarke, a bridge foreman on the Morgan
railroad, and who was working between Washington and Holmesville, was run over
by a hand car and almost instantly killed. There were it seems several men on
the car and whilst passing through a cattle gap he accidentally fell off and
was run over by the car. The deceased is said to have been from Maine.
Sept. 3, 1881 p. 3
Died—At the
residence of Mr. Homer Armand, at the Junction, this parish, Marie Louise Leandre,
wife of Nicholas Claude, aged 72 yrs., and a native of France.
The deceased had been a resident of this parish for the last 28 yrs.. She was a kind, good and honest Christian and her many
friends will sadly miss her. She leaves an aged husband, who has shared with
her the vicissitudes of a long life, and two children—a daughter and son. We
extend them our condolence.
Died--August
22, 1881, after a painful illness of nine days, Martha J. Hosea, wife of John
S. Hosea of Simmesport.
The subject of this notice was born Dec.
16th A.D. 1833, made a profession of religion and joined the Fair
View Baptist Church, July 1881 was baptized by Rev. L. K. Branch, pastor of
said Church.
Again has death, the busy archer,
invaded the threshold of one of our most respected citizens, and consigned to
mother earth, one of the noblest and most beloved of sisters.
In the death of sister Hosea, the
community has lost an estimable lady, the husband a devoted wife, her children
a kind and affectionate mother and it may truly be said the church has lost a
consistent member.
It was but a few days ago this Sister
stood with us around the sacred altar and joined in the anthems raised to the
great Architect.
Today
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep,
That sleep that know no waking in that
better land beyond the frigid waters of death, where she will join in the
undying anthems and orisona of those purified spirits who dwell forever in the
effulgent light of heaven.
We mingle our sympathies, tender and sincere, with the bereaved
relatives and friends who have met with such an affliction and for a higher and
holier condolence point them to the reward of those that do the commandments of
the Lord that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through
the gates into the city.
There will be no more parting from those
that we love
No more sighing and shedding of tears,
For no discord shall ruffle that
peaceful repose,
That flows through eternity’s years.
D.
Sept. 10, 1881 p. 1
Died.
In Marksville on Wednesday the 7th inst., Amelie Josephine
Mayer, consort of A. D. Derivas aged 29 years and 9 months.
This estimable lady was born in this parish, and she died at an age when
life is inviting and full of promise. Sick for several weeks she bore her
sufferings with fortitude and when Death was fast approaching she was aware of
the fact and in resignation she gave up her soul to her Creator, trusting to
that Divine promise that the good and the pure will sit beside him in the life
eternal.
The loveliest and most tender flowers are the first to wither and to
fall before the blasts of the season; so it is with the beloved wife, the
loving mother, the dutiful daughter and the cherished sister who has gone forth
to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. Wept for by many, regretted by
all, her memory will live green in the minds of those who knew her.
We extend our since sympathies to the bereaved family.
Sept. 17, 1881 p. 1
Obituary
Mrs. Claude departed this life, Sept. 1. Her stay here was a prolonged
one and filled with care and sorrow. She was liked and highly esteemed by all
who knew her. All that is left us now, is to mourn her loss. And we offer up
our deepest heart felt sympathy to her fond husband and children.
“Why do we mourn departing friends
Or shake at death’s alarm!
Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To
call us to his arms.” A Friend.
New Orleans, Sept. 5, 1881
Sept. 24, 1881 p. 3
Fatal Accident—A colored man by the name of Joe Sinagogue Jr., returning
from a hunt, stopped at the store of J. W. Muse & Co. in Holmesville last
Saturday and in letting his gun down the hammer came in contact with the floor
and it discharged, the contents lodged under his chin. There were fifteen buckshot’s which took effect, breaking his neck and nearly
blowing his head off. He was a good man and enjoyed a good reputation
among his race.
Oct. 15, 1881 p. 3
Died—In this
town on Thursday the 13th inst., Daisy Lucie, infant daughter of
James H. and Eugenie Ducote, aged 6 months and 26 days.
Death is remorseless. A tender flower,
the pride of a household, has been cut down, plunging in sorrow and mourning a
heretofore happy family. We extend our condolence to the bereaved. Remember,
grief stricken parents, that
It is her God who loved her who has
called,
And she must go,
Oh, weep not,
she is happier o’er us all
Than we below
She sees an angel pale, she hears a
voice
Bidding her come
Think not of her as dead, but only say
She has gone home.
Oct. 24, 1881 p. 3
Drowned—It is
with great regret that we chronicle the death of one young friend Dallas P.
Snoddy, which occurred on Tuesday last and under very painful circumstances. The
unfortunate young man was on board of one of our packets, destined for one of the sawmills in Rapides parish. It was night and he was
asleep. The boat blew her whistle to effect a landing
and young Snoddy being suddenly aroused and before being thoroughly awakened it
is supposed, must have stepped from the boat into the river. He was an expert
swimmer but fell between the boat and a barge which was towed alongside, and it
is very probable that he must have either been crushed between the crafts, or
else received injuries from the wheel of the boat.
His body was recovered and buried in this town this morning. The
deceased young gentlemen was well liked by our people, was very industrious and
member of a large family. We deeply sympathize with the aged father and family
in their great grief.
Died—Near
Simmesport, La. On Thursday Sept. 15th inst. At 6 a.m. Monetta
Stribling, wife of D. C. Robertson, aged 22 yrs.
To die so young, when life begins its
most cheering years, when hope beats highest for the future, surrounded by
affectionate family ties and the warmest sympathies of friends, to die and lie
in the cold earth, is the greatest of all misfortunes to those who weep her
untimely taking off.
But a few months ago, a loving husband claimed her at the altar, and today she
lies in the cold embrace of death. Cut off in the early bloom of innocent
youth, almost at the very footsteps of life’s happiest fascinations she has
been transplanted to a happier sphere, where sin and sorrow reach not and where
she awaits the coming of the dear ones left on earth. Dear Moneta, daily the
sweet flowers of memory bloom in our hearts for thee; daily our orisons ascend
to Heaven for thy sweet repose, never to be forgotten while we remain cheerless
dwellers upon earth thou hast left fro a brighter and happier home. Father,
mother, sisters and brothers hourly weep for thee, but their tears are not sad,
for thou art only gone to where eternal joy ever reigns, amidst the loved ones
in Heaven. Sweet innocent, thy, life was brief, thy stay on earth short but
long enough to embalm thy memory forever in the hearts of those who knew, loved
and will ever cherish thee.
“Take her to thy arms, oh, Lord,
And let her ever be,
A messenger of love between
Our
human hearts and Thee.”
A
Friend.
Oct. 29, 1881 p. 3
A young man named Morasse, was killed in
Holloway’s Prairie in the beginning of the week. Himself
and a companion were out riding and their horses being at full speed, a limb
protruding from a tree struck the unfortunate young man in the forehead,
severing the cap of the head.
Nov. 5, 1881 p. 2
Old Uncle Josiah Evans, the good old colored man and well know to
everybody in our parish, is no more. He died, from typhoid fever, at his home
on Choupique, on the 29th of October at 11 o’clock a.m. May he rest
in peace.
Nov. 12, 1881 p. 3
Last Tuesday night the home of our friend, Mr. G. H. Couvillion, was
bereft of one of his little darlings, Joseph James Covullion, was two years, 2
months and 27 days old, the pride of a fond father and devoted mother. This it
is the most cherished and loved are always snatched away from us by the cruel
reaper, Death. The decrees of Providence are inscrutable but we must bow in
humble submission to it. Our condolence is tendered the bereaved.
