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Last Descended Of Spanish Grandee, Don Juan Cuevas, Now 95 Years Old
Mrs. Gabrielie Cuevas Hale was born Feb. 5, 1861. She is the last surviving grandchild of Don Juan Cuevas, Spanish Grandee, who in 1812 was in New Orleans on Official Business for Spain.
Don Juan was a great sportsman who wanted a hunting trip. The City of New Orleans provid-esd him with the equipment, slaves', etc., and ;Cat Island Miss., was selected for the ?shooting? as it abounded in game and fish, etc.
While there, the British fleet were looking for New Orleans They stopped at the' Island and asked Don Cuevas if he knew the way to New Orleans. He refused to tell them, saying he was a guest of the City. Whereupon, they put him in chains.
The delay was fatal to the British, for in the meantime, American troops arrived and New Orleans was saved.
As a reward, the United States Government gave him Cat Island, free of taxation!
Mrs. Hale?s maternal grandfather was Judge Jules Monet from France, the first judge and lawyer on the Mississippi Coast. She was bom here, and lived here all her life, save for eighteen years spent in Gulfport, where her husband, the late Thomas P. Hale,, was one of the pioneer railroad builders of South Mississippi. From.1894 tc-1912, he was Vice-President and General-Manager of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, now the Illinois Central. She was the mother of six children, of whom four survive.