Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, Volume 50
Richard McCall.
Another prominent sugar planter of the old school, a scion of one of our most distinguished Louisiana families, Hon. Richard McCall, died at his home in Ascension Parish on McManor plantation Monday, May 12, 1913, aged 65 years. The McCall family has been identified in a large way with the Louisiana sugar industry from its beginning, and their great Evan Hall plantation in Ascension parish stands as a monument to the memory of that family. This generation has known the three McCall brothers, viz., Jones McCall, the father of Henry McCall who recently died, and of Mrs. Walter Flower; Mr. Henry McCall of Philadelphia, who maintained his residence in that city, but whose chief identity was with their great sugar plantation in Ascension Parish and of late years his son, Harry McCall and his son-in-law, Count L' De Diesbach, have represented his interests there. Colonel Richard McCall was the son of the third brother, Richard, of the McCall family. That brother acquired the McManor plantation, adjacent to Evan Hall and Col. Richard McCall built it up after the civil war to its present considerably large proportions.
More recently, with the appointment of Hon. Henry McCall as collector of the port of New Orleans and the concentration of his energies in that work, Col. Richard McCall was allotted the management of the combined properties. HE was a man of great ability, of untiring industry, a kind-hearted, generous gentleman, most earnestly loved and respected by everyone who knew him. His death makes a gap in the ranks of the men of Ascension parish that will not be easily filled. As a young man he entered into the military service of the Confederate Army. The close of the war found him still young and he began the earnest study of the sugar industry in which his family engaged in such a large way. He was appointed colonel on the staff of Gov. Murphy J. Foster in 1892, whence comes his distinguishing military title. He is now gone to that bourne whence no traveler returns and those who knew him best and loved him most will cherish his memory during all the days to come.
Richard McCall.
Another prominent sugar planter of the old school, a scion of one of our most distinguished Louisiana families, Hon. Richard McCall, died at his home in Ascension Parish on McManor plantation Monday, May 12, 1913, aged 65 years. The McCall family has been identified in a large way with the Louisiana sugar industry from its beginning, and their great Evan Hall plantation in Ascension parish stands as a monument to the memory of that family. This generation has known the three McCall brothers, viz., Jones McCall, the father of Henry McCall who recently died, and of Mrs. Walter Flower; Mr. Henry McCall of Philadelphia, who maintained his residence in that city, but whose chief identity was with their great sugar plantation in Ascension Parish and of late years his son, Harry McCall and his son-in-law, Count L' De Diesbach, have represented his interests there. Colonel Richard McCall was the son of the third brother, Richard, of the McCall family. That brother acquired the McManor plantation, adjacent to Evan Hall and Col. Richard McCall built it up after the civil war to its present considerably large proportions.
More recently, with the appointment of Hon. Henry McCall as collector of the port of New Orleans and the concentration of his energies in that work, Col. Richard McCall was allotted the management of the combined properties. HE was a man of great ability, of untiring industry, a kind-hearted, generous gentleman, most earnestly loved and respected by everyone who knew him. His death makes a gap in the ranks of the men of Ascension parish that will not be easily filled. As a young man he entered into the military service of the Confederate Army. The close of the war found him still young and he began the earnest study of the sugar industry in which his family engaged in such a large way. He was appointed colonel on the staff of Gov. Murphy J. Foster in 1892, whence comes his distinguishing military title. He is now gone to that bourne whence no traveler returns and those who knew him best and loved him most will cherish his memory during all the days to come.
Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, Volume 50
Richard McCall.
Another prominent sugar planter of the old school, a scion of one of our most distinguished Louisiana families, Hon. Richard McCall, died at his home in Ascension Parish on McManor plantation Monday, May 12, 1913, aged 65 years. The McCall family has been identified in a large way with the Louisiana sugar industry from its beginning, and their great Evan Hall plantation in Ascension parish stands as a monument to the memory of that family. This generation has known the three McCall brothers, viz., Jones McCall, the father of Henry McCall who recently died, and of Mrs. Walter Flower; Mr. Henry McCall of Philadelphia, who maintained his residence in that city, but whose chief identity was with their great sugar plantation in Ascension Parish and of late years his son, Harry McCall and his son-in-law, Count L' De Diesbach, have represented his interests there. Colonel Richard McCall was the son of the third brother, Richard, of the McCall family. That brother acquired the McManor plantation, adjacent to Evan Hall and Col. Richard McCall built it up after the civil war to its present considerably large proportions.
More recently, with the appointment of Hon. Henry McCall as collector of the port of New Orleans and the concentration of his energies in that work, Col. Richard McCall was allotted the management of the combined properties. HE was a man of great ability, of untiring industry, a kind-hearted, generous gentleman, most earnestly loved and respected by everyone who knew him. His death makes a gap in the ranks of the men of Ascension parish that will not be easily filled. As a young man he entered into the military service of the Confederate Army. The close of the war found him still young and he began the earnest study of the sugar industry in which his family engaged in such a large way. He was appointed colonel on the staff of Gov. Murphy J. Foster in 1892, whence comes his distinguishing military title. He is now gone to that bourne whence no traveler returns and those who knew him best and loved him most will cherish his memory during all the days to come.
Richard McCall.
Another prominent sugar planter of the old school, a scion of one of our most distinguished Louisiana families, Hon. Richard McCall, died at his home in Ascension Parish on McManor plantation Monday, May 12, 1913, aged 65 years. The McCall family has been identified in a large way with the Louisiana sugar industry from its beginning, and their great Evan Hall plantation in Ascension parish stands as a monument to the memory of that family. This generation has known the three McCall brothers, viz., Jones McCall, the father of Henry McCall who recently died, and of Mrs. Walter Flower; Mr. Henry McCall of Philadelphia, who maintained his residence in that city, but whose chief identity was with their great sugar plantation in Ascension Parish and of late years his son, Harry McCall and his son-in-law, Count L' De Diesbach, have represented his interests there. Colonel Richard McCall was the son of the third brother, Richard, of the McCall family. That brother acquired the McManor plantation, adjacent to Evan Hall and Col. Richard McCall built it up after the civil war to its present considerably large proportions.
More recently, with the appointment of Hon. Henry McCall as collector of the port of New Orleans and the concentration of his energies in that work, Col. Richard McCall was allotted the management of the combined properties. HE was a man of great ability, of untiring industry, a kind-hearted, generous gentleman, most earnestly loved and respected by everyone who knew him. His death makes a gap in the ranks of the men of Ascension parish that will not be easily filled. As a young man he entered into the military service of the Confederate Army. The close of the war found him still young and he began the earnest study of the sugar industry in which his family engaged in such a large way. He was appointed colonel on the staff of Gov. Murphy J. Foster in 1892, whence comes his distinguishing military title. He is now gone to that bourne whence no traveler returns and those who knew him best and loved him most will cherish his memory during all the days to come.
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