Nov. 19, 1881 p. 3
Died—On Thursday, the 17th
inst., at his home near Marksville, Mr. Francois B. De Bellevue, aged 61 years,
7 months and 21 days.
Another family is again plunged in grief
and sorrow. Another landmark of the past is gone, leaving behind him a large
circle of mourning relatives and friends.
Mr. Francois B. De Bellevue was a good, kind and Christian gentleman. He
was an affectionate father, dutiful husband and a devoted friend. Mr. De
Bellevue had held several public offices in this town and parish and always
fulfilled them creditably to himself and constitnents.
Whether as Tax Collector, Police Juror or Justice of the Peace he was ever the
impartial and justice loving officer.
The aged and grief stricken wife, the dutiful daughters and sons, who
now bedew his grave with their tears are subjects of our deepest sympathy. To
them the writer extends his condolence, invoking them to remember that the
husband and father has gone to a shore where sorrows are unknown.
Nov. 26, 1881 p. 3
Died
Fields—In Marksville, at 8 o’clock p.m.,
on Monday the 21st. inst., Carrie Sophia, the infant daughter of
Theodore T. Fields and Carrie K. Goodwin, aged 4 months and 26 days.
Death has invaded the precincts of a happy home and taken there from its
joy, its treasure.
Early, bright, transient,
Chaste as morning dew,
She sparkled, was exhaled,
And
went to heaven.
But weep not, disconsolate parents. Your
little angel has but answered the summons of God who said, “Suffer little
children to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Though bitte is
the sting and deep the wound it must be borne with Christian fortitude.
Verdier—In Marksville, on Sunday, the 20th
inst., Mrs. Simeon Verdiee, aged 52 years, a native of France.
Monnin—At his residence near Mansura, on
Saturday the 19th
inst., Mr. Alphonse Monnin, aged 37 yrs.
Tholozan—On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1881, at 5
p.m., Eugene Tholozan, aged 65 years.
The deceased was formerly a resident of this parish, where he has a wife
and two children—a son and a daughter. He had been for many years separated
from his family. From the N. O. Times of the 18th
inst.
Dec. 3, 1881 p. 2
We are pained to learn of the death of Dr. J. Haywood Griffin formerly
of this parish, which sad event occurred in Natchitoches parish last week. The
cause of his death is supposed to have been heart disease. He had but a few
years since been admitted to the practice of medicine and had a bright and
prosperous future ahead. But alas, death interfered and the friend of our
younger days has been laid low in the tomb. May the sod rest
lightly on his remains.
Died Nov. 22 at 4 o’clock p.m. of
typhoid fever at her residence near Cottonport, Mary wife of John McCoy Esq. At
the age of 25 yrs. Deceased leaves behind a family of four little children and
a disconsolate husband. We extend to the bereaved family our most heartfelt
sympathy.
Dec. 17, 1881 p. 2
Obituary
Died at Cloutierville, La. On the afternoon of
Nov 21, 1881, of disease of the heart, from which he had long been a suffer Dr.
J. Haywood Griffin in the 27th year of his age, son of Dr. J. F.
Griffin and Sallie R. Griffin.
It is with mingled feelings of pain and pleasure that friendships pen
comes to record the death of this once loving impersonation of all the true
virtues of a yet truer manhood.
The writer of this last little tribute to his sacred memory,
knew him well and intimately and can freely say that the rayless tomb encloses
no purer, gentler or chivalrous form, than that of Dr. Haywood Griffin.
He was perhaps one of the best educated young physicians, in his
profession, in the country and his clear analytical mind by the application to
practice which constant study taught, would beyond doubt have given him in the
near future both tame and fortune. But he is gone and friendships heart yields
slowly and sadly to the melancholy conviction.
Rest thee my dear youthful friend in
they narrow home, oft in the still twilight of evening or the bush of the gray
glimmer of the morn will thy friends repair to thy new grave and drop above it
a tear of friendship and love.
S. O. S.
Dec. 31, 1881 p. 4
Died—Near
Red River, on the 23rd inst, Minnie, infant daughter of L. F.
Johnson and Mary E. Masters, aged 15 months and 6 days.
The darling of her parents was taken at an age when love is most tender
and binding. The crown weaved for Innocence enriches the brow of the angelic
Minnie, and the bereaved should not murmur nor sigh, for twas the voice of God
that spoke and called her away.
Jan. 28, 1882 p. 3
Drowned—Yesterday
whilst Ferdinand Mayeux and his son, aged 12 years, were crossing Spring Bayou,
the latter who was on horseback was thrown from his horse and before his father
could give him any assistance he was drowned.
Feb. 11, 1882
Hester Satterfield, better known under the name of “Old Aunt Hessie”
died last Saturday and was buried on the following day. Aunt Hessie was a good,
kind, Christian colored lady and was held in much esteem by the white people.
She was the children’s great friend and always had for them a little present of
some kind or other. We have known the old lady from boyhood and a more
Christian soul never gave up its life to its Maker than Aunt Hester
Satterfield. May the sod rest lightly on her remains.
Feb. 25, 1882 p. 3
Died
Barbin—At the residence of Mr. A. L.
Barbin, near Marksville, on the morning of Feb. 23rd.,
Miss Clotilde Barbin, at the advanced age of 90 years.
The deceased was followed to her grave
by a large concourse of people. She was one of the oldest residents of this
place and was a model of all that was good, true and pure in heart and mind.
Seldom, if ever, seeking the pleasures of this world, her life was spent in
retirement. Its long journey had been traveled, and its setting sun sank to
rest in the holy calm of a religious twilight, only to rise anew on the
evergreen shore of immortality.
Sad Result Of A
Deer Hunt
A Hunter Accidentally Shot and Killed.
Last Wednesday morning while a party of hunters were
pursuing a deer in the woods bordering on the Par en haut prairie, Mr.
Philogene Mayeux, one of the number, was accidentally shot in the back of the
head. It appears that several persons fired at the fleeing deer and Mr. Mayeux,
being in the line of the shots, received over twelve buck shots in the head
causing a wound of over 2 to 3 inches large. Dr. de Nux was immediately
summoned and has continued his visits ever since, but medical aid can do the
wounded man but little good, as the brains continually ooze out from the ugly
wound. Several fractured bones have been extracted from the head and with all
that, the unfortunate being still lives at this writing Friday morning.
This is a much regretted and sad accident to chronicle, and it will
serve as a terrible lesson to hunters who imprudently fire off or carelessly
handle their fowling pieces. In this instance the deed was purely accidental,
the person who fired the shot that will beyond doubt prove fatal not even being
known. His death will be greatly regretted as he was an industrious, energetic
gentleman, of steady habits and esteemed by all.
Since the above was put in type Mr.
Mayeux has died, having lived over 52 hours after being shot. He leaves a large
family.
A Tragic End
A School Girl Finds a Watery Grave in
Bayou de Glaises
The little town of Moreauville, this parish, was the scene last Monday
of a tragedy, heart rending in the extreme, and which has cast a gloom of
sorrow throughout the whole community. It illustrates too plainly the truth
that in the midst of life we are in death. Neither age, sex nor condition is an
exception to the rule, for rule it is, and those who least expect it, meet, in
a manner totally unlike what our actions of everyday life and condition would
indicate, that fate which strikes us unmercilessly and alas! Too
often unwanted.
