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Milton Joseph Cunningham, Sr. (1842-1916) —
also known as Milton J. Cunningham —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Caddo Parish (part now in DeSoto
Parish), La., March 10,
1842.
Son of John Hamilton Cunningham (1812-1886) and Ann (Buie) Cunningham
(1812-1850).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1879; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1885-88, 1893-1900.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
19, 1916 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at American Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hamilton Cunningham (1812-1886) and Ann (Buie) Cunningham
(1812-1850); married, May 17,
1866, to Thalia Allen Tharp (1843-1872); married 1873 to Anna
Mary Peyton (died 1878); married, January
6, 1880, to Cecile Hertzog (1860-1886); married, August 7,
1895, to Emma Mai Blouin (born 1877); father of William
Tharp Cunningham. |
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William Mallory Levy (1827-1882) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., October
31, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1859; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1875-77; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1879.
Jewish.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
14, 1882 (age 54 years, 287
days).
Interment at American Cemetery.
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William Tharp Cunningham (1871-1952) —
also known as William T. Cunningham —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., August
21, 1871.
Son of Milton
Joseph Cunningham, Sr. and Thalia (Tharp) Cunningham (1843-1872).
District judge in Louisiana 11th District, 1914.
Died in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., February
7, 1952 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at American Cemetery.
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Robert Buford DeBlieux (1933-2010) —
also known as Bobby DeBlieux —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., January
26, 1933.
Son of Jefferson Davis DeBlieux (1904-1984) and Marie Dell (Roubieu)
DeBlieux (1907-2002).
Democrat. Hardware
business; historian;
author;
mayor
of Natchitoches, La., 1976-80; Louisiana State Historic
Preservation Officer, 1980-88.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Our Lady of the Lake Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
31, 2010 (age 77 years, 5
days).
Interment at American Cemetery.
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Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) —
also known as Pierre E. J. B. Bossier —
of Louisiana.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., March 22,
1797.
Planter;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1833-43; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1844 (age 47 years, 33
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Catholic Cemetery.
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Phanor Breazeale (1858-1934) —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Natchitoches
Parish, La., December
29, 1858.
Democrat. Delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1899-1905; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., April 29,
1934 (age 75 years, 121
days).
Interment at Catholic Cemetery.
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