Darish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Directory of the 
 
CONTAINING A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 PARISH, NAMES, ADDRESSES AND LOCATIONS 
 OF THE LAWYERS, DOCTORS, MANUFACTURERS, 
 MERCHANTS, PLANTERS, PLANTATIONS, MAN¬ 
 AGERS, MECHANICS, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, 
 DISTANCES TO AND FROM HOUMA TO THE 
 DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE PARISH. 
 
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 £ ROGERS Pf\RlS<H DIRECTORY GO., 
 
 2125 EUTERPE STREET, 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
 
 DIRECTORY 
 
 -OF- 
 
 THE PARISH 
 
 -OF— 
 
 TERREBONNE. 
 
 1897 . 
 
+ DOW, 
 
 >,tivanized Iron Roofing 
 
 Corrugated and V Crimp 
 
 BUILDING MATERIALS, 
 
 419 Carondelet Street, 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
 
 Cassidy Hotel. 
 
 RATES: 
 
 50, 75, and 51.00 
 per day 
 
 EUROPERN PLRN. 
 
 Original Management 
 
 Corner Carondelet & Gravier Sts., 
 
 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 Plantation Sugar House 
 
 Repair A Specialty. 
 
 Brass and Copper Work of all descriptions. 
 Store Fronts, Columns, Ventilators, 
 Blacksmith Work of all kinds. 
 
 SHAKSPEARE IRON WORKS, 
 
 JULIAN M. SWOOP, Proprietor. 
 
 913 Cirod Street, NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 -MANUFACTURER OF- 
 
 Sugar Mills, Steam Engines, . Draining Machines, Vacuum Pans, Centrifugal Machines, 
 Clarifiers, Evaporators, Tanks, Breechings, Chimneys, Pipe Valves, Fittings and Boiler 
 Tubes. 
 
 Sole Manufacturer of the FISHER-HOGAN BAGASSE BURNER. 
 
 New Orleans Railway and Mill Supply Co., Ltd. 
 
 DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 
 
 Railway, Steamship, Mill, Heating and Plumbing Supplies, 
 
 P. O. Box 206. 
 
 620, 622 and 624 CAMP STREET, 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, L/\* 
 
 A. BA LDWIN, President, 
 
 J. C. FEBIGKR, Jr.. Genl. Manager. 
 
 Agents for Riverside Iron Works Wrought Steel Pipe, John H. McGowan Co Rival and Duplex Steam Pumps, 
 A. S. Cameron Steam Puinp Works, Southern Saw Works, Hersey Manufacturing Co. Water 
 Meters, William's Safety High and Low Water Alarm, Crandalls Spiral, sectional and Ring Packing, 
 Pasteur Germ Proof Water Filters, Gutta Percha and Rubber M'fg Co Belting, Packing and Hose, 
 Vitrified Wheel Co Emery Wheels, * Riverside Mills' Cotton Waste, Trenton Iron Co. Iron and 
 Steel Wire Rope, Climax Gas Machine and Mixer, Hart Manufacturing Co. Duplex Stocks and Dies. 
 
 JAMES KELLY, 
 
 Copper, Brass and Sheet Iron Works, 
 
 Brass Castings of All Descriptions, 
 
 714 to 718 MAGAZINE STREET, 
 
 Corner Notre Damt, O _ INe \aj Orleans, La. 
 
 Builders of Steam 1 rains. Iron and Copper Clarifiers, Evaporators and 
 Strike Bans. Juice Syrup and Molasses Tanks. Chimneys and Breechings. 
 All kinds of Coppe and Sheet Iron Work. Sugar House, Brewery and Steam¬ 
 boat Work. 
 
DIRECTORY 
 
 . . OR THE . . 
 
 Parish of Terrebonne, 
 
 POPULATION, 20,451. 
 
 A Historical Sketch of the Parish of 
 
 Terrebonne. 
 
 By E. C. Wurzlow, Deputy Clerk of Court, and Member of the 
 
 Houma Town Council. 
 
 The Parish of Terrebonne was 
 created March 22d, 1822, oat of a 
 portion of the Parish of Lafourche 
 Interior. It contains an approxi¬ 
 mate superficial area of 1808 
 square miles, and is much larger 
 than the State of Rhode Island, 
 and nearly as large as Delaware. 
 Only one parish in the State ex¬ 
 ceeds it in superficies, the Parish 
 of Calcasieu. 
 
 Less than one eighteenth of the 
 parish is high land ; the balance is 
 marshes, swamps, low prairies, 
 bayous and lakes. 
 
 The cultivable land is composed 
 of the ridges along the banks of 
 the different bayous, rich alluvial 
 soil that is highly productive and 
 easily cultivated. The principal 
 bayous are the Terrebonne, Little 
 Caillou, Grand Caillou, Black, Du- 
 large and Blue. The space be¬ 
 tween the ridges of the different 
 bayous is mostly swamps of cypress 
 timber. Numerous lakes, bays and 
 islands form part of the parish, and 
 its southern limits are washed by 
 the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 
 
 The population in 1890 was 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terreboime. 
 
 20,451. There were 10,574 whites, 
 9,541 negroes, and 336 persons of 
 Indian extraction. 
 
 At the time Terrebonne was 
 made a parish but few settlements 
 dotted the fertile banks of its 
 many sluggish bayous that wound 
 through luxurious vegetation and 
 virgin forests untouched by the 
 woodman’s ax. Stately trees grew 
 along Bayou Terrebonne,and inter¬ 
 lacing above nearly closed the 
 heavens from view . Dense cane- 
 brakes were where now teeming 
 fields of sugar cane and corn re¬ 
 ward the husbandman for his toil. 
 Amidst this widlerness the bear 
 panther and deer dweU, and few 
 there were to trouble them. Cranes, 
 herons and other aquatic birds 
 filled the streams and swamps, and 
 the alligator disputed the settler’s 
 right to paddle his pirogue through 
 some of the principal bayous. The 
 greater portion of the Indians had 
 been removed from Louisiana, but ] 
 a few lingered in the State, and a 
 small band existed near the lower 
 limits of the parish. Near Gibson, 
 and on the lower Terrebonne aud 
 Grand Caillou, are Indian mounds 
 which attest an era when the red 
 men held uudisputed sway over 
 this country. 
 
 “Good laud.” Such is the mean¬ 
 ing of the word Terrebonne, trans¬ 
 lated from the French, and truly 
 it was an appropriate name to 
 apply to this rich and productive ■ 
 soil. 
 
 The first settlements in this par¬ 
 
 ish were made during the closing 
 decade of the eighteenth century, 
 by French Canadians, principally 
 from the older colonies of Louisi¬ 
 ana. Some French, Americans, 
 Spaniards and Germans also made 
 this their home. During that pe¬ 
 riod various grants were made to 
 divers persons by the Baron de 
 Carondelet, then Governor of Lou¬ 
 isiana, which was then a Spanish 
 colony. Reference is made in the 
 public records of 1828 to a tract of 
 land on Bayou Grand Caillou, near 
 Quitman’s Lake, as “the locality 
 known by the name of the ancient 
 encampement Derboune.” 
 
 The Derbonne or Terrebonne 
 family seem to have been amongst 
 the earliest pioneers of this parish. 
 These settlers came by way of the 
 Gulf, in their luggers, aud ascend¬ 
 ing the different bayous, explored 
 the banks of the different streams. 
 It was not until about the time 
 Terrebonne became a parish that a 
 narrow road was opened along thq 
 Bayou Terrebonne to Thibodaux. 
 
 Court, in the early days of the 
 parish, was held in a little build 
 ing on Bayou Cane. On May 10th, 
 1834, Richard H. Grinage and Hu 
 bert M. Belanger donated to the 
 Parish of Terrebonne the property 
 on which the presentcourthouseaud 
 other public buildings are situated. 
 This land was valued at that time 
 at $150. The land on each side of 
 this was laid off into town lots, 
 and the town of Houma came into 
 existence, bearing the name of the 
 
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 Indian tribe that lived and loved 
 and worshipped amongst its groves, 
 the ancient Houmas, which means 
 “The Sun.” 
 
 From Bayou Oane the couit 
 house was moved to a building in 
 the public square. Court was af¬ 
 terward held in a two-story build¬ 
 ing in the center of the block 
 between Church and Grinage 
 streets, on the north side of Main 
 street, and afterwards in a two- 
 story building corner of Main and 
 Grinage street in the same block. 
 
 A one-story brick building, now 
 forming part of the present struc¬ 
 ture, was begun shortly before the 
 war, but work was abandoned at 
 the beginning of that momentous 
 event, and the building was not 
 completed until 1875. In 1892 the 
 present commodious and beautiful 
 edifice was completed, the old one- 
 story building having been utilized 
 in its construction. It is one of 
 the prettiest structures of its kind 
 in the State. 
 
 The first building erected in 
 Houma is said to have been built at 
 the corner of Court and Church 
 streets; two or three others were 
 constructed nearly at the same time. 
 Edmond Guidry, who died in Lower 
 Terrebonne about two years ago, 
 worked as a carpenter on these 
 first buildings. 
 
 In 1870 the Houma Branch Rail¬ 
 road was built, connecting Houma 
 with Hew Orleans by rail. Before 
 that a stage line was run between 
 Houma and Thibodaux, and freight 
 
 was transported in barges or flat- 
 boats. 
 
 Houma’s elegant Opera House 
 was erected in 1896, by Houma 
 Fire Co. No. 1, at a cost of $8,000. 
 This fire company was organized in 
 1872, and has distinguished itself 
 on many occasions. It is provided 
 with one of the best steamers and 
 with other equipments for fight¬ 
 ing fire. 
 
 Houma Hook and Ladder Co. 
 was organized in 1888. This com¬ 
 pany owns a hall, truck and lad¬ 
 ders, a Babcock and other equip¬ 
 ments, and is an efficient body of 
 fire fighters. 
 
 The hotels are the Bazet Hotel, 
 Commercial Hotel, Sanders Hotel 
 and Breaux’s House, which afford 
 ample accommodation for the 
 traveling public. 
 
 Jastremski & Wilson’s Ice Fac¬ 
 tory supply the home market with 
 ice. C. P. Smith & Co., operate a 
 saw and shingle mill, and A. C. 
 Daspit is about to erect another 
 saw and shingle mill. 
 
 Emile Daigle, runs a steamboat 
 and transportation line between 
 Houma and Lower Terrebonne. 
 Most of the sugar and molasses 
 made by the refineries and sugar- 
 houses along Bayou Terrebonne are 
 brought to the Southern Pacific 
 depot here by his steamboat “Har¬ 
 ry” and barges. 
 
 The oyster shipping industry of 
 this place has assumed large pro 
 portions. The coasts of our parish 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 abound with the most delicious of 
 this species of bivalve. The oyster 
 beds of Terrebonne not only supply 
 the Houma Shipping Establish¬ 
 ments, but most of the oysters for¬ 
 warded from Morgan City come 
 from this parish. Houma will soon 
 be the principal oyster shipping 
 point of the gulf coast. Its near¬ 
 ness to the oyster beds, place it in 
 an advantageous position as a dis¬ 
 tributing point and the superiority 
 of its oysters are acknowledged. 
 These oysters are shipped to all 
 parts of the United States west 
 of the Mississippi river, some are 
 shipped as far south as the City of 
 Mexico, while some compete with 
 the Baltimore, east of the river. 
 25,000,000 oysters were shipped 
 from Houma last season. The prin¬ 
 cipal shipping depots are the 
 Houma Fish and Oyster Co., Ltd., 
 Davidson & Avery, Daspit & Cel- 
 estin, G. Wolf & Co., W. J. Gaidry 
 and E. Ghirardi. 
 
 Houma has several good schools 
 presided over by capable teachers, 
 two banks. The Bank of Houma 
 and the People’s Bauk, and two 
 newspapers, the Houma Courier 
 and the Terrebonne Times, and is 
 connected with the rest of the world 
 by telegraph. 
 
 A proposition will be submitted 
 to the taxpayers of the town to tax 
 themselves for waterworks and 
 electric lights at an election to be 
 held on the second Tuesday in Jan¬ 
 uary, 1898. 
 
 The town was incorporated, 
 
 March 16th, 18-18, and reiucorpo- 
 rated, February 18rh, 1878. The. 
 following is a list of its mayors to 
 date: F. S. Goode, Joseph Ayeock, 
 Justin Cbauvin, John Berger, 
 Thomas J. Hargis, A. S. Helmick, 
 Felix Daspit, Joseph Dupait, 
 Charles Tennant, Dr. H. M. Wallis, 
 John A Hubbard, I. M. Price, M. 
 F. Smith, Ernest Picon, and the 
 present mayor, J. C. Dupont. Its 
 population according to the census 
 of 1890 was 1220. Newtown in the 
 rear of Houma had a population of 
 156. The present population of 
 Houma and its suburbs is about 
 3000. 
 
 A great many improvements are 
 contemplated by the town and its 
 citizens in the near future. Among 
 them is a $7,000 Castle Hall, to be 
 erected on Main Street, by the 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 Large swamps of cypress timber 
 abound in the Parish of Terre 
 bonne, and several large saw mills 
 furnish employment to a great 
 many men, and is the source of 
 considerable revenue. 
 
 Ash, oak, gum, willow and vari¬ 
 ous other species of trees are still 
 plentiful, though large inroads 
 have been made into the timber of 
 late years. 
 
 The Spanish moss grows luxu¬ 
 riously in the swamps, and large 
 quantities of it are prepared annu¬ 
 ally and sent to the New Orleans 
 market and sold. 
 
 The bayous, lakes and bays 
 abound in the choicest of fresh and 
 
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 salt water fish of various species. 
 Ducks, quail, snipe, doves and other 
 game birds are hunted successfully; 
 the former being very plentiful 
 during the fall and winter season. 
 Deer used to be plentiful; a few 
 still remain; and bear have almost 
 disappeared. The alligator is 
 hunted for his hide, and thousands 
 of sea gulls and terns are killed 
 annually, and form an article of 
 commerce. 
 
