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Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) —
also known as Edward A. Burke; Edward A.
Burk —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
13, 1839.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; railroad
superintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; importer
and exporter; railway
freight agent; newspaper editor; Louisiana
state treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistol duel
with Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;
in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1884;
in 1889, his successor as state treasurer, William
Henry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accused
Burke of embezzlement;
he was subsequently indicted
by a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return to
Louisiana, and instead fled
to Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in the Hotel
Ritz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
September
24, 1928 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Interment somewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras.
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Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) —
also known as Tobias Guarneriius —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
7, 1805.
Newspaper editor; college
professor; linguist;
as a young man, took part in several duels;
Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1848-51; U.S. Minister to
Costa Rica, 1859-61; Nicaragua, 1859-61.
Greek
and Alabama
Indian ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
30, 1883 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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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
in Baton Rouge, La.
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Joseph Barton Elam Jr. (1878-1935) —
of Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La.
Born in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., June 1,
1878.
Newspaper editor; mayor
of Mansfield, La., 1914-20.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
25, 1935 (age 57 years, 146
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Mansfield, La.
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John D. Ewing (died c.1952) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1940.
Died about 1952.
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Felix Edward Hébert (1901-1979) —
also known as F. Edward Hébert —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
12, 1901.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1941-77.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died December
29, 1979 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lake
Lawn Park Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Richard Quin Edmonson Hillyer (b. 1964) —
also known as Quin Hillyer —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
16, 1964.
Republican. Newspaper columnist;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 2013.
Still living as of 2017.
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Relatives: Son
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Alfred Briggs Irion (1833-1903) —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.
Born near Evergreen, Avoyelles
Parish, La., February
18, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1860; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1864-65; newspaper editor;
planter;
delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Judge,
Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1880-84; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1885-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 21,
1903 (age 70 years, 92
days).
Interment at Baptist
Cemetery, Evergreen, La.
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Thomas Irwin (1785-1870) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.; Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
22, 1785.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-28; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1829-31; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1831-59;
resigned 1859.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 14,
1870 (age 85 years, 81
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Adolphe Jolna Lafargue (1855-1917) —
also known as Adolphe Lafargue —
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., October
3, 1855.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1892-99; district judge in
Louisiana, 1899, 1912-16 (10th District 1899, 14th District 1912-16).
French
ancestry.
Died in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., January
24, 1917 (age 61 years, 113
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Kissick Lawrence (c.1793-1841) —
also known as P. K. Lawrence —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1793.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1836-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
19, 1841 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Haight Morrison IV (1905-1974) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., March
12, 1905.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state board of education, 1930; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Catholic.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
4, 1974 (age 69 years, 267
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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William Joseph O'Hara (b. 1891) —
also known as William J. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1891.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
Judge, Criminal District Court, Orleans Parish, 1932.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; defeated,
1914; died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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James McIlhany Thomson (1878-1959) —
also known as James M. Thomson —
of Norfolk,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Summit Point, Jefferson
County, W.Va., February
13, 1878.
Editor of the Norfolk Dispatch, 1900-06;
publisher, New Orleans Item, 1906-41; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va., September
25, 1959 (age 81 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michel Vidal (b. 1824) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Carcassonne, France,
October
1, 1824.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1868-69; U.S. Consul
in Tripoli, 1870-76.
Burial location unknown.
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Riley Joseph Wilson (1871-1946) —
also known as Riley J. Wilson —
of Harrisonburg, Catahoula
Parish, La.; Ruston, Lincoln
Parish, La.
Born in Winn
Parish, La., November
12, 1871.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; newspaper
editor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1900-04; district judge in
Louisiana 8th District, 1910-14; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1915-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1920;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Columbian
Woodmen.
Died in Ruston, Lincoln
Parish, La., February
23, 1946 (age 74 years, 103
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Ruston, La.
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