Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Anthony Peniston

1796-1826

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019

1. Anthony Peniston Marker

Inscription.
From New Orleans newspaper, ARGUS, on 8-14-1826:

Baton Rouge, Aug. 9, 1826, 4 P.M.
We stop the press to announce the death of MR. ANTHONY PENISTON who died this moment, his death occasioned by a stab of a poignard. He survived the blow but ten minutes.

A distinguished lawyer, learned, amiable, scarcely 30 yrs. of age, widowed about five months from the loss of a young wife whose death we have not yet ceased to deplore, he has left two young children without any other fortune than an unstained memory.
It is said that his assassination was occasioned by some dispute which occured at the last election.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is August 9, 1826.

Location. 30° 24.301′ N, 91° 10.336′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Oxford Avenue west of Amherst Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4251 Oxford Avenue, Baton Rouge LA 70809, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

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: Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier (here, next to this marker); Henri Bouvier Favrot (here, next to this marker); Luis Estevan Favrot (here, next to this marker); Madame Anne Marie Renée Aimé Douézan (here, next to this marker); Joseph Onieda Lopez (here, next to this marker); Albert Florestan Aucoin (a few steps from this marker); Philogene Joseph de Favrot (a few steps from this marker); Francoise Gerard (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

More about this marker. Located in the historic Highland Cemetery

Also see . . . Cemetery Website.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019

2. Anthony Peniston Marker

(Submitted on December 28, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 410 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 28, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.