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On the morning of Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2007, Jefferson DeBlanc died in Lafayette, Louisiana, age 86, from complications due to pneumonia. [5] He was the last surviving World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor from Louisiana. He was predeceased by his wife Louise who died on 2005.
Willie Francis (January 12, 1929 – May 9, 1947) was an American teenager known for surviving a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. [2] He was a convicted juvenile sentenced to death at age 16 by the state of Louisiana in 1945 for the murder of Andrew Thomas, a pharmacy owner in St. Martinville who had once employed him.
Jean Maximilien Alcibiades Derneville DeBlanc was born in 1821 in St. Martinville, Louisiana. [2] He was the great-great-grandson of Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, founder of Natchitoches, Louisiana. DeBlanc had French ancestors, whose descendants had been in Louisiana since the early colonial period.
On April 8, 1765, he was appointed militia captain and commander of the "Acadians of the Atakapas" the area around present-day St. Martinville. [1] Not long after his arrival, Joseph Broussard died near what is now St. Martinville at the presumed age of 63. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it is assumed to have been on or about ...
St. Martinville (French: Saint-Martin) [2] is a city in and the parish seat of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] It lies on Bayou Teche , 13 miles (21 km) south of Breaux Bridge , [ 4 ] 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Lafayette , [ 5 ] and 9 miles (14 km) north of New Iberia . [ 6 ]
Pages in category "St. Martinville, Louisiana" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *