Lucia Provost (unknown to 1888) and Julianne Provost (about 1883 to 1888) If there are guns, there will be accidental shootings and death resulting. Nothing is sadder than when a child is the victim of an accidental shooting. Horribly, Mrs. Lucia Provost and her five-year-old daughter were killed by the same pistol ball in February…
Month: August 2026
The Tragedies of the Louisiana Provost Families Chronicled in Newspapers.com between 1854 and 1910 – Part 2
L.P. Provost (1838 to 1888) and Nicholas Provost, Jr. The killing of Benjamin Robertson took place in Jeanerette, Louisiana, where my ancestors lived. This man suffered greatly. “…he had been arrested for stealing chickens, was confined to the town jail, but was assaulted by a mob, taken from the jail and whipped, and when he…