The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-01-22
The Death of E. E. Fitzgerald.

MI. Il. Il. It ltLSeIdiu, ScHSi al uhouo-
ger of the Grant Timber and Manufact-
uring Co., of Selma, Grant parish, La,
who died in sanitarium at 2 p. m. on
Friday, Jan. 7, 1916. was man of I'M
usual attainments and business enter
prise. He was a man of pleasing per-
sonality, and made and retained friends
where he went The Minden Signal
Democrat gives the following account
of his funeral and brief sketch of his
| life:
Never has there been such an out
pouring of people in this section.
Friends (he had no enemies) came from
all walks in life to pay the last respect
to one of our most beloved and promi-
nent citizens. The negroes who had
been employed by him in the great in
dustries, respectfully joined the sor-
rowful procession as it neared the GEM
etery. During the funeral all business
was suspended, The mill was hushed
and it seemed that every one in the
community was paving honor to all that
was mortal of this beloved man. The
floral gifts were of unusual beauty and
in countless numbers. The sacred
mound was covered with brightest and
most beautiful blossoms and the grave
robbed of all it's gloom. Friends from
Wisconsin, New Orleans, st. Louis,
Texarkana, Shreveport, Stamps, Sell
ma and Spring Hill, and many distant
points, came to attend his funeral.
The honorary pail beerers were Messrs.
VIM. Buchanan, Robert Buchanan, Jas.
A. Buchanan and w. r. Grimm, of
Texarkana; T. C. Whitmarsh, ]. G.
Furguson, j. F. Rudd and T. H. Gar
rett of ST. Louis; Robt. Carpenter, of
New Orleans; John Bonner, of Hous-
ton; ]. A. Brown, j. G. Wagner, Geo.
A. Kelly. j. F. Giles, w. A. Davis, W..
w. Sheafe, r. H. Miller and Frank w.
Todd. The active pail bearers were
Messrs. M. v. Mason, j. G, Pope, H.
B. Hilbreth, of Selma; j. T. Haynes, of
Winfield: w. H. Luck, ]. w. Cox, B.
M. Cannon, and R. l. Gould, of Minden.
E. E. Fitzgerald was born November
10th, 1865, in Oconto, Wisconsin; was
the son of Nancy and Edward Fitzger-
aid. In 1874 he moved to Wausaw, and
at the age of rs was married to Miss
J Emma Schneider, of Wausaw. Fol
eight years he was with the ID. j. Muir.
ray Manufacturing Co. In 1891 he &C
cepted the position as travelling sales
man for the Edward Balls Co., of Mil
waukee, and in 1900 he came to Minder
} to enter the lumber business with the
Buchanan interests and organized the
, Minden Lumber Co., of which he ha.
been vice president and general mana
ger continuously. He was the genera
manager of the Grant Timber and Man
l ufacturing Co. at Selma, and Presiden
4 of the Louisiana Logging Company
D and was director in many other sue
cessful enterprises. He was man O
wonderful mechanical genius and was
recognized authority as to the working
: of machinery. He invented and pat
! ented the double cut band saw and 9th
er saw mill appliances that lessened la
. Dor and were valuable additions in tn
: lumber business. In 1892 he designe'
5 and installed the C. A. Smith mill a
: Minneapolis and the GUNNER & DiggiI
0 mill at Cadiallic, Mich, and as travel
ing salesman is said to have sold NOR
saw mills than any other man on tn
road during the years of his service
His ability, genial manner and perfec
honesty and business made for hin
g lasting friends and name that wi