The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-01
DEATH Of NICHOLAS P. TRIsT

I prominent Louisianiar, Retired Sugai
/ Planter and Veteran of Civil Wal
! Passes Away Suddenly in New
Orleans ~ Born on Hermitage
Plantation.
| Nicholas Philip Trist, veteran OF
| the civil war, retired sugar planter
| and for several years assistant coin
| er Of the New Orleans mint, died sud
| denly last Saturday morning shortly
after 10 o'clock in Cusachs drug
store at Canal and Baronne streets,
| New Orleans. Mr. Trist had entered
the place in company with his daugh-
ter, Mrs Benjamin T. Waldo, and
while the latter was using the tele-
phone in the rear Of the establish
| ment her father was talking pleas
| antly with the young lady cashier.
All at once he was seen to raise his
arms and grab his breast tightly, ex-
claiming: "Oh, my heart hurts ter
ribly''
He then reeled against the front
door, and before assistance could be
rendered he sank slowly to the floor.
L HIS Is tHC last O4 Lit, uE Sitlu,
Il know I am going to die DR.. J..
N. Roussel, who happened to be in
| the neighborhood, together with a
I Jesuit priest, both rendered all the
assistance in their power to the pros
trate man, but while the good priest
arrived in time to administer the
last rites of the church, the services
of the medical man were Of no avail,
| as the end came within ten minutes
after Mr.. Trist had collapsed.
Deceased was born So years ago on
Hermitage plantation, in Ascension
parish, the estate of his grandmother,
Mrs. Bringier. His boyhood days
were spent on his fathers place,
Bowden plantation, in the parish of
St. James. At an early age he was
sent north to complete his education,
which was received in various col
leges of New York and Virginia.
When the civil war broke out he
was living with his uncle, N. P.
Trist, in Philadelphia, and the latter
being a unionist, the young man re-
turned to the state of his birth and
enlisted as private in Company B
6, 1862, he left New Orleans with
his command over what is now the
Illinois Central Railroad for Grand
Junction, Tenn. After remaining in
camp there a few days the Crescent
Regiment was hurried to Corinth,
Miss, where it plunged into the
midst Of the fight at that Place. The
regiment had become they a per-
manent part Of the Army & North
Tennessee, and so it followVh the
force to Shiloh, participating in that
bloody battle.
When his command reached Tu-
pelo, Miss, upon the withdrawal from
Shiloh, Mr.. Trist was transferred, at
his own request, to the Orleans Light
Horse, the bodyguard of Gen. Polk.
With the Orleans Light Horse he
went into the Kentucky campaign un-
der Gen. Bragg and fought at Perry
vile Then his command returned
to Tennessee and Private Trist was,
in succession, at Chattanooga, Muir
, freesboro, Chickamauga and Mis-
sionary Ridge.
Because of his bravery in this last
vate to lieutenant and was placed on
the staff of Gen. Allen Thomas, with
whom he surrendered at Shreveport
at the close of the war
In speaking Of Mr. Trist Dr. Y. r.
LIE Monnier, one of the three living
members of the Orleans LfgJ Horse,
said:
He always proved himSeH brave
and collected Oh the field of battle,
cheerful and agreeable, and ready
for any duty assigned to him.
Returning from the war with an
honorable record, the young soldier
proceeded to his plantation, Vela
Alta, in st. James parish, where he
soon won recognition as a successful
sugar planter. He later spent some
time in Florida, and subsequently
returned to New Orleans to accept
the position of assistant coiner at
the mint under his general, Allen
Thomas. He served in this capacity
throughout the Cleveland administra
ton, and was reappointed during the
two subsequent administrations. For
the past several years he had re-
tired from active participation in
business and devoted his time to
looking after the welfare Of his fam.
lily.
The deceased belonged to one of
the most prominent families OF the
state and counted his friends by the
hundred.
He married Miss Marie Tureaud,
who bore him several children, and
after her death he married her Sis
ter, Miss Alice Tureaud, who sur
wives him. He also leaves four |
daughters, Mrs. F. Conrad Robertson,
of Spokane, Wash; Mrs. Ben. T. |
Waldo. Mrs. George Rivet and Miss
Eugene Trist, and one son, Nicholas
P. Trist, Jr., connected with the firm
of A Baldwin & Company.
The remains of Mr.. Trist were
taken to st. James parish Monday |
morning for interment. Services
were performed at st, Michael's /
Catholic church at Convent by Rev. |
Father DeIahaye, the pastor, and
the body was laid to rest in the Fa-
got family vault in st. Michaels
cemetery.
Many members of the Trist. Brin-