The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-10-27
ALEXIS P. ARCEEEAUX
SUDCUMBS FROM BURNS

A very sad accident early Monday
morning resulted in the untimely
death Of one Of jefferson Davis par
ish'S very oldest residents, Mr.. Alexis
P. Arceneaux.
Although past eighty-two years Of
age Mr.. Arceneaux had enjoyed very
good health and unusual spryness I'M
til he suffered a slight paralytic stroke
in November, 1915, since which time
he has suffered the loss of sight and
consequently has been confined to
home.
Monday morning his daughter, Mrs.
Adam Bourque, brought Mr.. Arce-
neaux his coffee in his room as usual,
returning to the rear of the house
to prepare breakfast. A few minutes
later Mrs. BOurque hearing a cry
rushed to his room to find her father
lying across the upset oil heater en-
veloped in flames from the burning
oil. He was removed from the room
and the flames extinguished. Ply
sicians called in discovered that he
was so badly burned that there was no
hope of recovery. The accident hap
pened at seven o'clock and at nine
o'clock Mr.. Arceneaux died in the
presence of immediate members of
the family and friends.
Alexis Perrin ArceneauX was born
in st. Martin parish July Is, 1884,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Arceneaux He was the seventh of a
family of eight children, only one of
whom survive him, Mrs. Joseph Da-
marist, who lives south of Welsh. He
was veteran of the Civil War, hav-
ing served four years in one of the
Louisiana commands. In 1853 he
moved with the family to the place
south of Welsh that is now known as
the Mayville Plant, having enjoyed a
continuous residence in what is now
Jefferson Davis parish of sixty-one
years. There are very few people
living today who can have even con-
ception of what life in this section in
those days really meant. Later he set
tied on what is known as the Arce-
neaux plantation, 8 miles south OF
Welsh, just south of Bayou Chen
where he farmed successfully fol
more than thirty years. On this
place he developed the first and larg-
est orange grove in this section. Lat
er he moved to Welsh, engaging in the
hotel and the meat market business
for a. few years, and then returned
to the farm which he personally
looked after until the fall of 1911
when he sold all of his estate and came
to live with his daughter, Mrs. Adam
Bourque in Welsh.
In 1865 he was married to Miss Fe
lonsie Bellard and to their union sever
children were born, four daughter
and three sons, one son having dieC
at the age of seven years. He is sur
by his wife. The sons and daugh
tiers are Mrs. 7. H. Cox, Mrs. Adam
Bourque, Mr.. A. L. Arceneaux, MI
| A. R. Arceneaux and Mr.. A. L. Arce
neaux of Welsh; Mrs. Adelia Floyd o
Houston, Texas; Mrs. C. P. Martin o
Lake Charles, and one step-son, Nh
Cyprien Bellard, who lives south o
Welsh.
| Although not a regular attendan
at church, Mr.. ArceneauX was brough
up and always remained firm believ
err in the Catholic faith. The funera
services were held at the Catholi
church in Welsh Tuesday morning a
900 o'clock. The services were cor
Quoted by Rev. Father J. P. Ferre
assisted by Father Cramers, deacon
of Lake Charles, and Father Peters
sub-deacon, of jennings, and inter
ment in the Catholic cemetery.