 Sugar, molasses and rice, are the 
 principal agricultural products, and 
 corn, hay, potatoes and cotton are 
 produced, and fruit grows in abun¬ 
 dance. 
 
 ‘‘The Parish of Terrebonne is one 
 of the largest sugar producing par¬ 
 ishes in the state.” 
 
 Parish Officials. 
 
 Judge Judicial District—Hon. 
 L P. Caillouet. Residence, Thib- 
 odaux, La. 
 
 District Attorney—L. 0. Moise, 
 Houma. 
 
 Sheriff—A. W. Oonnely. Office, 
 courthouse; residence, one-half 
 mile below Houma [left bank Bayou 
 Terrebonne]. 
 
 Deputy Sheriff—0. B. Aycock, 
 Residence one half mile above 
 Houma, (right bank). 
 
 Deputy Tax Collector—Isaac 
 Da«pit. Residence, one-quarter 
 mile above Houma, [right bank ] 
 
 Jailor—B. F. Bazet. Residence, 
 Church street. 
 
 Clerk of Court—A. Bourg. Of¬ 
 fice, Courthouse. Residence, op¬ 
 posite Houma bridge. 
 
 Deputy Clerk—E. C. Wurzlow. 
 Residence, near corner Main and 
 Church street. 
 
 Recorder—H. N. Bourg. Resi¬ 
 dence, opposite Houma bridge. 
 
 School Board—T. H. Casey, 
 president, Gibson. 
 
 0. A. Celestin, superintendent, 
 Houma. 
 
 C. St. Martin, Theriot. 
 
 D. O. Gautreaux, Houma. 
 
 Jas. D. Wilson, Montegut. 
 
 Pierre Cenag, Dulac. 
 
 J. O. Duplantis, Houma. 
 
 E. B. Hubert, Schriever. 
 
 Paulin Navarre, Ellendale. 
 
 C. A. Celestin, Superintnedent 
 Public Instruction and Secretary 
 Police Jury. Residence, Newtown. 
 
 Police Jurors—Alex. McCollam, 
 president, Ellendale. 
 
 Walter Tucker, Schriever. 
 
 W. P. Tucker, Houma. 
 
 M. Cambou, Dulac. 
 
 F. A. Aycock, Houma. 
 
 Leo. Lirette, Montegut. 
 
 Theodule Duplantis, Daspit. 
 
 Chas. Hanagriff, Houma. 
 
 Ernest Bonvillain, Gibson. 
 
 Amedee Lajaunie, Houma. 
 
 C. A. Duval, Jr., Assessor and 
 Registrar. Office, Courthouse. 
 
 JUSTICES OP THE PEACE. 
 
 Third Ward, J. C. Bourg, Justice 
 of the Peace and Collector. Office, 
 Grinage street, between School and 
 Yerret; residence, Gabasse, be¬ 
 tween Woods and Point streets. 
 
 J, P. Larieu, Justice of the 
 Peace and Collector. Office, Grin- 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 age street, between School and 
 Verret. Residence, Grinage street, 
 near office. 
 
 J. H. Hellier, Constable. Collec¬ 
 tion of bills attended to with 
 promptness and dispatch. Office, 
 Third Justice Court. 
 
 A. L. Duthu, Constable Third 
 Ward. Collection of bills attend¬ 
 ed to with promptness and dis¬ 
 patch. Office, Third Justice Court . 
 
 U. Adou, Parish Road Inspector, 
 one-half mile above town. 
 
 HOUMA. 
 
 Town Officers. 
 
 Mayor—Hon. J. C. Dupont, of¬ 
 fice, corner Main and Barrow; resi¬ 
 dence, corner Main and Gabasse 
 streets. 
 
 Councilmen — L. Leewald; resi¬ 
 dence, corner Lafayette and Verret 
 streets. 
 
 E. C. Wurzlow, near corner Main 
 and Church streets. 
 
 Dr. R. L. Zeliuka, Roussel street. 
 
 Emile Daigle, Jr, Main street. 
 
 Wm. Wright, Jr., corner School 
 and Grinage streets. 
 
 Secretary — Dreux Angers. 
 
 Marshal—J. C. Campbell, office, 
 Town Hall; residence, Gabasse near 
 Main streets. 
 
 Assistant Marshal — F. X. Zer- 
 inger, residence, Roussel near Ver¬ 
 ret streets. 
 
 Agents. 
 
 Globe Fire Insurance Company. 
 Hartford Fire Insurance Company 
 of Hartford Conn. The Germania 
 Fire Insurance Compauy of Xew 
 Orleans, La. and Mechanics’ and 
 Traders’ Fire Insurance Company 
 of Xew Orleans, La. 
 
 Dreux Angers, resident sales 
 agent, Main street. 
 
 Jos. J. Menville, agent for Elec¬ 
 tric supplies. Electric bells and 
 burglar alarms a specialty. Orders 
 filled in any section of the Parish. 
 Office: Menville’s Drug Store, cor¬ 
 ner Grinage and Main streets. 
 
 D. O. Gautreaux, agent for 
 Standard Oil Company. Delivers 
 oil. 
 
 Attorney-at-Law. 
 
 Winchester & Briant, attorneys 
 at law. Office corner Main and 
 Roussel streets. 
 
 Montegut Fire Insurance Agen L. F. Suthon, attorney at law, 
 ey; Montegut & Ilepler, agents for Office, Main and Church streets 
 the Liverpool and London and over the Fraisse Drug Store. 
 
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 H. M. WallD, attorney at law, 
 Fraisse Building, corner Main and 
 Church streets. 
 
 Banks. 
 
 Bank of Houma, capital $15,000.- 
 00. Surplus $7,500; undivided pro¬ 
 fits $2128.53; correspondents, Hib¬ 
 ernia National Bank of New Or¬ 
 leans, Hanover of New York City, 
 National Bank of Commerce, St. 
 Louis, Mo. Buys and Sells foreign 
 and domestic exchange. A. F. 
 Davidson, President; R. R. Barrow, 
 Vice-President; Jos. H. Pullen, 
 Cashier; Emile Daigle, Jr,, Assist¬ 
 ant Cashier. Main street. 
 
 The People’s Bank, capital $15.- 
 000 00; authorized capital $25,000.- 
 00, collections made and prompt 
 remittance. Foreign aud domestic 
 exchange bought and sold. Cor¬ 
 respondents, Citizens Bank of Lou¬ 
 isiana, New Orleans, The Chase 
 National Bank, New York, aud the 
 Fourth National Bank of St. Louis, 
 Mo. Dr. L. H. Jastremski, Presi¬ 
 dent; Jack Bisland, Vice President; 
 Gabriel Montegut, Cashier; J. A. 
 Robichaux, Assistant Cashier. 
 Corner Main and Grinage streets. 
 
 Bakers. 
 
 The Morning Star Bakery, S. 
 Saucede, proprietor, baker aud con¬ 
 fectioner, dealer in staple groceries, 
 tobacco and cigars. Corner Main 
 and Barrow streets. 
 
 L. Duthu, baker, dealer in bread 
 and cakes, Barrow street, near 
 High. 
 
 Fair Plhy Bakery, Alfred Co¬ 
 
 meaux, proprietor. Fine family 
 bread, cakes and nic-nacs. Maine 
 street, near Gabasse street. 
 
 Arthur F. Babin, baker with L. 
 Duthu. 
 
 Rising Sun Bakery and Grocery, 
 Albert E. Chauvin, proprietor. 
 Bread delivered at residence. 
 Cakes of all kinds made to order. 
 Staple groceries. Barrow street, 
 near Presbyterian church. 
 
 Barber Shops. 
 
 Hobert Bros., barbers. First- 
 class workmanship. Corner Main 
 and Court streets. 
 
 A. Adam’s barber shop. First- 
 class work, Goode, near Main 
 street. 
 
 Sidney Roddy, barber with A. 
 Adams, Goode street, near Main. 
 
 J. A. Arceneaux’s barber shop, 
 colored. Hair cutting with scis¬ 
 sors aud clippers in first-class 
 style, No. 7 Main street. 
 
 Acme barber shop, Alfred 
 Dumas, proprietor. First-class 
 work guaranteed. Razors sharp¬ 
 ened and put in order for 25 
 cents. Main street, near Barrow. 
 
 H. M. Riley, barber and fruit 
 stand. Dealer in foreign and do¬ 
 mestic fruits, corner Canal and 
 Born streets. 
 
 Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights. 
 
 Crochet Bros., blacksmiths and 
 farriers. All work guaranteed. 
 Horseshoeing a specialty. No. 58 
 Main street. 
 
 H. C. Porche, blacksmith and 
 wheelwright. Repairing of all de- 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 scription. Shop above railroad 
 depot. 
 
 Geo. Porche, wheelwright, with 
 H. C. Porche’s repair shop. 
 
 Jos. Porche, wheelwright and 
 blacksmith, with H. C. Porche’s 
 repair shop. 
 
 Charles Dumoit, blacksmith and 
 wheelwright. Repairing of all 
 kinds. Near railroad depot. 
 
 Bicycles. 
 
 Daspit Bros., dealers in Rambler 
 and Ideal Bicycles and bicycle 
 sundries. Bicycles rented and re¬ 
 paired. Main near Grinage street. 
 
 C. A. Ridley, dealer in Bicycles. 
 Bicycles rented by hour or day. 
 Instructions given. Repairing a 
 specialty. Main near Barrow street. 
 
 Brickmasons. 
 
 Alphonse Bonvillain, Brick- 
 mason. Contracts for building 
 sugarhouses, chimneys, etc. High 
 street. 
 
 Ernest Cbauvin, Brickmason, 
 plantation work solicited and all 
 work guaranteed. Main street near 
 Corporate limits. 
 
 Louis A. Chauvin, Brickmason, 
 Roussel near Lafayette streets. 
 
 Clay Chauvin, Brickmason, Cor. 
 Roussel and Lafayette streets. 
 
 Lawson Bergeron, Brickmason 
 and Sugarmaker. Contracts for 
 general plantation work. Employ- 
 ed at Argyle plantation season 
 1S9G-97. 
 
 H. C. Chauvin, Brickmason, 
 Roussel street. 
 
 Butchers. 
 
 F. Daigle, Butcher, dealer in fine 
 beef, pork and mutton. Plantation 
 orders solicited. Stand, Market 
 house, Main street. 
 
 F. Duplantis, agent, butcher, 
 dealer in beef, pork and mutton. 
 Orders filled on short notice. Stand. 
 Market house, Main street. 
 
 Yerret Bros., Butchers. Stand, 
 Canal street near Corporate limits. 
 Bookkeepers and Clerks. 
 
 WITH A. M. DUPONT. 
 
 A. Commagere, bookkeeper. 
 
 H. J. Bethancourt, clerk. 
 
 C. Bondreaux, clerk. 
 
 A. Arseneaux. 
 
 WITH DAVIDSON & AVERT. 
 
 J.J. Kleiner, bookkeeper. Length 
 of service, 5 years. 
 
 Albert Fungi, clerk. Service 4 
 years. 
 
 Clay L. Richard, clerk. Service 
 6 years. 
 
 W. A. Davidson, clerk. Service 
 6 years. 
 
 D. A. Chauvin, clerk. Service 
 8 years. 
 
 R. J. Bethancourt, with J. H. 
 Bowers’. Sazarac saloon. Service 
 2 years. 
 
 J. A. Bourg, manager, The 
 Fraisse Drug Store. Service 6 
 years. 
 
 WITH O. B. DASPIT. 
 
 J. Arthur Daspit, bookkeeper; 
 Ralph E. Daspit, clerk. 
 
 WITH A. BLUM. 
 
 A. Bourg, clerk; J. Bloom, clerk. 
 
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 0. Cunningham, clerk, with D. 
 Palmieri. Service 5 years. 
 
 Frank P. Wurzlow, clerk, with 
 Commercial Hotel. 
 
 Joseph U. Bergeron, clerk, with 
 D. Bach. 
 
 M. L. Ane, with L. J. Menville, 
 pharmacist. 
 
 Louis Boudreaux, manager for 
 W. Schwartz. 
 
 WITH ALP DUPONT. 
 
 Joseph L. Ane, clerk, service 7 
 years. 
 
 Gustave Doiron, clerk, service 7 
 years. 
 
 Clay Doiron, clerk. 
 
 J. B. Belanger, clerk with H. F. 
 Belanger, druggist. 
 
 Franklin Lirette, clerk with J. 
 M. Durand’s restaurant and saloon. 
 In service 3 months. Main street. 
 
 Caterer. 
 
 H. C. Williams,caterer and dealer 
 in ice cream; families supplied on 
 short notice. Corner Grinage and 
 Barn streets. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 Hilaire Hebert, carpenter and 
 sugar maker. Employed season 
 1896 97 Lagonda plantation, St. 
 Mary parish. Barrow near Court 
 streets. 
 
 Jules J. Gaidry, carpenter and 
 cistern maker. First-class work, 
 shop and residence, corner Main 
 and Barrow streets. 
 
 Adolph Staiffer, carpenter and 
 cistern maker. Orders solicited. 
 Main near Corporate Limits. 
 
 John O. Trahan, carpenter and 
 brickmason, contracts solicited. 
 Near foot of Verret street. 
 
 Mathias Boudreaux, carpenter, 
 near foot bridge right bank of 
 bayou. 
 
 Henri Labit, Carpenter. Con¬ 
 tracts for buiding residences, 
 stores, stables, etc. Grinage street, 
 near Catholic Church. 
 
 Leo Parr, carpenter and engin¬ 
 eer; engineer on Arodyne planta¬ 
 tion, 1896-97. Canal street, near 
 depot. 
 
 Wm. Beed, carpenter and 
 builder; contracts for wood and 
 brick work. Shop and residence. 
 Canal and Born streets. 
 
