Extracted from The Colfax Chronicle (Colfax, LA)
Saturday, March 15, 1919

Alonzo H. Nugent Dead

We are sorry to learn that Mr. Alonzo H. Nugent died at his home at 6 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 1919. He was stricken about 11 a.m. on Saturday while sawing logs, the doctors say with paralysis, and died the next morning. He belonged to one of the oldest families of Grant Parish, and has a great many relatives in this parish, of which he was an honorable and exemplary citizen. The registration books show that he was born Aug. 29, 1859, making him 59 years, 6 months and 10 days old when he died.