Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
John Carlton Beatty
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, January 13, 2018
1. John Carlton Beatty Marker
Born in 1808 in Mason County, Kentucky, Beatty and his first wife, Charlotte Reid, moved to Lafourche Parish early in life. He initially practiced medicine but became an attorney and politician, was one of the first Trustees of Thibodaux, and assisted in founding St. John's Episcopal Church. An owner of several plantations, Beatty also participated in the company which dredged the canal connecting Bayou Lafourche and Terrebonne. After his wife died in 1847, Beatty remarried Mary Foley, with whom and with younger children he was drowned at the Last Island Hurricane in August 1856. A surviving son, Taylor Beatty, served in the Army of the Confederacy and became a prominent judge in Thibodaux.
Erected by St. John's Historic Cemetery.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 29° 47.631′ N, 90° 49.406′ W. Marker is in Thibodaux, Louisiana, in Lafourche Parish. It can be reached from Jackson Street south of Seventh Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 718 Jackson Street, Thibodaux LA 70301, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes, in Acadiana Cajun Country, and specifically in Bayou Country. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, Acadia, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, January 13, 2018
2. John Carlton Beatty Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 518 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 14, 2018.
