Vermilion County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Duhon, Gustave - January 11, 1921
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source: The Daily Review. (Morgan City, LA) Saturday, January 15, 1921, page 1


LAFAYETTE MAN ACCIDENTLY KILLS SELF. - Gustave Duhon, father of Coroner J.O. 
Duhon, died at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon as a result of a gunshot wound 
accidentally inflited [sic] earler [sic] in the day as he was attempting to go 
through a fence on his plantation near Ridge, in the Second ward. Mr. Duhon had 
left his residence early in the morning to investgate [sic] damage done to his 
crops by hogs the past few days, and carried along with him a high-powered 
rifle.

In crossing hs [sic] field he attempted to go through a wire fence and in some 
manner the gun was discharged. The bullet entered his right shoulder and 
ploughed its way through his body to the left shoulder.

Mr. Duhon was well known and highly esteemed throughout the parish as a 
progressive farmer and good citizen and his death came as a distinct shock to 
his wide circle of acquaintances. He was 65 years old - Lafayette Gazette.


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