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1701 - 1713 Jean Baptiste Lemoyne , Sieur de Bienville Bienville, born in Montreal, Canada, first came to the Louisiana Territory with his brother Iberville, in 1699. He was appointed the 3rd governor of French Louisiana by King Louis IV at the age of 21. Four times French Governor of Louisiana, he finally resigning the position in 1743 to return to France. He has been called the "Father of Louisiana" and is recognized on the State Capitol Building as shown below. An extract of a letter from Mississippi, dated April 30, 1736, written by a member of Bienville's march to destroy the savages called Chickasaws is in a link below.Bienville died in Paris on 7th March, 1767. His funeral services were at the Church of Saint-Eustache. A book, New Orleans Cemeteries by Eric J. Brock states that he is buried in Montmartre Cemetery in Paris, France. Another source states that this cemetery was not opened until 1825, long after Bienville's death. |
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