The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-25

teen years previous to ner deatA Was
confined to her house. About TWO
years ago she suffered serious in
Jury from fall, and her conflne-
ment was still further narrowed; for
from that time to her death she
never left her chair The indom1table
spirit with which she met these mis-
fortunes was, if anything, draw
| back in the ministrations OF those at
tending her, for nc word OF suI1ef"
! ing or acknowledgment Of pain ever
passed her lips.
Her death was peaceful, no physl-
,.ai eyerGion or disturbance marklng
| the moments when she Dreathed her
| last.
The deceased was a lady of I'M
| failing dignity of manner, but al
| ways approachable and sympathetic;
gifted with unusual intellect, and
possessed Of an admirable clearness
| of jod 5Aleut that. enabled her, con-
finad as she LONE was, to her home,
to order her own affairs, leaving sim
ph the execution OF her wishes TO
others. Up to the last moment, When
tage and harassing illness had can;
oeled her physical powers, she yet
retained her mental faculties in their
/ full vigor and brilliancy
TO Mrs. Kenner were born three
! children-Blanche Kenner, wife or
/ Samuel Simpson, of New Orleans,
| both deceased; Rosetta and George
Currie Kenner, the last mentioned
also deceased. The only surviving
child is Rosetta, widow of the late
gallant Confederate general, Joseph
l.. Brent, whose capture, with pair
of riverboats, of the ironclad Indian
ola was one of the heroic exploits OF
the civil war.
The deceased's grandchildren are:
i Miss Nanine Brent, Duncan K. Brent
of Baltimore, Md, attorney at law,
and Duncan F. Fenner, of Nashville,
all of whom were with her during
her last illness.
Mrs. Louis Amedee Bringier.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat,
in it's issue of Nov. II, paid the
following pretty tribute to the mem
DRY of Mrs. Bringier:
Mrs. Louis Amedee Bringier, one
of the most prominent residents OF
Louisiana, died suddenly yesterday
afternoon at 1870 O'Clock. Mrs. Brin-
: gier only last Tuesday had at
: tended the interment of her sister.
l in-law, Mrs. Duncan F. Kenner, ST..
: in the Bringier family mausoleum at
2 Donaldsonville, and had remained fol
t a short visit to her son, DIR. Julien
t Trist Bringier, at his home, Tezcuco
/ in st. James parish, returning to Ne1
Orleans yesterday morning.
In the afternoon Mrs Bringier, who
was as active as a young girl, despite
she had passed by many years the
!. time allotted by the psalmist, Went
. to Canal street to make some pur
chases, and while downtown was
!, attacked with heart failure. Kindly
- acquaintance assisted her to he1
home, but the end came before medl
6 cal assistance could be of avail.
Mrs. Bringier was Miss stell;
y Tureaud, the daughter of M. Angus
r, tin Tureaud and Aurore Mather, thu
d granddaughter of Judge Augustil
Y Dominique Tureaud of the county Q
J. Acadia-as St. James and the sur
rounding parishes We're known dur
n liS tIS udSS pI SfUp. SlciiDoi uC ttA'
h of Elizabeth Bringier. She was borl
+ on her mothers plantation, Bell
g Alliance, St. James parish, Oct. ls
n 1884, and was educated at the Sacr
Occur, New Orleans. On Oct II
1850, she was married to her cousin
It Louis Amedee Bringier of The He1
mitage, Ascension parish, at her faith
:, ers estate. Union, in St. James pa1
Y ish.
! Mrs. Bringier was devoted to al
that pertained to the Confederac
and TO the cause of the south in tn
> civil war, and this was but naIura
Ii since she lost two brothers in az
! tive service and had married so
der who was one of the 1consplcuou
figures in Louisiana's military his
tory. Shortly before the battle Q
N Shiloh her husband had gone to tn
front as volunteer, and at that des
n perate conflict had served as courie
= to Gen Beauregard. He afterWard
), joined SCOTS Cavalry, and serve
Il III this command i'll many of the raie
e in Tennessee and Kentucky, hein
t. promoted captain for bravery on tn
: field Of battle by Gen. Pegram. H
j. was LATER assigned In the trans Mis-