St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Sandoz, Jacques Benoit - January 20, 1914
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source: St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, January 24, 1914, Image 1

OPELOUSAS LOSES TWO PROMINENT CITIZENS

Jacques Benoit Sandoz and Col. Thomas Hardeman Lewis Expire on Same Day -- Both 
Prominent in St. Landry.

Jacques Benoit Sandoz, aged 57 years, and Col. Thomas Hardeman Lewis, aged 77 
years, are both dead. The two men were among the most prominent citizens of St. 
Landry parish.

Mr. Sandoz expired at his residence in this city early Thursday morning from 
paralysis. He was stricken by a severe attack of paralysis over two years, 
immediately after attending church, on a Sunday, and from that day on until 
Friday morning he was deprived of the power of speech and could not walk. His 
death was awaited at any moment.

The life of Mr. Sandoz is like an open book; from a poor boy he worked his way 
up into this world, and at the time of his death was the owner of the largest 
hardware firm in Southwest Louisiana, the heaviest taxpayer in Opelousas and 
one of the wealthiest men of St. Landry. A member of one of the largest and 
most prominent Creole families in this section of the State he will be missed 
by the entire community.

Mr. Sandoz was buried in the Catholic cemetery in this city and his funeral was 
attended by several hundred people of Opelousas and surronding (sic) country. 
Father John Engberink performed the ceremony and gave a very interesting talk 
on the manner in which Mr. Sandoz had lived as a man. He eugolized (sic) him as 
a model man and stated that Opelousas had sustained a severe blow in the death 
of such a venerable citizen.


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