At half past 12 o’clock, p.m., the two daughters, Marie and Beatrice, of
Mrs. Jules F. Gremillion, left their home to attend their evening school with
hearts light and gay and happy as only belong to the young. When opposite the
school building of Mr. P. M. Gremillion, the youngest girl, Beatrice, aged 8
years, stepped to the bank of the Bayou to wash her hands in the stream. The
wind was blowing hard, and the earth being slippery and giving way, she fell or
as some say was blown in the Bayou. Her sister, Maria, aged 14 years who in the
meantime had slowly proceeded up the road, attracted by the screams of Beatrice
ran back to find her sister struggling in the water. With no other thought than
to save her sister this heroic girl but a few years the senior of the drowning
one, leaped in the Bayou, where soon both clasped each other—one to save, the
other with a deathlike grasp to be saved. Their screams brought Mr. Gremillion
and few children to the scene. Whilst the former was hunting a boat of some
kind to lend assistance, Mrs. Arcade Lacour, arrived and quick as lightning
plunged in the water to save, if possible, the drowning girls. They had already
sunk but seeing the hair of one he caught it and succeeded in bringing her to
land, where in a few moments she revived. She was the youngest and the one who
had first fallen in the water. The other, Maria, had sunk to rise no more.
About fifteen minutes after sinking she was fished out of the water by the
people who had congregated there in numbers.
This is indeed a painful occurrence to chronicle. Mr. Lacour deserves
public commendation for his brave and heroic action on this occasion. Had it
not been for him both of the girls would have been drowned.
March 4, 1882 p. 2
A little angel was laid to rest last Tuesday in our Catholic cemetery.
Mary Ida, the infant daughter of Mrs. Schneider, after an earthly pilgrimage of
only 15 months, gave up its little soul to its Maker, to join the angel band on
high.
March 25, 1882 p. 3
On Wednesday morning last while conversing with a couple of friends,
Col. Peter Nickels was stricken wit what is supposed to have been an apoplectic
seizure, surviving the attack only a few moments. The deceased, we understand,
was a native of Frederictown, Maryland, and previous to locating here, had been
for some years a resident of Brownsville, Texas. Col. Nickels was about 33
years of age, and leaves no known relatives in this State.
April 1, 1882 p. 3
We are pained to learn of the death of Mr. Sylvert Bordelon, which
occurred on the 30th inst.
April 8, 1882 p. 3
Died—In Hydropolis, this parish, on the
evening of the 30th of March last, Mr. Sylvert Bordelon, aged 49
years and a native of this parish.
The deceased was a member of a larger family and leaves many relatives
and friends to mourn his death. He was a quiet, peaceable and good citizen and
I the loss of such men a community has cause to be thrown in bereavement. The
deceased was the father-in-law of that accomplished gentleman, Albert Baillio
Esq., who is left together with eight surviving children, all grown, to wear
the weed of mourning and sorrow. With unfailing regularity that felt destroyer
of the human race, Death, visits every community, enters every home, and does
its terrible work on everyone without discrimination. “Dust to dust” explains
all. Let the bereaved be consoled in the thought that the departed has entered
that realm where sufferings are unknown and where we all one day shall meet
together in a blessed resurrection. FRIEND
April 15, 1882 p. 3
Mr. St. Ville Couvillion died at Cocoville last Friday night, the 6th
inst., and was buried on Sunday in the Catholic cemetery of Marksville. Mr.
Couvillion had reached the advanced age of 65 years. He was industrious and
successful planter, greatly esteemed by the people, a gentleman of integrity.
He was a resident of Big Bend, this parish, but the high water compelled him to
seek the prairie, where his spirit passed away to the sphere beyond, surrounded
by relatives and friends, Peace to his ashes.
April 29, 1882 p. 2
Capt. John W. Cannon died last week in Frankfort, Ky., at the age of 62
years. He was one of the oldest, most successful and
experienced steamboatmen of the day and his kind heart and generous nature won
him friends everywhere.
June 10, 1882 p. 3
Died—At the
residence of P. B. Haydel, near Mansura, on the 7th inst. Mr. Gerand
J. Gaspard, at the age of 40 years.
Died—On
Tuesday, the 23rd day of May A. D. 1882, at her residence in the
parish of Natchitoches, Mrs. Alexis Moreau, widow, in her 87th year.
June 17, 1882 p. 1
Obituary.
After a long and painful illness, Mr. Gerand J.
Gaspard, departed this life at his mother’s home, near Mansura, on Wednesday,
the 7th, inst. His sufferings were great and it is hoped that
in the world in which his spirit has just taken its flight to, he will find
that happiness which was denied him on earth.
Gerand J. Gaspard was a native of Avoyelles, member of a pioneer and
influential family of this parish, and was beloved and respected by all who
knew him. He has figured prominently in the social and political history of the
parish and has bequeathed a name to his sorrowing wife and children spotless
and pure. In his death we mourn the upright citizen and accomplished gentleman,
the true friend and the Christian. The grave shuts not from human eyes a nobler
soul or more refined gentleman. He died surrounded by his relatives and
friends—the wife, the aged mother, already bowed down with grief, loving
sisters and brothers witnessed with tear dimmed eyes the awful transition from
life to death. To the deeply bereaved we extend our condolence, enjoying them
to remember that “all things mortal must
end” and that one day we shall all meet in a blessed resurrection. A.
June 17, 1882 p. 2
Died—At the
residence of Mr. Celestin Moreau, on Red River on the 11th inst.,
Mr. Ernest Brideau, aged 77 years.
June 24, 1882 p. 4
Died—At his
residence on Bayou des Glaises, on the 22nd inst., Mr. Evariste Paul
Rabalais, age 74 years and 11 months.
Obituary
Died,
on June the 4th inst, at the residence of her father, near
Simmesport Miss Alice Everatt.
Aug. 26, 1882 p. 4
Died
At the residence of her son Philocles Gauthier, on Indian Bayou, in this
parish, Mrs. Margueritte Juneau, wife of Hypolite Gauthier, aged 83 years.
We are much pained to record the death of so excellent a person as Mrs.
Gauthier and we know of no more beautiful or expressive epitaph than to say of
her that she was in the strictest sense a friend, mother, sister and wife. Her
remains lie interred in the cemetery at Choupique. She was one of the first
settlers of Bayou des Glaises and leaves a large family and many friends to
mourn her loss.
Mrs. Gauthier was born in the years 1799 and
her husband served under Jackson in the battle of New Orleans. May she rest in peace.
A Friend, Moreauville, Aug. 23, 1882.
Aug. 26th 1882 p. 4
A death occurred in our town this week. Ludger Couvillion, aged 4 years,
and grandson of Mr. Leon Gauthier, was the unfortunate victim. He was buried in
the Marksville cemetery.
Sept. 2, 1882 p. 3
Died—On
Friday the 25th. Ult., near Marksville, Samuel Tilden,
infant son of P. H. Edwards and Helena Barbin, aged 7 years, 3 months and 27
days.
In the midst of life we are in death, we are everyday reminded. In the
death of Samuel Tilden, the darling and pride of his parents,
were recognize the truth of the saying. It took but a day’s warning for Death
to claim its victim. The only consolation we can give the bereaved—whose
household now wears the weed of mourning and sorrow, is to say that the little
Tilden sleeps in Jesus, his Maker.
Sooner or later we must all travel that
unknown bourne. So weep not—God has given, God has taken.