 H. C. Easton, carpenter and 
 Painter, Canal street. 
 
 W. E. LeBlanc, carpenter, Rous¬ 
 sel street. 
 
 Joseph Crochet, carpenter, Bar- 
 row street. 
 
 Ellis Dupre, carpenter, Verret 
 street. 
 
 Jack Caillouet, carpenter, Bar- 
 row street. 
 
 Frank Crochet, carpenter; con¬ 
 tracts for building residences, su¬ 
 gar houses, stables, etc. Bids fur¬ 
 nished on short notice. Barrow, 
 near Honduras street. 
 
 Telesphore Richard, carpenter, 
 corner Maine and Barrow streets. 
 
 Coopers, 
 
 John McCoullough, cooper shop; 
 dealer in wood, hoop poles and 
 molasses barrels; Main, near Ga- 
 basse street. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Milfred Mazureau, cooper, with 
 John McCoullough. 
 
 John Crochet, cooj>er, with John 
 McCoullough. 
 
 Elijah Miller, cooper, with John 
 McCoullough. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 St. Francis de Sales Catholic 
 Church, Rev. Father Paquet, rec. 
 tor, Father Langlais, assistant. 
 Services [summer] Sunday: First 
 mass, 0:30 a. m , high mass 9 a. 
 m., vespers 7 p. m. Winter: Sun¬ 
 day, first mass 7 a. m., high mass, 
 10 a. in. Bayou Black Mission: 
 Services every other Snnday at 9 
 a. m. 
 
 St. Matthew M. E. Church, Rev. 
 R. H. Prosser, rector. Barrow, 
 near Main. 
 
 Presbyterian Church, Rev. 
 Young, pastor Barrow and Ver- 
 ret street. 
 
 Mount Zion Baptist Chinch, cor¬ 
 ner Goode and Born streets, Rev. 
 I. Pollard, pastor, Jos. Murray, 
 superintendent Sunday school. 
 
 Wesley Chapel, M. E. Church? 
 Rev. D. M. Seals, pastor, C. H. 
 Pemberton, superintendentSunday 
 School. Church and parsonage 
 Canal and Wood streets. 
 
 Dentists. 
 
 Dr. R. L. Zelenka, dentist. Spe¬ 
 cialist in gold work. 
 
 Dr. C. A. Lovejoy, dentist, coi¬ 
 ner Court and Church streets. 
 
 New Orleans Dental Parlor. 
 Teeth extracted without pain. 
 Corner Canal and Main street. 
 
 Druggists. 
 
 Standard Drug Store, E. Daigle, 
 Jr., proprietor. Prescriptions care¬ 
 fully compounded, at all hours. 
 Choice perfumery, toilet articles, 
 chemicals, patent medicines, cold 
 soda water and Huyler’s candies. 
 J. M. Olivier, manager. 48 Main 
 street. 
 
 H. F. Bellauger, Pharmacist, 51 
 Main street. Prescriptions care¬ 
 fully compounded. Fresh drugs, 
 perfumery and toilet articles, sta¬ 
 tionery and ice cold soda water. 
 
 The Fraisse Drug Store, Dr - 
 Leon H. Jastremski, proprietor. 
 Drugs, chemicals, toilet articles, 
 cigars, tobacco, periodicals and 
 magazines, latest novels. Ice cold 
 soda water. J. A. Bourg, manager. 
 
 L. S. Menville, druggist, pre¬ 
 scriptions carefully compounded 
 night or day. Perfumery, toilet 
 articles, papetries, tobacco, cigars 
 and gardeu seeds. Corner Main 
 and Grinage streets. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 Edgar Comeaux, engineer, 
 Houma Ice Factory. In service 3 
 months, residence, Barrow street. 
 
 Wm. Bisland, engineer, Houma 
 Ice Factory'. In service 3 months. 
 
 Walter Hepler, assistant engin¬ 
 eer. Ashton plantation, St. Charles 
 parish 1896-97. Residence, corner 
 Gabasse and School streets. 
 
 Geo. Williams, locomotive en¬ 
 gineer, Houma branch S. P. R. Ry. 
 
 Clay Crocket, engineer, C. P. 
 Smith & Company. Saw Mill, 
 
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 ii 
 
 Aug. B;ibin. engineer. Lafayette 
 near Church streets. Engineer at 
 V. Schwan, St. Mary parish, 1892- 
 97. 
 
 Wui. Dens, engineer, Houma. 
 
 Charles Oliver, asst, engineer, 
 Argyle refinery. Service 2 years. 
 Residence, Houma. 
 
 John S. Dumas, engineer and 
 carpenter. Asst, engineer Magno¬ 
 lia plantation, Houma, P. 0. 
 
 Express Company. 
 
 Wells, Fargo Co. Express office 
 S. P. Depot. T. H. Kock, general 
 agent; Frederic D’Aussat, asst, 
 agent; J. F. Boudreaux, clerk, resi¬ 
 dence, Barrow near Convent. 
 
 Fire Companies. 
 
 Hook and Ladder Fire Co . 
 Church street, Clay Richards, fore¬ 
 man. 
 
 Houma Fire Co. Eo. 1, Main 
 street, O. B. Daspif, president ; A. 
 
 J. Daspit, recording secretary; J. 
 
 K. Aitken, secretary; H. Barringer, 
 foreman. 
 
 Fruit Dealers. 
 
 B. Grimaldi, dealer in fruits, can¬ 
 dies and cakes, 47 Main street. 
 
 P. Maranto, dealer in fruits; re¬ 
 pairs and makes boots and shoes; 
 41 Main street. 
 
 Joseph Picone, dealer in foreign 
 and domestic fruits, cakes candies, 
 etc., No. 6. Main street. 
 
 Fruit Exchange, John Picone, 
 proprietor; dealer in foreign and 
 domestic fruits, cakes, candies, etc., 
 Main street, near Gabasse. 
 
 Lawrence F. Hebert, dealer in 
 
 fruits and confectioneries, sand¬ 
 wiches, etc., Main, near Lafayette 
 street. 
 
 Hotels. 
 
 Sanders Hotel, Y. L. Sanders, 
 proprietor. First class accommo¬ 
 dations; terms reasonable. Main, 
 near Opera House. 
 
 Commercial Hotel, Mrs. E. Wurz- 
 low, proprietress. Meals served at 
 all hours; barroom attached. Eo. 
 34 Main street. 
 
 J. P. Breaux’s Hotel. Rooms 
 and board by the day or week. 
 Terms reasonable. Corner Rous¬ 
 sel and Court streets. 
 
 Hotel Bazet, B. Bazet, proprie¬ 
 tor. On American and European 
 plan. Cuisine unexcelled; rooms 
 elegant and airy; baths. Excellent 
 accommodations for commercial 
 travelers. Large sample rooms. 
 Church street, near Courthouse. 
 Harness and Saddlery. 
 
 Wm. Dambrun, dealer in har¬ 
 ness and saddles. Repairs made 
 and work guaranteed. Corner 
 Goode and Court streets. 
 
 Jeweler. 
 
 C. F. Monaco, jeweler; dealer in 
 watches, clocks and fine jewelry. 
 Repairing a specialty. Corner 
 Main and Lafayette streets. 
 
 Livery and Sale Stables. 
 
 Wm. Wright, livery, feed and 
 sale stables. Horses fed by the 
 month. Fine teams to hire at rea¬ 
 sonable rates. Corner Main and 
 Grinage. 
 
 A. G. Cage, livery, boarding 
 and sale stables. Teams to hire. 
 Main street, near court house. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Lumber Dealers. 
 
 O. J. Theriot, dealer in all kinds 
 of rough and dressed lumber, 
 shingles, sash, blinds, doors, mould¬ 
 ings, and builders’ hardware, etc.; 
 cane, cart and wagon wood 
 work; white oak spokes, felloes, 
 and wheels of all description. Cor¬ 
 ner Canal and School streets. 
 
 C. P. Smith & Co., dealers in all 
 kinds of lumber, sash, door blinds, 
 etc. Agents for Bodley wagons 
 All kinds of wagon and cart ma¬ 
 terials. Church street. 
 
 Manufacturers. 
 
 Houma Ice Factory, Wilson & 
 Jastremski, proprietors. Cold stor¬ 
 age facilities. Ice manufactured 
 from re-distilled water. Agent for 
 the famous Anheuser-Busch beer. 
 Orders for ice and beer filled on 
 short notice. Factory and office, 
 opposite Houma bridge 
 
 Houma Bottling Works, Dr. Leon 
 H. Jastremski, proprietor. Manu¬ 
 facturer of carbonated beverages. 
 Factory and office, corner Main and 
 Church streets. 
 
 Machine Shop and Machinists. 
 
 John Foolkes’, machine shop, 
 repairer of machinery, pipe fitting 
 and blacksmithing, corner Goode 
 and School streets. 
 
 Jas. Foolkes’, machinist, with 
 Jno. Foolkes, corner Goode and 
 School streets. 
 
 Merchants—Dry Goods. 
 
 A. Blum, dealer in dry goods, 
 clothing, boots, shoes, hats and 
 notiorfs. Prices to suit the times. 
 
 Corner Main and Church streets. 
 
 Alex. P. Hadad, the cheap cloth¬ 
 ing and dry goods store. A flue 
 line of dress goods, hats and caps, 
 boots, shoes and gents furnishing 
 goods, millinery supplies at lowest 
 prices, 16 Main street. 
 
 David Bach, dealer in clothing, 
 hats, boots and shoes. Clothing 
 made to order in all styles. Ho. 30 
 Main street. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 A. M. & J. C. Dupont, dealers in 
 dry goods, groceries, wines, liquors, 
 cigars, plantation supplies, hard¬ 
 ware, etc. Cor. Main and Barrow 
 streets. 
 
 Davidson & Avery, dealers in 
 dry goods, white goods, furnishing 
 goods, clothiug, boots, shoes, hats 
 and caps, house furnishing goods, 
 china, glass and queensware, books 
 and stationery, hardware, guns and 
 sporting goods, iron fittings and 
 mill supplies, paints, oils, glass, 
 leather harness and findings, fur¬ 
 niture, curtains and carpets, 
 stoves, cooking and heating; staple 
 and fancy groceries. A. F. David¬ 
 son and H. L. Avery, proprietors. 
 Cor. Main and Boussel streets. 
 
 Charles Abraham, dealer in dry 
 goods, notions, laces, ribbons, em- i 
 broidery, jewelry and family gro¬ 
 ceries, fruits. Quick sales and 
 small profits, Ho. 14 Main street. 
 
 Mrs. J. Kuhn, dealer in dry 
 goods, clothing, boots, shoes, gro¬ 
 ceries, wines, liquors, glassware 
 
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 anil crockery, No. 2 Main street. 
 
 Chas. Porter, dealer in groceries 
 and fruits. Cor. Main and Canal 
 streets. 
 
 J. Bisland & Co., dealers in gro¬ 
 ceries and hardware. We sell for 
 cash and thereby claim to be the 
 cheapest store in the parish, Cor. 
 Main and Lafayette streets. 
 
 Win. Roddy, dealer in family 
 groceries, fruits, cakes, tobacco and 
 cigars. Main corner Gabasse streets. 
 
 Mrs. Mary L. Carrane, dealer in 
 dry goods, groceries and tobacco. 
 Corner Barrow and High streets. 
 
 L. Gauthier, dealer in family 
 groceries, charcoal and wood. 
 Barrow near High streets. 
 
 A. Hakel, dealer in dry goods 
 notions, jewelry, shoes and ladies 
 hats, family groceries, at the low¬ 
 est prices. Corner Grinage and 
 Lafayette streets. 
 
 L. Licota, dealer in family grocer¬ 
 ies, tobacco and cigars, fruits and 
 candies, pop on ice. Corner Canal 
 and L ifayette streets. 
 
 D. Griffin, groceries and tobacco. 
 Quick sales and small profits. 
 Corner Grinage and Lafayette 
 streets. 
 
 Alp. Dupont, dealer in dry goods, 
 clothing, notions, hats, boots and 
 shoes, groceries and liquors, crock¬ 
 ery, hardware and furniture. Main 
 corner Lafayette streets. 
 
 Mrs. M. P. Toujan, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries. Corner School 
 and Lafayette streets. 
 
 D. Palmieri, dealer in groceries, 
 wines, liquors and cigars; crockery 
 and hardware. No. 35 Main street. 
 
 Joe Gannin, dealer in dry goods, 
 notions, hats, boots and shoes; gro¬ 
 ceries. Corner Barrow and Condon 
 streets. 
 
 Milliners. 
 
 Miss Elmire Blahut, dealer in 
 dry goods and millinery; fancy 
 goods and notions. Hat trimming 
 a specialty. Corner Main and Rous¬ 
 sel streets. 
 
 Miss M. C. McCognell, fashion¬ 
 able millinery; dealer in millinery, 
 notions; hats trimmed in the latest 
 style and at reasonable prices. 
 Main street, Courier building. 
 
 Mrs. J. R. Grinage, fancy milli¬ 
 nery, dress making, notions, etc. 
 Main street, near Barrow. 
 
 Music Bands. 
 
 Hillier’s brass band, M. G. Wal¬ 
 lis, leader. For terms apply to 
 the leader, corner Church and 
 School streets. 
 
 Ridley’s brass band, Main street, 
 near Barrow. Engagements for 
 fairs, balls, etc., solicited. 
 
 Prof. F. Fabricus, teacher of vo¬ 
 cal and instrumental music, Hou¬ 
 ma, La. 
 
 Notary Public. 
 
 J. K. Aitken, notary public and 
 pension agent. Office, town hall, 
 corner Main and Goode streets, 
 Newspapers. 
 
 Houma Courier, Dem., issued 
 every Saturday. Official organ of 
 the town and parish. Job work 
 
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 executed with neatness and dis- ' 
 patch. Easton Duval, editor and 
 publisher, Theophile Bazet, fore¬ 
 man. 
 
