St John The Baptist County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Demas, Henry April 19, 1900
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Times-Picayune, New Orleans, April 24, 1900, page 7

Times-Picayune, New Orleans, April 24, 1900, page 7

HENRY DEMAS' BURIAL

Last Sunday in the Catholic cemetery in Edgard, St. John the Baptist parish, 
all that was mortal of Henry Demas, the colored Republican leader and 
politician, was quietly laid to rest. Father Julliet, of St. John the Baptist 
church, of Edgard, officiated at the residence and the church, which was draped 
in heavy mourning.

The funeral took place from his residence. The body, followed by every 
benevolent association in the parish, with furled banners and many sorrowing 
friends, was borne to the Catholic church, where high mass was read. Father 
Julliet delivered an eloquent eulogy on the life work of the deceased, and 
spoke words of consolation to the bereaved family. A large number of people 
from the parishes of St. James and St. Charles attended.

Hon. C. A. Bourgeois, L. Como, C. C. A. Stevens, C. Vidal of Baton Rouge, Ed 
Barnes and E. Duconge, of this city, were honorary pallbearers. At the church 
were a large number of the white citizens and officials of the parish.

2nd. Obit:
The St. Charles Herald. (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, April 21, 1900, Image 2

Henry Demas, the colored politician known all over the country, died at 8 
o'clock Thursday morning at his residence in New Orleans, 1712 Canal street. 
The remains were shipped to Edgar, St. John parish, and will be buried from the 
Catholic Church of that place, tomorrow (Sunday) noon. The deceased was 52 
years 
of age. He leaves a wife and three children - two sons and a daughter.


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