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William Crosson Feazel (1895-1965) —
also known as W. C. Feazel —
of West Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.; Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Farmerville, Union
Parish, La., June 10,
1895.
Democrat. Oil and gas
producer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1932-36; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of the World.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., March
16, 1965 (age 69 years, 279
days).
Interment at Hasley
Cemetery, West Monroe, La.
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Harvey Goodwyn Fields (b. 1884) —
also known as Harvey G. Fields —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.; Farmerville, Union
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., May 31,
1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; law
partner of Huey P.
Long; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1916-20; District Attorney, 3rd District, 1922-25;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate; member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936;
Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1926-29; member of Louisiana
public service commission, 1927-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1937-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen; Lions.
Interment at Farmerville
City Cemetery, Farmerville, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Thomas Fields and Carrie (Goodwyn) Fields; married, December
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Alvan Lafargue (1883-1963) —
of Sulphur, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., October
14, 1883.
Physician;
mayor
of Sulphur, La., 1926-38.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary;
Woodmen of the World.
Died in Sulphur, Calcasieu
Parish, La., February
11, 1963 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Orange
Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. (1890-1966) —
also known as Henry D. Larcade, Jr. —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., July 12,
1890.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-32; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1936-40; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1943-53.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died March
15, 1966 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Interment at St.
Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, La.
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Carl Edgar Mapes (1874-1939) —
also known as Carl E. Mapes —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., December
26, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1905-06; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1913-39; died in
office 1939.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in his hotel
room at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
12, 1939 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Cursey L. Marcantel (b. 1906) —
of Elton, Jefferson
Davis Parish, La.
Born in Elton, Jefferson
Davis Parish, La., February
11, 1906.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1936,
1948;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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John Nicholas Sandlin (1872-1957) —
also known as John N. Sandlin —
of Minden, Webster
Parish, La.
Born in McIntyre, Webster
Parish, La., February
24, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Minden,
La., 1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); district judge in Louisiana 2nd
District, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1921-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died December
25, 1957 (age 85 years, 304
days).
Interment at Minden
Cemetery, Minden, La.
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Compton Ignatius White (1877-1956) —
also known as Compton I. White —
of Clark Fork, Bonner
County, Idaho.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., July 31,
1877.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1933-47, 1949-51;
defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Modern Woodmen.
Died March
31, 1956 (age 78 years, 244
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bonner County, Idaho.
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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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