Catholic Cemetery of Natchitoches
NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA. I took these on a day trip to Natchitoches with my husband on Saturday, December 13, 2003. Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) is buried here. Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La., March 22, 1797. Planter; member of Louisiana state senate, 1833-43; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Died in Washington, D.C., April 24, 1844. Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Catholic Cemetery. Bossier Parish, La. is named for him. See also: congressional biography.

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