Peter had a twin brother Samuel M. Hansbrough. His memorial is 42204001. (Mandeville, March 27.-Funeral services for Peter Harrison Hans- brough, 79 years old, long identified with lumber and timber interest in St. Tammany parish, who died Sat- urday night, were held here this afternoon. The Rev. David Tarver, pastor of the Covington Methodist
Church, officiated. Mr. Hansborough had been in fail- ing health for some time and suf- fered a stroke Tuesday from which
he failed to recover.
A native of Carrollton, Miss., Mr. Hansborough became affiliated with the Poitevent-Favre Lumber Com- pany at Perkinston, Miss., in 1884, where he remained until 1895. He then came to St. Tammany parish as superintendent of logging opera- tions for that company. With the exception of a short interval, when Mr. Hansbrough was with the Sal- men Brick and Lumber Company, Slidell, he remained with the Poite- vent-Favre Lumber Company, hav- ing been in their employ more than 35 years. He was still representing the company's holdings in this par-
ish at the time of his death. After the acquisition of the East Louisiana railroad by the New Or- leans and Great Northern railroad from the Poitevent-Favre interests, Mr. Hansbrough, bought for the New Orleans and Great Northern rail- road right of ways from Slidell to
Jackson, Miss. Mr. Hansborough is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Della Moulton, New Orleans; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Russell, Hattiesburg, Miss., and Miss Emily Hansbrough, Mandeville, and one son, Calvin Hansbrough, Laurel,
Miss. Mr. Hansbrough was an uncle of
Mrs. Geo. Cornibe of Slidell.)
Peter had a twin brother Samuel M. Hansbrough. His memorial is 42204001. (Mandeville, March 27.-Funeral services for Peter Harrison Hans- brough, 79 years old, long identified with lumber and timber interest in St. Tammany parish, who died Sat- urday night, were held here this afternoon. The Rev. David Tarver, pastor of the Covington Methodist
Church, officiated. Mr. Hansborough had been in fail- ing health for some time and suf- fered a stroke Tuesday from which
he failed to recover.
A native of Carrollton, Miss., Mr. Hansborough became affiliated with the Poitevent-Favre Lumber Com- pany at Perkinston, Miss., in 1884, where he remained until 1895. He then came to St. Tammany parish as superintendent of logging opera- tions for that company. With the exception of a short interval, when Mr. Hansbrough was with the Sal- men Brick and Lumber Company, Slidell, he remained with the Poite- vent-Favre Lumber Company, hav- ing been in their employ more than 35 years. He was still representing the company's holdings in this par-
ish at the time of his death. After the acquisition of the East Louisiana railroad by the New Or- leans and Great Northern railroad from the Poitevent-Favre interests, Mr. Hansbrough, bought for the New Orleans and Great Northern rail- road right of ways from Slidell to
Jackson, Miss. Mr. Hansborough is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Della Moulton, New Orleans; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Russell, Hattiesburg, Miss., and Miss Emily Hansbrough, Mandeville, and one son, Calvin Hansbrough, Laurel,
Miss. Mr. Hansbrough was an uncle of
Mrs. Geo. Cornibe of Slidell.)
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