George Seth Guion

George Seth Guion (HM25HF)

Location: Thibodaux, LA 70301 Lafourche Parish
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 47.643', W 90° 49.444'

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Mississippi natives George Seth Guion and Caroline Lucretia Winder Guion moved to Thibodaux in 1831. Their Ridgefield Plantation included the land given to St. John,s Episcopal Church and Cemetery and the Guion Academy, two blocks away on Jackson Street. The Academy was the first free public school in Thibodaux. Guion also was a co-founder of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Following Caroline Guion's death in 1855, he remarried his deceased wife's sister, Christina Rosina Winder, who died in 1860. Before his death in 1861, Guion supported Louisiana's secession from the Union. Camp Hubbard, established on his plantation in 1864-1865 just west of the cemetery, was the Union headquarters for the Lafourche District, Department of the Gulf.
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HM NumberHM25HF
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Placed BySt. John's Historic Cemetery
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Date Added Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 at 1:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15R E 710321 N 3297949
Decimal Degrees29.79405000, -90.82406667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 47.643', W 90° 49.444'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 47' 38.58" N, 90° 49' 26.64" W
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Area Code(s)985
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 701-799 Church St, Thibodaux LA 70301, US
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