Obituary:  Marion Eugene Settoon, Livingston, LA
Submitted by  Carol Carvalho, carvaca1@yahoo.com

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Obituary - SETTOON, Marion Eugene 
"Livingston Times", p. 1, c. 1
Springfield, Livingston Par., LA.
Thursday March 10, 1910

AT REST.

        At 1:45 o'clock on the morning of the 7th of March, surrounded
by member of the family and his friends, Marion Eugene Settoon passed 
peacefully into eternity.
        For several days his friends had expected the end to come at
any time and death came as a relief from a long and severe time of 
suffering.  He had been sick for over eighteen months and his sufferings
were severe from the start.  
        After being under the treatment of several physicians he was
taken to New Orleans on April 23rd 1909 and remained until April 29th,
under treatment, returning home without any material improvement.  On 
the 13th of July, 1909, he was taken to Mineral Wells, Texas, where he 
remained until August 26th.   This trip having accomplished no 
permanent good, he remained at home until the time of his death.
        Everything that physicians could suggest was done for him but 
to no avail.  At times he would rally and apparently improve for a 
time but each bad spell seemed to leave him in a weaker condition. 
His sufferings seemed to increase until recently it was apparent that 
there was no help for him and he grew constantly weaker until relieved
by death.
        Mr. Settoon was born in Springfield, La., February 6th, 1859 
and was married to Miss Carrie Abels on January 26th, 1882, and has 
resided in the town all his life.  He was the third son of Honorable 
John Settoon and Mary Jane Kinchen and since the death of his father 
has been a member of the firm of Settoon Brothers until the time of 
his death.  He leaves his kind and loving wife, three brothers, 
Hon. J.S., W. J. and L. V. Settoon and only sister, Mrs. S. S. Simms 
of Gulf Port, Miss., beside a multitude of  friends and relatives to 
mourn his untimely death.
        He was laid to rest in the family plot in the Springfield
Cemetery at 11:30 Tuesday morning March the 8th 1910.  The funeral 
services were conducted at the M. E. Church, of which he was a member, 
by Rev. J. F. Haney assisted by Rev. E. D. Fayard 
and Rev. Andrew Csontos.
        Springfield Lodge No. 3900 Knights of Honor of which he was a
charter member past-dictator, also having held every office in the 
gift of the lodge, were in attendance in a body.
        The church was inadequate to accommodate the crowd in 
attendance who came from all sections of the country to pay their last 
respects to a man who all admired for his sterling virtures (sic).
        M. E. Settoon was a man who never turned a deaf ear to a call
for charity, a staunch and true friend and a gentleman in every respect.  While Mr.
Settoon never had a desire for public office, he had always taken an 
interested part in the politics of the Parish and was for twelve years 
jury commissioner.  Many have been made happier and the world made 
better for his having lived.
        The TIMES extends its heart-felt sympathy to the bereaved wife,
brothers, sister and relatives in this time of sorrow.