Mobile Register, dated Sunday, Jan. 2, 1881, obituary: Death of Don Miguel de Eslava
"On Thursday last the news reached the city from Spring Hill, that Don Miguel Eslava had breathed his last. As the history of his life is that of Mobile we append a short sketch of his career:
Don Miguel de Siderio Eslava was born in the city of Mobile on May 24th, 1797. He was the son of Don Miguel Eslava, who had been royal Governor under the Spanish crown. Young Miguel was educated at Bardetown, Kentucky, and in 1815 volunteered against the British. A short time after he was sent to New Orleans to acquire a commercial education, and while there married in 1824 Louise de Lanzos, daughter of the Spanish ex-Governor Don Manuel de Lanzos. After his marriage he returned to Mobile to take charge of the first cotton press erected in this city, and which was owned by J.B. Lepretre & Co. He then became a member of the firm of Eslava, Murrell & Co., and during the Southern war was the agent for nearly all the blockaders coming to this port. In 1867 he had the misfortune of losing his sight, and though he went to New Orleans and placed himself under the care of experienced oculists, his recovery was pronounced to be impossible. Bearing this misfortune with true Christian servitude, he came back to Mobile, and for the last four years was a guest in the household of his niece and sister-in-law, Celestine Eslava. He was a strict and most fervernt Catholic, in full communion with the church, this being as he was want to say, the greatest consolation a man could enjoy, and to him the most prized pleasure in life. He was buried from St. Joseph's Church, and his remains were taken to their last resting place, followed by a large crowd of friends and relatives."
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From "Rosales' History of The South"
He was a partner at "Murrell and Company," the agents for most Confederate Blockade Runners which entered and left Mobile, Ala. during the Civil War. He married Louise Malvina Delphine De Lanzos (born 1803, died 1870, buried at Church Street Cemetery). She was a native of New Orleans and daughter of Captain Manuel De Lanzos and Gertrudis Guerrero, one of the former Spanish Commanders of Mobile, during the Colonial Period. Miguel served as Spanish Vice Consul to Mobile, for many years, prior to the Civil War. He also served in the War of 1812, after Spain lost Mobile, between 1813 and 1815. He served as a private, in Diego McVoy's Company, Mobile Militia, 14th Mississippi Territorial Regiment. He lived at 124 South Royal Street and was a shipping and commercial merchant at 31 South Royal Street (upstairs), in 1861. He later lived at what is now 152 Tuthill Lane, in Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama, known as the Marshall-Eslava House, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, in 1974. Miguel also was involved in the construction of the "Eslava Building" located at 126 Government Street, which was built in approximately 1850. Miguel was described as always sporting a beard. He was fluent in Spanish, English, French and "Mobilian Trade Jargon" which was Native American trade language spoken along the Gulf Coast, which is now extinct. He is buried next to his wife, in Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama, in the Eslava Tomb.
"On Thursday last the news reached the city from Spring Hill, that Don Miguel Eslava had breathed his last. As the history of his life is that of Mobile we append a short sketch of his career:
Don Miguel de Siderio Eslava was born in the city of Mobile on May 24th, 1797. He was the son of Don Miguel Eslava, who had been royal Governor under the Spanish crown. Young Miguel was educated at Bardetown, Kentucky, and in 1815 volunteered against the British. A short time after he was sent to New Orleans to acquire a commercial education, and while there married in 1824 Louise de Lanzos, daughter of the Spanish ex-Governor Don Manuel de Lanzos. After his marriage he returned to Mobile to take charge of the first cotton press erected in this city, and which was owned by J.B. Lepretre & Co. He then became a member of the firm of Eslava, Murrell & Co., and during the Southern war was the agent for nearly all the blockaders coming to this port. In 1867 he had the misfortune of losing his sight, and though he went to New Orleans and placed himself under the care of experienced oculists, his recovery was pronounced to be impossible. Bearing this misfortune with true Christian servitude, he came back to Mobile, and for the last four years was a guest in the household of his niece and sister-in-law, Celestine Eslava. He was a strict and most fervernt Catholic, in full communion with the church, this being as he was want to say, the greatest consolation a man could enjoy, and to him the most prized pleasure in life. He was buried from St. Joseph's Church, and his remains were taken to their last resting place, followed by a large crowd of friends and relatives."
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From "Rosales' History of The South"
He was a partner at "Murrell and Company," the agents for most Confederate Blockade Runners which entered and left Mobile, Ala. during the Civil War. He married Louise Malvina Delphine De Lanzos (born 1803, died 1870, buried at Church Street Cemetery). She was a native of New Orleans and daughter of Captain Manuel De Lanzos and Gertrudis Guerrero, one of the former Spanish Commanders of Mobile, during the Colonial Period. Miguel served as Spanish Vice Consul to Mobile, for many years, prior to the Civil War. He also served in the War of 1812, after Spain lost Mobile, between 1813 and 1815. He served as a private, in Diego McVoy's Company, Mobile Militia, 14th Mississippi Territorial Regiment. He lived at 124 South Royal Street and was a shipping and commercial merchant at 31 South Royal Street (upstairs), in 1861. He later lived at what is now 152 Tuthill Lane, in Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama, known as the Marshall-Eslava House, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, in 1974. Miguel also was involved in the construction of the "Eslava Building" located at 126 Government Street, which was built in approximately 1850. Miguel was described as always sporting a beard. He was fluent in Spanish, English, French and "Mobilian Trade Jargon" which was Native American trade language spoken along the Gulf Coast, which is now extinct. He is buried next to his wife, in Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama, in the Eslava Tomb.
