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Index to Locations
Baton Rouge Unknown location
Baton Rouge Greenoaks Memorial Park
Baton Rouge Magnolia Cemetery
Baton Rouge National Cemetery
Baton Rouge Old State Capitol
Baton Rouge Resthaven Gardens of Memory
and Mausoleum
Baton Rouge Roselawn Memorial Park
Baton Rouge St. Joseph Catholic
Cemetery
Baton Rouge State Capitol Grounds
Zachary Azalea Rest Cemetery
Near Zachary Young Cemetery
Unknown
Locations
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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Henry Hosford Gurley (1788-1833) —
also known as Henry H. Gurley —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., May 20,
1788.
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1823-31; district
judge in Louisiana, 1831-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March
16, 1833 (age 44 years, 300
days).
Interment somewhere.
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John Robert Dufrocq (c.1814-1860) —
also known as John R. Dufrocq —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Canada,
about 1814.
Newspaper
editor; mayor
of Baton Rouge, La., 1850-55.
Died in 1860
(age about
46 years).
Interment somewhere.
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Greenoaks
Memorial Park
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (1914-2001) —
also known as Jack P. F. Gremillion —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., June 15,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1956-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association.
While opposing New Orleans school desegregation in federal court in
1960, walked out of the courtroom, calling the court a "den of
iniquity"; convicted
of contempt
of court; sentence
was suspended. Indicted
in 1969 for fraud
and conspiracy over his dealings with the bankrupt Louisiana Loan and
Thrift Corp.; tried in
1971 and acquitted. Convicted
later that year on federal perjury
charges in a related case; sentenced
to three years in prison;
served 15 months. Pardoned
in 1976 by Gov. Edwin
Edwards.
Died in Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 2,
2001 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenoaks Memorial Park.
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Magnolia
Cemetery
Bounded by Main, 19th, Florida, 22nd Streets
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1985
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Thomas Sambola Jones (1859-1933) —
also known as T. Sambola Jones —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Jackson, East
Feliciana Parish, La., October
5, 1859.
State court judge in Louisiana, 1902-12; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-18, 1924-28; U.S. Minister
to Honduras, 1918-21.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., May 15,
1933 (age 73 years, 222
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Essex Elam (1829-1873) —
also known as James E. Elam —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
7, 1829.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Baton Rouge, La., 1859-62, 1865-69, 1870-72, 1872-73; died in
office 1873.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., July 31,
1873 (age 43 years, 236
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Edward White Robertson (1823-1887) —
also known as Edward W. Robertson —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Tennessee, 1823.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1877-83, 1887; died
in office 1887.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1887
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Samuel Matthews Robertson (1852-1911) —
also known as Samuel M. Robertson —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, 1852.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1887-1907.
Died in 1911
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Brainerd Spencer (1835-1882) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Catahoula
Parish, La., February
5, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1876-77; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1877-80.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jalapa, Veracruz,
February
12, 1882 (age 47 years, 7
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Mason Elam (1796-1856) —
also known as James M. Elam; "Old
Tripoli" —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Nottoway
County, Va., January
30, 1796.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1843.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
7, 1856 (age 60 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of
state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil
Company; dean,
Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Henry Luse Fuqua (1865-1926) —
also known as Henry L. Fuqua —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
8, 1865.
Democrat. Hardware
dealer; warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, 1916-24;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1924-26; died in office 1926.
Episcopalian.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
11, 1926 (age 60 years, 337
days).
Original interment at Magnolia Cemetery; reinterment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) —
also known as Thomas W. Chinn —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., November
22, 1791.
Physician;
lawyer;
sugar
cane planter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in West Baton
Rouge Parish, La., May 22,
1852 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.;
reinterment at Live
Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at
Magnolia Cemetery.
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National
Cemetery
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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Philemon Thomas (1763-1847) —
of Mason
County, Ky.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Orange
County, Va., February
9, 1763.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1796-99; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1800-03; member of Louisiana state legislature,
1800; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1831-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
18, 1847 (age 84 years, 282
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1886 at
National Cemetery.
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Old State
Capitol
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Resthaven Gardens
of Memory and Mausoleum
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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John Christian (1911-1972) —
also known as Jack Christian —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
22, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
31, 1972 (age 61 years, 344
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum.
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James Patrick Screen Jr. (1943-1994) —
also known as Pat Screen —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born May 13,
1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1981-88; indicted,
along with an aide, in 1987, on a felony malfeasance
charge over management of a road improvement program; the charges
were dismissed three days later.
Catholic.
Died, from a drug
overdose, in a hotel
room at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
12, 1994 (age 51 years, 122
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum.
