Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Dreyfus, Jules A. August 15, 1924
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source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) Saturday, August 16, 1924, Image 1

JULES DREYFUS DIES AT HOME IN NEW IBERIA

Paralysis Fatal to Legislator; to be buried in New Orleans.

New Iberia, La., Aug 15 - The shadow of sorrow fell over this city and 
entire community this afternoon when the Grim Reaper felled one of New 
Iberia's most influential and popular citizens. Representative Jules A 
Dreyfus was stricken Monday afternoon at the dinner table of his brother, 
Leon Dreyfus, with a stroke of paralysis and cerebral hemorrhage. All 
possible medical attention was given him. Specialists from New Orleans with 
a corps of trained nurses, reinforced the local medical profession in an 
attempt to save his life.

Mr Dreyfus was born in 1866 at Mulhouse, Alsace, and attended the 
professional school of Mulhouse until 17 years old, coming to America in 
1881. In 1887, Mr. Dreyfus together with his brother, Leon Dreyfus came to 
New Iberia and opened a general merchandise store under the firm name of J. 
and L. Dreyfus, and met with great success.

Immediately upon becoming a resident of New Iberia he became a strong 
personality in the community, to whose advancement he contributed liberally 
of his means and time. He was lately engaged in rice milling operations, 
having disposed of his interest in the Jules Dreyfus Wholesale Company. He 
was a constant reader, and the information which he gathered, added to an 
aptitude for public speaking, made him a ready debater, and an active factor 
in all public gatherings. He took an active part in politics and although 
foreign born, he always evinced not a thorough devotion to the country of 
his adoption and a complete understanding of the underlying principles of 
our constitution. He was serving a second term as Iberia's representative in 
the Legislature. During his first term, under the Parker administration, he 
was chairman of the ways and means committee and was a actor at the capitol. 
He engaged in many contests and never feared to express his opinion, but 
always emerged with the good will of his opponents. His was a genial and 
hospitable nature, which gathered a large circle of friends, and he was 
easily re-elected to public office.

Mr. Dreyfus, together with his brother, were naturalized in 1888, and never 
returned to Europe, preferring to live and die among the people of his 
adopted country.

Mr. Dreyfus is survived by his brother and two sisters, Mrs Henry Mayer of 
New Iberia and Mrs A Grossman of New Orleans.

The remains will be taken to New Orleans leavin New Iberia Sunday at 3:38 
a.m. and interment will be direct from the Union depot in the Gentilly 
cemetery in New Orleans.


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