 Terrebonne Times, Rep , Wallis j 
 Bros., publishers; newsy and in¬ 
 teresting. Job printing in all styles. 
 Corner Church and School streets. 
 
 Packers and Shippers. 
 
 Davidson & Avery, wholesale 
 packers and shippers of the cele¬ 
 brated Berwick Bay oysters, fish 
 and shrimp. Factory, head of 
 Roussel street. W. J. Chapman, 
 manager. Employs during season 
 25 openers, 50 luggers and 100 
 fishermen; output 5,500,000 oysters 
 1896-97. 
 
 Daspit & Celestin, wholesale 
 packers and shippers of the cele¬ 
 brated Berwick Bay oysters. Office, 
 head of Barrow street. P. O. box 
 146. C. A. Celestin, manager. 
 
 Houma Fish and Oyster Co., Ltd., 
 A. Zeringer, president; D. Palmeri, 
 vice president; O. F. Bazat, mana¬ 
 ger. Packers and shippers of Ber¬ 
 wick Bay oysters, fish and shrimp. 
 
 Pain ters. 
 
 C. S. Lukeson, house and sign 
 painters, Convent street. 
 
 Henry Beyo, painter, Roussel 
 and High streets. 
 
 Post-Office. 
 
 Opera House building, Jno. R. 
 Grinage, Postmaster. 
 
 S. Munson, Deputy Postmaster, i 
 
 Physicians. 
 
 C A. Duval, M. D., physician 
 
 and surgeon, Parish Coroner, of¬ 
 fice, Cor. Main and Church streets. 
 
 Leon H. Jastreiuski, M. D., phy¬ 
 sician and surgeon, Maiu street, 
 Cor. Church. 
 
 C. M. Menville, M. D., physi¬ 
 cian and surgeon, office, 23 Main 
 street. 
 
 Hugh M. Wallis, M. D., physi¬ 
 cian and surgeon, graduate of Jef¬ 
 ferson Medical College of Phila¬ 
 delphia, office and residence, Cor. 
 Church and School streets. 
 
 R. Flemings Jones, M. D., phy¬ 
 sician and surgeon, office, 48 Main 
 street, over Standard Drug Store. 
 
 Photographers. 
 
 Mrs. C. A. Lovejoys. Photo¬ 
 graphs taken in all styles. En¬ 
 larges pictures, etc., corner Court 
 and Church streets 
 
 P. A. Thibodaux, photographer- 
 Cabinets, fotos and tin types in all 
 styles, Main street. 
 
 Railroad Officials. 
 
 Houma Branch, Southern Pacific 
 Railroad, depot, head of Main 
 street. 
 
 H. L. Wilson, agenr, residence, 
 house west of depot. 
 
 P. W. Kerwin, conductor, H. B. 
 S. P. R., residence, corner School 
 and Roussel streets. 
 
 H. S. Chauvin, clerk, S. P. R. 
 depot. In service 5 years. 
 
 Geo. Williams, engiueer Houma 
 Branch S. P. Railway. 
 
 Emile Ayo, fireman, Houma 
 
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 Branch S. P. Railway. Canal street 
 near depot. 
 
 Felicien Parr, brakeman, Houma 
 Branch S. P. Railway, Railioad 
 Avenue near Roundhouse. 
 
 J. O. Bergeron, brakeman Houma 
 Branch S. P. Railway, Railroad 
 Avenue near Roundhouse. 
 
 Restaurants. 
 
 John M. Durand, restaurant and 
 saloon. Meals at all hours. Fine 
 wines, liquors and cigars; cold 
 beer. 31 Main street. 
 
 Cheap Eating House. Meals 10 
 and 15 cents; first class cooking. 
 Main street, near Barrow. Jurant 
 Martin, proprietor. 
 
 Shoemakers. 
 
 St. P. Lamoureaux, boot and 
 shoemaker. Repairing done neatly 
 and with dispatch. Corner Ga- 
 basse and Courts streets. 
 
 Saloons. 
 
 Wright's Saloon, Win. Wright, 
 proprietor; dealer in fine wines, 
 liquors and cigars. Beer on 
 draught; pool table. Corner Main 
 and Grinage streets. 
 
 A. Ridley, dealer in fine wines 
 and liquors, tobacco and cigars. 
 Ice cold beer. Main street, near 
 Barrow. 
 
 The Sazarac bar, J. H. Bower, 
 proprietor, finest wines, liquors, 
 tabacco and cigars. Pool and Bil 
 Hard table, beer on draught. Main 
 street. 
 
 A. Zeringer, dealer in fine wines 
 and liquors, tobacco and cigars. 
 Billiard table, cold beer always on 
 
 hand; first-class in every particular. 
 Goode street near court house. 
 
 Bank Exchange, E. J. Lirette, 
 proprietor, fine wines, liquors cigars 
 and tobacco. Corner Main and 
 Grinage streets. 
 
 Saw Mills. 
 
 C. P. Smith & Co., saw and 
 shingle mills, lumber sawed to 
 order, on short order. Mills op¬ 
 posite Houma. 
 
 Sawyers. 
 
 Marcelin Babin, sawyer with C. 
 P. Smith & Co., residence half mile 
 below Houma, In service 6 months. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Houma Girls, primary, Miss 
 Edna Daspit, principal. 
 
 Houma Boys, primary, Miss L. 
 M. Naquin, principal. 
 
 Houma Girls, High School, Miss 
 K. M. Haggerty, principal. 
 
 Houma Boys’ High School, W. 
 W. Holmes, principal. 
 
 COLORED. 
 
 Houma Girls, Mrs. E. Snaer, 
 principal; Miss Bettie Ridley, as¬ 
 sistant. 
 
 Houma Boys, C. H. Pemberton, 
 principal; H. J. Dumas, assistant. 
 
 Private Schools. 
 
 St. Francis de Sales Convent, 
 under the management of four 
 resident sisters of the Holy Cross. 
 An excellent home and school, 
 thorough traiuing; large, commo 
 dious buildings. Terms reasonable. 
 Convent at foot of Barrow street. 
 
 Houma Academy, (Baptist), col 
 ored. Prof. D. F. Ross, A. M., 
 
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 L.L.B., principal; Mrs. D. F. Ross, 
 assistant. Corner Roussel and 
 Born streets. Tuition per month, 
 $1.00; board, $7.50. Enrolling ses¬ 
 sion, 1896 97, 8100; three graduates 
 in English course. Valueof school 
 property, $7,000. 
 
 Societies. 
 
 Branch CatholicKnigts of Amer¬ 
 ica; meets first Sunday in each 
 month, at St. Francis de Side’s 
 hall; O. B. Daspit, President; Rev. 
 Father Paquet, Spiritual Director. 
 
 Ladies of St. Ann; meets second 
 Sunday in each month, at Sr, 
 Francis de Sale’s hall, Father 
 Paquet, Spiritual Director. 
 
 Ancient O. TJ. Workmen; meets 
 second and fourth Mondays, Du¬ 
 pont’s hall, Main street. L. J. 
 Menville, Master Workman; O. J. 
 Theriot, Reporter. 
 
 Knights of Honor; meets first 
 and third Wednesdays, Cor. Bar- 
 row and Main streets. H. M. 
 Wallis, Jr., Dictator; H. M. Bourg, 
 Reporter. 
 
 Knights of Pythias; meets first 
 and third Thursdays, Cor. Roussel 
 and Main streets. C. A. Celestin, 
 C. C.; Calvin Wurzlow, K. of R. 
 & S. 
 
 (COLORED.) 
 
 King Solomon No. 14 F. A. and 
 
 M; meets first and third Satur¬ 
 days, at Good Templars hall, Can¬ 
 al street. W. Verret W. M.; L. A. 
 Saulsby, Secretary. 
 
 Sprig of Myrtle No. 31, K. of P., 
 secoud and fourth Fridays, at 
 Templars hall. C. A. Ridley, 
 C. C.; A. C. Kane, K. of R. & S. 
 
 Sugar Maker. 
 
 L. F. Hebert, assistant sugar 
 boiler on Grand Cote Island plan¬ 
 tation, Iberia parish, season 1896 97. 
 Main near Lafayette streets. 
 
 Tinsmith. 
 
 Teles Babin, tinsmith, galvanized 
 sheet iron, gutter and cornice 
 works. Country orders solicited. 
 Main street, near Corporate Limits. 
 
 Sewing Machine. 
 
 Alfred Choi, agent for the cele¬ 
 brated High Arm Improved Singer 
 Sewing Machine. Office at David 
 Bach. Repairing a specialty; 
 machine sold on monthly payments. 
 
 Tailors and Dyers. 
 
 Leon, the tailor, fashionable 
 clothing made to order. First- 
 class workmanship guaranteed. 
 No. 20 Main street. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mauterer, tailors, 
 dyeing, cleaning, and scouring, 
 dress making and dealer in gener¬ 
 al merchandise, No. 10 Main street. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 n 
 
 SCHRIEVER. 
 
 The Centre of One of the Most Fertile Sections of Terrebonne 
 
 Parish. 
 
 Wonderful Progress and Prospective Improvements--Growing Importance 
 as a Manufacturing, Planting and Commercial Center. 
 
 WAUBUN REFINERY 
 
 Schriever is situated in the Par¬ 
 ish of Terrebonne, fifteen miles 
 from the town of Houma, fifty- 
 five miles west from New Orleans 
 on the Great Southern Pacific Rail¬ 
 way, and three miles from Bayou 
 Lafourche and the prosperous town 
 of Thibodaux, and twenty-five 
 miles from Morgan City, a sea 
 port. It is the terminal point 
 for the Thibodaux and Houma 
 branches of the Southern Pacific 
 Railway. It is thickly settled with 
 
 a thrifty class of people, and 
 Schriever is gradually growing in 
 importance as a planting and busi¬ 
 ness center. The town can boast 
 of having a commodious passenger 
 and freight depot. Wells, Fargo 
 Express Co., and Western Union 
 Telegra ph offices, and the Schriever 
 Postoffice, with Mr. L. S. Toups as 
 postmaster and merchant. 
 
 Mr. John T. Moore, Jr., one of 
 the most progressive young men of 
 this section, conducts a wholsale 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 and retail store, under the name of 
 the Waubun Store, in which a full 
 and complete stock of dry goods, 
 notions and groceries, and general 
 plantation supplies can always be 
 found, and are sold at prices that 
 defy competition. This store is 
 under the management of the effi¬ 
 cient and popular gentleman, Mr. 
 J. Roan McNaghten, who also fills 
 the responsible position of book- 
 keper for the Waubun plantation 
 and refinery. Mr. McNagbten has 
 been in the employment of Mr. 
 John T. Moore for the past fifteen 
 years. 
 
 The clerks in this store are Ed¬ 
 ward Joblanc, Wm. Thibodaux 
 and J. Arthur Robichaux, who by 
 their affable and courteous man¬ 
 ners have contributed towards the 
 popularity of the store. 
 
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 One of the factors that have 
 and will contribute a great deal 
 toward the development and pros¬ 
 perity of Schriever and this section 
 is the Waubun sugar refinery, 
 owned and operated by Capt. Jno. 
 T. Moore, a distinguished citizen of 
 the State, who has done much 
 towards the development of the 
 commercial and sugar industry of 
 Louisiana. The refinery is situated 
 opposite Schriever. It is a large 
 modern structure with all the lat¬ 
 est improved machinery for the 
 manufacture of sugar. The factory 
 has a capacity of grinding 500 
 tons of cane per day and gives em¬ 
 ployment to 250 men during the 
 season. The output for 1896-97 
 
 was 4,500,000. Improvements are 
 being made continually, and in a 
 short while it will compare favor¬ 
 ably with any in the State. 
 
 Mr. Chas. V. Moore, a graduate 
 of the Audubon -Sugar School is 
 the efficient chemist and superin¬ 
 tendent. Under his management 
 a high grade of sugar is manufac¬ 
 tured and Waubun brand is one of 
 the most popular in the New Or¬ 
 leans market. 
 
 The refinery has as a feeder the 
 Waubun plantation, also owned by 
 Capt. Jno. T. Moore. The place 
 covers an area of 3500 acres, of 
 which 1200 is in cane and 420 
 acres in corn. 
 
 Adjoining Waubun is the St. 
 George plantation, owned by Mr. 
 John T. Moore, Jr., with an area 
 of 1,480 acres; 300 acres are in 
 cane and 250 in corn. This place 
 produced 5,000 tons of cane in 
 1896, and the prospects are for a 
 large increase this season. 
 
 Besides these two places, the 
 lower Ducros plantation, owned 
 and operated by the Wood Bros., 
 furnish a large quantity of cane to 
 this factory, as well as the upper 
 Ducros, owned by McFarlane, 
 Baldwin & Co., of Cincinnati, O., 
 operated under lease by several in¬ 
 dustrious and progressive teuants, 
 viz.: Messrs. Marcelus, Guilot, 
 Pierre Prejean, Sylvere Guilot- 
 Emile Lassage, Gustave Berthe- 
 lot, Frank Hidalgo, Leoni Prejean, 
 Mathurin Adam and others. 
 
 Thus it will be seen that this 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 *9 
 
 section is destined to become one 
 of the most prosperous of Terre¬ 
 bonne parish. 
 
 In a short while the Bayou Ter¬ 
 rebonne will be dredged, and to day 
 there are thousands of acres grow¬ 
 ing up in weeds, owing to lack 
 
 Modern hotel now in course of con¬ 
 struction at Schriever, built ow¬ 
 ing to the growing demand for 
 greater hotel accommodations for 
 the travelling public, especially 
 the commercial travellers, who find 
 Schriever a central point in reach- 
 
 SCH Rl EVER HOTEL. 
 
 of drainage facilities, which will in 
 a few years be cleared and planted 
 in cane and other produce, thereby 
 doubling the productivenesss of 
 this section. 
 
 Schriever Hotel. 
 
