Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados

1836 - 1863  (26 years)

Francois Joseph Prados

1800 - 1861  (60 years)

Birth	10 May 1800
Died	24 Apr 1861	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Helene Legolphe           b. 13 Jun 1815, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Children	1. Victor A. Prados           b. Abt 1833, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados           b. 12 Nov 1836, New Orleans, Louisiana + 3. Louis Prados           b. Abt 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana   4. Joseph Prados           b. 10 Nov 1845, New Orleans, Louisiana + 5. Marie Josephine Prados           b. 10 Nov 1848, New Orleans, Louisiana   6. Marie Eugenie Elodie Prados           b. 5 Dec 1853, New Orleans, Louisiana   7. Marie Jeanne Prados           b. 8 Mar 1857, New Orleans, Louisiana

Helene Legolphe

1815 - Abt 1882  (66 years)

Birth	13 Jun 1815	Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Died	Abt 1882	New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Francois Joseph Prados           b. 10 May 1800
Children	1. Victor A. Prados           b. Abt 1833, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados           b. 12 Nov 1836, New Orleans, Louisiana + 3. Louis Prados           b. Abt 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana   4. Joseph Prados           b. 10 Nov 1845, New Orleans, Louisiana + 5. Marie Josephine Prados           b. 10 Nov 1848, New Orleans, Louisiana   6. Marie Eugenie Elodie Prados           b. 5 Dec 1853, New Orleans, Louisiana   7. Marie Jeanne Prados           b. 8 Mar 1857, New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Emma Icard

1841 - 1926  (84 years)

Birth	Sep 1841	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	20 Mar 1926	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Alexandre Etienne Icard           b. Abt 1795, Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Mother	Marie Louise Josephine Viges           b. France
Married	St. Pierre, Martinique
Family	Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados           b. 12 Nov 1836, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	18 Apr 1857	St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	+ 1. Henry James Prados           b. 2 Mar 1858, New Orleans, Louisiana   2. Louis Jean Baptiste Prados           b. 26 Nov 1859, New Orleans, Louisiana   3. Marie Emma Prados           b. 20 Feb 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana   4. Marie Emma Prados           b. 25 Sep 1862, New Orleans, Louisiana

Henry James Prados

1858 - 1939  (81 years)

Birth	2 Mar 1858	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	23 May 1939	New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried	St. Louis Cemetery #3, New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados           b. 12 Nov 1836, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Marie Emma Icard           b. Sep 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	18 Apr 1857	St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
Family	Amelie Marie Bernos           b. Sep 1859, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	15 Feb 1879	New Orleans, Louisiana
Children	+ 1. Lucie Marie Bernos Prados           b. 23 Dec 1886, New Orleans, Louisiana + 2. Rufus Henry Prados, Sr.           b. 12 Sep 1888, New Orleans, Louisiana

Louis Jean Baptiste Prados

1859 -

Birth	26 Nov 1859	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados           b. 12 Nov 1836, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Marie Emma Icard           b. Sep 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	18 Apr 1857	St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Emma Prados

1861 - 1861  (0 years)

Birth	20 Feb 1861	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	4 Mar 1861	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados           b. 12 Nov 1836, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Marie Emma Icard           b. Sep 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	18 Apr 1857	St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Emma Prados

1862 - 1885  (22 years)

Birth	25 Sep 1862	New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	21 Jan 1885	New Orleans, Louisiana
Father	Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados           b. 12 Nov 1836, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother	Marie Emma Icard           b. Sep 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana
Married	18 Apr 1857	St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Name	Jean Baptiste Eugene Prados
  Birth	12 Nov 1836	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 23, born in Louisiana; book keeper; pers. estate $2,000. In his father's household with his wife and child Henri.
  Military Service	He was a Capt. in the CSA 8th Infantry. He was killed in Louisiana on a mission to capture some northern spies.
  Obituary	A memorial was published about him, describing his service, by an anonymous friend ("W") in the Richmond Examiner on 20 Mar. 1863, p2.
  Death	21 Jan 1863	Lake Ponchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  vol. 23, page 402; aged 26
  Burial	2 Mar 1863	St. Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Louisiana
  according to the pension application filed by his wife.
  Person ID	I3080
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Francois Joseph Prados           b. 10 May 1800             d. 24 Apr 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Helene Legolphe           b. 13 Jun 1815, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana           d. Abt 1882, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Marie Emma Icard           b. Sep 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 20 Mar 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1857	St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Henry James Prados           b. 2 Mar 1858, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 23 May 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 81 years)   2. Louis Jean Baptiste Prados           b. 26 Nov 1859, New Orleans, Louisiana   3. Marie Emma Prados           b. 20 Feb 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 4 Mar 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 0 years)   4. Marie Emma Prados           b. 25 Sep 1862, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 21 Jan 1885, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F2115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Nov 1836 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1860 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Death - 21 Jan 1863 - Lake Ponchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana  Burial - 2 Mar 1863 - St. Louis Cemetery #2, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Death on the "Virtue" This article describes the events around the death of CSA Maj. Jean Baptiste Prados on a mission in 1863.
  		Query from the OR on the Prados murder The memo at the bottom of this page is a note from Gen. Nathaniel Banks inquiring after the murders of Majors Prados and Bauduc on the Virtue. This is taken from the Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, series II, vol. 5.
  		Obituary for Jean Baptiste Prados (d. Jan. 1863) Published in the Richmond Examiner, 20 Mar. 1863, p2

  
  

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• Sources

  [S10] Certificate of Death, New Orleans. [S696] Certificate of Marriage, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Marriages vol. 6, 1852-1866, p. 69. The record notes that she was a minor when married.