St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Sandoz, Louis Adolphus September 25, 1915
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, October 02, 1915, Image 1

L. ADOLPHUS SANDOZ VICTIM OF PARALYSIS

Brilliant and Able Writer Is Called by Death on Saturday Evening

WAS EDITOR OF OLD COURIER FOR YEARS

Widely Known Journalist Passes Away Surrounded by His Family at His Old Home 
In This City

Louis Adolphus Sandoz, veteran journalist and lifelong resident of 
Opelousas, died at his residence here last Saturday, September 25th, at 6 p. 
m., aged sixty-nine years and sixteen days. Though he had been ill for 
several months, his physicians did not consider his condition serious until 
a few weeks ago, after which he rapidly declined. The funeral took place 
Sunday afternoon from the Catholic Church and was largely attended. His sons 
were the pall-bearers.

Deceased was born in Opelousas on September 9, 1846, and continuously 
resided here. His father, Joel H. Sandoz, a native of Neuchatel, 
Switzerland, emigrated to Louisiana with his father and his family in 1829, 
settling at St. Martinville, where he married Ann Wilburn, the daughter of 
John Wilburn and Sarah Ward, in 1840, and soon thereafter the family moved 
to Opelousas. His two brothers, Leonce and Walton A., have died within the 
past six years.

Louis Adolphus was married to Alice Lelia Gil at Baton Rouge June 28, 1869, 
and ten children were born of the marriage. The following survive: William 
J. and Misses Gertrude and Lelia, of Opelousas; L. Stuart, of Houma; Mrs. 
Geo. Wright, of Iota; Gordon A. and Hilton, of New Iberia; and Geo. Ellis, 
of New Orleans. Mrs. J. A. Sabatier died a few years ago, and Bayard lost 
his life in an alcoholic explosion in Mexico. All the children now living 
were at the bedside of the deceased when the end came.

Joel H. Sandoz founded the Opelousas Courier in 1852, and at the close of 
the Civil War, his two sons, Leonce and L. A., were placed in charge of the 
business. For thirty years L. A. Sandoz was editor of the Courier, 
relinquishing his interest to become the editor of the St. Landry Democrat. 
He was a graceful writer, his command of both English and French placing him 
in the front rank of Louisiana journalism. His style, while elegant and 
dignified, was forceful and incisive. His devotion to his State, parish and 
town is reflected in every issue of the journals over which he presided, and 
his adherence to the Democracy, of which he was a life-long member, never 
faltered despite the fact that there were times when "it cost much to be a 
Democrat." Many of his editorials attracted state-wide attention, being 
reproduced by the newspapers and frequently adopted by them as expressive of 
their own views on important topics. The people of St. Landry looked to his 
journals for advice and assistance and the influence wielded by the Courier 
and the Democrat during their long careers was great. Despite this neither 
he nor his brother sought office, though both were often chosen to represent 
the interest of their party. However, he served as member of the Board of 
Aldermen of this city, as member of the School Board of St. Landry, as chief 
clerk of court under Clerk Andrepont, and as clerk of the Constitutional 
Conventions of 1898 and 1913, and at the time of his death was a clerk in 
the enrolling room of the Legislature. Though considered an old man, he was 
one of the most progressive citizens, always taking part with those who 
favored the improvement and upbuilding of town and parish. He was a charter 
member of the Louisiana Pres Association.

He was thoroughly devoted to his family and loved his humble home. Though of 
modest means, he not only provided properly for the family requirements but 
gave his children every educational advantage in his power, and had the 
satisfaction of seeing them satisfactorily launched in professional and 
business careers. Passionately fond of travel, he had visited nearly every 
part of this country, Mexico and Cuba, and as his culminating experience in 
this particular pleasure, he had carried out last summer a lifelong wish to 
visit Europe, arriving in Germany on the very day when the great cataclysm 
began, and witnessing the preliminary stages of what has already proven the 
most stupendous event in the history of the world.

Additional Comments:
NOTE: Louis Adolphus Sandoz is buried in section 3 of the Saint Landry 
Catholic Church cemetery located in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

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