 This is an exact picture of the 
 
 ing the various sections of Terre 
 Bonne and Lafourche parishes. 
 The hotel when completed will be 
 a two-story frame structure, con¬ 
 taining 14 large airy rooms. Mr. 
 C. F. Celestin, the proprietor, will 
 spare no pains or expense in fit¬ 
 ting and furnishing this hotel with 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 everything that will be to the 
 comfort and convenience of its 
 patrons. Sample rooms will be at¬ 
 tached. 
 
 Livery Stable. 
 
 A livery and feed stable is 
 located here, under the manage¬ 
 
 ment of Alfred Crosier, a worthy 
 colored man, experienced in the 
 care of horses. In connection 
 with the stable a stage, line runs 
 between Scliriever and Thibo¬ 
 deaux, making connection with all 
 trains night and day. 
 
 MOORE CANE HOOK. 
 
 Moore Cane Hook. 
 
 Capt. Jno. T. Moore, patentee 
 and inventor of the Moore Cane 
 Hook, one of the most useful labor 
 saving inventions for pulling seed 
 cane from the windrow. Hundreds 
 are in use by the leading planters 
 of the state, and have given great 
 satisfaction, the above cut is an ex¬ 
 
 cellent illustration of the machine 
 in operation. The machine is sold 
 for $8.50 f. o. b. Agencies: H. W. 
 Spear, 420 Hennen Building, New 
 Orleans, La. B. Lemann & Bros., 
 Donaldsonville, Assension Parish. 
 The Fuqua Hardware Co., Baton 
 Rouge. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
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 UPPER BAYOU TERREBONNE. 
 
 From Lafourche to Houma. 
 
 Agents. 
 
 E. Bauvais, agent Southern Paci 
 fic Railway, Schriever. 
 
 Blacksmiths. 
 
 Joshua Balls, blacksmith. Shop 
 H miles above Schriever. 
 
 Oscar Liretfe, blacksmith and 
 wheelwright. Shop, 24 miles above 
 Houma. 
 
 Win. Brady, blacksmith and en 
 giueer, 1 mile from Houma. 
 
 Brick Manufactory. 
 
 P. S. Thibodaux, brick manufac¬ 
 turer, one mile below Schriever. 
 Orders filled on short notice. Ad¬ 
 dress P. S. Thibobaux, or E. B. 
 Hobert, Schriever, La. 
 
 Brickmasons. 
 
 Myrtle Naquin, brickmason, two 
 miles from Schriever. 
 
 Albert Naquin, brickmason, two 
 miles from Schriever. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 John Heffren, contractor and 
 builder. Bids for building sugar 
 houses, and residences furnished. 
 1833 Terpsichore street, New Or¬ 
 leans, La.—Schriever, La. 
 
 W. Hock, carpenter, Schriever, 
 La, 
 
 Jos. LeBlanc, carpenter, 
 Schriever, La. 
 
 H. D. Brown, carpenter, Beattie- 
 ville, La. 
 
 Bookkeepers and Clerks. 
 
 WITH SOUTHERN PACIFIC R. RY. 
 
 j D. L. Church, J. R. Trader, C. 
 T. Picou, E. Tanner, T. S. Kenney, 
 operator. 
 
 J. R. McNaghten, bookkeeper, 
 Waubun Store, time of service 2 
 years. 
 
 Edward Joblanc, clerk, Wau¬ 
 bun Store, service 8 years. 
 
 Wm. J. Thibodaux, clerk, Wau¬ 
 bun Store, service 2 years. 
 
 A. L. Aucoin, clerk, with D. Cale- 
 han, time of service 4 years. 
 
 W. H. Gautreaux, clerk with D. 
 Calehan, service 4 years. 
 
 Chemist. 
 
 Chas. V. Moore, chemist and 
 superintendent, Waubun Refinery, 
 Schriever. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 Mount Yernon Chapel M. E. 
 Church Rev. T. A. Brown, L. H. 
 Smith, Sunday school supt. 
 
 St, Mark’s Church near Schriever. 
 
 Coopers. 
 
 Hudson Boyer, cooper, Waubun 
 plantation, 2 years. 
 
 Clarifiers. 
 
 Rosamond Boudreaux, clarifier 
 and farmer. Taken off crops 
 seasons 1895-97, at Myrtle Grove 
 plantation. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Drug Store. 
 
 Schriever Drug Store, Dr. Jos. 
 A. Pujos, proprietor. Fresh drugs, 
 toilet articles and perfumery. 
 Prescriptions compounded day or 
 night, Schriever. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 J. O. Frazier, chief engineer, 
 Waubun refinery. 
 
 Hotels. 
 
 Hotel Schriever, C. F. Celestin, 
 proprietor. First-class accommo¬ 
 dation. Terms reasonable. Bar 
 attached, Schriever. 
 
 Livery Stables. 
 
 Schriever Livery and Feed Sta¬ 
 ble, Oscar Crosier, proprietor. Car¬ 
 riages and buggies to hire. Hack 
 line to and from Thibodeaux, mak¬ 
 ing connections with mormng and 
 night trains. 
 
 Officers First Ward, 
 
 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. 
 
 J. F. Bourgeois, Justice of the 
 Peace (1st Ward), St. George plan¬ 
 tation, one mile below Schriever. 
 
 Constable — William Butcher, 
 Schriever. 
 
 Lumber Dealers, 
 
 P. P. Le Blanc, dealer in lumber 
 of all kinds; shingles, sashes, 
 door blinds, sugar barrel materials, 
 cisterns, etc.; Schriever. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 D. Calehan, dealer in family 
 groceries, one mile above Schriever. 
 H. S. Gautreaux, manager. 
 
 Leo Ledet, dealer in family gro. 
 ceries and notions, miles above 
 Schriever. 
 
 Waubun Store, John T. Moore, 
 Jr., dealer in dry goods, groceries 
 and general merchandise; whole¬ 
 sale and retail. Wines, liquors, 
 tobacco and cigars. Schriever. 
 
 L. & A. Toups, dealers in gen¬ 
 eral merchandise and liquors. Lead¬ 
 ing brands of tobacco and cigars. 
 Schriever. 
 
 D. Calehan, dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries, wines, liquors, tobacco, 
 furniture and plantation supplies, 
 one mile below Schriever. E. B. 
 Hobert, manager, Schriever. 
 
 H. J. Gray, dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries, wines, liquors, medicine 
 and tobacco, Beattieville, Schriever 
 P. O. 
 
 A. Gautreaux, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries, fine wines, liquors, 
 tobacco and cigars. Beattieville, 
 Schriever, post office. 
 
 L. D. Hotard, dealer in family 
 groceries, wines, liquors and to¬ 
 bacco. Fresh goods at lowest 
 prices. Beattieville, Schriever 
 P. O. 
 
 Music. 
 
 St. Bridget Brass Band, C. S. 
 Thibodaux, leader. Furnishes music 
 for fairs. Address G. S. Thibo- 
 baux, Schriever. 
 
 Beattieville Brass Band (Col.) 
 Music furnished for balls aud fairs, 
 Schriever, post office. 
 
 Moss Factory. 
 
 V. J. Lirette & Bros., steam moss 
 factory, buys aud sells moss. Fac¬ 
 tory on Bayou Cane, 3 miles from 
 Houma. Postoflfice Houma. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 23 
 
 Overseers. 
 
 G. P. Bertrand, overseer, Wan- 
 bun plantation. In service 12 
 years. Scbriever. 
 
 S. A. Wilkins, assistant overseer, 
 Waubun plantation. Service 1 
 year. Sbriever. 
 
 Rodney V, Hall, 2nd, assistant 
 overseer, Wanbun plantation. Ser¬ 
 vice 1 year, Scbriever, 
 
 Planters and Plantations. 
 
 Pucros plantation, R. S. Woods 
 & Bros., proprietor. Area 1000 
 acres, under cultivation, cane 150 
 acres; corn 100 acres. Ho. of tons 
 cane 1896, 1600. Scbriever post- 
 office. 
 
 McFarland, Baldwin & Co., area 
 600 acres, under cultivation, cane 
 250 acres; corn 250 acres, crop 1896 
 3000 tons of cane. 
 
 Mrs. Aby Cross’s farm, Alfred 
 Banks, tenant, cane and corn. 
 Scbriever, postoffice. 
 
 Waubun plantation and central 
 factory. Capt. Jno. T, Moore, pro¬ 
 prietor. Area 3500 acres, under 
 cultivation 1200 acres cane; 450 
 corn. Output 1896-97 4,500,000 
 pounds of sugar. Scbriever. 
 
 St. George plantation, Jno. T. 
 Moore, Jr., proprietor; area 1480 
 acres. Under cultivation, cane 300; 
 corn 250 acres. Product 1896, 5000 
 tons cane. 
 
 St. Bridget plantation, Mrs. B. 
 D. Tbibodaux, proprietor, D. Cale- 
 han, lessee, Scbriever, La. 
 
 Evergreen plantation, Ozeme 
 
 Peltier, proprietor; area 900 acres. 
 Jos. Gros, agent. In cane 37 ; corn 
 90 acres, 2 miles from Scbriever. 
 
 Halfway plantation, M. W- 
 Wbitebead, proprietor; area 1700 
 acres. In corn 125 acres; rice 75 
 acres, Schriever post office. 
 
 Desire Hebert, planter, Ever¬ 
 green plantation ; in cane 25 acres; 
 corn 50 acres; 2 miles below 
 Scbriever. 
 
 Willis Smith, farmer, 4 miles 
 from Scbriever. In cane 12 acres; 
 corn 30, Schriever P. O. 
 
 F. D. Coxson, planter, 4 miles 
 below Schriever. Corn and cane. 
 Schriever post office. 
 
 Physician. 
 
 Jos. A. Pujos, M. D., physician 
 and surgeon, Scbriever. 
 
 Planters, 
 
 Evergreen plantation, Joseph 
 Ayo, proprietor, five miles from 
 Houma; Houma Postoffice. 
 
 Nat. Marcel, farmer, four miles 
 from Houma; fourteen acres in 
 corn; Houma Postoffice. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Scott, four miles 
 from Houma; area, fifteen acres in 
 corn and vegetables. 
 
 Gabriel Montegut, cashier Peo¬ 
 ple’s Bank, three-quarters of a 
 mile above Houma; area, thirty- 
 five arpents; truck farm, poultry, 
 etc. Houma Postoffice. 
 
 Peddlers, 
 
 A. Gautreaux, peddler; dealer in 
 groceries, dry goods, etc. Schriever 
 Postoffice. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Post-Office. 
 
 L. L. Toups, Postmaster; Schriev¬ 
 er, La. 
 
 Sugar Makers. 
 
 John Heffren, sugar maker, 
 1833 Terpsichore street, New Or¬ 
 leans. Taken off crop 189G 97, at 
 Waubun refinery, Schriever. 
 
 L. J. Heffren, assistant sugar 
 maker, Waubun refinery, 1896 97. 
 Residence, 1833 Terpsichore street, 
 New Orleans. 
 
 Jos. Ayo, sugar-maker. Taken 
 off crop 1896 97, at Felix Bonvil- 
 lain plantation, Bayou Block. 
 Residence, five miles above Houma 
 Postoffiee, Houma. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 Schriever Public School, Miss 
 
 Agnes Thibodaux, principal, 
 Schriever Postoffice. 
 
 St. Bridget Public School, Miss 
 L. E. Thibodaux, principal, Schriev¬ 
 er Postoffice. 
 
 Ayo Public School, Miss Agnes 
 LeBlanc, principal, five miles from 
 Houma, Schriever Postoffice. 
 
 Bayou Cane Public School, Miss 
 Katie Quinan, principal, Houma 
 Postoffice. 
 
 COLORED SCHOOLS. 
 
 St. Marks’ Public School, near 
 Schiiever, L. H. Smith, principal, 
 Schriever Postoffice. 
 
 Hedgeford Public School, H. H. 
 Davis, principal, Postoffice, Houma. 
 
 RESIDENCE OF COL. GABRIEL MONTEGUT. 
 
 This is an exact likeness of the 
 commodious and beautiful country 
 home of the Hon. Gabriel Monte- 
 
 gut, one of Terrebonne’s most 
 popular citizens, and a gentleman 
 known throughout Louisiana for 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne . 
 
 his integrity and sterling demon 
 racy. 
 
 His residence is about three- 
 quarters of a mile above Houma, on 
 the rightdescending bank ot‘ Bayou 
 Terrebonne, comprising about 35 
 arpents of land under a high state 
 of cultivation, a portion used as a 
 truck farm in which is raised a 
 large variety of vegetables. Mr. 
 Montegut, besides attending to 
 his onerous duties as cashier 
 of the People’s Bank of Houma, de¬ 
 votes his leisure time to beautifying 
 this ideal home, by cultivating 
 flowers, shade, ornamental and 
 fruit trees, making his yard a veri¬ 
 table park of exotic and fragrant 
 plants. 
 
 Col. Montegut was born in the 
 city of New Orleans, July 30, 1839, 
 and is a descendant of one of the 
 oldest and most prominent Creole 
 families of the State. 
 
 He has been a resident of the 
 parish of Terrebonne for 30 years, 
 and has been identified with every 
 movement that tended to the eleva¬ 
 tion and bettering of his parish 
 and State. He has held many posi¬ 
 
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 tions of honor and trust, filling 
 each with signal ability. Mr. 
 Montegut is a gentleman of positive 
 character, broad minded, and of a 
 genial, sympathetic nature. There 
 is no enterprise or laudable effort 
 on the part of any one which can 
 fail to enlist his support. He 
 has at all times encouraged 
 and assisted worthy enterprises 
 among the negroes, and has 
 been ever willing io give them 
 counsel and advice by which a 
 better feeling would spring up be¬ 
 tween the races. Col. Montegut’s 
 friends are legion, and he enjoys the 
 distinction of having never betray¬ 
 ed a trust or deceived his fellow- 
 man. “Gabe Montegut’s word is his 
 bond,” and the humblest as well as 
 the most exalted citizens take pleas¬ 
 ure in speaking well of this 
 honorable man. 
 
