L'Avant-Coureur (Lucy, Louisiana), 23 March 1872
(translated from French to English)
Mr. Alphonse Oubre died on March 13 at 6 p.m. of a chest disease, and his remains were transported to the St. Michel cemetery in St. James, his native parish. The name of the deceased was found frequently in our civil unrest. Butcher in St. James before the war, he enlisted in the Confederate army from where he returned on vacation during the occupation of Louisiana by federal troops. He refrained from joining his army corps, which made him considered a traitor to the Confederacy and loyal to the Union. He was the first, if we are not mistaken, to accept a job under the new regime and quickly made a leap that scared the public conscience much more than it does today. He fulfilled the functions of sheriff, collector, justice of the peace, and finally clerk. Of the three members of this famous triumvirate for the registration of reconstruction laws, two have disappeared, Robert B. Carson and Alphonse Oubre. Only one left, Mortimer F. Smith, who carved out a lion's share. Alphonse Oubre, who had brought help and comfort to the radical party, was abandoned by them, and the name of Mr. Lucien Cambre was substituted for his on a list of candidates to which victory was assured in advance. Since his disgrace, the deceased has not been talked about. Alphonse Oubre is now before a Supreme Court which judges human actions as a last resort, and we will not try his memory. His friends say he was sociable and obliging. Let the earth be light to him! Nil de mortuis nisi bonum. Alphonse Oubre was only 35 years old.
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He married Lydia Collet on July 8, 1862, at St. Michael Catholic Church of Convent, Louisiana. She died in November of 1866.
(translated from French to English)
Mr. Alphonse Oubre died on March 13 at 6 p.m. of a chest disease, and his remains were transported to the St. Michel cemetery in St. James, his native parish. The name of the deceased was found frequently in our civil unrest. Butcher in St. James before the war, he enlisted in the Confederate army from where he returned on vacation during the occupation of Louisiana by federal troops. He refrained from joining his army corps, which made him considered a traitor to the Confederacy and loyal to the Union. He was the first, if we are not mistaken, to accept a job under the new regime and quickly made a leap that scared the public conscience much more than it does today. He fulfilled the functions of sheriff, collector, justice of the peace, and finally clerk. Of the three members of this famous triumvirate for the registration of reconstruction laws, two have disappeared, Robert B. Carson and Alphonse Oubre. Only one left, Mortimer F. Smith, who carved out a lion's share. Alphonse Oubre, who had brought help and comfort to the radical party, was abandoned by them, and the name of Mr. Lucien Cambre was substituted for his on a list of candidates to which victory was assured in advance. Since his disgrace, the deceased has not been talked about. Alphonse Oubre is now before a Supreme Court which judges human actions as a last resort, and we will not try his memory. His friends say he was sociable and obliging. Let the earth be light to him! Nil de mortuis nisi bonum. Alphonse Oubre was only 35 years old.
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He married Lydia Collet on July 8, 1862, at St. Michael Catholic Church of Convent, Louisiana. She died in November of 1866.
L'Avant-Coureur (Lucy, Louisiana), 23 March 1872
(translated from French to English)
Mr. Alphonse Oubre died on March 13 at 6 p.m. of a chest disease, and his remains were transported to the St. Michel cemetery in St. James, his native parish. The name of the deceased was found frequently in our civil unrest. Butcher in St. James before the war, he enlisted in the Confederate army from where he returned on vacation during the occupation of Louisiana by federal troops. He refrained from joining his army corps, which made him considered a traitor to the Confederacy and loyal to the Union. He was the first, if we are not mistaken, to accept a job under the new regime and quickly made a leap that scared the public conscience much more than it does today. He fulfilled the functions of sheriff, collector, justice of the peace, and finally clerk. Of the three members of this famous triumvirate for the registration of reconstruction laws, two have disappeared, Robert B. Carson and Alphonse Oubre. Only one left, Mortimer F. Smith, who carved out a lion's share. Alphonse Oubre, who had brought help and comfort to the radical party, was abandoned by them, and the name of Mr. Lucien Cambre was substituted for his on a list of candidates to which victory was assured in advance. Since his disgrace, the deceased has not been talked about. Alphonse Oubre is now before a Supreme Court which judges human actions as a last resort, and we will not try his memory. His friends say he was sociable and obliging. Let the earth be light to him! Nil de mortuis nisi bonum. Alphonse Oubre was only 35 years old.
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He married Lydia Collet on July 8, 1862, at St. Michael Catholic Church of Convent, Louisiana. She died in November of 1866.
(translated from French to English)
Mr. Alphonse Oubre died on March 13 at 6 p.m. of a chest disease, and his remains were transported to the St. Michel cemetery in St. James, his native parish. The name of the deceased was found frequently in our civil unrest. Butcher in St. James before the war, he enlisted in the Confederate army from where he returned on vacation during the occupation of Louisiana by federal troops. He refrained from joining his army corps, which made him considered a traitor to the Confederacy and loyal to the Union. He was the first, if we are not mistaken, to accept a job under the new regime and quickly made a leap that scared the public conscience much more than it does today. He fulfilled the functions of sheriff, collector, justice of the peace, and finally clerk. Of the three members of this famous triumvirate for the registration of reconstruction laws, two have disappeared, Robert B. Carson and Alphonse Oubre. Only one left, Mortimer F. Smith, who carved out a lion's share. Alphonse Oubre, who had brought help and comfort to the radical party, was abandoned by them, and the name of Mr. Lucien Cambre was substituted for his on a list of candidates to which victory was assured in advance. Since his disgrace, the deceased has not been talked about. Alphonse Oubre is now before a Supreme Court which judges human actions as a last resort, and we will not try his memory. His friends say he was sociable and obliging. Let the earth be light to him! Nil de mortuis nisi bonum. Alphonse Oubre was only 35 years old.
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He married Lydia Collet on July 8, 1862, at St. Michael Catholic Church of Convent, Louisiana. She died in November of 1866.
Gravesite Details
No visible monument at cemetery. Interment based on published obituary.
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