Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-04-29
MR.. SOL. WELLER.

Much regret was felt in Tensas
parish when news came of the death
of Mr.. Sol. Wexler, which occurred
in New York City on Friday. Mr..
Wexler was well-known in this par
ish, where in days. past he visited
often as representative of Julius
Weis & Co., of New Orleans. He was
a man of unusual strength Of char
acter and financier of pronounced
ability. 1t is believed his estate will
inventory several million dollars.
Following mention of deceased is
taken from the New Orleans States
of Saturday:
Solomon Wexler, leading banker
and financier, at one time president
of the Whitney-Central National and
Whitney-Central Trust and Savings
Bank and president of the School
Board, will be buried here, probably
Tuesday. Mr.. Wexler died in New
York Friday night from pleurisy.
Mr.. Wexler from 1895 to 1915,
when he left here to become asso-
ciated with the firm of j. S. Bache
and Company, bankers and brokers OF
New York, was one OF the leading
figures in the financial world of New
Orleans. There was no movement for
the betterment of the city in which
> he did not take an active interest.
Mr.. Wexler had been suffering
: with pleurisy for some Time but it
was thought that he was on the road
: to recovery. His home at $50 Park
y Avenue, New York, was one of the
0 prettiest in the big city and inquir-
ing friends had been cheered by news
8 from his bedside that he was recover
= ing. He suffered a relapse from
which he never rallied.
1 Buried in Orleans.
; Arrangements were being made
e Saturday to bring Nv Vexler's b. dy
IS back to New Orleans. His home was
q in Natchez, Miss, but h. spent the
IS greater part of his life here and in
/ 1911 married Olga Laroussini, one of
e New Orleans beauties.
It was thought by Misses Minnie
Is and Agatha Wexler, and Mrs. Leon
Re Wolf, sisters Of Mr.. Wexler, and Mrs.
y Sam Wexler, sister-in-law Of Mr..
is Wexler, that the body will arrive
b here Monday or Tuesday morning and
" that the funeral of the banker and
,e financier would be held then.
II Arrangements for the funeral vii
l, be made, however, when the exact
1t hour Of the arrival OF the body il
lie learned from Mrs. Wexler, who has
b. been Frustrated by her husbands
il death.
le Mr.. Wexler was born at Natchez
III Miss, Nov. 20, 1867, the son Of Philip
O. and Barbara Wexler. He was edu
Gated in Natchez Institute and st
e Georges Hail.. Reisterstown, Nd, ant
e, at Concordia Institute, Zurich, Swift
= zerland and Geisowiches Institute
De Frankfort, Germany.
f. Between 1884 and 1883 Mr.. Wexle
er worked as a clerk for Henry Frank
Of a wholesale dry goods merchant o
n Natchez, Miss, and later became
ty travelling salesman for s. E. Worm
Mt and Company Of this city.
es He began his career as q banke
al with J. Weis and Company in 189;
&c and in 1894 founded the Contra
Of Bank. This bank was consolidate,
in with the Whitney Bank in 1895 an
at Mr.. Wexler became vice president o
is the Whitney Central National an
IL Whitney Central Trust and Saving
to Bank, a position he held until 1914
~ At that time he was elected pres
dent Of the Whitney, Central Nations
as Bank and it was primarily throug
its his efforts that the present handsom
re structure which houses the bank 9
ut Gravier and St. Charles streets wa
he built. He resigned from the pres
&c dency Of the Whitney National Ban
VS. in 1915 to enter the firm of ].
srt Bache and Company, bankers an
we brokers, az Broadway, New York.
Up. Since that time Mr.. Wexler HI
ed made many trips to New Orleans, b
20 ing very popular here. He serve
ct as president Of the school board fl
nj number Of years, was q memb'
hat Of the Harmony and Country Clul
ere and took an active interest in 9