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About Benjamin Louis Michel Tureaud
TUREAUD (BENJAMIN) FAMILY PAPERS, 1803-1932 Mss. 427, 560, 794, 811, 1100 (see attached)
Benjamin F. Tureaud, grandson of Emanuel Bringier and the son of Judge Augustin Dominique Tureaud, was a sugarcane planter of Ascension Parish and St. James Parish, La. He operated a plantation store and conducted business under the name of Benjamin Tureaud & Co. He had two sons, Benjamin and Henri, and a daughter Aglae with his wife, Marie Elizabeth Aglae Bringier, daughter of Michel Doradou Bringier and Louise Elizabeth Aglae DuBourg de Ste Colombe. Tureaud died Dec. 5, 1883, at the age of sixty-five.
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A More Noble Cause, A. P. Tureaud and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Louisiana – Rachel L. Emanuel, Alexander P. Tureaud, Jr.
Augustin Marius Tureaud, called “A.M.,” fathered several slave children. In 1843, A.M., age thirty-three, executed a contract of sale to purchase a young mulatto slave woman, Josephine Mather, and her three-year-old son, Adolphe Tureaud, from his mother-in-law. 7 Josephine was manumitted by A.M. shortly after he purchased her. Genealogical information and family documents strongly support that Adolphe Tureaud was one of A.M.’s mulatto offspring. According to the 1870 Louisiana census, Adolphe was born in 1840 in St. James Parish; he was identified as a mulatto who lived on Bagatelle Plantation with his mother, Josephine Mather; his brothers, Henry and Edward; and his sister, Marie. All of Josephine’s children were baptized and given the surname Tureaud. Edward and Marie were probably also the progeny of A.M.; however, Henry was the son of A.M.’s younger brother, Benjamin Tureaud. Parish records, specifically Henry’s death certificate, documented Benjamin Tureaud’s paternity of Henry. No records were found to determine that any of Josephine’s children were manumitted.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezcuco_(Burnside,_Louisiana)
Tezcuco is a former plantation in Burnside, Louisiana, U.S.. It was built c. 1855 for Benjamin Tureaud, and designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. The plantation remained in the Bringier-Tureaud family until 1950, when it was purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Potts. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1983. It burnt down in May 2002. Ruins of the columns are still visible.
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https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/louisiana/tez.htm
Tezcuco Plantation was completely destroyed by fire in May 2002.
Tezcuco was a one-story, frame, Greek Revival plantation house located on the east bank of the Mississippi River about a mile and a half south of Burnside. Except for a few alterations, the residence retained its original c.1855 appearance on both the exterior and interior, until destroyed by fire in 2002. The grounds also included a contemporaneous Creole cottage, which echoes the architecture of the main house. Tezcuco was built for Benjamin Tureaud around 1855. He was the grandson of Emanuel Bringier and the son of Augustin Dominique Tureaud, both plantation owners. The plantation remained in the Tureaud family until 1950 when Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Potts purchased it. The present owner obtained it in 1982 and restored Tezcuco and furnished it with antebellum antiques, some of which included pieces by the famous New Orleans cabinetmakers, Mallard and Seignouret. Tezcuco contained a number of details that distinguish it as an exceptional example of the raised Creole cottage, including the ironwork in an elaborate grape and vine pattern found on the two side porches and of the railing on the front porch. The raised house rested on a stuccoed brick basement with similar piers under the galleries and porches. The hip roof had gabled, pedimented dormers with entablatures and pilasters.
Tezcuco's plan amounted to an enlarged and developed version of the traditional Creole plantation house plan. The traditional form has a hall-less plan, three rooms wide and one room deep with rear cabinets flanking a gallery. Tezcuco's plan was similar in concept, but was more enlarged. Its floor plan was more elaborate and developed than that of the typical plantation house of the period. The 15-foot ceilings gave the rooms an unusual grandeur and spaciousness. While the Greek Revival influence was prevalent in the house, the Italianate style was also present in the somewhat heavier, more pronounced mantels, ceiling medallions, ironwork and foliated plaster cornice work. Around 1955, a small room was added to the rear of each of the side porches in order to install modern bathrooms. A modern kitchen, housed in a sunporch, was added on the side porch on the upriver elevation. A vestibule entry to the basement was also constructed next to the front steps.
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From The Donaldsonville (LA) Chief, of Saturday, Dec. 15, 1883:
Death of Ben Tureaud - Our paper being delayed this week, we are enabled to chronicle in the present issue the mournful intelligence of the death of Mr. Benjamin Tureaud, a venerable sugar planter and most respected citizen of the parish of Ascension, who expired at his residence Saturday night, the 15th inst., at 9:30 o'clock, aged 65 years. We have no room in this issue and no data at hand for a sketch of his career, but we can say en passant that he was one of the most highly respected residents of Ascension and a man concerning whose character we have heard none but eulogistic opinions expressed. His surviving relatives will have the warmest sympathy in their great loss. Mr. Tureaud has been in feeble health some time and was so low during a sojourn at Hot Springs last summer it was not expected at one time that he would return home alive.
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Benjamin Louis Michel Tureaud's Timeline
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January 4, 1818
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Saint James Parish, Louisiana Territory, United States
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1844
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New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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June 14, 1850
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St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States
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November 5, 1850
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Convent, St. James, Louisiana, United States
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1852
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December 15, 1883
Age 65
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Winchester, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Probably Tezcuco Plantation, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States
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