Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Hughes, Michael - October 10, 1912
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
October 12, 1912, page 4


Death of Michael Hughes. - Michael Hughes, aged sixty-eight years, seven months 
and sixteen days, a native of Louisiana and for more than thirty years a 
resident of this city, died at 12:30 o'clock p.m. Thursday at the Soldiers' Home 
in New Orleans, of which institution he had been an inmate for the past several 
weeks. The funeral took place at 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, with interment 
in the tomb of the Soldiers' Home.

Mr. Hughes, or "Uncle Mike," as he was affectionately called, had been a 
familiar figure on the streets of this city since 1880, in which year he came to 
Donaldsonville to accept employment as a shoemaker in the shop of the late S. 
Goette. Since the closing of the latter establishment a year or so ago, Mr. 
Hughes had been employed about the plant of the Donaldsonville Ice Company, of 
which S. Goette is president and manager, and some weeks ago, his condition 
having become quite feeble, he was conveyed to New Orleans and placed in the 
Soldiers' Home. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served with gallantry 
and distinction throughout the fearful struggle as a member of Company K, Sixth 
Louisiana Regiment.

Generous to a fault, upright and honorable in all his dealings with his fellow-
man, and of a kindly and genial disposition, "Uncle Mike" was liked by everybody 
who knew him, and many a word of regret will be evoked by the announcement of 
his death, and many a silent prayer said for the repose of his soul.

Messrs. Henry Goette and Paul Willheit, Dr. Clarence Goette and Miss Josephine 
Goette went to New Orleans to attend the funeral.


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