Died—In
Cotes Droites, near Mansura, on the 30th inst., Mr. Alphonse
Scallan, aged 21 years and 11 months.
After a long illness Death has claimed its victim. To the aged father
the loss of this son must be a terrible blow. One by one he sees his offsprings
taken away, and as great as his happiness was when they were ushered in this
world must be his sorrow now to witness their final departure to the unknown Beyond. Alphonse was an industrious and promising young man
and the community loses in him a useful member. To the bereaved we extend our
condolence.
Sept. 30, 1882 p. 3
Died—At her
residence in the Corner on Sunday the 24th inst., Mrs. Martin
Gremillion nee Clemence Rabalais, aged 83 yrs.
The deceased was the mother of a large and influential family to whom we
tender our condolence. She who led such a pure and holy life on earth must have
received her reward on high by being admitted among the blessed in the realm of
her God. The loss of another is a grief that none can describe but there is
consolation left in the thought that her sufferings are over and that is
casting off this mortal coil she has entered another life the elect of God.
Died—At his
residence near Marksville, on Monday the 25th inst., Mr. Albert G.
Morrow, age 71 years 7 months and 14 days.
The deceased was an old resident of this parish, loved, honored and
respected by all who knew him. No better or more useful citizen ever lived and
he was consigned to his grave amid the regret of the whole community. Death is
removing in rapid succession from our midst our oldest inhabitants, those who
figured in the early history of our parish when honesty and worth were
characteristics of the people. It would be well for us to occasionally glance
back through the vista of years at the lives of such men and profit by the
example of honored simplicity and genuine integrity such they leave behind
them.
Oct. 7, 1882 p. 3
Died—At
Cottonport, on Friday Sept. 29, 1882, Elphege I. Ducote, infant son of T. J.
Ducote and Ida Riche, aged 6 years.
Died—At
Cottonport, on Friday Sept. 29, 1882, Samuel Avit Ducote, infant son of T. J.
Ducote and Ida Riche, aged 4 years.
Oct. 21, 1882 p. 3
Died—In
Marksville, on Wednesday the 18th inst, Louise Ethel, infant
daughter of A. H. Bordelon and Eliska Barbin, aged 1 year 10 months and 21
days.
She was but as a smile,
Which
glistens in a tear;
Seen but a little while
But
Oh, how loved, how dear.
The pure spirit of dear little Ethel has winged its
flight to its Maker mid the tears of grief-stricken parents and mourning
relatives. Though she has gained by the transition, for she now wears a
crown on High.
She has joined the angel bands,
Where she with her Savior stands,
Waiting for the time to come
To
welcome her dear parents home.
May the sod rest lightly over the
remains of this lamented citizen, Christian, friend.
Nov. 4, 1882 p. 2
Died—At his residence, near Moreauville,
this parish, on
Thursday, Oct. 26, 1882, at 10 o’clock a.m., Filmore P. Bordelon,
aged 27 yrs. 5 months and 22 days.
Death, that mighty severer of true hearts, has laid
his scepter on a good man’s brow and robbed a young family of its loved head.
Not our will but Thine, oh Lord, be done, admonishes us that we must bow to the
stern decree with Christian resignation. Why should we mourn that which must
come to all? Leaving no regrets on earth, Fillmore P. Bordelon has gone like a
shock of corn full ripe, with the love, the esteem, aflection of all who knew
him and of those he loved, to his home—to our home, for our claims upon this
world of sorrow and of woe are but as “The hollow music of a shell
Whose tones but mock the ocean’s deeper voice.”
Mr. Bordelon was a promising young man, a good citizen and a true
friend. The barbed shafts of Death could not have struck at more shining mark,
nor a nobler soul forsake its tenements.
The wound that has been inflicted on his family by hands Divine cannot
be cicatrized by words, yet the writer who feels and can appreciate their deep
sorrow, begs the bereaved once to remember the blessed promises of the Savior
that “He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,” will be a “friend to the
fatherless and a husband to the widow.”
Aged mother, grief stricken wife weep not. Fillmore has gone to that
home not made with hands, eternal beyond the sky, where he watches over you and
will guide your footsteps t the beautiful realms of peace and love. He has
ended his sorrows. A touching funeral sermon truly says, “No Man standing where
the horizon of life has touched a grave, has any right
to prophecy a future, filled with pain and tears. It may be that Death gives
all there is worth to life. If those we press and strain against our hearts
could never die, perhaps that love would wither from this earth. May be this
common fate treads from out the paths between our hearts, the weeds of
selfishness and hate, and I had rather live and love where Death is king than
have eternal life where love is not. Another life is naught unless we know and
love again the one who live us here. They who stand with breaking hearts around
this grave need have no feat. The larger and nobler faith in all that is and is
to be tells us that Death, even at its worst, is only perfect rest. There is
this consolation—the dead do not suffer.
Nov. 4, 1882 p.2
Obituary
Died—Georgie E. Hardie
, on the 12th inst.,at 5 o’clock a.m., aged three years, one
month and eighteen days. She was the fourth the fourth daughter of Maria
Billington of this parish, and James Hardie, formerly of Elgin, Scotland, and
died after a long and painful illness.
Sweet little Georgie is gone, Death,
like a thief in the night, came and took her away, but her sufferings are all
over, and she is now a bright star, shining in the bright galaxy of Cherubim and
Seraphim around the throne of her Savior, who has said “
Suffer the children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of
Heaven.”
Weep not kind father and devoted mother
for you little Georgie, for your loss is her eternal gain. The sweet, bright and
reseate bud has been severed from its parent stem just as the autumnal leaves
were falling. Your beautiful and sweet, golden haired
babe has gone to meet her sits on that shore, where pain and suffering are no
more, and where the young and innocent are gathered unto their Savior’s bosom,
though her absence will leave an aching void in your hearts, which can not be
assuaged by the sight of
A pair of little baby shoes
A lock of golden hair,
The toys our darling loved
The clothes she used to wear,
None can more fully appreciate and feel
your untimely loss than the humble writer of these ? for this is all there is left of the hope
“That came to bless your home three
years ago.
And never again will the little lips
To the words of love reply;
For the silvery voice is blended,
With
the miustrelay on high.”
Mary
Avoyelles, Oct. 22, 1882
Elgin papers please copy
Nov. 11, 1882 p. 1
Died-On Bayou des Glaises near Borodino,
on Saturday 4th inst., Victor Ulysses, infant son of P. P. Normand
and Celise Gauthier, aged 3 years 5 months and 14 days.
Another home is made desolate by the grim hand of Death. Little Vic, who
was the joy of fond parents, has been grasped from their loving embrace to be
placed in Heaven’s angelic choir, to waft soft strains in harmony with the
harps of the little angels.
Weep not fond parents, grieve not loving
brothers and sisters, for though the shrine of your hearts be shattered, though
your idol be gone, be consoled in the thought that he has only taken flight to
higher and brighter realms, where he will be supremely blest in the arms of his
Maker.
Dec. 23, 1882 p. 4
A child of Mr. Leonard Goudeau of Bayou Rouge Prairie,
was accidentally killed last week. The father had been hauling lumber and had
piled it up. While the family was eating dinner, the little boy, attempting to
climb on the lumber, it is supposed, caused it to fall on him, crushing him to
death under its weight. He was found dead, his head and shoulders only
protruding. Our sympathies are extended to the bereaved family.
