Find A Grave - Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2

Beauvais, Arnaud Jules b. September 6, 1783 d. November 18, 1843
Louisiana Governor. He became a plantation owner and merchant in Point Coupee Parish, and in 1810 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. A Democratic-Republican, from 1814 to 1816 and 1818 to 1822 he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives. In 1822 he moved to the Louisiana Senate, where he served until 1830. In 1827 he became Senate President, and when Governor Pierre Derbigny died in October 1829, Beauvais...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Alley 2-L, tomb 10
Blanchard, Albert G. b. September 10, 1810 d. June 21, 1891
He received his early education in Charlestown, Massachusetts and then entered the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1829, still only 19 years old. He had been a classmate of Robert E Lee. Commissioned as a brevet-second lieutenant, he served on frontier duty, in recruiting services, and in improving Sabine River and Lake. The Sabine River flows through Louisiana and Texas, serving as the border between the two. He resigned as a first lieutenant in 1840 and went into the...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Buisson, Pierre Benjamin b. May 20, 1793 d. May 30, 1874
Civil War Confederate Militia General. The oldest Confederate brigadier general, he participated in the failed 1862 defense of New Orleans. Raised in Paris he graduated from the L'Ecole Polytechnique, where his academic record was mediocre, in 1813 then after further training at Metz served as a Lieutenant in the 6th. Artillery of Napoleon's Grande Armee; though again considered a marginal performer he was twice decorated for bravery, receiving the Legion of Honor and the St. Helena Medal...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Delille, Mother Henriette b. 1813 d. 1862
Founder of the black religious community, Sisters of the Holy Family. A descendant of slaves, she was born to an ancestral quadroon family who trained and supplied women to be the mistresses of wealthy white men. Although raised in privilege and comfort, she rebelled and became a nun. When Henriette was declared to be of legal age, she sold all her property and on November 21, 1836, she and eight other black women became the Sisters of Presentation. They cared for the sick and poor and upon...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Nuns
Desdunes, Rodolphe Lucien b. 1849 d. 1928
Author of "Nos Hommes et Noire Histoire" (Our People and Our HIstory: Fifty Creole Portraits), published in French in 1911, which chronicled the lives of 50 prominent black residents of New Orleans during the late 19th century. He was also a columnist for a black-owned New Orleans newspaper, "The Crusader," who wrote several influential articles during the "Plessy vs. Ferguson" case. (Bio by: Joel Manuel (inactive))
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Dunn, Oscar James b. 1820 d. November 20, 1871
US Politician. He was the first African American Lieutenant Governor in United States history, serving in Louisiana from 1868 to 1872. He was the son of an emancipated slave. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: near entrance
Elliott, Robert Brown b. August 11, 1842 d. August 9, 1884
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1871 to 1875. Also served as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from South Carolina in 1868, and Member of the South Carolina State Legislature.
Cause of death: Malaria
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Genois, Charles b. 1793 d. August 30, 1866
New Orleans Mayor. Genois served as the Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1838 to 1840. (Bio by: K)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Girod, Nicholas b. 1747 d. 1840
New Orleans Mayor. Girod served as the Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1812 to 1815. (Bio by: K)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Guesnon, George 'Creole' b. May 25, 1907 d. May 5, 1968
Jazz Musician. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Guesnon is best known as being a superb master of the banjo and ukelele. He was taught to play the banjo by John Marrero, a member of the musical group, 'Celestin's Tuxedo Orchestra,' who Guesnon would later replace as a member of that group. He was also an accomplished composer and songwriter who worked with the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Nelson, Kid Thomas, and George Lewis, among many others. Guesnon who recorded 3 albums, and...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Hunt, Carleton b. January 1, 1836 d. August 14, 1921
Civil War Veteran US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant in a Louisiana Artillery unit. He was elected to represent Louisiana's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1885. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
K-Doe (Kador, Jr.), Ernie (Ernest) b. February 22, 1936 d. July 5, 2001
Singer. R&B performer who sang the hit "Mother-In-Law." His real-life mother-in-law, Leola Wallace Clark, was buried in the same tomb as K-Doe in February 2002. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
King, Earl b. February 7, 1934 d. April 17, 2003
Musician. A R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist, he was born Earl Silas Johnson IV, in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1934. In 1953 he met Guitar Slim at the Club Tijuana where the two became good friends. Also that year he signed on with the Wax Record Label and released the song, "Have You Gone Crazy" for Savoy. In 1954 on the advice of his record promoter he changed his name to Earl King, and signed with the Specialty Record Label the same year and released, "A Mother's Love." He began being...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Soule, Pierre b. August 31, 1801 d. March 26, 1870
Writer and Democrat Senator from Louisiana. He served in the US Senate in 1847 and from 1849-1853. He was also the author of the Ostend Manifesto. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Villere, Jacques Phillippe b. April 28, 1760 d. March 7, 1830
Governor of Louisiana. He participated in the Battle of New Orleans as a Major General of the State Militia, and was a member of the first State Constitutional Convention. He was elected second governor of Louisiana in 1816 and served until 1820. During his administration, the state became prosperous, and he tried to mediate differences between the American and Creole populations. He endorsed laws that would prohibit imprisonment for debt; impose the death penalty upon any person killing...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Tomb # 353
You, Dominique b. 1775 d. November 15, 1830
Patriot and pirate.
The grave inscription in French reads "Intrpide guerrier, sur la terre et sur l'onde, Il sut, dans cent combats, signaler sa valeur Et ce nouveau Bayard, sans reproche et sans peur Aurait pu sans trembler, voir s'crouler le monde." In English it reads "Intrepid warrior on land and sea. In a hundred combats showed his valor. This new Bayard without reporach or fear could have witnessed the ending of the world without trembling." Half brother to Jean Lafitte and Pierre...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Neal)
Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA

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