St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Martel, Balthazar February 4, 1900
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The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, February 17, 1900, Image 4

Death of Balthazar Martel.

The creoles are noted the world over for the large families that they raise. 
The following from the "People You Knew" column of the States furnishes 
information in this line that is remarkable. the name is familiar in this 
parish and the statement will be read with interest by our people.

"There died in Franklin, La., this week a man who should not disappear from 
history without a tribute being paid to his memory by the newspapers of the 
State. This was Hon. Balthazar Martel, aged 87 years, who enjoyed the unique 
distinction of having within his own immediate descendants fully 850 votes. 
And these votes are all in Louisiana. they are in a bunch in the St. Mary, 
St. Landry and St. Martin section of the country, and they are all creoles.

"Mr. Martel, who has just died at the ripe old age of four score and seven, 
comes from one of the most ancient and distinguished of Louisiana families, 
reknowned for its eminent services in peace and in war. His brother, Judge 
B. A. Martel, was a hero of the Attakapas region, and served for many years 
as judge of the St. Landry district when that region stretched from the 
prairies of Opelousas to the Texas State line, which, by the way, was then 
Mexico.

"The son of the old patriarch who died is Judge J. Sully Martel, one of the 
most prominent attorneys of St. Mary Parish.

Additional Comments:
NOTE: Balthazar Martel is buried in section 6 at the Franklin Cemetery located 
in Franklin, St. Mary Parish, LA.

www.findagrave.com memorial # 61581545

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