Jan. 6, 1883 p. 4
Died—In this
town on Sunday, Dec. 31, 1882, at 6:30 a. m., Wilfred Walter, infant son of Leo
C. Tarleton and Henrietta Couvillion, aged 13 months and 3 days.
Opelousas and Iberia papers please copy.
We extend our condolence to the
bereaved. Sore and tender is the wound inflicted upon them, but it must be
borne with Christian fortitude. He who said “Suffer little children to come
unto me,” has called your little Wilfred away, and his pure and spotless spirit
has been wafted to the God who gave it, while the impress of an angel kiss
appeared to have been left upon his quiet, sweet little features.
“Where the soft wind sighs and murmurs
And the weeping willows wave,
In the lonely church yard yonder
There we’ve made the baby’s grave
There the moonbeams, softly falling,
Seem to kiss the lowly mound,
And the pearly dews and flowrets
Droop like shadows o’er the ground.
And the birds, at morn and twilight,
Warble forth their songs of love,
But our cherished, dove eyed treasure
Warbles
with the choirs above.
Jan. 27, 1883 p. 4
Died—On the
island on the 21st. inst., Mr. Louis Lafontaine, aged 64 years, a
native of France.
Feb. 3, 1883 p.4
Mr. Paulin F. Bordelon died at his home in Big Bend last Thursday, the 1st.
inst. He was a good man, upright citizen and true friend. In the prime of life
Death struck him. The loss of such a man is deeply felt by the parish.
Feb. 21, 1883 p.2
Mr. Henry Renshaw, senior member of the firm of Renshaw, Cammack &
Co., died in New Orleans last Monday at the age of 70 yrs.
April 21, 1883 p. 2
Died—At his
residence, at Cottonport, in this parish, April 17th, 1883 Joseph
Ducote, aged 59 years, 5 months and 17 days.
The deceased was connected with one of the oldest families in this
Parish. He belonged to that numerous class of independent and thrifty farmer,
who constitute the real conservative force of
Society, and are the producers of its
wealth. The life of such a man is ever a modest and unostentatious one, but
none the less useful on that account. Such was the life of him whose death we
now record.
The deceased, we learn, was in failing health for several years previous
to his death, and the latter event, therefore, was not altogether unexpected.
In his death a wife and numerous children and grandchildren are called upon to
mourn the loss of an honored husband and father. Among these is Dr. C. J.
Ducote, a leading physician of this parish. The family,
have our sympathy in their deep bereavement, in which we are sure the community
in which the deceased lived will heartily unite with us.
June 16, 1883 p. 3
Obituary
The death of an estimable and highly respected lady occurred near
Moreauville on Thursday, the 14th inst., casting a gloom of sorrow
over the entire community. After a life of usefulness and Christian devotion,
the spirit of Mrs. John V. Rabalais has passed down the river of Time into the
great ocean of Eternity. She was 57 years old, yet to the day of her death full
of life and vigor, distributing her charities when needed, her many virtues and
noble qualities of heart tending to cast a halo of love, of joy and of purity
around her. No better legacy, no greater monument could have been left her
children, as a memento of her pure and holy life, than the home of peace and
happiness, built as it were upon the rocks of love and Christian duty. Her good
deeds and exemplary life will remain long after her inanimate form shall have
been transformed into the dust from which it sprung.
Member of the Gauthier family, and allied to another large and
influential family of this parish, the Rabalais, she was the head center of a
host of relatives and friends, who will sadly miss her now the lark portals of
death have closed upon her forever. She leaves five children—a son and four
daughters—all grown and married, and worthy representatives of their sainted
mother. The son is that esteemed citizen and friend, Dr. Rabalais, of
Moreauville. We tender to the bereaved our heartfelt sympathies. Though the
affliction is great, it must be borne with fortitude, for God’s will, must be
done. It is the common fate of all.
June 30, 1884 p. 2
Hon. Horatio N. Ogden died in New
Orleans last week. Mr. Ogden was Attorney General of Louisiana under the
administration of Gov. Nicholls. He was a gentlemen of
great accomplishments and a lawyer of more than ordinary talent. He was 43 yrs.
Old.
July
7, 1883 p.
John Thomas, or Nauainte, a blind pauper, whilst attempting to get in a
pirogue to cross Indian Bayou, near the Indian Village, fell in the water and
was drowned. A young girl, his daughter, was in the pirogue and her cries,
combined with those of the drowning man, brought several persons to the scene,
but too late to give any assistance, as poor John had already sunk to rise no
more. He had for many years been blind and was provided for by the parish and
his friends.
July 14, 1883 p. 3
George W. Berlin Sr.
This old and highly respected citizen departed this life, at his
residence on Red River, Sunday, the 8th inst., at the age of 72
years. A native of Pennsylvania, he was among the first settlers of this
parish, where since boyhood he has been residing. He has filled several
positions of trust and among others that of member of the Lower House of the
General Assembly. He has been in failing health for several years, but it was
only lately that the deceased had developed into a serous nature. He leaves a
large family to mourn his loss. To them the Bulletin extends its sympathies.
Aug. 25, 1883 p. 2
Dr. R. H. Ryland, of West Feliciana, was killed on the 20th
inst. By a fall in his gin house, the repairs of which he was superintending.
He has been quite prominent in public life and known to
many of our people.
The eminent citizen and jurist of Pennsylvania, Judge Jeremiah S. Black
died on the 18th inst. He was one of the ablest men in the United
States and was distinguished for faithful services in various offices of trust,
which he filled. The country will not see his like soon.
Aug. 25,1883 p.
2
Dr. Thebault Joseph Moncla
The unexpected and sudden death of this gentleman, of apoplexy, on the
15th, inst. Near Marksville, was a terrible blow to his family and
friends. Dr. Thebault Joseph Moncla was born in Garlin, department of the
Basses Pyrenees, France, on the 17th of October 1806.
His father, who was Secretary of the Commune of Garlin, died when Dr.
Moncla was only one year old. Poor, and without any resources whatever, he
entered the public schools of his native town, where he followed his studies
till far enough advanced to choose a profession. Having a fondness for the
study of medicine, he left Garlin for Paris where he began his studies to fit
him for the profession he has so worthily distinguished himself in. His
assidousness to his studies won him the esteem and friendship of Dr. Richerand,
a professor in the Faculty of Medicine, who, recognizing in young Moncla talent
above the ordinary, obtained for him soon after his advent to Paris a position
in the Charity Hospital of Paris. He was paid only one franc, (20cents) a day
for his services at first.
Just before applying for his diploma the cholera declared itself in
Paris. Young Moncla was unremitting in his attention to the sick. For his
services in that epidemic Dr. Richerand obtained from the government for the
young student a free course of lectures at the school of medicine he was
attending. In 1833 he applied for his diploma and passed his examination before
the Faculty of medicine of Paris.
He practiced several years in France and then came to America in 1837.
He soon thereafter established himself in Avoyelles Parish, where he has
resided ever since.
In 1841 he obtained from the Louisiana Medical Board of Examiners a
diploma in Medicine, Surgery, etc. permitting him to practice in this State.
He began life here as a physician and ended his career in the same noble
calling—dying on the roadside, from apoplexy, a few moments after having
administered to the wants of a sick patient.
Respected, esteemed and beloved by all who knew him, he has left a name
behind him, which his family may justly be proud of. Five
sons and three daughters, all grown and some of them head of families and his
aged wife, survive him. To them we extend our condolence.
