Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls

January 13, 2018

1. Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls Marker

Inscription. Born in 1834, in Donaldsonville, Francis Nicholls attended West Point but turned to the law. He established his own law practice in Napoleonville in the late 1850s before entering the Army of the Confederacy as a Captain during the Civil War. Promoted to Colonel and then to Brigadier General, Nicholls lost an arm and a foot in battle and was captured and held prisoner. Nicholls became Governor in 1876 as reconstruction ended. Elected to the governorship a second time in 1888, Nicholls helped to end the corrupt Louisiana Lottery Company. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1892 and served until 1911, when he retired to Ridgefield Plantation, owned by the family of his wife, Caroline Zilpha Guion. Nicholls died in 1912 and was buried with his wife, his father Thomas Clark, a veteran of the Battles of New Orleans in 1814-1815, and two brothers, Robert Wellman and Edward Fitzgerald, who served in the War with Mexico, 1846-1848.

Erected by St. John's Historic Cemetery.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Industry & Commerce • Law Enforcement • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.

Location. 29° 47.617′ N, 90° 49.415′ W.

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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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Archibald Mackenzie (a few steps from this marker); William Alexander Shaffer (a few steps from this marker); Whitmell Pugh Martin (a few steps from this marker); Philip Sargent Armitage (a few steps from this marker); John Nelson & Andrew Jackson Donelson (a few steps from this marker); Georgiana Malvina Suthon (a few steps from this marker); Felix Grundy Winder (a few steps from this marker); Marcus Pennington Zills (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Thibodaux.

January 13, 2018

2. Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls Marker

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3. Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls

Francis Tillou Nicholls, born in 1834, brigadier-general in the army of the Confederacy, and Governor of Louisiana, 1877—1880 and 1888—1892; at present (1904) chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. After a photograph from life.
From A History of Louisiana by Alcée Fortier, 1904

Credits. This page was last revised on March 19, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 15, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 744 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 15, 2018. 3. submitted on March 19, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.