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West Feliciana Parish
Louisiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in West Feliciana Parish


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • St. Francisville Grace Church Cemetery
  • St. Francisville Grace Episcopal Churchyard


    Private or family graveyards
    West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (1782-1839) — Born in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., April 15, 1782. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1807; member of Massachusetts state senate; member of Louisiana state senate; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1835-39; died in office 1839. Died in West Feliciana Parish, La., March 2, 1839 (age 56 years, 321 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Brother of James Wheelock Ripley.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Thomas Butler (1785-1847) — of Louisiana. Born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., April 14, 1785. Lawyer; planter; district judge in Louisiana, 1813; U.S. Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1818-21. Died in St. Louis, Mo., August 7, 1847 (age 62 years, 115 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Grace Church Cemetery
    St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Parkinson Newsham (1837-1919) — of Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill.; Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La.; St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, La. Born in Preston, Lancashire, England, May 24, 1837. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1868-69, 1870-71 (3rd District 1868-69, 4th District 1870-71). Died in St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, La., October 22, 1919 (age 82 years, 151 days). Interment at Grace Church Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Grace Episcopal Churchyard
    St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
    Politicians buried here:
      John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845) — of Louisiana. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., March 17, 1798. Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1841-45 (2nd District 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-45); died in office 1845. Died in St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, La., June 26, 1845 (age 47 years, 101 days). Interment at Grace Episcopal Churchyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Father of Anna Ruffin Dawson (who married Robert Charles Wickliffe). See Wickliffe family of Kentucky and Louisiana.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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