Sept. 15, 1883 p. 2
Died—In Marksville, on Monday September
10th 1883, Azelie Roland, consort of Judge Aristide Barbin, aged 53
years and 10 months.
Our sympathies are extended to the family of Judge Barbin in their sad
bereavement. Neither the kind ministerings of a fond husband,
nor the tender and aflectionate care of loving children could do aught to
arrest the work of the fell destroyer, and the dutiful wife and beloved
mother has been called away to that borune where we must all travel never to
return.
Death is always sad and heart rending to
contemplate and in the instance of the demise of this estimable lady, whose
spirit has just passed down the river of Time into the great ocean of Eternity,
the sorrows of her family know no bounds. ?
? why sorrow for what must come to all of us.
Why grieve for a soul that, though transformed into the pallid cerements of the
grave, has entered a home where sufferings are unknown to the good and pure of
heart. The loss is a great one, however. A wife—a mother—is the pillar of a
household. Around her cluster a charm that nowhere else can be found. But it is
the will of God that she must leave, and God’s will must
be done.
To the grief stricken husband, sons and
daughters the Bulletin offers its condolence and heartfelt sympathies trusting
that the wound made will be sottened by the reflection that your sainted wife
and mother slumbers peacefully in the arms of her God.
Sept. 15, 1883 p. 3
We learned that Mr. Kimball a brother-in-law to our friend Wm. Robinson
Esq., of Bayou Rouge Prairie, died last week.
Jan. 5 1884 p. 1
Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perche died in New Orleans on Thursday Dec.
23rd 1883 at the age of 78 years. A great man, great patriot and
great prelate his loss will be mourned all over the land. The Catholic Church
loses a great representative in him.
Feb. 2, 1884 p. 2
The sad news came to us of the burning of the presbytery of the Bayou du
Large church, in Terebonne parish, in which Rev. Joseph Constarto, the priest,
was burned to death. Whether the work was that of an incendiary or not, is not
known.
We were a school and classmate of the deceased at Jefferson College, St.
James parish. Between us the closest friendship expected, and we record Rev.
Constarto’s sad and tragic end with deep sorrow. He had a noble and gifted mind
as ever wore the priest’s garb.
Feb. 17, 1883 p. 3
Died—Feb. 6, 1883 Mr. John Lewis Michael age 28 years.
In view of the loss we have sustained by decease of my friend and
associate and ???? (article
is torn) dearest to him. It is only a tribute to the memory of the departed to
say, that in regretting his removal from our midst, we mourn for one who was in
every way worthy of our respect and regards. We sincerely condole with the
family of the deceased on the disapensation with which it has pleased Divine
Providence to afflict them, and commend them for ? to Him who orders all things for the best and whose chastisements
are meant in memory.
A
Friend.
Feb. 23, 1884 p. 3
Died—At the
residence of Capt. T. C. Robertson, near Simmesport, La., on Sunday, February
17th, 1884, Miss Geneva Bankston. The deceased was a native of
Washington parish and only 25 years of age. She was a strict member of the
Baptist church. A few minutes before her death she asked to be buried at
Evergreen, where all that remained of her was last Monday laid to rest.
Mr. Terrence Mayeux died at his home near Marksville on Saturday last at
the advanced age of 81 years.
May 24, 1884 p. 2
Obituary
Died—At her
residence, near Marksville, on Sunday, the 18th inst, Marie Estelle
Coco, aged 36 years, 5 months, 15 days.
The death of this estimable lady is deeply felt in this community, and
to her relatives and friends the loss is irreparable. No Christian woman ever
died a more holy death; no saintly heart ever met its end with more fortitude.
She saw, and was conscious of the approaching dissolution of her young and
useful life, but she complained not and with admirable calmness she prepared
her soul for the meeting with its Maker. Her husband—her children—were the
objects of her thoughts, and with that pure, that true, that unfathomable love
which can alone be found in the heart of a wife and mother, made stronger and
deeper as the portals of life were fast closing, she conveyed to them her last
wishes. Her dying prayers were for their welfare. She lost all thoughts of
herself—she thought only of those she left behind her! Can we imagine the
feeling of that wife and mother, who in the presence of Death itself, thinks
not of her end, but rather lends her thoughts and prayers to her husband and
children whom she was about to leave forever.
Contemplating the death of such a pure and Christian woman witnessing
the final parting of the mother with her children, the last adien of the wife
with the husband, we are furnished objects which, though the heart of man
dreads to consider, should be made a duty to dwell upon. It is from them we
learn what is life—that humanity is taught that this
should be a world of love, of peace and religion. Were mankind to study life
from its beginning to its end, taking it at the cradle and following it to the
grave, there would be less heartrendings, and sorrows, and miseries; there
would be more deaths like the one it is our painful duty to record today—a
death regretted and mourned on account of earthly attachments and earthly ties,
yet triumphant and happy for the many virtues and qualities of the deceased have
gained for her everlasting love and happiness in her home eternal. It is of
such a death we can exclaim:
“Oh, death where is thy sting,
Oh, grave where is thy
victory!”
As the weight of this new born sorrow is lifted from the hearts of the
bereaved family, let there come to comfort them the sweet and happy consolation
that the life of Marie Estelle Coco was not spent in vain, for it shines as a
bright example of the Christian woman, the true wife and the devoted mother.
June 24,1884
p.2
Capt. Maunsel Bennett
Death is always attended with sorrow. But when that sorrow is felt
beyond the family circle—when an entire community mourns one of its most
upright and best beloved citizens, the pang is indeed deep beyond portrayal.
Avoyelles is thrown in mourning today; she has cause to weep for she
loses one of her most prominent and truest sons, a good and staunch citizen,
one of Nature’s best and nobles’ works: “An honest man.” The pen trembles as it
records the terrible words: CAPT. MAUNSEL BENNETT is dead! The announcement
will bring sadness to many homes and many will doubt their senses upon reading
it. But alas, it is to true: the desolate wife is in weeds of sorrow, the
children are fatherless, the old home is draped in mourning, the void is seen
and felt in the community in which he lived, and as the grave is pointed out
where are deposited the mortal remains of MANSEL BENNETT, an entire people are
thrown in grief.
Capt. Maunsel Bennett departed life at his home, near Evergreen, on
Friday, the 13th inst. Age 47 years. Born in Rapides parish he spent
nearly all of his life in this parish, where he was married in one of the most
respected and influential families and where he followed the peaceful and quiet
vocations of planter and surveyor. He never sought nor would accept political
honor. Precise and correct in all his business dealing, kind and generous to a
fault, of great energy and strong will, possessing a mind, rich with useful and
valuable knowledge, he had built a reputation which few men enjoy and which is
the highest and best reward of a life well and truly spent. He died as he had
lived: calmly, quietly and with heroic courage. He saw the approach of Death.
He realized that he must go, and with that coolness, characteristic of the man,
made his final preparations. Nothing escaped his mind, and heaven gave
directions as to his burial. What grand and noble soul left this earth when
Maunsel Bennett gave his expiring breath! What heroic mind was that which
conceived the idea of leaving Sour Lake, where he had been taken to regain his
health, in order to be brought back to his old home, to die where he had lived
and enjoyed life so long. Alas, that death should be
so merciless! There is no expiation—no respite—no communication—when it calls
we must answer, we must go, it matters not our condition, our position or our
feelings. There is no argument before that dreadful Tribunal to offer to arrest
its decree. Maunsel Bennett realized that fact, and knowing him as intimately
as we did, we do not wonder at the grand triumph which by the last ? of life he achieved over
death itself. He robbed it of its terrors and horrors, and died like a
Christian hero.
