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Ludovic Adrien de Montluzin [Louis Adrien Viallier de Montluzin du Sauzay]
December 12, 1827 - December 26, 1909 Obituary, New Orleans Daily Picayune, Mon., Dec. 27, 1909, p. 8:
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Well-Known Citizen of Hay St. I.,ouI?
Sin-oumIn* at Great Aire.
Bay St. Uouis. Miss , Doe. 20.? Mr. T.j. A. (le Montluzin du Sruzey, one of the most prominent citizens of this city, died hero at 7 o'clock thin morning at his home in Front Street, at the ripe
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?Ke of 82 years. lie hud been in failing health for >omo time, but his demise was not expected and comes as a ^reat shuck to the community and a crushing blinv ifi his devoted family. In hls^ passing Hay St. lxmis ban lost one of her most distinguished citizens, a man "I the highest pri ncl pies, unsullied honor and lofty character. Courtly In manners, pleasing- In address, generous
by nature, with broad charity, lie commanded universal respect and esteem.
Mr. do Montluzin was b'irn at Luns-vilie. Department of Lorraine, France, the 12th of December, 1827. of an ancient and aristocratic family. His father had served with distinction as captain of the Second diasseurs of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon I. He was a knight of the L<ecloii of Honor, an! a knljrht of the Order de St. Louis and decorated with the Imperial Cross.
Mr. de Montluzin came to America after tho coup d?etat of Napoleon III for political reasons, and established himself in St. James Parish, where he engaged in public education, having a ? ollepre there before the war. During the Civil War he was captain of a '?'rencli company for the protection of life and property of the citizens of the parish, haviriffa commission from Governor Moore, of the State of Ixiulsiana.
At the close of tho war lie moved 10 New Orleans and aprain enpapred in public education, becominc at one time oresldent of the Classical and Commercial College.
Dnrinu his residence In New Orleans ho was a leadincr spirit in all movements for the benefit and tending to advance the interests of the French colony.
He was decorated by the French Government for services rendered to the fund raised for the wounded so -diers in 1870. during the Franco-Prussian War. He was also decorated by the Department of Public Instruction in France with Palmes Academique.
In 1 87 4 he left New Orleans on account of bad health and made his home at Bav St. Douls. where he became identified with the drucr business, in which he was verv successful. i
Purine: bis residence at the Bav' for n number of years he served as consular asrent of France, and was made a representative from MIssisMnpl to the French Universal Exposition in France.
He is survived bv his wlr'ov. three sons and two daughters, all of whom united In maklnsr his declining davs ??itnpy, and were at his bedside at the last.
His funeral will take olace from the late residence in Front Street. Mondav. r)ec. 27. at 4 o'clock p.m. Rev. J. M. Prenderr-ast will o'Ticiate.
[Note misspelling of Sauzay (misspelled as ?Sauzey?) in parag. 1, line 2; the misspelling of Luneville (misspelled as ?Lunsville?) in parag. 2, 11. 1-2; corrections supplied by Emily Lorraine de Montluzin, Feb. 2007.]