Parish History
Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Extracted From The Tensas Gazette-St. Joseph, La.,
140th year - 17th issue, Page 1, dated Wednesday, April 28, 1993
Sesquicentennial Celebration
Submitted by Fran Faitt


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150th Anniversary Edition, Tensas Parish Celebrates Sesquicentennial
May 1, 1993
The following text reprinted from the Tensas Gazette, 1894
(Some passages illegible)

TENSAS GAZETTE.
Hugh Tullis, Editor
Saint Joseph, LA., Friday, March 23, 1894
New Series--Vol. 2, No.11

The Interment of J.D.S. Newell, Junior.

  A large party of relatives and friends of J.D.S. Newell, Jr., 
the young man whose unfortunate death near St. Joseph, La., was 
chronicled Thursday, came upon the steamer St. Joseph yesterday 
morning to pay their last sad tributes to his memory.  Among those 
who accompanied the remains to this town were Capt. J.D.S. Newell, 
the father, Cecil and Carroll Newell, brothers; Farrar Newell, a 
cousin, and Mrs. M.E. Briscoe, Misses Mary Andrews, Mattie Lewis, 
Gertrude Snyder, Lollie Moore, and the Rev. T.W. Smith, Hon. John 
Murdoch, Drs. Andrews and Murdock, Judge T.P. Chaton, R. H. Snyder, 
Jr. Albert Bondurant, Jr., B.F. Young, R.H. Whitney and George 
Steen.

The funeral party was met here by a large number of the relations 
and friends of the deceased, bring with them exquisitely appropriate 
floral offerings.

The ceremonies were taken in charge by the Masonic fraternity of 
which order, young Mr. Newell was an honored member.  The 
pallbearers were Stacy Compton, Udolpho Wolfe, B.F. Youn, R.J. 
Snyder, Jr., R.H. Whitney, Albert Bondurant, George Steen and W.S. 
Ratcliffe.

In the beautiful cemetery on Vicksburg's historic hills, in the 
springtime of the year, as in the springtime of his life, the body 
of this much esteemed and beloved young man was tenderly laid away, 
at eleven thirty o'clock in the morning.  The touching ceremonies of 
the Presbyterian church were first conducted by the Rev. Dr. 
Hillhouse and then followed the solemnly impressive rites of the 
Masonic order.

Gentle loving hands strewed the casket with flowers and all that is 
mortal of J.D.S. Newell, Jr., was at rest.

Those who accompanied the remains here, spoke in most touching and 
eulogistic terms of him whose young life was so suddenly blotted 
out.  They ascribe to him virtues, filial qualities, and such lovely 
and lovable traits of character as are rarely found combined in our 
person, and perhaps no higher tribute could be paid to him that to 
say that never in its history has the little town of St. Joseph been 
more profoundly shocked or deeply grieved than at the accident which 
deprived it of one whom the community held in such affectionate 
esteem.  It is felt assured that the profound sympathy of this city 
will extend itself to the bereaved and heart-broken family, and that 
from every sympathetic heart will come the hope that in some manner 
He who has called away the son and brother, will soften the blow 
which ...

Remainder of this obituary not reprinted in this special edition.