 Col. Montegut as agent for land 
 owned by the Citizens Bank of 
 New Orleans, divided Rural Farm 
 plantation and other places into 
 small tracts, and sold them to in¬ 
 dustrious white and colored men, 
 who are to-day prosperous farmers. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 LOWER BAYOU TERREBONNE. 
 
 From Houma to Lower Line of Parish. 
 
 Blacksmiths and Engineers. 
 
 Theodule Boudreaux, blacksmith 
 and carpenter, Front Lawn planta¬ 
 tion. In service 12 years. Houma 
 P. O., 7 miles. 
 
 J. J. Walker, blacksmith and 
 engineer, 8 miles below Houma. 
 Bonrg post office. 
 
 Paul Scott, blacksmith and car¬ 
 penter, 8 miles from Houma. 
 Bourg post office. 
 
 Ernest Guidry, blacksmith and 
 engineer, 9 miles below Houma. 
 Bourg post office. 
 
 Athos Bethancourt, blacksmith 
 aud carpenter, 9 miles from Houma. 
 Bourgville. 
 
 Paul Boudreaux, blacksmith and 
 carpenter. Bourgville. 
 
 Andrew Bourg, blacksmith aud 
 carpenter on Hope Villa plantation. 
 In service 6 years. Montegut P. O. 
 
 J. M. Belanger, blacksmith. Re¬ 
 pairs guns and sewing machines. 
 Aragon plantation, Montegut, La. 
 
 August Belanger, blacksmith, 
 with L. T. R. and Man’f’g Co. 
 Service 3 months. Montegut, La. 
 
 Geo. Nickerson, blacksmith and 
 wheelwright, Daigleville, Houma 
 P. O. 
 
 U. J. Theriot, blacksmith and 
 wheelwright. Repairs guns, pistols 
 and sewing machines. 2 miles from 
 Houma. 
 
 Brickmason. 
 
 Ben Perry, brickmason, one and 
 a half miles below Houma. 
 Carpenters. 
 
 Geo. Cold wart, carpenter, two 
 miles below Houma. 
 
 Onezime Babin, carpenter, three 
 miles from Houma. 
 
 L. Bethancourt, carpenter and 
 builder, nine miles from Houma; 
 Bourg Postoffice. 
 
 Joseph L. Lecompte, carpenter 
 and builder, nine miles from 
 Houma. Bourgville. 
 
 Adam Robichaux, carpenter aud 
 builder. Bourgville. 
 
 B. P. Harris, carpenter, L. T. 
 R. & Mf’g Co.; residence 4836 Pitt 
 street, New Orleans. Present post- 
 office, Montegut. 
 
 Walter Vaughn, carpenter, L. T. 
 R. & Mf’g Co. Service two years; 
 822 Baroune street. Present ad¬ 
 dress Montegut, La. 
 
 Adam Charpentier, carpenter, L. 
 T. R. & Mf’g Co; residence Little 
 Caillou. Houma Postoffice. 
 Captain and Pilot. 
 
 MarcelinFalgout, captain, steam¬ 
 boat Harry, Bourgville, La. 
 Churches. 
 
 St. Anna Catholic Church, 
 Bourg, La., Father C. Richard, 
 Rector. ' 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 27 
 
 St. John Baptist Church, colored, 
 5£ miles below Houma. 
 
 St. Peter Baptist Church, Rev, 
 C. D. Reese, pastor, Eli Terrel, 
 Sunday school superintendent, 13 
 miles below Houma. 
 
 Sacred Heart Central Catholic 
 Church, 15 miles below Houma. 
 Rev. Chas. Richard, Rector. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 Chas. Hebert, clerk with E. A. 
 Dupont, Daigleville; service two 
 months. 
 
 L. R. Guidry, bookkeeper with 
 J. Wilfred Guidry; service, three 
 years. Houma postoffice. 
 
 E. L. Theriot, clerk and book¬ 
 keeper with J. W. Guidry, service 
 six months. Houma postoffice. 
 
 J. A. Theriot, clerk, with J. W. 
 Guidry ; service twelve months 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 J. A. Gagne, clerk with D. F. 
 Gray, Myrtle Grove store; service 
 six months. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Omer Duplantis, clerk, with D. 
 F. Gray, Myrtle Grove store; ser¬ 
 vice two years. 
 
 N. F. Lassaigne, clerk with J. 
 P. Hotard; in service seventeen 
 years. Bourgville. 
 
 E. A. Aitken, clerk with Louis¬ 
 iana Trading Company, Limited. 
 Montegut postoffice. In service 
 six months. 
 
 A. F. Chauvin, bookkeeper, 
 Lower Terrebonne Refining and 
 Manufacturing Company. In ser¬ 
 vice twelve years. Montegut post- 
 office. 
 
 John J. Guidry, clerk with A. 
 N. Guidry. Montegut postoffice; 
 service ten years. 
 
 Coopers. 
 
 Oscar Breaux, cooper, Bourgville. 
 
 Beaureguard Savoie, cooper, 
 Bourgville. 
 
 Chas. Domangue, cooper, Bourg¬ 
 ville. 
 
 Myrtile Falgout, cooper, Bourg¬ 
 ville. 
 
 Narcisse Duplantis, cooper, 
 Bourgville. 
 
 WITH LOWER T. R. & M’f’G CO. 
 
 E. T. Belanger, cooper. Seivice 
 6 years. Montegut, P. O. 
 
 O. H. Belanger, cooper. Service 
 6 years. 
 
 Frank Kliugman, cooper. Ser¬ 
 vice 3 years. Montegut. 
 
 ISTarcisse Duplantis, cooper. Ser¬ 
 vice 6 years. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 Theodule Walker, engineer and 
 carpenter. Engineer on Presquille 
 plantation 1894 to ’97. Residence 
 8 miles below Houma. Bourgville 
 postoffice. 
 
 WITH L. T. R. & M’F’G CO. 
 
 Ed J. Buckstuhl, chief engineer. 
 Service 18 months. Residence 
 2228 St. Thomas street, New Or¬ 
 leans. Present address, Montegut 
 postoffice. 
 
 Emile Dore, locomotive engineer. 
 Service one year. Montegut post- 
 office. 
 
 J. C. Dupre, locomotive engineer. 
 Services 3 years. Montegut, La. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne . 
 
 Ellis A. Field, assistant engineer. 
 Service 5 years. Montegut, La. 
 
 Jos. Ayo, engineer, Presq.uille 
 plantation. Service G years. Houma 
 postoffice. 
 
 Ernest Ayo, engineer, Myrtle 
 Grove plantation. Service 4 months 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Manufacturers. 
 
 Lower Terrebonne Refining and 
 Manufacturing Co., C. B. Magin- 
 nis, president; H. G. Bush, vice 
 president and manager; R. G. Bush, 
 secretary and treasurer. Refiners 
 and manufacturers of sugar. Pro¬ 
 duct 1896, 10,100,000 pounds. Ca¬ 
 pacity of factory 1000 tons of cane 
 per day; sixteen miles of narrow 
 gauge roads; three locomotives 
 tug boats and barges used in 
 bringing crop to factory. Gives 
 employment to 200 mechanics and 
 laborers. Crop of 1893 was 25,000 
 tons; crop of 1897 60,000 tons. 
 
 The production of cane has more 
 than doubled itself since the es¬ 
 tablishment of this refinery. Num¬ 
 ber of acres (1897) 3300. Distance 
 from Houma fifteen miles. Mon¬ 
 tegut postoffice. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 Miss Susie Hanagriff, dealer in 
 groceries, half mile from Houma. 
 
 E. A. Dupont, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer¬ 
 chandise. Daigleville, 1 mile from 
 Houma. 
 
 J. Wilfred Gaidry, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer¬ 
 
 chandise, wines and liquoi'S, 1^ mile 
 below Houma. 
 
 A. Hebert, dealer in groceries, 
 tobacco and cigars, 2 miles from 
 Houma. 
 
 D. F. Gray, dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries, wines, liquors, tobacco 
 and cigars. Buyer of country pro¬ 
 duce. On Myrtle Grove plantation, 
 5 miles from Houma. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Mrs. Gustave Marie, dealer in 
 fruits, cakes and caudies. Daigle¬ 
 ville. 
 
 J. L. Guidry, dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries, tobacco and cigars; eight 
 miles below Houma. Bourgville 
 postoffice. 
 
 J. P. Hotard, dealer in dry 
 goods, notions, hats, boots and 
 shoes, groceries, tobacco and cig¬ 
 ars; nine miles below Houma. 
 Bourgville. 
 
 J. A. Bascle, dealer in dry goods, 
 notions and staple groceries, cigars 
 and tobacco. Bourgville, La. 
 
 H. V. Lab retonne, dealer in gen¬ 
 eral merchandise; twelve miles be¬ 
 low Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Louisiana Trading Co., Ltd., 
 Ja*. D. Wilson, manager, dealer in 
 general merchandise; fourteen 
 miles from Houma. Montegut post- 
 office. 
 
 Henry Klingtnan, dealer in dry 
 goods, notions and groceries; six¬ 
 teen miles from Houma. Montegut, 
 La. 
 
 E. Fields & Co., dealer in gro¬ 
 ceries, wines and liquors, tobacc 0 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebotme. 
 
 29 
 
 and cigars. Beer on ice. Sixteen 
 miles.from Houma, Montegut, La. 
 
 Leo Lirette, planter and dealer 
 in groceries; twenty miles from 
 Houma, Montegut, La. 
 
 A. H. Guidry, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries, drugs, hardware, 
 boots and shoes, hats, tobacco and 
 cigars. 21 miles from Houma, 
 Montegut, La. 
 
 L. J. Laperouze, dealer in dry 
 goods, notions, boots, shoes, hats, 
 caps, staple groceries, tobacco and 
 cigars. 22 miles from Houma. 
 Montegut, La. 
 
 Y. Lottinger, dealer in groceries^ 
 tobacco, cigars and drugs. 28 
 miles from Houma. Montegut, 
 postoffice. 
 
 Officers Sixth Ward. 
 
 I. Duplantis, justice of the peace 
 
 Alex. Lirette, constable, Monte¬ 
 gut. 
 
 Officers Fifth Ward. 
 
 0. A. Whipple, justice of the 
 peace. Bourgville. 
 
 Oscar Bourg, constable, Bourg¬ 
 ville. 
 
 Overseers. 
 
 Geo. J. Guenon, assistant over¬ 
 seer Presquille plantation; Houma 
 post office. 
 
 F. A. Aycock, overseer Front 
 Lawn plantation. In service twelve 
 years; Houma postoffice 
 
 Basile Breaux, assistant over¬ 
 seer Front Lawn plantation. In 
 service five years; Houma post 
 office. 
 
 Edward A. Le Blanc, assistant 
 overseer Aragon plantation. Ser¬ 
 
 vice four years; Montegut post 
 office. 
 
 Trasimond Duplantis, overseer 
 Point Farm plantation. Service 
 three years; Montegut postoffice. 
 Packer and Shipper. 
 
 J. Wilfred Gaidry, packer and 
 shipper of the celebrated Berwick 
 Bay oysters, shrimps and fish. 
 Employs 20 openers ; 40 luggers ; 
 100 fishermen. Output 1896, 4,000- 
 000. Packing House, 1 ^ mile below 
 Houma. Private telephone from 
 Express office to Packing House. 
 
 Painter. 
 
 R. E. Fick, painter, L. T. R. 
 M’f’g Co. Service one year. 
 Montegut. 
 
 St^am Threader 
 
 F. Blue, steam threader, L. T. R. 
 & Man’f’g Co. Service 4 years. 
 Montegut, La. 
 
 Peddlers. 
 
 E. T. Walker, peddler for J. L. 
 Guidry; route from Bourg to 
 Bayou. Lacaste and Little Caillou. 
 Planters. 
 
 Myrtle Grove plantation, Barrow 
 and Duplantis, proprietors, five 
 miles below Houma. In cane, 550 
 acres, 350 in corn; Houma. 
 
 Presquille plantation, Guenon 
 Bros., proprietors, five miles from 
 Houma; postoffice, Houma. 
 
 Front Lawn plantation, Alfred 
 Boudreaux, proprietor; area, 1100 
 acres, in cane, 365; corn. 175. Crop 
 1896 97 880,000 pounds of sugar; 
 seven miles below Houma. 
 
 Hope Farm, Ellender Bros., 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 30 
 
 proprietors; area, 2500 acres. In 
 cane, 300; corn, 175 acres. Crop 
 1890, 5000 tons cane. Twelve miles 
 from Houma, Montegut postoffice. 
 
 Rural Retreat plantation, Joseph 
 Bascle, proprietor. 
 
 Hope Farm, (right bank) Ralph 
 Bisland, proprietor; Montegut Post- 
 office. 
 
 Aragon plantation, Maginnis and 
 LeBlanc, proprietors. In cane, 
 457, acres; corn. 93. Crop 189G, 
 9,500 tons cane; fourteen miles from 
 Houma. J. L. LeBlanc, manager; 
 Montegut, La. 
 
 Point Farm plantation, A. R. 
 Viguerie, proprietor. In cane, 
 300 acres; corn, 100. Crop 1896, 
 6,900 tons cane; fifteen miles below 
 Houma, Montegut Postoffice. 
 
 Magenta plantation, A. A. San¬ 
 ders, proprietor. In cane, 123 
 acres. Crop, 1896, 2,205 tons; 
 seventeen miles from Houma, Mon¬ 
 tegut Postoffice. 
 
 Fields plantation, Eugene Fields, 
 proprietor. 
 
 Live Oak plantation, Mrs. M. 
 J. Sanders, proprietress; eighteen 
 miles from Houma, Montegut, La. 
 
 Red Star plantation, J. N. Ro - \ 
 bichaux, proprietor; twenty miles ; 
 from Houma, Montegut, La 
 
 Edmond Laperouze, planter; 
 twenty-one miles below Houma, 
 Montegut, La. 
 
