"Isaac Delgado" canopied sarcophagus tomb Metairie Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Submitted: Debbie-Lee Hadsall DeLerno Photos at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemmetare.htm ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Source: photographs taken and text copied from inscriptions 9/18/2001 he was a wealthy sugar broker who was benefactor to Delgado Museum (a/k/a New Orleans Museum of Art), Delgado Junior College and Charity Hospital. There is a tomb chamber under the sarcophagus. (on base door) Samuel Delgado Sept. 5, 1829 - May 12, 1905 Virginia McRae Delgado Died Oct. 14, 1906 Isaac Delgado Nov. 23, 1839 - Jan. 4, 1912 (front sarcophagus) SAMUEL DELGADO VIRGINIA DELGADO ISAAC DELGADO