He was the consul-general to Egypt during the Franklin Pierce administration.
His burial service was at St. Xavier's Catholic Church on sixteenth st. in New York City.
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From FAG contributor Joseph Gainey;
According to an article entitled "Mrs. De Leon's Death" in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) issue of Saturday, December 12, 1891, page 2, col. 7, quoting The New York Times, issue of Dec. 05, 1891, saying that, prior to his death, Edwin De Leon [who was Jewish] joined the Roman Catholic Church at his wife's request and that Mrs. De Leon "will be buried from the church of St. Francis Xavier to-morrow morning with the same ceremonies that accompanied the funeral of her husband at the same place last week. A lot has been purchased in Calvary cemetery, where both husband and wife will rest."
His burial service was at St. Xavier's Catholic Church on sixteenth st. in New York City.
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From FAG contributor Joseph Gainey;
According to an article entitled "Mrs. De Leon's Death" in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) issue of Saturday, December 12, 1891, page 2, col. 7, quoting The New York Times, issue of Dec. 05, 1891, saying that, prior to his death, Edwin De Leon [who was Jewish] joined the Roman Catholic Church at his wife's request and that Mrs. De Leon "will be buried from the church of St. Francis Xavier to-morrow morning with the same ceremonies that accompanied the funeral of her husband at the same place last week. A lot has been purchased in Calvary cemetery, where both husband and wife will rest."
He was the consul-general to Egypt during the Franklin Pierce administration.
His burial service was at St. Xavier's Catholic Church on sixteenth st. in New York City.
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From FAG contributor Joseph Gainey;
According to an article entitled "Mrs. De Leon's Death" in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) issue of Saturday, December 12, 1891, page 2, col. 7, quoting The New York Times, issue of Dec. 05, 1891, saying that, prior to his death, Edwin De Leon [who was Jewish] joined the Roman Catholic Church at his wife's request and that Mrs. De Leon "will be buried from the church of St. Francis Xavier to-morrow morning with the same ceremonies that accompanied the funeral of her husband at the same place last week. A lot has been purchased in Calvary cemetery, where both husband and wife will rest."
His burial service was at St. Xavier's Catholic Church on sixteenth st. in New York City.
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From FAG contributor Joseph Gainey;
According to an article entitled "Mrs. De Leon's Death" in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) issue of Saturday, December 12, 1891, page 2, col. 7, quoting The New York Times, issue of Dec. 05, 1891, saying that, prior to his death, Edwin De Leon [who was Jewish] joined the Roman Catholic Church at his wife's request and that Mrs. De Leon "will be buried from the church of St. Francis Xavier to-morrow morning with the same ceremonies that accompanied the funeral of her husband at the same place last week. A lot has been purchased in Calvary cemetery, where both husband and wife will rest."
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