Histories

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 621-622. Edited by Alice Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by CenturyHistorical Association.:  

Coming from Alsace, France, when a boy of 16 years, Alexander M., the father of Dr. W. D. Haas, joined his brother in merchandising in Louisiana, and was successful, but at the outbreak of the Civil war he espoused the cause of the Confederacy, soon attained the rank of captain, and later occupied a position on the staff of Gen. Richard Taylor. At the close of the war he re-entered the mercantile business in Rapides parish, and became prominent in the commercial life of the community. He was married to Maccie Marshall, a native of Louisiana, daughter of Thomas Douglas Marshall, and a descendant of Roger B. Marshall.  Four children resulted from this union.