Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Dubus, Louis Jules June 18, 1896 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer@yahoo.com January 28, 2017, 3:53 pm source: The Weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, June 20, 1896 All communities have citizens who are admired, respected and beloved by all for their intrinsic worth. One such person died in our midst at 8 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, 18th. That person was Judge Jules Dubus, aged 52 years. Born in Paris on the 18th of March 1844, he was brought to New Orleans at an early age by his father, who was a political refugee, because of his work in the revolution of 1848. Mr. Dubus was educated in the schools of New Orleans graduating from the High Schools of that city, and then he moved with his father to the town of Patterson. From his father he learned the trade of carriage maker, and he was a good one. At the outbreak of the Civil War, while yet very young, Judge Dubus joined the Confederacy and rose to the grade of Lieutenant in a Louisiana Calvary Regiment. After the war, Mr. Dubus came to New Iberia and opened a Carriage Shop on the ground where the office of the Iberia Lumber Company now stands. Later he had a photograph gallery there and his Justice of the Peace office to which he was elected in 1884. It was said of him that there were few better informed Justices in Louisiana than he. Judge Dubus was one of fourteen charter members of the Societe de Breufairance of this place, only three of whom are now living; Mr. Pierre Jubin, Bernard Laplene, and Joseph Landry, a sawyer. He was also the first President of the society and has ever since held an office in it. He was for many years a member of the school and was always very active and zealous in the cause if education. He was a member of the High School Building Committee where his counsel was valued. He was organizer and Secretary of the Iberia Camp of United Confederate Veterans, and these various organizations followed his body to its last home. The funeral services in St. Peter's Church were solemn and impressive, and the requiem sung over his corpse was a sad one. He was a devoted Catholic and a good member of his church. He was married years ago to Miss Henriette Goujon, and his widow still survives him. The oldest child Louise died in infancy, but six children survive to comfort their mother; Gaston who married a Miss Coudroy and lives near Charanton; Alphonsine, who is now the wife of Mr. F.L. Gates Jr.; Jules, Armand, Andre, and Gustave the younger sons. Iberia loses a good citizen in the death of Jules Dubus. Additional Comments: NOTE: www.findagrave.com memorial # 83636995 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/iberia/obits/d/dubus6827gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb