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Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Terrebonne Parish

Index to Locations Houma Halfway Cemetery Houma Magnolia Cemetery Schriever St. Bridget's Church Cemetery Halfway Cemetery Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Politicians buried here:   Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux (1769-1827) — of Louisiana. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 1, 1769. Member of Louisiana state senate, 1812-24; Governor of Louisiana, 1824. Catholic. Died, of an abscessed liver, near Bayou Terrebonne, Terrebonne Parish, La., October 24, 1827 (age 58 years, 296 days). Entombed at Halfway Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Felicite Bonvillian and Bridgette Belanger.   See also National Governors Association biography   Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (1812-1866) — also known as Bannon G. Thibodeaux — of Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. Born in Louisiana, 1812. U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1845-49. Slaveowner. Died in 1866 (age about 54 years). Interment at Halfway Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Magnolia Cemetery Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Politicians buried here: Allen Joseph Ellender (1890-1972) — also known as Allen J. Ellender — of Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. Born in Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, La., September 24, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1924-36; Speaker of the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1932-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936, 1952; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72; died in office 1972; member of Democratic National Committee from Louisiana, 1939-40. Died in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., July 27, 1972 (age 81 years, 307 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Wallace Richard Ellender and Victoria (Javaux) Ellender; married, March 19, 1917, to Helen Calhoun Donnelly.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Books about Allen J. Ellender: Thomas A. Becnel, Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana : A Biography   Image source: Ingham County News, April 30, 1936   George Arceneaux Jr. (1928-1993) — of Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., May 17, 1928. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979-93; died in office 1993. Died in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La., April 6, 1993 (age 64 years, 324 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Arceneaux and Louise (Austin) Arceneaux.   See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial St. Bridget's Church Cemetery Schriever, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

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