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Lafourche Parish
Louisiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lafourche Parish

Index to Locations Thibodaux St. John's Episcopal Cemetery Thibodaux St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery St. John's Episcopal Cemetery 718 Jackson Street Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1977 Politicians buried here: Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (1834-1912) — also known as Francis T. Nicholls — of Napoleonville, Assumption Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La., August 20, 1834. Democrat. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lost an arm in the battle of Winchester, Va.; lost a foot at Chancellorsville; Governor of Louisiana, 1877-80, 1888-92; chief justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1892-1904; appointed 1892; justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1904-11; resigned 1911. Died near Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La., January 4, 1912 (age 77 years, 137 days). Entombed at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Clark Nicholls and Louisa Hannah (Drake) Nicholls; married 1861 to Caroline Zilpha Guion.   Nicholls State University (founded 1948 as Francis T. Nicholls Junior College; became a state college 1956; became a university 1970) in Thibodaux, Louisiana, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)   Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) — also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P. Martin — of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. Born near Napoleonville, Assumption Parish, La., August 12, 1867. Democrat. Chemist; lawyer; District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana, 1900-06; district judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912 (alternate), 1920; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in office 1929. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., April 6, 1929 (age 61 years, 237 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Campbell Martin and Margerite Chism (Littlejohn) Martin; married, April 14, 1896, to Amy Williamson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Politicians buried here:   Edward Douglass White (1795-1847) — also known as Edward D. White — of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La.; Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. Born in Maury County, Tenn., March 3, 1795. State court judge in Louisiana, 1825; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1829-34, 1839-43; Governor of Louisiana, 1835-39. Catholic. Slaveowner. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., April 18, 1847 (age 52 years, 46 days). Entombed at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James White; father of Edward Douglass White (1845-1921).   Political family: White family of Louisiana.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article

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