Stl. Charles Parish Obituaries

St. Charles Parish Obituaries

MICHAEL HAHN

Ex-Go v. Michael Hahn, Representative in Congress from the Second District of Louisiana, died suddenly in his room at Wizard's Hotel, Washington, yesterday, of hemorrhage of the lungs. He was discovered by the fireman of the hotel stretched dead on the floor In a pool of blood. it is supposed that he was attacked with the hemorrhage while in bed and had risen and fallen to the floor. He was unmarried, but had a sister in New-Orleans and another in Louisville. Ex-Gov. Hahn was a native of Bavaria, where he was born Nov. 24, 1830. His parents removed to this country when he was an infant, and soon after landing in New-York went to Louisiana, settling In New-Orleans. Michael attended the public schools of that city, and afterward the law department of the University of Louisiana, from which be was graduated in 1851, and at once began the practice of his profession. In politics be was a Buchanan Democrat, and an advocate of the election of Stephen A, Douglas to succeed Buchanan. he was opposed to secession, and after Louisiana seceded refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. *On the arrival of the Union forces he took an active part in the reconstruction of the State, and in 1862 he was elected to Congress, hue was not admitted to his seat until Feb. 7, 1863. At the expiration of his term he purchased and edited for-a time the New-Orleans Daily True Delta. In which he advocated emancipation. He was elected the first governor of Louisiana as a free State, and was inaugurated March 4.1864, receiving from President Lincoln the additional powers of Military Governor. He was elected United States Senator in January, 1865, and resigned his office as Governor, but he did not press his claim to a seat in the Senate, and never took it. Ho then became manager and editor of the New-Orleans Daily Republican a position which he filled until 1871, when ho removed to his sugar plantation, where ho laid out and built the village of Hahnville. From that time until his election in 1884 to the House of Representatives he filled several offices in Louisiana, among them State Register of Voters, Superintendent of the Mint at New-Orleans, and District Judge. Gov. Hahn was a scholarly man of singular ability coupled with great modesty, augmented perhaps, by the fact that be was incurably lame. Though 56 years old he looked much younger, having a boyish face. He was a man of great personal popularity, and some years ago had acquired considerable wealth, much of which, however, he expended in trying to run a Republican newspaper In New-Orleans and much more perished through shrinkage of values. He was a pleasing, winning speaker, and old settlers of Louisiana said that both in manner and physique he reminded them of Sergeant Prentiss, the great orator of the New-Orleans Bar of 40 years ago. He was eloquent alike in English, French, and German. He had more than 12 Letters from the martyred President Lincoln, which have never been published, but; which he was preparing to give in magazine articles at the time or his death, these letters were in favor of conferring freedom and suffrage upon the Negroes. Hahn was elected to Congress as a Republican in the strongest Democratic district in the State, and In his death the lost white Republican Congressman is eliminated from the late Confederate States south of Virginia.
source:New York Times (1857-Current file); Mar 16, 1886; p. 2; 1 Page

CONGRESSMAN HAHN'S FUNERAL.

New-Orleans, March 19.—The funeral of the Hon. Michael Hahn took place this afternoon from the residence of his sister, Mrs. Urban, in Camp-street. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Percival, Episcopalian, and the body was interred in Metairie Cemetery. Senators Vance and Eustis, Congressmen St. Martin, Irion, Snyder, Ellsberry, Ely, Lyman, and Dorsey, with Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom, were present in white gloves and white sashes. All the prominent citizens were present, the Judiciary notably, and hundreds or school teachers, mourning one who had been their steadfast friend. Throe was a large attendance, showing the high esteem In which the deceased was held in this city. The flags on the public buildings wore all half mast, and the courts adjourned in honor of the deceased. Later on the body will be removed to Hahnville, the city he founded some years ago in the Parish of St. Charles.
source: New York Times (1857-Current file); Mar 20, 1886; p. 1; 1 Page

MR. DANJEAN'S DEATH. The young man, Edgar Danjean, who was thrown from his buggy last Thursday. In the parish of St Charles, and had his skull fractured, died at the Hotel Dieu yesterday morning, from the effects of hls Injuries. The. remains were removed to the residence of his sister, Mrs. H. S. Crozier, No. 1524 Third street, from whence they will be burled at 8 o'clock this evening.The Daily Picayune, (New Orleans, LA) Sunday, October 08, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 257; col F