 Photographer. 
 
 Francis I). A. Burregat & Ira 
 A. Kohler, photographers. Photos 
 in all styles. 
 
 Postoffices. 
 
 Bourg Postoffice, 9 miles from 
 Houma J. P. Hotard, postmaster^ 
 
 Montegut Postoffice and Tele¬ 
 phone statiou, Jos. D. Milson, post¬ 
 master. Money orders issued. 14 
 miles below Houma. 
 
 Saw Mills. 
 
 Canal Belanger Saw Mill, F. 
 Guidry, proprietor, lumber sawed 
 to order and delivered on Bayou 
 Terrebonne. Orders filled on short 
 notice. Bourgville postoffice. 
 
 Schools. 
 
 Bourgville Public School—Miss 
 Iola Bascle, principal; Miss Aida 
 Martin, assistant. 
 
 Central Public School — Mrs. 
 Anna Powell, principal. Montegut 
 post office, fifteen miles from 
 Houma. 
 
 Sanders Public School — Miss 
 Hattie Sanders, principal. Eight 
 een miles from Houma. Montegut 
 post office. 
 
 Laperouze Public School—Hen¬ 
 ry J. Ellender, principal; twenty- 
 one miles from Houma. Montegut 
 post office. 
 
 Robert Rhodes Public School— 
 A. C. Lassaigne, principal. Mon¬ 
 tegut, La. 
 
 Bisland Public School (Colored). 
 Alfred Dennis, principal; thirteen 
 miles from Houma. 
 
 Glynn Public School—Miss Lucy 
 Easton, principal. Houma post 
 office. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 31 
 
 LITTLE CA1LLOU. 
 
 From Houma 
 
 Blacksmiths. 
 
 Jos. Herbert, blacksmith; four¬ 
 teen miles from Houma. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 H. J. Chauvin, carpenter; eigh¬ 
 teen miles below Houma, Moutegut 
 postoffice. 
 
 Edgar Fungi, carpenter; twelve 
 miles from Houma. 
 
 Slidell Fungi, carpenter; twelve 
 miles from Houma. 
 
 Valcour Fungi, carpenter; twelve 
 miles from Houma. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 St. Joseph Catholic Church; 
 fifteen miles from Houma. Father 
 C. Richard, Rector; Moutegut post- 
 office. 
 
 Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 
 twelve miles from Houma; Rev. I. 
 J. Clark, Pastor. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 Lovelace Picon, clerk with C. 
 Daspit. & Son. Service, 5 years, 
 Daspit postoffice, 
 
 Geo. Chauvin, clerk with Albert 
 Chauvin. Service, 5 years, Monte- 
 gut postoffice. 
 
 Jos. Chauvin, clerk with Albert 
 Chauvin. Service, 5 years, Mon- 
 tegut postoffice. 
 
 Albert Boudreaux, clerk with 
 Felix Guidry. Service, G months, 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 to Lower Line. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 Myrtile Hebert, engineer, 7 miles 
 from Houma. Houma, postoffice, 
 Merchants. 
 
 Emile Picou, dealer in groceries 
 and drugs. 30 miles below Houma? 
 Daspit, postoffice. 
 
 A. Lirette, dealer in groceries, 
 tobacco and cigars. 28 miles from 
 Houma. 
 
 C. Daspit & Sou, dealers in dry 
 goods, notions, boots, shoes, grocer¬ 
 ies, hardware, crockery, tobacco, 
 cigars and medicines. 24 miles be¬ 
 low Houma. Daspit, postoffice. 
 
 Albert Chauvin, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries, tobacco and cigars. 
 18 miles from Houma. Houma, 
 postoffiee. 
 
 Telesfort Duplantis, dealer in 
 staple groceries, tobacco and cigars. 
 12 miles below Houma. 
 
 Felix Gaidry, dealer iu dry 
 goods, notions, hardware, groceries? 
 wines, liquors, tobacco and cigars. 
 7 miles below Houma. Houma, 
 postoffice. 
 
 J. P. Guenon, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer¬ 
 chandise 6 miles from Houma. 
 Music, 
 
 Little Caillou Brass Band. An¬ 
 thony J’oues, Leader. 18 miles 
 from Houma. Moutegut, post- 
 office. 
 
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 Director)’ of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Officers Seventh Ward. 
 
 A. Z. Boudreaux, Justice of the 
 Peace. 
 
 Lenfroy Duplanrier, Coustable. 
 
 Postoffices. 
 
 Daspit Postoffice, 24 miles from 
 Houma. Alfred Daspit, postmas¬ 
 ter. 
 
 Peddlers. 
 
 Wallace Picou, peddler for C. 
 Daspit. Route, Grand and Little 
 Caillou; service 9 years. Daspit 
 postoffice. 
 
 Planters. 
 
 Indian Ridge plantation, E. Pi¬ 
 cou, proprietor. In cane 77 acres; 
 coin 123. Crop 1896, 1100 tons. 
 22 miles below Houma. Houma 
 postoffice. 
 
 Laeache plantation, fifteen miles 
 from Houma. 
 
 Seraph plantation, fifteen miles 
 from Houma. 
 
 John Babin, cane planter, twelve 
 miles from Houma. Montegut 
 postoffice. 
 
 Rauch plantation, H. C. Cage, 
 proprietor, six and one-half miles 
 from Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Physician. 
 
 F. Tircuit, M. D., physician and 
 surgeon, fifteen miles from Houma. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Pelegrin School. Mrs. J. Bou¬ 
 dreaux. 
 
 Parr School. Miss. L. Higgin¬ 
 botham. 
 
 Chauvin School. A. E. Jones, 
 principal, 17 miles from Houma. 
 Montegut postoffice. 
 
 Bergeron School. Chas. L. Chau¬ 
 vin, principal, 20 miles from 
 Houma. Montegut postoffice. 
 
 Eschete School. Miss Alice 
 Kelly. 
 
 Laperouze School. Miss Alice 
 Chauvin, principal. Daspit post- 
 office. 
 
 Calvary School (c). Miss Auny 
 Tieson, principal, 12 miles from 
 Houma. Montegut postoffice. 
 
 Private School. 
 
 Rauch School (private). Prof. 
 John Elfreth, principal, 64 miles 
 from Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
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Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
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 GRAND CAILLOU. 
 
 From Houma to Lower Line. 
 
 « 
 
 Bookkeepers and Clerks. 
 
 J. G. Landry, bookkeeper, Hon¬ 
 duras store. Service, four months, 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 D. F. Boudreaux, clerk, Hondu¬ 
 ras store. Service, four months, 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 W. T. Baby, clerk, with Luke 
 Boudreaux. Service, two and a 
 half years, Dulac postoffice. 
 
 Ellis Lottinger, clerk, with Mrs. 
 F. Lottinger. Service, nine years, 
 Dulac postoffice. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 LukeLecompte, carpenter, twelve 
 miles below Houma, Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 J. Domangue, carpenter, Dulac 
 plantation, Dulac postoffice. 
 
 Coopers. 
 
 Fred Bobichaux, cooper, Ash¬ 
 land plantation. Service, five 
 years, Houma. 
 
 Oscar Bobichaux, cooper, Ash¬ 
 land plantation. Service, five 
 years, Houma postoffice. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 J. F. Boudreaux, engineer. Hon¬ 
 duras plantation. Service 3 months. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Chas. Labit, assistant engineer 
 Honduras plantation; service three 
 months. 
 
 Anatole Boudreaux, engineer 
 and blacksmith, sixteen miles from 
 Houma; employed at Live Oak 
 
 plantation 1896. Dulac postoffice. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 Honduras store, Schaffer & Mor¬ 
 ris, proprietors; dealers in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer¬ 
 chandise; three miles from Houma. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Carnbou Bros., dealers in gro¬ 
 ceries, etc., fifteen miles below 
 Houma. Dulac postoffice. 
 
 Luke Boudreaux, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries, and general mer¬ 
 chandise; fifteen miles below Hou¬ 
 ma. Dulac postoffice. 
 
 Geo. D. Cantrelle, dealer in gro¬ 
 ceries, tobacco and cigars; Caillou 
 Grove plantation, eight miles be¬ 
 low Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Dulac store, Mrs. F. Lottinger, 
 proprietress; dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries and general merchandise; 
 eighteen miles from Houma. Dulac 
 postoffice. 
 
 Officers Fourth Ward, 
 
 Joseph A. Waguespaek, Justice 
 of the Peace. 
 
 Sidney J. Waguespaek, Con¬ 
 stable. Grand Caillou. 
 
 Overseers and Managers. 
 
 Bobert Y. Daspit, overseer, Hon¬ 
 duras plantation. Service, one 
 year, Houma postoffice. 
 
 Byrod F. Miller, assistant over¬ 
 seer, Honduras plantation. Ser¬ 
 vice, three months. 
 
 J. A. Dillard, manager, Wood- 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 
 lawn plantation. In service six 
 years, Houma postoffiee. 
 
 E. L. LeBlanc, assistant over¬ 
 seer, Woodlawn plantation. Ser¬ 
 vice, one year, Houma postoffiee. 
 
 A. Guyol. assistant overseer, 
 Woodlawn plantation. Service, 
 three months, Houma postoffiee. 
 
 Jared Carraway, assistant over¬ 
 seer, Woodlawn plantation. In 
 service, six years. Houma postoffiee. 
 
 W. R. Darden, overseer, Ash¬ 
 land plantation. Service, six 
 years, Houma postoffiee. 
 
 E. J. Richard, assistant overseer, 
 Ashland plantation. Service, four 
 years, Houma postoffiee. 
 
 T. A. Prevost, manager and 
 overseer, Cedar Grove plantation. 
 Service, nine years, Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Albert Cautrelle, assistant over¬ 
 seer, Cedar Grove plantation. Ser¬ 
 vice, five years, Houma postoffiee. 
 
 E. J. Engman, manager, Live 
 Oak plantation. Service, two 
 years, Dulac postoffiee. 
 
 Postoffiee. 
 
 Dulac postoffiee, Mrs. V. Lottin- 
 ger, postmistress, office at Dulac 
 store. 18 miles below Houma. 
 
 Saw Mills. 
 
 Dulac Saw Mill, Mrs. F. Lottin- 
 ger, proprietress, capacity 15,000 
 feet per day. 18 miles from 
 Houma. Lumber sawed to order. 
 Dulac, postoffiee. 
 
 Plantations. 
 
 Honduras plantation, Shaffer & 
 Morris proprietors. 3 miles from 
 Houma. 
 
 Woodlawn plantation, Caillouet. 
 & Maginnis proprietors. 5 miles 
 from Houma. In cane 025 acres, 
 corn 325 acres. Houma, postoffiee. 
 
 Ashland plantation, Caillouet & 
 Maginnis proprietors. 7 miles be¬ 
 low Houma. Houma, postoffiee. 
 
 Caillou Grove plantation, Ernest 
 Cautrelle, proprietor. 8 miles from 
 Houma. In cane 20 acres, corn 15 
 acres. Houma, postoffiee. 
 
 Cedar Grove plantation, Blum & 
 Cautrelle proprietors. 8 miles be¬ 
 low Houma, (right bank.) In cane 
 250 acres, corn 130 acres. Houma, 
 postoffiee. 
 
 J. B. LeBlanc, planter. 9 miles 
 below Houma. In cane 25 acres, 
 corn 20 acres. Houma postoffiee. 
 
 Cane Brake plantation, Louis 
 Waguespack. proprietor. 10 
 miles from Houma. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Grand Caillou plantation, Cam- 
 bon Bros., proprietors; fifteen miles 
 from Houma. In cane, 200 acres; 
 corn, 100, Dulac postoffiee. 
 
 Live Oak plantation, Jos. W. 
 Martin, proprietor; sixteen miles 
 from Houma. In cane, 170 acres; 
 corn, 60. Crop 1896, 245,000 
 
 pounds sugar; Dulac postoffiee. 
 
 Dulac plantation, Mrs. F. Lot- 
 tinger, proprietress; eighteen miles 
 below Houma. Area, 3000 acres. 
 Under cultivation corn and cane, 
 550 acres; Dulac postoffiee. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Waguespack School, Miss W. 
 Watkins, Houma. 
 
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 Bayou Cochon School, Felix 
 Theriot, Houma. 
 
 Dulac School, Charles Senac, 
 principal; Dulac postoffice. 
 
 Woodlawn School, (colored,) Miss 
 Eliza Thomas, principal; Houma. 
 
 PRIVATE. 
 
 Dulac Private School, Lee Lot- 
 tinger, principal; Dulac postofflce. 
 
 Church. 
 
 A Catholic church will soon be 
 built at Dulac, costing about 
 $1,500.00. 
 
 BAYOU DULARGE. 
 
 From Houma to Lower Line. 
 
 Blacksmiths, 
 
 W. L. Boudreaux, blacksmith 
 and engineer; nine miles below 
 Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Lee Yerret, blacksmith, Ridge- 
 land plantation; service six months. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Hypolite Boudreaux, blacksmith; 
 nine miles below Houma. Houma 
 postoffice. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 A. Crochet, carpenter on Mul¬ 
 berry plantation. 
 
 Coopers. 
 
 Arche Le Blanc, cooper, St. Eloi 
 plantation; service ten years. The¬ 
 riot postoffice. 
 
 Aurelie Pensan, cooper, St. Eloi 
 plantation; service seven years. 
 Theriot postoffice. 
 
 Paul Bergeron, cooper, St. Eloi 
 
 plantation; residence eight miles 
 below Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 St. Eloi Catholic Church, thir¬ 
 teen miles below Houma; Rev. 
 Father J. Drolet, rector. Theriot 
 postoffice. 
 
 Howard Baptist Church, Rev. 
 C. S. Collins, pastor; six miles 
 from Houma. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 C. O. Theriot, clerk, with Mrs. 
 J. T. Theriot. Service, three years, 
 Houma, La 
 
 Harry Champagne, clerk, with 
 Ct. J. Champagne, nine miles below 
 Houma. 
 
