Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-23

The Tribune joins the entire COM
munity in sympathy for the be-
reaved family.-Lufkin (Ter.) Trf-
bune.
A case in which the pinchers
were pinched was brought out in
the police court this morning when
Pete Martin, our old friend Pete,
was lined up on a charge of being
drunk yesterday. Some time ago
a friend of Dad Whitworth pre-
scented that officer with a quart of
Old Lynch Rye whiskey. Dad,
having an over-abundance on
hand at the time, placed the
coveted bottle in a locker in the
police court intending to use it at
some future date. Pete Martin has
been a trusty prisoner about the
four courts for some time, where
he was laying out a fine for hav-
ing cleaned out a negro dance
sometime ago. Yesterday he be-
came dry, and having an idea that
he might be able to quench his
undying thirst some where around
the place started out with a prize
bar to locate some of the fire wa
ter, he soon located the right place
and proceeded to get on the outside
of Dads Old Lynch in short order.
Pete went from bad to worse and
soon became SO obstreperous as to
have to be locked up. When
questioned this morning as to
where he got his jag he opened up
and told where he got it. He was
fined this morning and sent back to
Jail, where he will be kept and not
given an opportunity to again in
wade the sacred lockers of the po-
lice force and thereby deprive
them of their "mawnin's mawnin.'
Poplar Bluff Citizen. a
The following is reproduced fr4
Mondays Post Dispatch: "Miss
Mary Soulard, whose funeral will
take place this afternoon from the
residence of Voluntine G. Turner,
5679 Cabanne avenue, to st. Roses
Catholic church, was a grand
daughter of Antoine Soulard, one
of the witnesses to the transfer of
the territory of Louisiana to the
United States, and was also the
last of the descendants bearing the
name of Soulard. Miss Soulard
died Saturday at her home in Ar
cadia, Mo. She is survived by
her sister, Mrs. John w. Turner,
widow of Gen. Turner, and a large
number of relatives. The history
of the Soulard family has been
closely entwined with the history
of st. Louis. Antoine Soulard
came to America from France
about the time of the war of the
revolution or soon thereafter.
Learning of the French settlement
in this section of the country, he
came to st. Louis and was made
surveyor-general of Upper Louisi-
ana in 1865 by the Spanish officials,
who then controlled the country.
In 1894 he was married to Miss
Marie Julie Cerre, daughter of
Gabriel Cerre, a pioneer fur trader,
who came from Canada and settled
in Kaskaskia, Illinois. The Cerre
family had a ''town" residence at
Main and Vine streets and a farm
outside the then city limits. This
farm occupied the entire space be-
tween Broadway and the river,
| Park avenue and L~esperance street.
AT the death of Gabriel Cerre and
his wife this property descendedt to
Antonio Soulard and, wife. Three
children were born to them there
James CASTOR, Benjamine Antonio
and Henry Gustave Soulard.
Among the descendants of the first
named are members of the Harvey,
Bogy and Kimball families of st.
Louis, and the Corwith family of
Chicago. Henry Gustave Soulard,
had no children. He lived in a
mansion about a block east of the
present city hospital, which, with
it's surrounding grounds occupied
a square block. Benjamin A.
Soulard was married to Miss Rose
Closely of Pittsburg. He made his
home when in st. Louis at 2940
Locust street, where he died, He
spent much of his time travelling,
visited France and looked up the
French relatives of the family.
He had three children-a son who
died while a young mainland two
daughters, Blanche and Rose
Marie. The former married Gen.
Turner. The latter, who died
Saturday, and was known as Miss
Mary Soulard, was born in Tours,
France, on a visit of her parents
there. All the men bearing the
name Soulard, descendants of
Antonio Soulard, preceded Miss
Mary Soulard to the grave. DR..
James CASTOR Soulard, who died
in 1894, was the last survivor
among them. Antonio Soulard
died in 1926 and his widow dis
posed of much of her vast quantity
of real estate. She gave the Sou
lard market site to the city and as
the city limits were extended on
the south laid out Soulard adj
ditions, several of them. Soulard
street was named in honor of the
family, as was the Soulard market,
and a small street named Julia
was christened in her honor. Miss
Soulard for many years has lived
at Arcadia, Mo-, a greater part of
the time. The Turner family has
a fine country home there. Miss
Soulard was nearly 63 years old,
having been born May 10, 1912.
Her funeral will take place from
the home of her nephew, Volun-