Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Webre, Edward Charles - July 13, 1917
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
August 04, 1917, page 2


Death of Edward C. Webre. - On the 13th of July at his home in the city of New 
Orleans, Edward C. Webre died after an illness of six months, and from the 
Times-Picayune the following brief sketch of the career of this prominent St. 
James planter and New Orleans sugar broker is copied:

Mr. Webre was born in Vacherie, St. James parish, forty-three years ago, and had 
been a resident of this city twenty-five years. He was a graduate of Jefferson 
College, of the Louisiana Experimental Station Sugar Chemistry School, and a few 
years ago of the New Orleans College of Pharmacy. When a young man, he engaged 
in the sugar business, and was known to practically every sugar planter in 
Louisiana.

About 8 years ago Mr. Webre discovered a bleach for molasses, and it was used 
successfully by Louisiana planters until the outbreak of the European war. The 
chemical used in the bleach was imported from Germany, and when war started he 
was unable to get the chemical. He was a member of the Sugar Exchange and a 
leading figure in the sugar industry of the South.

Until his health failed six months ago Mr. Webre was a member of most of the 
Carnival organizations. At the time of his death he was a member of the 
Louisiana, Chess, Checkers and Whist Clubs and of the Elks and Maccabees.

He was married some years ago to Miss Mary F. Ellwood, who survives him.


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