Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-31
DEATH or MRS. ELLEN YlxlsA

y uCciat1 ilOtci Oh Nes'
after n brief illness. Mrs. Yznaga
was a 'well-known parsonage Ill
this State and especially in the
Parishes Of Concordia and Tensas.
The Natchez Democrat pays her
the following tribute:
In her apartments at The Nat
chez Friday morning at 5:30 o.
clock, Mrs. Ellen Maria Yznaga,
grandmother of the Duke of Man.
chester, mother of the Dowager
Duchess of Manchester, and OF
Lady Lister Kaye, died of pneu-
monia after an illness of one week.
That Mrs. Yznaga was critical
w i'll was known 10 very few OF
her Natchez friends. She was seen
on the streets several days during
the early portion of the past week
aud was apparently in good health.
She Greeted her friends and ac-
uuaintances in the same kindly
manner and with the same gentle
smile which they had known for
years.
A severe cold contracted last
week developed quickly into a
malignant type of pneumonia and
her near friends and personal rep
resentatiyes were notified Thurs
day that the malady was liable
to prove fatal.
Mrs. Yznaga wns eighty years
of age. She was one of the most
remarkable women i'll the South
and in her young womanhood rec
ogrized as one Of the most beau
tiful members of an exclusive CO.
terie famed throughout the conn
try for culture. Her natural ell
dowments were supplemented by
education and accomplishment
of the highest order. Her hns'
band, Antonio Yznaga, who died
many years ago, was descendant
of an illustrious Spanish family
which held large interests in Cuba
He settled after his marriage neal
L'Argpnt where he purchased on'
of the finest estates in Louisiana
making his home the resort OF ,
ibrilliunt circle in which man,
Distinguished foreigners moved
Four Children were borr of thii
happy UNION. The striking beaut
of the three daughters, who wer'
/; reared with all the advantage
that social prestige and larg
! means can bestow, made then
! welcome in the most eXclusiv'
circles of the old world.
The eldest daughter, Consuell'
Yznaga, married the Dukeof Man
chester, and her son inherited III
title and the fortune OF this an
Gent house The present Dnlo
| and his wife VISITED Mrs. Yznag'
!! in this city and on her Louislani
estates some years ago, and wer
the recipients of much attention
The wife Of the present Duke !
|; a daughter of Charles Zimmerma'
|! the Cincinnati millionaire.
I The second daughter marrie'
| Sir John Lister Kaye Bart,
scion of an Old and distinguishe,
/ English family
Il The third daughter, MISS EMIL
Il Yznaga, resides in Paris. .Ferdl
4 nando Yznaga, the only son, wh
A was yUung man of great prom
Use, died IN March, 1901.
II Mrs. Yznaga has for many yeal
regarded Natchez as her home
j This is made clear in legal door
: ments executed by her in whic
this city is invariably referred
las her d0niciles Her time v;
Edivided between her large plants
tions in Louisiana, among frient
in New York and in Natchez. 81
spent several months Of each ye;
here, and made her home ut Il
Natchez Hotel. Mrs. Yznaga W;
D woman of sweet temper and e.
gagiifg member. The noble al
ances of her family, and her ov
intimacy with wealth and it'll
did net effect the friendships TIL
she treasured in this city and els
| where in the South.
| By none, perhaps will her 10
| be more keenly felt than tho
l who have been in her service {
! years. She was devoted to { ht
"a. interests, and rewarded their Ia
m atty in many generous ways. VIII
d she made no ostentatious don
3 lions 10 public charities and III
y vcrsltles her life was filed vi
q acts of kindness to worthy int
8 viduals aud silent aid to t
81 afflicted.
b Mrs. Yznnga's faculties. desp
n her advanced years, showed
& signs of waning strength. i
& memory of faces and incidents
q manned nnimpared and she d
s cussed her favorite aut hors a
q quoted from their writings W
s the enthusiasm of her girho
a days.