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Founders of Carnival (Mardi Gras) - Mobile and New Orleans

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Lloyd Dulany Addison (1799 - 1861)
Walter Dulaney Addison was for a time Chaplain of the Senate. His son Lloyd Dulany Addison would migrate to Kentucky then to Mobile, Alabama, becoming socially involved in the city. He then moved onto ...
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70785899/george-soule

George Soulé (1834 - 1926)
Soule, George, Capt. Lt. Col. Co. A, Field and Staff, Cres. Regt. La. Inf. En. New Orleans, La., March 5, 1862. Roll May and June, 1862. Absent, Prisoner, last heard from at Fort Deniston, near Clevela...
Joseph James Seawell (c.1809 - 1883)
Probate Judge; Mayor of Mobile 1851-52. The Order of Myths' first President, Joseph Seawell, “an ancient and seasoned Cowbellion,” was also a respected attorney and politician. Seawell had come to Mo...
Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr (1832 - 1904)
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Joseph Stillwell Cain Joe Cain (1832-1904) is regarded as the founder of Mobile's modern-day Mardi Gras celebration. In 1866, Cain paraded through downtown Mobile dressed as ...
Michael Krafft (1807 - 1839)
Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Jun 20 2018, 22:52:32 UTC