The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-02-23
JUDGE ANDERSON J. MOSS

A most useful and worthy memher
Of this community breathed his last
Saturday evening With calm res
'igpa alton he answered the final sum
mons and peacefully entered upon
the voyage t" the unknown country.
The large number Of people who
attended the obs-quies was a de
served Recognition of the good
qualities of the deceased. He had
been a dutiful citizen and It was but
proper that those who knew of his
worth should pay him the last trib-
ute of respect.
He had served his people we'll in
civic capacity; as soldier he
had followed the Confederate flag
with answering fealty, and in times
of pestilence, when Others less
Courageous fed from the insidious
foe, he nursed the sick and buried
the dead. His was long lite, but
it was not lived in vain. Five years
more tn an the allotted span of three
score and ten seems long time to
be on this earth, but to the busy
man who has a mission to fulfill
it is not minute too long.
Anderson Joseph Moss, the sub
ject of this sketch, was born in La
tayette parish in the year 1875. He
was the son Of Joseph H. Moss and
Claire Thibodaux. After receiving
preparatory education he entered
Centre College at Danville, KY,
then one of the foremost sch ools in
the United States. After pursuing
course at that institution he read
law. but shortly afterwards discon-
tinued his studies and gave his at
tention to the management of his
fathers plantation, which was sit
mated in the Cote Gelee section.
Early in life he identified hims elf
with public affairs and always took
an active interest in politics. He
was an adherent Of the Democratic
party then opposed by the Wing
organization. He was elected to
the Legislature and in 1852 he
served as member Of the Consti-
tutinnal Conve n,ion, Firm 1858
to 1860 he he'd a position in the
Custom House of New Orleans.
| 10 1901 he volunteered his SER
vices to the Confederate army and
enlisted in the company which was
|
| Judge Eraste Mouton as captain.
He was elected ed sergeant which
position he held until he was made
Captain and Assistant Commlssary
of Subsistence IF :he 10th LOUIS
lana Regiment. Of his services
rendered to the Southern cause in
this capacity, the gallant Winch es-
ter Hall, who became colonel Of
the twenty sixth, has SAID: ''Cap-
tain Moss as commissary was
prompt, active and en;erprlsing
He got the best he could on his
acquisitions, and furnished the reg
imens as regularly and beautifully
a. is usually lean larder afforded. .
The record made by the Twenty
sixth at the battle of Chickasaw
BAYOU and during the memorable
seige Of Vicksburg forms a part 81
the glorious history Of the South err
Confederacy. The members OF the
Twenty sixth left Vicksburg in q
disorgani1.zed condition.. Many had
been killed in the engagements,
some had died in the hospital:
while others narrowly escaped
death by starvation. Capt. Moss
being among the survivors, wa
paroled. AS soon as an exchange
was effected he rejoined the arm,
and served until the end of the war
After the war Judge Moss re
turned to his home in this parish
and, like other Southern men
made the best of the prevailing
conditions and went TO work tt
earn a livelihood for himself ant
family. In 1868 he was elected
parish judge and held that offic'
until 1876.
During the yellow fever epidemic
of 1867 he was among those whs
,,ruaniZrd branch of the Howard