The bereaved family have our tenderest
sympathy. Let them but remember the noble resignation of their departed husband
and father and be comforted.
Died
On the 11th of July 1865, in the Parish of Avoyelles, Mary
Minnie Cole, age 4 years and 10 hours, oldest daughter of Dr. R. S. and Sophia
Cole.
Little Minnie was the idol of her parents and beloved by all who knew
her, and a favorite among her little playmates. Little Minnie was the first
always to meet her Pa on his return home with something sweet to cheer and
attract. She was amiable and amusing in all her little ways. Affectionate and
kind to everybody—her intelligence invitiably attracted the attention of any
person that she chanced to come in contact with, conversing sensibly on all
subjects reasonable to one of her age.
July 26, 1884 p. 2
Died—In Marksville, on Friday, July 25th
1884, Annie C. Hall, oldest daughter of Judge Wm. Hall, ages 11 years, 11
months, 22 days.
This is indeed a terrible blow to the family of our confere, Judge Hall.
Last year, in the same manner and about the same time, they lost a boy, there
little Jimmie; today it strikes them deeper and keener, not because they loved
their angel boy the less but because on account of the grief they felt at his
loss, they loved Annie the more. Accomplished beyond her years, she would have
been an honor to society and a pride to her family. Already the idolized of her
father and mother, and loved by all who knew her, her lose is great and
irreparable.
Our heart goes to the bereaved in this hour of trial and affliction; we
know how deep and poignant is their grief and what a shadow is cast o’er their
hearts when peals the requiem of their young, their loved, and their gifted
daughter.
“Ah! It is sad when one thus link’d departs!
When Death, that mighty sev’rer of true
hearts.
Sweeps through the halls so lately loud in mirth,
And
leaves pale Sorrow weeping by the hearth.
But, grief stricken parents,
remember there is consolation in Christ. To him none appeal in vain. May the
sod rest lightly over Annie’s grave.
Aug. 30, 1884 p. 2
Louis Texada, of Rapides parish, died on the 23rd inst., of
disease of the heart. Mr. Texada was a prominent Democrat of this State, and in
his useful life just now suddenly closed, he rendered valuable service to his
State and party. His sterling integrity made him many friends all over
Louisiana who now mourn his loss. He was sixty- seven years of age.
Sept. 20, 1884 p. 2
Mayo S. Duke
Died—At his
home in Bayou Rouge Prairie, on Tuesday, the 15th inst., Mayo S.
Duke, aged 38 years.
In the prime of his life Mayo S. Duke passed into the deep stillness of
that dream less state of sleep, that knows no waking.
He has answered the terrible summons, which in time will come to all of us.
When such men die there is cause for regret.
Mayo S. Duke was born in the Parish of Avoyelles and a member of one of
her most respected families. It was but a few years ago that he allied himself
by marriage to an influential family of our sister parish of St. Landry and he
leaves today a widow, the estimable lady who had joined her fate to his. Quiet,
unassuming yet accomplished, the deceased was following the avocation of
merchant when death claimed him as its owe. Few men
knew him well, and those who did, knew him but to love. Of a warm and impulsive
nature he was a true friend, a devoted husband and staunch citizen. Few men
were more exemplary in their conduct, and few were more conscientious I the
discharge of their duties. Regretted and beloved he has left us for the cold grave ? breast, Where sorrow’s
tear’s no more are shed. No more the ills of life molest.
To the bereaved widow our heartfelt sympathy is tendered. We can feel
with her the weight of sorrow as her thoughts wander from the knell, the
shroud, the mattock, the grave—the deep damp vault and the darkness. Where
happiness reigned yesterday, all is dark today. Let consolation come in the
reflection that we must all help swell the tide—all must die.
As the ? drops the
tear of regret over a friend’s grave, we have but the power to wish. Peace to
his ashes. A. D. L.
Oct. 4, 1884 p. 2
Mr. Charles Dupaty, editor of the
Napoleonville Pioneer, died recently while on a visit to his native France.
About four months ago Mr. Dupaty bade adieu to his friends here to recuperate
his health on his native soil, but it proved otherwise, and death snatched him
away from us. He was a journalist of no ordinary talent and the press sustain a heavy loss in his demise.
Oct. 18, 1884 p. 2
Died
At Bayou Rouge Prairie, on Monday Oct. 13th 1884, Mary
Henrietta Goudeau, aged, one year infant child of Clara and V. F. Goudeau.
“In the midst of life we are in
death”—well today, and on the morro, rigid in the cold embrace of that life
that is eternal. The love of a father, the devotion of a mother, the prayers of
relatives and friends—all these and yet the soul has soared alof to its Maker,
and nothing but the little mound is left to inconsolable parents. It is there
that their great, their intense sorrows are embosomed; it is there that they
come to listen to the chant of the angels and hearken to that voice that has
been sounding down through the ages; Suffer little children to come unto me and
forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. It is over this precious
little mound that their tears will commingle, and though their hearts are now
torn in to shreds, it is here that they will discover the rosiness in the East
and painted in this beautiful landscape will be seen to arise the angelic form
of their precious, their darling little Mary.
A
Friend.
Nov. 1, 1884 p. 3
Died—At the
residence of T. S. Denson Esq., on Bayou de Glaises, on Wednesday, Oct 22,
1884, Thomas E. Denson eldest son of Alice and Thomas S.Denson, aged 9 years, 5
months, and 19 days.
The bereaved parents have our heartfelt sympathy in the loss of their
angel boy. It is a cruel blow but it must be borne with Christian fortitude. To
see our brightest hopes blighted, our dearest ties rent asunder, the object of
our tenderest feeling cruelly snatched away from us, are but a few of the many
sad misfortunes to which man here on earth is doomed to suffer. Let us hope
that the dead and the living may meet again in the house beyond to part no
more.
Nov. 8,1884 p.
2
Riot in Iberia
Twenty Men Killed—Many
wounded.
At a Kellogg political meeting at Fausse Point, Iberia Parish, on Nov. 1st
a disturbance occurred in which about twenty men were killed and many wounded.
Capt. Bell, a prominent sugar planter and Democrat, and Mr. Joe Gilfoux, a leading
democrat, were killed. Their friends opened fire, and a number of colored men
were killed and wounded. Judge Fontelieu, his son and two brothers who
participated at said meeting were arrested and lodged in jail.
It is said that the first pistol shot came from the Republicans who
fired at a man because he was hollooing “Hurrah for Gay.” Nothing definite is
learned.
Nov. 8, 1884 p. 3
Died—at
Hamburg, on Thursday, Oct. 3rd 1884. Octavie M. Coco aged 12 years.
Our sympathies are extended our friend, Anatole Coco Esq. And his
bereaved family. The loss of a child at that age when she was most interesting
is indeed a heavy loss to ? . She was beside endowed
with an ____?____ Let her sleep in peace.
Nov. 22, 1884 p. 3
A Suicide—Last Wednesday, Mr. Vital Ibos, an industrious and hard
working Frenchman, living in Choupique, committed suicide by hanging himself
behind his field on the limb of a tree. He left home in the morning on
horseback, and it seems when in the woods he took his rope and tying it to a
limb of a tree hung himself. He was found there by a neighbor. No cause is
assigned for this rash act. He was a man of steady habits.
