Article published in The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., Sat., December 27, 1941, page 2.
“Horace Wilkinson Funeral Set Today”
West Side Planter Dies After Illness
Funeral services for Horace Wilkinson, 87-year-old former state representative and West Baton Rouge planter, will be held this morning at Rabenhorst's funeral home.
The prominent West Baton Rouge planter died yesterday morning at his plantation at Poplar Grove following a long illness.
Mr. Wilkinson, who is well known throughout the state, was the son of the late Dr. Joseph Biddle Wilkinson and Josephine Stark. He was born on Point Celeste plantation in Plaquemines parish, February 26, 1854. He lived on this plantation until he was grown.
He was married February 1, 1883, to Miss Julia Burwell Merwin of New Orleans. He moved to West Baton Rouge as manager of the Poplar Grove plantation in 1884 where he had lived except for three years, when he went back to Plaquemines parish. He lived in Plaquemines parish from 1901 to 1904, managing a plantation there.
He bought Poplar Grove plantation in 1905 and he has had a vital part in the affairs of West Baton Rouge since. He has served as a member of the police jury, was president of the Atchafalaya basin levee board for years and was president of the Choctaw drainage board up to a few years ago. He was elected to the Constitutional convention and served as a member of the legislature for 21 years. His father was a member of the Louisiana legislature and his son, Horace, Jr., is at present also a member of that body.
Mr. Wilkinson was chairman of the appropriations committee. He introduced the bill in the legislature during the Pleasant administration to buy the plantation below Baton Rouge for the new site of the university. He fought many battles in the house for better drainage, bridges and good roads, all of which interested him very much.
During the Parker administration he was manager of the state penitentiary at Angola.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Horace Wilkinson; three children, Mrs. J.A. Tucker of Baton Rouge, Horace Wilkinson, Jr. of West Baton Rouge and Mrs. W.L. Stevens of New Orleans, and the following grandchildren; James Tucker, Lt. Robert Tucker, Baton Rouge; Horace Wilkinson III, Chauvin, Merwin and Helen of Poplar Grove; Sybil, Betty, and William Stevens of New Orleans, and three great-grandchildren, James Wilkinson Tucker, Jr., Tuber Wilkinson and Horace Wilkinson IV.
“Horace Wilkinson Funeral Set Today”
West Side Planter Dies After Illness
Funeral services for Horace Wilkinson, 87-year-old former state representative and West Baton Rouge planter, will be held this morning at Rabenhorst's funeral home.
The prominent West Baton Rouge planter died yesterday morning at his plantation at Poplar Grove following a long illness.
Mr. Wilkinson, who is well known throughout the state, was the son of the late Dr. Joseph Biddle Wilkinson and Josephine Stark. He was born on Point Celeste plantation in Plaquemines parish, February 26, 1854. He lived on this plantation until he was grown.
He was married February 1, 1883, to Miss Julia Burwell Merwin of New Orleans. He moved to West Baton Rouge as manager of the Poplar Grove plantation in 1884 where he had lived except for three years, when he went back to Plaquemines parish. He lived in Plaquemines parish from 1901 to 1904, managing a plantation there.
He bought Poplar Grove plantation in 1905 and he has had a vital part in the affairs of West Baton Rouge since. He has served as a member of the police jury, was president of the Atchafalaya basin levee board for years and was president of the Choctaw drainage board up to a few years ago. He was elected to the Constitutional convention and served as a member of the legislature for 21 years. His father was a member of the Louisiana legislature and his son, Horace, Jr., is at present also a member of that body.
Mr. Wilkinson was chairman of the appropriations committee. He introduced the bill in the legislature during the Pleasant administration to buy the plantation below Baton Rouge for the new site of the university. He fought many battles in the house for better drainage, bridges and good roads, all of which interested him very much.
During the Parker administration he was manager of the state penitentiary at Angola.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Horace Wilkinson; three children, Mrs. J.A. Tucker of Baton Rouge, Horace Wilkinson, Jr. of West Baton Rouge and Mrs. W.L. Stevens of New Orleans, and the following grandchildren; James Tucker, Lt. Robert Tucker, Baton Rouge; Horace Wilkinson III, Chauvin, Merwin and Helen of Poplar Grove; Sybil, Betty, and William Stevens of New Orleans, and three great-grandchildren, James Wilkinson Tucker, Jr., Tuber Wilkinson and Horace Wilkinson IV.
