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Felix LaBauve
Felix LaBauve (1809–1879) was a French-born American politician, businessperson, newspaper publisher, newspaper editor, early settler, and community leader in DeSoto County, Mississippi. He was a former member of the Mississippi State Senate serving from 1846 to 1848. LaBauve was also a philanthropist and is believed to be the first person to establish a scholarship program at a Mississippi state-supported institution of higher learning. His former home, the Felix LaBauve House is listed as a Mississippi Landmark, and on the National Register of Historic Places. With His name is alternatively spelled as Felix Labauve and Felix La Bauve. Early life and family Felix LaBauve was born on November 16, 1809, in Vouziers, France. His father of the same name, Felix LaBauve (1741–1815) was a professional soldier for the French Royal Army for Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown during the 1781 military campaign of the American Revolutionary War and later with Napoleon Bonaparte. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vouziers
Vouziers () is a commune of the Ardennes department, northern France. Vouziers is the burial place of the pioneer First World War fighter pilot Roland Garros, after whom the Stade Roland Garros in Paris (the location of the French Open tennis tournament) is named. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (the first president of Czechoslovakia) fought at Vouziers with the Czechoslovak Legion in France; there is a monument to the legion, and the president's name given to the city lycee (high school). The cellist and conductor Jean Witkowski was born in Vouziers on 23 May 1895. The town was on the path of totality for the Solar eclipse of 11 August 1999. It hosted a major observation event. Because of its proximity to the Belgian border, it was gridlocked by visiting Belgian cars on the morning of the eclipse. Geography The river Aisne flows through Vouziers, doubled by a branch of the " canal des Ardennes". The town lies between the Forest of Argonne, the pre-Ardennes, and Champagne, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