July 18, 885 p. 1
Died—In Rennes, France, on June 26,
1885, Francois Marie Tatin, aged 34 years.
The deceased was the son of our fellow townsman, J. M. Tatin Esq. He had
been formerly a citizen of this parish and was known to be an industrious, and
upright young man, His many friends will regret his untimely end. We offer our
sympathies to his family.
July 25, 1885 p. 1
Gen. Grant Dead
From the Capitolian Advocate, received as we go to press, we learn of
the death of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, which occurred at ?
o’clock Tuesday morning. Thus ends the career of one
of the most successful men this country ever produced.
Gen. Grant will be buried at Riverside Park. The spot selected is very
picturesque and is a commanding view of the Hudson River.
Died—At
the Junction this parish, on the 18th inst., Mrs. Emilie Eugenia Voorhies,
wife of Julien Moreau, aged 34 years and 11 months.
After months of illness death came to put an end to her sufferings. She
leaves a grief stricken family. To them we extend our sympathy.
The remains of Mr. Moses Levy, of Evergreen, were brought here by T.
& P. Train on Monday evening for interment in the Hebrew(?
Very hard to read) Cemetery. The deceased was
merchandizing at the above named place, and at the time of his death was 65
years of age. He leaves a family to mourn after him.—Alexandria Democrat.
Aug. 8, 1885 p. 1
We learn with sorrow of the death of Mr. T. O. Pemberton, of New
Orleans, so well and favorably known in our parish. Mr. Pemberton had been
employed in the commission house of Mr. P. G. Gilbert for the last twenty years
and was a man of correct business principles. He was only 31 yrs. old.
Miss Azeline Desselles, an estimable young lady of this place, died last
Sunday of a congestive chill.
Wednesday night John William attempted to kill his wife, but being too
drunk he dropped his knife and she quickly picked it up and stabbed her husband
to the heart, killing him instantly.
Aug. 20, 1885 p. 1
The death of Mr. Jesse J. Toon, which sad event occurred at his home in
Evergreen last Friday, the 21st instant has thrown the community in
which he lived in gloom and sorrow. He was a good citizen, esteemed and beloved
wherever known for his qualities of head and heart. He was yet in the prime of
life and his death was a sad and cruel blow to his family and friends. We
extend our sympathies to the bereaved family.
Oct. 3, 1885 p. 1
Last Sunday while running a horse near Enterprise Oneil Roy, a son of
Mr. Alcee Roy, of Bayou Rouge, was thrown against a tree and his skull broken.
It seems the horse flew the track and threw the rider against the tree, the
head coming in contact with the tree first. The young man was about 18 years
old.
May 20, 1885 p. 1
Victor Hugo died at his home in Paris on the 23rd inst. This
is a great lost not only to France but to the civilized world. As a poet he
ranked greatest of all and among the romanticists he had no equal. Therefore
the literary world loses one of her most brilliant gems when she loses Victor
Hugo—a name known where ever civilization has left her imprints.
Nov. 7, 1885 p. 1
Died—Marksville, on Friday, Nov. 6,
1885, at 12 o’clock, Arnaud Winonga Lafargue, son of Arnaud D. Larargue and
Mary E. Botts, aged 11 years, 2 months, and 9 days.
We have but time in
this issue to tender our deepest sympathy to our disconsolate
brother and family in their sad beverament.
Nov. 14, 1885 p. 1
Died—In
Marksville on Friday 6th inst., Arnaud Winonga Lafargue, son of
Arnaud D. Lafargue and Mary E. Botts, aged 11years, 2 months, and 9 days.
After a few days of illness the darling of a father’s heart passed away
like one who draws the drapery of his coach ??? and dies
down to pleasant dreams. His Death was a surprise to all and it was not known
that his end was so near, when in full consciousness, the God of Hosts claimed
the idol of a family to join the cherub home on High. His spirit was ? to the sky without a struggle
and the ? of death was spared him-- ? the family. Yet how cruel the blow! How sad the taking of
the young and promising. But alas, the mighty server of all time hearts makes
it distinction; the rich and poor, the great and small, the old and young a
like fall victims to death’s ?.
“Cherie,” as he was lovingly called and
known, was a ? and bright
child. The rest of the paragraph is very hard to read.
May the flowers ever bloom upon his
little grave.
Nov. 14, 1885 p. 1 Marksville Bulletin
Died—At his
son’s residence in Par en Haut, on Sunday, the 8th inst., Auguste
Voinche, aged 80 years and one day.
The deceased was a native of France but resided in this country for
years. His real name was Odon Deucatte but when he came to this country he
assumed the name he bore at the time of his death. He was at one time a large
and successful merchant, amassing more wealth in commercial pursuits than any
other person here then, but the war ruined him as it did everybody else. At
this time there is a suit pending before the United States Court for hundreds
of bales of cotton taken from his premises by the Federal Army.
He was buried in Marksville last Monday. Peace to his ashes.
Nov. 25, 1885 p. 1
Mr. John J. Craven while fishing in Red River near Ware’s Landing was suddenly taken ill and died instantly. Mr.
Craven had been a resident of this parish for years and spent the greater
portion of his life at the Sheriff’s Office, ? as a riding deputy of late years. He had married and was
following the quiet avocation of a planter. Quiet and unassuming, he was a good
and peaceable citizen. May he rest in peace.
Feb. 13, 1886 p. 1
An infant child of Mr. Paul Goux a resident of this neighborhood, died
last Monday night. The parents have our heartfelt sympathy.
W. S. Hancock, the ranking Major General of the army and Democratic
Presidential Candidate in1880 died at Governor’s Island on last Tuesday. Gen.
Hancock was much beloved in the State and his death will be greatly regretted.
Feb. 27, 1886 p. 1
Mrs. Gilbert Mayeux, who lived in the Corner, died of dropsy just Monday
and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery of this place.
March 13, 1886 p. 1
Dr. S. O. Scraggs, of Natchitoches, died last week at his home near
Cloutierville. He was 68 years old and one of the most prominent men of his
section. In fact he was known all over Louisiana as an accomplished gentleman,
learned scholar and doctor, staunch and true patriot. When such men die we have
cause to mourn.
April 10, 1886 p. 1
Died—At duck
Creek, Dallas County, Texas, on April 1, 1886, infant child of J. Radolph
brown, age 1 year, 1 month and 7 days.
We deeply sympathize with Mr. And Mrs. Brown in their sad bereavement.
The loss of their baby boy has darkened the portals of their new home in the
Lone Star Sate, but it is the will of Him who doeth all things right, and it
must be met with Christian resignation.
Col. Joseph Collins known to many of our people as the brave Lieut.
Colonel of the 18th La. Regiment, died at his home in New Orleans on
the 4th inst. During the war Col. Collins distinguished himself as a
gallant solider. The close of hostilities found him an ardent Democrat,
courageously enlisted in the political contests then agitating the State and
which culminated in the overthrow of carpetbag reign in this State. We knew him
well, and greatly deplore his death.
Aug. 14, 1886 p. 8
Mrs. Marie Levy, died in Evergreen, La., on the
morning of the 8th inst—one year to the day from the decease of her
husband. A devout member of the Hebrew faith, she was esteemed by those who
knew her and is much regretted in the community where she lived and died.
As we go to press we learn of the death of our friend Mr. Anatole Coco,
which occurred yesterday evening. In our next issue we will pay the last
editorial tribute to our departed friend.