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Pierre Fayard and Estelle Favre are my great-great- great- grandparents. Pierre was bom on July 25, 1820 in Hancock County, Mississippi and died July 8, 1906. Estelle Favre was bom 1821 in Hancock County, Mississippi and died October 22, 1910. Both are buried in the Fayard-Favre Cemetery in Waveland, Mississippi. Pierre Fayard is the son of Laurent Fayard and Uranie LaFontaine. Laurent is the son of Pierre Fayard and Maria Louisa Christian Ladner. Uranie Lafontaine is the daughter of Jean Pierre LaFontaine and Marguerite Fabre (Favre). Estelle Favre is the daughter of Francois Favre and Rose Eulalie Ladner. Francois Favre is the son of Baptiste Favre and Susanne Fayard. Rose Eulalie Ladner is the daughter of Jacques Mathurin Ladner, Jr. and Louison LaFontaine. The following death notice appeared in the Daily Picayune Newspaper, New Orleans, Louisiana on July 15, 1906:
DEATH OF PIERRE FAYARD
Veteran Cavalryman, Stock Breeder and Patriot, Passes Leaving Three Sturdy Generations to Mourn the Loss of Remarkable Citizen.
Pierre Fayard died last Sunday at Bay St. Louis. He was bom July 25, 1820. He was a prominent stock raiser for many years, until recently, when he retired from any active business. He was a member of the Confederate Cavalry and rode a horse raised on his farm, which proved to be one of the best in the service. After the war - he returned to Bay St. Louis and resumed the business of cattle raising. Mr. Fayard had never been sick in his life except for a few months before his death, and he possessed all of his teeth and was famous for his strength and energy. He was a man of genial disposition and very popular.
Mr. Fayard leaves a wife, who is was Miss Estelle Favre of Bay St. Louis, who is 88 years old. He also leaves six sons and two daughters, all of whom are married and living in their own homes; sixty grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Fayard was known throughout Hancock County, and loved by all who knew him. He was a staunch friend, a good Christian , and a true patriot.
The remains were interred in the family burying ground, formerly owned by his father-in-law, Francois Favre, and the funeral was one of the largest ever held in Hancock County.
The following is the descendants of Pierre Fayard and Marie Louise Christian Ladner, compiled and submitted by Tim Wallis on July 13,2009:


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