Article published in The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., Sat., December 27, 1941, page 2.
“Horace Wilkinson Funeral Set Today”
West Side Planter Dies After Illness
Funeral services for Horace Wilkinson, 87-year-old former state representative and West Baton Rouge planter, will be held this morning at Rabenhorst's funeral home.
The prominent West Baton Rouge planter died yesterday morning at his plantation at Poplar Grove following a long illness.
Mr. Wilkinson, who is well known throughout the state, was the son of the late Dr. Joseph Biddle Wilkinson and Josephine Stark. He was born on Point Celeste plantation in Plaquemines parish, February 26, 1854. He lived on this plantation until he was grown.
He was married February 1, 1883, to Miss Julia Burwell Merwin of New Orleans. He moved to West Baton Rouge as manager of the Poplar Grove plantation in 1884 where he had lived except for three years, when he went back to Plaquemines parish. He lived in Plaquemines parish from 1901 to 1904, managing a plantation there.
He bought Poplar Grove plantation in 1905 and he has had a vital part in the affairs of West Baton Rouge since. He has served as a member of the police jury, was president of the Atchafalaya basin levee board for years and was president of the Choctaw drainage board up to a few years ago. He was elected to the Constitutional convention and served as a member of the legislature for 21 years. His father was a member of the Louisiana legislature and his son, Horace, Jr., is at present also a member of that body.
Mr. Wilkinson was chairman of the appropriations committee. He introduced the bill in the legislature during the Pleasant administration to buy the plantation below Baton Rouge for the new site of the university. He fought many battles in the house for better drainage, bridges and good roads, all of which interested him very much.
During the Parker administration he was manager of the state penitentiary at Angola.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Horace Wilkinson; three children, Mrs. J.A. Tucker of Baton Rouge, Horace Wilkinson, Jr. of West Baton Rouge and Mrs. W.L. Stevens of New Orleans, and the following grandchildren; James Tucker, Lt. Robert Tucker, Baton Rouge; Horace Wilkinson III, Chauvin, Merwin and Helen of Poplar Grove; Sybil, Betty, and William Stevens of New Orleans, and three great-grandchildren, James Wilkinson Tucker, Jr., Tuber Wilkinson and Horace Wilkinson IV.
“Horace Wilkinson Funeral Set Today”
West Side Planter Dies After Illness
Funeral services for Horace Wilkinson, 87-year-old former state representative and West Baton Rouge planter, will be held this morning at Rabenhorst's funeral home.
The prominent West Baton Rouge planter died yesterday morning at his plantation at Poplar Grove following a long illness.
Mr. Wilkinson, who is well known throughout the state, was the son of the late Dr. Joseph Biddle Wilkinson and Josephine Stark. He was born on Point Celeste plantation in Plaquemines parish, February 26, 1854. He lived on this plantation until he was grown.
He was married February 1, 1883, to Miss Julia Burwell Merwin of New Orleans. He moved to West Baton Rouge as manager of the Poplar Grove plantation in 1884 where he had lived except for three years, when he went back to Plaquemines parish. He lived in Plaquemines parish from 1901 to 1904, managing a plantation there.
He bought Poplar Grove plantation in 1905 and he has had a vital part in the affairs of West Baton Rouge since. He has served as a member of the police jury, was president of the Atchafalaya basin levee board for years and was president of the Choctaw drainage board up to a few years ago. He was elected to the Constitutional convention and served as a member of the legislature for 21 years. His father was a member of the Louisiana legislature and his son, Horace, Jr., is at present also a member of that body.
Mr. Wilkinson was chairman of the appropriations committee. He introduced the bill in the legislature during the Pleasant administration to buy the plantation below Baton Rouge for the new site of the university. He fought many battles in the house for better drainage, bridges and good roads, all of which interested him very much.
During the Parker administration he was manager of the state penitentiary at Angola.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Horace Wilkinson; three children, Mrs. J.A. Tucker of Baton Rouge, Horace Wilkinson, Jr. of West Baton Rouge and Mrs. W.L. Stevens of New Orleans, and the following grandchildren; James Tucker, Lt. Robert Tucker, Baton Rouge; Horace Wilkinson III, Chauvin, Merwin and Helen of Poplar Grove; Sybil, Betty, and William Stevens of New Orleans, and three great-grandchildren, James Wilkinson Tucker, Jr., Tuber Wilkinson and Horace Wilkinson IV.
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