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Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards (1929-2018) —
also known as Elaine S. Edwards; Elaine Lucille
Schwartzenburg —
of Louisiana.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., March 8,
1929.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1972.
Female.
Died May 14,
2018 (age 89 years, 67
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum.
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Harrison Garey Bagwell (1913-1973) —
also known as Harrison G. Bagwell —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born December
6, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1960
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952.
Protestant.
Died December
2, 1973 (age 59 years, 361
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum.
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Roselawn Memorial
Park
4045 North Street
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960,
1968.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Henry Luse Fuqua (1865-1926) —
also known as Henry L. Fuqua —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
8, 1865.
Democrat. Hardware
dealer; warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, 1916-24;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1924-26; died in office 1926.
Episcopalian.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
11, 1926 (age 60 years, 337
days).
Original interment at Magnolia Cemetery;
reinterment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Mary Eustus Jones Webb (1924-1995) —
also known as Mary Eustis Jones; Mrs. Jesse L. Webb,
Jr. —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Columbia, Caldwell
Parish, La., May 14,
1924.
Mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1956.
Female.
Died September
16, 1995 (age 71 years, 125
days).
Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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George Kent Favrot (1868-1934) —
also known as George K. Favrot —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
26, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district attorney, 22nd District, 1892-96, 1900-04; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; district
judge in Louisiana, 1904-06, 1926-34 (22nd District 1904-06, 19th
District 1926-34); died in office 1934; on November 6, 1906, he shot
and killed Dr. Robert H. Aldrich, because the latter had insulted
his wife; arrested
and imprisoned
for five months awaiting indictment and trial; however, the grand
jury refused to indict him, and he was released in April, 1907.; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1907-09, 1921-25;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-16.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
26, 1934 (age 66 years, 30
days).
Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Fred Saugrain LeBlanc, Sr. (1897-1969) —
also known as Fred S. LeBlanc —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., July 24,
1897.
Democrat. Mayor
of Baton Rouge, La., 1941-44; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1944-48, 1952-56; district judge in
Louisiana 19th District, 1959-69; died in office 1969.
Catholic.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., June 11,
1969 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Jared Young Sanders Jr. (1892-1960) —
also known as Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
20, 1892.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1928-32; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1933-34; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1934-37, 1941-43;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Presidential
Elector for Louisiana.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
29, 1960 (age 68 years, 223
days).
Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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St. Joseph
Catholic Cemetery
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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Leon Jastremski (1843-1907) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in France,
July
17, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Baton Rouge, La., 1876-82; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1884; U.S. Consul in Callao, as of 1893-97; Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture
and Immigration, 1899-1900.
Polish
ancestry. Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
29, 1907 (age 64 years, 135
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
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State Capitol
Grounds
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; Hugh Pierce Long;
"The Kingfish" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1928;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State
Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State Capitol Grounds.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh Pierce Long and Caledonia Palestine (Tison) Long; brother of
George
Shannon Long and Earl
Kemp Long (who married Blanche
B. Revere); married, April
12, 1913, to Rose
McConnell; father of Russell
Billiu Long; second cousin once removed of Gillis
William Long and Speedy
Oteria Long. |
| | | Political family: Long
family of Louisiana. |
| | | Cross-reference: Cecil
Morgan — John
H. Overton — Harvey
G. Fields — Gerald
L. K. Smith |
| | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. Allen Bridge
(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line over
the Mississippi River, between East Baton
Rouge Parish and West Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is partly named for
him. — Senador Huey Pierce Long, a street
in Asunsion,
Paraguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Every Man a
King." |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Share Our
Wealth." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Huey P. Long: Every
Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long |
| | | Books about Huey P. Long: T. Harry
Williams, Huey
Long — Harnett T. Kane, Huey
Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship
1928-1940 — Richard D. White, Kingfish:
The Reign of Huey P. Long — David R. Collins, Huey
P. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: KnowLA Encyclopedia of
Louisiana |
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Azalea Rest
Cemetery
Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Founded 1953
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Woodrow Wilson Dumas (1916-1993) —
also known as W. W. Dumas;
"Woody" —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., December
9, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1965-80; defeated, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died November
5, 1993 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Interment at Azalea Rest Cemetery.
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Young
Cemetery
Near Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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Robert Floyd Kennon (1902-1988) —
also known as Robert F. Kennon; Bob Kennon —
of Louisiana.
Born near Minden, Webster
Parish, La., August
12, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1952;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1952-56; defeated, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
11, 1988 (age 85 years, 152
days).
Interment at Young Cemetery.
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