Daughter of
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard.

Her inscription reads:
"Wife of Chas. A. Larendon."

Laure Beauregard Larendon's families name
and legacy,
Beauregard Parish, La.
Beauregard Memorial Hospital DeRidder, La.
Camp Beauregard, Army Base, Alexandria, La.
All named in honor, after
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard,
father of Laure Beauregard Larendon.

THE FUNERAL OF MRS. LAURA BEAUREGARD LARENDON
On Saturday afternoon, a large number of the friends of Gen. Beauregard and of Col. Charles A. Larendon assembled at their residence, No. 355 St. Charles street, to pay the last sad tributes of affection to the memory of a lovely woman, the daughter of the former and the wife of the latter, Mrs. Laura Beauregard Larendon. The daughter of one of the most eminent of Louisianians, the great granddaughter of one of the most distinguished of the old time Governors of the State, and extrememly lovable and admirable in every relation of life, the funeral obsequies of this lady brought out a large concourse of friends. There were to be seen among the gentler sox grand old ladies of the best Creole blood, whom nothing less than such an occasion would have brought out from their own drawing-rooms, while in the younger matrons and fair young girls, most of the old familes of Louisiana were represented. Many of those were connected with the mourning house hold by ties of blood and marriage, and to a large extent it was a family gathering.
Among the sterner sox, a like rule to a large extent also obtained, and from the vonerable Mr. M. Musson down to the youngest present, the best Creole families were represented.
Among the gentlemen were also noticed Gen, Francis T. Nicholls, Count Paul d'Abzae, Consul General for the French Republic, and Count M. C. Murefosehl, Consul of the King of Italy; Mr. H. Tremoulet, Gen. John Glynn, Jr., and many others.
In the front parlor, beneath a bower o' white and pale pink roses, reposed all that was mortal of this fair woman; while in an adjoining room, In a cradle of ?own, beneath curtains of gauze, slept the infant daughter who was never to realize her loss, and unconscious, happily, of the presence of the dread messenger who had come to summon away the dearest of all human friends, a mother.
Gen. Beauregard, who had been absent from the city when the news of his daughter's illness had reached him, had hurried home, and was present with his two sons, Col. Reno T. and Mr. Henry T. Beauregard, to say a last farewell.
Many beautiful and exquisitely wrought floral triburtes had been brought by friends and were disposed upon and around the burial casket, in which the sweet and marble features of the dead preserved an expression of great gentleness and serenity, and they showed a strong likeness to her distinguished father.
The funeral services were celebrated by Rev. Joseph Lambere, of St. Theresa's Church, and when the prayers had been said, the remains were taken to the Metairie Cemetery, where they were laid away in a new vault in the presence of the numerous friends who had attended them from the city. The older members of the Beauregard and Villere families, who long since passed away, sleep in the old St. Louis Cemeteries, but the vaults are filled, and those ancient cities of the dead have become too narrow for the multitudes who contine to join the silent majority.
It may not be out of place to mention, as a part of the history of the deceased, that she was the daughter of Gen. Beauregard by Miss Laure Villere, daughter of Mr. Jules Villere, and granddaughtyer of Con. James Villere, second Govenor of Louisiana. This lady to whom Gen. Beauregard was married in 1811, died in 1850, leaving three children - the subject of this notice and the two brothers above mentioned.
Col. Charles A. Larendon, the breaved husband, is very poplar and a well known young merchant of this city, and not only did he receive evidences of the sympathy of his numerous friends at home, but telegrams of condolence and expressions of sympathetic regard poured in on him from friends elsewhere, from Atlanta to New York.
The light has gone out of his home and his house has been made desolate save for the two children, the wee babe and another little one which his wife has left him in testimony of her love and devotion. In them he will find her fair features imaged, and in them he may find her exact disposition repeated. In the tender care and solitiude these little ones will demand of him he may find some relief. Time alone can fully medicine his wounds.

The Daily Picayune
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sunday, July 6, 1884
Page: 2