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Flanders, Benjamin Franklin b. January 16, 1816 d. March 13, 1896
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1862 to 1863. Also served as Military Governor of Louisiana from 1867 to 1868. (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Garrison, Jim b. November 20, 1921 d. October 21, 1992
JFK Assassination Figure. He was the New Orleans District Attorney whose investigation into President John F. Kennedy's assassination led to the trial of businessman Clay Shaw, who was the only person ever brough to trial in connection with the assassination. Shaw was later aquitted. Much of motion picture director Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" was based on his book, "On The Trail of the Assassins." Jim Garrison had a cameo in the film as Chief Justice Earl Warren of the Warren Commission. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Gay, Edward James b. May 5, 1878 d. December 1, 1952
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from 1918 to 1921. Also served as a Member of the Louisiana State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Gilmore, Samuel Louis b. July 30, 1859 d. July 18, 1910
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Louisiana's 2nd District in the Sixty-first Congress, he served from 1909 until his death in office. A native of New Orleans, Gilmore graduated from New Jersey's Seton Hall College in 1877 and from the law department of what is now Tulane University in 1879. The following year he was admitted to the bar and set up law practice in his hometown. He was Assistant City Attorney from 1888 to 1896 and City Attorney from 1896 to 1909, when he resigned...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Guion, Walter b. April 3, 1849 d. February 7, 1927
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Louisiana in 1918. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Hahn, Michael b. November 24, 1830 d. March 15, 1886
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 2nd District ans as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives from 1862 to 1863, and 1885 to 1886. Also served as a Member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876, Speaker of the Louisiana State House of Representatives in 1875, and District Judge for the 26th District from 1879 to 1885. (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Section 68 - Antz tomb
Harrington, Joseph V. 'Neversmile' d. July, 1924
Notorious gambler. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Sec 85, along Ave E.
Heard, William Wright b. April 28, 1853 d. May 31, 1926
32nd Governor of Louisiana. Born near the rural north Louisiana community of Shiloh in Union Parrish, he was the son of Stephen Southard Heard and Mary Ann Wright. Heard was educated in a small local school near his family's homestead. In years to come, he remembered the challenges of educating children in rural areas. Education was one of the major concerns for the residents of the state; hence, as governor, he formed the first Board of Education for the State Louisiana. Heard married...[Read More] (Bio by: Linda Davis)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Sec. 77
Higgins, Andrew J. b. August 28, 1886 d. August 1, 1952
Inventor. He was an industrialist shipbuilder and owner of the Higgins Industries in New Orleans, when commissioned by the U.S. War Department for a variety of equipment for the Navy. During World War II, he designed and manufactured the ramp-bow Eureka boat, the "LCVP" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), or simply, the "Higgins Boat" and a larger version, classified as a tank lighter, "LCM" (Landing Craft, Mechanized). His plants also turned out, motor torpedo boat (PT boats), torpedo tubes...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Section 149
Hirt, Al b. November 7, 1922 d. April 27, 1999
Considered a trumpet playing legend by musicians around the world. The son of a police officer and a Louisiana girl from the country, his father gave him a trumpet when he was 6 years old. He received his doctorate in Performing Arts from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. He not only performed with symphony orchestras, but played any and all kinds of music the world over. Besides the jazz venues, he also appeared in movies and on television. He was a Grammy...[Read More]
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Hood, John Bell b. June 29, 1831 d. August 30, 1879
Confederate Army Officer. He was born John Bell Hood on June 29, 1831, the son of a rural doctor in Owingsville, Kentucky. He was raised in the bluegrass region of central Kentucky near the town of Mt. Sterling. Against the wishes of his father, who had urged him to pursue a medical career, John Bell obtained an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West point in 1849 and graduated 44th out of 52 in the class of 1853. After receiving his commission as a brevet second...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Humphries, Johnny b. June 23, 1915 d. June 24, 1965
Major League Baseball Player. When Samuel Goldwyn began looking for someone to play Lou Gehrig in "Pride of the Yankees," he quizzed baseball writers and got input from several sources. The Sporting News polled the fans, and their pick was Humphries because of the strong facial resemblance. Goodwyn considered the candidates and chose actor Gary Cooper for the role. Humphries was a right-hander who pitched for the Cleveland Indians in 1938-40, the Chicago White Sox in 1941-45 and in one game...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Hunt, Theodore Gaillard b. October 23, 1805 d. November 15, 1893
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1855. Also served as a Member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives in 1837, and State Court Judge in 1859. (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
King, Grace Elizabeth b. November 29, 1853 d. January 14, 1932
Author. Her works include "Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters," "Monsieur Motte," "Balcony Stories," and "Tales of a Time and Place." (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Section 96.
La Branche, Alcee Louis b. 1806 d. August 17, 1861
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1845. Also served as a Member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives in 1831, and United States Charges d'Affaires to Texas from 1837 to 1840, (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Lagan, Matthew Diamond b. June 29, 1829 d. April 8, 1901
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1889, and 1891 to 1893. Also served as a Delegate to the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention in 1879. He also served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Langles (cenotaph), Angele d. July 4, 1898
Accident Victim. Along with her mother, she died in the sinking of the steamship "La Bourgoyne." The inscription on her monument, 105 La. 39, refers to the legal case which settled her estate; the question was, without witnesses, whether she or her mother perished first in the sinking. It was decided that Angele, being younger and able to swim, lived longer than her mother. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Sec. 2
LaSere, Emile b. 1802 d. August 14, 1882
US Congressman. Served as a Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Louisiana's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1846 to 1851. (Bio by: K)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Leche, Richard Webster b. May 17, 1898 d. February 22, 1965
Louisiana Governor. He served as Governor of Louisiana from 1936 to 1939.
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Sec. 124
Maestri, Robert S. d. 1974
Mayor of New Orleans, 1936-1946. (Bio by: Joel Manuel)
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Sec 136, along Bell Ave.

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