Mobile Register, dated Sunday, Jan. 2, 1881, obituary: Death of Don Miguel de Eslava
"On Thursday last the news reached the city from Spring Hill, that Don Miguel Eslava had breathed his last. As the history of his life is that of Mobile we append a short sketch of his career:
Don Miguel de Siderio Eslava was born in the city of Mobile on May 24th, 1797. He was the son of Don Miguel Eslava, who had been royal Governor under the Spanish crown. Young Miguel was educated at Bardetown, Kentucky, and in 1815 volunteered against the British. A short time after he was sent to New Orleans to acquire a commercial education, and while there married in 1824 Louise de Lanzos, daughter of the Spanish ex-Governor Don Manuel de Lanzos. After his marriage he returned to Mobile to take charge of the first cotton press erected in this city, and which was owned by J.B. Lepretre & Co. He then became a member of the firm of Eslava, Murrell & Co., and during the Southern war was the agent for nearly all the blockaders coming to this port. In 1867 he had the misfortune of losing his sight, and though he went to New Orleans and placed himself under the care of experienced oculists, his recovery was pronounced to be impossible. Bearing this misfortune with true Christian servitude, he came back to Mobile, and for the last four years was a guest in the household of his niece and sister-in-law, Celestine Eslava. He was a strict and most fervernt Catholic, in full communion with the church, this being as he was want to say, the greatest consolation a man could enjoy, and to him the most prized pleasure in life. He was buried from St. Joseph's Church, and his remains were taken to their last resting place, followed by a large crowd of friends and relatives."
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From "Rosales' History of The South"
He was a partner at "Murrell and Company," the agents for most Confederate Blockade Runners which entered and left Mobile, Ala. during the Civil War. He married Louise Malvina Delphine De Lanzos (born 1803, died 1870, buried at Church Street Cemetery). She was a native of New Orleans and daughter of Captain Manuel De Lanzos and Gertrudis Guerrero, one of the former Spanish Commanders of Mobile, during the Colonial Period. Miguel served as Spanish Vice Consul to Mobile, for many years, prior to the Civil War. He also served in the War of 1812, after Spain lost Mobile, between 1813 and 1815. He served as a private, in Diego McVoy's Company, Mobile Militia, 14th Mississippi Territorial Regiment. He lived at 124 South Royal Street and was a shipping and commercial merchant at 31 South Royal Street (upstairs), in 1861. He later lived at what is now 152 Tuthill Lane, in Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama, known as the Marshall-Eslava House, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, in 1974. Miguel also was involved in the construction of the "Eslava Building" located at 126 Government Street, which was built in approximately 1850. Miguel was described as always sporting a beard. He was fluent in Spanish, English, French and "Mobilian Trade Jargon" which was Native American trade language spoken along the Gulf Coast, which is now extinct. He is buried next to his wife, in Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama, in the Eslava Tomb.
"On Thursday last the news reached the city from Spring Hill, that Don Miguel Eslava had breathed his last. As the history of his life is that of Mobile we append a short sketch of his career:
Don Miguel de Siderio Eslava was born in the city of Mobile on May 24th, 1797. He was the son of Don Miguel Eslava, who had been royal Governor under the Spanish crown. Young Miguel was educated at Bardetown, Kentucky, and in 1815 volunteered against the British. A short time after he was sent to New Orleans to acquire a commercial education, and while there married in 1824 Louise de Lanzos, daughter of the Spanish ex-Governor Don Manuel de Lanzos. After his marriage he returned to Mobile to take charge of the first cotton press erected in this city, and which was owned by J.B. Lepretre & Co. He then became a member of the firm of Eslava, Murrell & Co., and during the Southern war was the agent for nearly all the blockaders coming to this port. In 1867 he had the misfortune of losing his sight, and though he went to New Orleans and placed himself under the care of experienced oculists, his recovery was pronounced to be impossible. Bearing this misfortune with true Christian servitude, he came back to Mobile, and for the last four years was a guest in the household of his niece and sister-in-law, Celestine Eslava. He was a strict and most fervernt Catholic, in full communion with the church, this being as he was want to say, the greatest consolation a man could enjoy, and to him the most prized pleasure in life. He was buried from St. Joseph's Church, and his remains were taken to their last resting place, followed by a large crowd of friends and relatives."
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
From "Rosales' History of The South"
He was a partner at "Murrell and Company," the agents for most Confederate Blockade Runners which entered and left Mobile, Ala. during the Civil War. He married Louise Malvina Delphine De Lanzos (born 1803, died 1870, buried at Church Street Cemetery). She was a native of New Orleans and daughter of Captain Manuel De Lanzos and Gertrudis Guerrero, one of the former Spanish Commanders of Mobile, during the Colonial Period. Miguel served as Spanish Vice Consul to Mobile, for many years, prior to the Civil War. He also served in the War of 1812, after Spain lost Mobile, between 1813 and 1815. He served as a private, in Diego McVoy's Company, Mobile Militia, 14th Mississippi Territorial Regiment. He lived at 124 South Royal Street and was a shipping and commercial merchant at 31 South Royal Street (upstairs), in 1861. He later lived at what is now 152 Tuthill Lane, in Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama, known as the Marshall-Eslava House, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, in 1974. Miguel also was involved in the construction of the "Eslava Building" located at 126 Government Street, which was built in approximately 1850. Miguel was described as always sporting a beard. He was fluent in Spanish, English, French and "Mobilian Trade Jargon" which was Native American trade language spoken along the Gulf Coast, which is now extinct. He is buried next to his wife, in Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama, in the Eslava Tomb.
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