 H. J. Celestin, clerk, with St. 
 Eloi store. Service, six months, 
 Theriot postoffice. 
 
 L. P. Theriot, clerk, with Mrs 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 A. St. Martin. Service, two years. 
 Theriot postoffice. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 Mrs. J. T. Theriot, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer¬ 
 chandise. Seven miles from Hou¬ 
 ma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 G. J. Champagne, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer 
 chandise. Agent for Columbia bi¬ 
 cycles. Xine miles below Houma. 
 
 St. Eloi store, M. Rousseau, 
 dealer in dry goods, groceries, 
 wines, liquors, tobacco and cigars. 
 Twelve miles below Houma. The¬ 
 riot postoffice. 
 
 Mrs. A. St. Martin, dealer in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer 
 chandise. Thirteen miles from 
 Houma, Theriot postoffice. X. St. 
 Martin, manager. 
 
 Officers Tenth Ward. 
 
 L. H. Cook, justice of the peace. 
 9 miles below Houma. 
 
 Thos. H. Wright, constable. S 
 miles from Houma. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Overseers & Managers. 
 
 F. Fortier, manager Mulberry 
 plantation. 5 miles below Houma. 
 In service 5 years. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 J. T. Theriot, manager Sunrise 
 plantation. Houma postoffice. 
 
 L. II. Cook, manager Highridge 
 plantation. 9 miles from Houma. 
 Service 17 years. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 O. Rousseau, overseer St. Eloi 
 
 plantation. 12 miles below Houma 
 Theriot postoffice. 
 
 A. J. Bouvillian, manager Ridge- 
 laud plantation. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Post-Office. 
 
 Theriot postoffice, thirteen miles 
 below Houma. X. St. Martin, post¬ 
 master. 
 
 Planters and Plantations. 
 
 Mulberry plantation, Bonvillain 
 Bros., proprietors; five miles from 
 Houma. In cane, 305 acres; corn, 
 125. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Sunrise plantation, Mrs. J. T. 
 Theriot, proprietress; seven miles 
 below Houma. 
 
 Highridge plantation, Thos. W. 
 Cook, proprietor; nine miles below 
 Houma, In cane, 125 acres; corn, 
 75. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Dularge plantation, Trasimond 
 Henri, proprietor. In cane, 175 
 acres; corn, 175. Eight miles be¬ 
 low Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 St. Michael plantation, P. X. 
 Champagne, proprietor; eleven 
 miles below Houma. In cane, 90 
 acres; corn, 20. Theriot postoffice. 
 
 St. Eloi plantation, M. Rousseau, 
 tutor; twelve miles below Houma. 
 Theriot postoffice. 
 
 Ridgeland plantation, Bonvillain 
 Bros., proprietors; seven and a half 
 miles below Houma, In cane, 350 
 acres; corn, 125. Houma postoffice. 
 
 St. Michael (one-half), Mrs. A. 
 Theriot, proprietress; eleven miles 
 
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 from Houma. In cane 90 acres; 
 corn 20. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Osborne Ringgold, planter, six 
 miles from Houma. In cane, 10 
 acres. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Mrs. James Davis, six and a 
 half miles from Houma. Iu cane, 
 10 acres; corn 20. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Willie Davis, planter, six miles 
 from Houma. Oane 30 acres; corn 
 20. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Hudson Riley, planter, six miles 
 from Houma. Six acres in cane; 
 corn 10. Houma postoffice. 
 
 W. H. Ragan tract. J. Theriot, 
 6 miles from Houma; 60 acres in 
 cane. 
 
 Louis Yerret, tenant. In cane 
 
 20 acres; corn 15. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Saw Mills. 
 
 Mulberry Saw Mill, Bonvillain 
 Brothers, proprietors; five miles 
 below Houma. 
 
 Sawyers. 
 
 James Ragan, sawyer, Mulberry 
 plantation. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Boudreaux School, Miss Villa 
 Bond, principal. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Watkins School, Miss Elda 
 Theriot, principal. Houma. 
 
 Falgout School, Miss Emma 
 Bourgeois, principal. Houma. 
 
 Sunrise School, F. Theriot, prin¬ 
 cipal. Houma. 
 
 BIG BAYOU BLACK. 
 
 From Houma to Gibson. 
 
 B1 ack sin i th s. 
 
 Thos. White, blacksmith, Argyle 
 plantation. Service 5 years. 
 
 Jack Oelestin, blacksmith, Belle 
 Farm plantation. Service 12 years. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Jno. Robinson, blacksmith, Rose- 
 land plantation. Houma postffice. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 Albert Crochet, carpenter, Argyle 
 plantation. Service 3 years. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Jno. Clement, carpenter, Argyle 
 
 plantation. Service 2 years. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 A. Lowenstein, clerk, with L. 
 Lowenstein. In serviceeight years. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Chas. Lowenstein, clerk, with L. 
 Lowenstein. Service, eight years. 
 
 Walter G. Hatch, clerk for I. 
 G. Hatch. Thirteen miles below 
 Houma, Houma postoffice. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 J. O. Ayo, chief engineer, Argyle 
 

 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Refinery, three miles from Houma. 
 In service three years. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 S. Porche, assistant engineer, 
 Argyle plantation. Service, two 
 years. Residence, four miles from 
 Houma. 
 
 N. Caillouet, engineer, Belle 
 Farm plantation. Service, two 
 years. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 L. Lowenstein, dealer in dry 
 goods, gr oceries and general mer¬ 
 chandise; three miles below Houma. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 I. G. Hatch, dealer in groceries 
 and dry goods; thirteen miles be¬ 
 low Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Officers Ninth Ward. 
 
 Jas. Miller, J. P., Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Constable, Eddie Seheffler. 
 Overseers and Managers. 
 
 W. R. Davis, assistant overseer, 
 Argyle plantation. Service, 1 
 year. Houma. 
 
 F. Breaux, overseer, Belle Farm 
 plantation. Service, 24 years. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Albert A. Aueoin, manager of 
 Roseland plantation. Service, 6 
 months. Houma postoffice. 
 
 — Bernard, assistant overseer on 
 •John D. Minor’s plantations. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Jas. Miller, overseer, Flora plan¬ 
 tation. Houma postoffice. 
 
 W. S. Hatch, manager, Goat 
 Field farm. Service, 3 years, 
 Houma. 
 
 John A. Douglas, overseer, 
 Greenwood plantation. Service, 8 
 months. Gibson postoffice. 
 Plantations and Planters. 
 
 Argyle Planting and Manufac¬ 
 turing Co., Bonvillain Bros. 3 
 miles from Houma. 1000 acres in 
 cane and corn, crop 1896, 3,200,000 
 bis. sugar. 3 miles of narrow 
 gauge railroad, in course of con¬ 
 struction 4 miles. Houma. 
 
 Belle Farm, C. W. Bocage, pro¬ 
 prietor. 5 miles below Houma, 
 
 Roseland Laurel Farm and Wat¬ 
 erproof plantation. Jno. D. Minor, 
 proprietor. 6 miles from Houma. 
 Houma P. O. 
 
 Flora Plantation, 7 miles below 
 Houma. C. W. Bocage, proprietor, 
 Houma P. O. 
 
 Goat Field Farm, H. C. Minor, 
 proprietor, 13 miles below Houma. 
 Iu cane 100 acres, corn 15. 
 
 Greenwood Plantation, Thos. 
 Casey, proprietor, 18 miles from 
 Houma. Iu cane 300 acres. Gib- 
 sou P. O. Oak Forest, Thos. Ca¬ 
 sey, proprietor, 20 miles from Hou¬ 
 ma. In cane 125 acres. Gibson 
 P. O. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Bonvillain School, Miss J. Low¬ 
 enstein, principal. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Orange Grove School, Miss Nel¬ 
 lie Bond. Houma. 
 
 H. C. Daspit School, Jolxu A. 
 Wallace, principal. 
 
 Waterproof School (colored), S. 
 S. Dwyer, principal. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
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 To Capitalists... 
 
 An excellent sight for a Central Sugar Factory at 
 Dulac, La., 18 miles below Houma., deep water, 
 outlet for Ships. 
 
 14 miles from Oyster Beds. Fish and Shrimp in 
 abundance. 
 
 Capitalists are invited to visit and inspect locality. 10,000 
 acres of the most fertile land in the parish, suitable for 
 cane and other products. Correspondence solicited. 
 
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 F. LOTTINGEl 
 
 DULAC, LA. 
 
 
 GIBSON. 
 
 Twenty-five Miles fi*om Houma on Main Line Southern Pacific 
 
 Railway. 
 
 Agents. 
 
 J. B. Moody, agent and telegraph 
 operator, S. P. Railway, Gibson 
 La.; twenty six miles by raii to 
 Houma. 
 
 H. Buford, night operator, South¬ 
 ern Pacific depot. Gibson. 
 
 Butcher. 
 
 Ellis Smith, butcher, Gibson, La. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 H. J. Flash, carpenter, near post- 
 office. Gibson. 
 
 Jas. Robert, carpenter near M, 
 E, Church. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 Sycamore M. E. Church ( white), 
 Gibson, La. 
 
 Gibson Catholic Church. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 E. J. Richaud, clerk, with J. F. 
 Richaud. Gibson, La. 
 
 E. I. Richaud, clerk, with J. F. 
 Richaud. Gibson, La. 
 
 J. D. Bergeron, clerk, with F. Fan- 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 dal. Service 5 mouths. Gibson, 
 La. 
 
 H. T. Prague, clerk, with F. Fail 
 dal. Service 3 months. 
 
 Jno. Walther, clerk, with H. 
 Walther. Service 1 year. Gibson, 
 La. 
 
 Philip Walther, clerk, with H. 
 Walther. Service 15 years. Gib¬ 
 son, La. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 Douglass Buford, Engineer, Fan- 
 dal’s Pull Boat. Gibson. 
 
 D. C. McIntyre, Engineer, Fan- 
 dal’s Saw Mills. Service 16 years. 
 Gibson. 
 
 Robert Pratls. Engineer, Green¬ 
 wood plantation. Residence, Gib¬ 
 son, La. 
 
 Hotels. 
 
 Mrs A. O’Rouke’s Hotel. Ac¬ 
 commodation for commercial trav¬ 
 ellers, near depot. Gibson. 
 
 Managers. 
 
 •Joseph Faudal, Manager of Fan- 
 dal’s Saw Mills. Gibson. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 J. F. Richaud, dealer in Dry 
 Goods, Notions, Groceries, etc. 
 Opposite Railroad Depot. Gibson. 
 
 F. Faudal, dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries, etc. Gibson. 
 
 H. Walther, dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries, Tobacco and Cigars. 
 Gibson. 
 
 Mrs. C. Boudreaux, dealer in 
 fruits, ice, pop on ice. Near post 
 office. 
 
 Physician. 
 
 R. E. McBride, M. D., physician 
 and surgeon. Gibson, La. 
 
 Saloons. 
 
 Buford & Soulier’s saloon. Fine 
 wines, liquors cigars and tobacco. 
 Gibson. 
 
 Saw Mills. 
 
 F. Fandal’s saw, planing and 
 shingle mills. Capacity 20,000 feet 
 lumber; 30,000 shingles per day; 
 planing mill 20,000 feet. Lumber 
 sawed to order. Gibson, La 
 
 Deschaux’s saw and Shingle 
 mills; J. Deschaux, proprietor; one 
 and a half miles from Gibson. 
 Lumber sawed to order. Gibson, 
 La. 
 
 Sawyers. 
 
 Joseph Smith, sawyer, Fandal’s 
 saw mills. Gibson. 
 
 Tom Fitch, sawyer, Dechaux’s 
 saw mills; service eight years. 
 Gibson. 
 
 John Everett, sawyer, Dechaux’s 
 shingle mill. Gibson. 
 
 Postoffice. 
 
 Gibson postoffice, Philip Wal¬ 
 ther, postmaster. Twenty-five miles 
 from Houma. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Gibson school, Miss Agnes 
 O’Rouke, principal. Gibson. 
 
 Samson school, Miss L. Pratt, 
 principal. Gibson. 
 
 Gibson school (col.), Ed. Perry, 
 principal. Gibson, La. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
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 J. WILFRED GAIDRY, Packer and Shipper 
 
 ... OF THE . . 
 
 CELEBRATED BERWICK BAY 
 
 Oysters, Shrimps, Fish JS Tarrapins 
 
 SHIP TO ALL PARTS OF THE U. S. 
 
 Orders filled on short notice. Goods guaranteed to reach destination in first- 
 class condition Special inducements offered to wholesale dealers. 
 WRITE FOR PRICES, ETC. ADDRESS 
 
 J. WILFRED GAIDRY, New Orleans, La. 
 
 BAYOU CHACAHOULA. 
 
 Chacahoula Station Twenty Miles from Houma. 
 
 Agent. 
 
 A. F. Thibodaux, agent South¬ 
 ern Pacific Railroad, Chacahoula 
 Station. 
 
 Barber. 
 
 L. S. Boudreaux, barber, Cha¬ 
 cahoula. 
 
 Brickmasons. 
 
 Trasimond Bergeron, brickmason, 
 16 miles from Houma. Chaca¬ 
 houla postoffice. 
 
 Albert Adoue, brickmason, 16 
 miles from Houma. Chacahoula 
 postoffice. 
 
 Edgar Lajaunie, brickmason. 
 Chacahoula postoffice. 
 
 .Lawrence Lajaunie, biickmason. 
 Chacahoula postoffice. 
 
 Lucien Lajaunie, Sr., brick¬ 
 mason. Chacahoula. 
 
 Adolph Lajaunie, brickmason. 
 Chacahoula postoffice. 
 
 Clay Boudreaux, brickmason. 
 Chacahoula postoffice. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 Maxime Naquin, carpenter, For¬ 
 est Grove plantation. Service 8 
 years. Chacahoula postoffice. 
 
 Romael Roussel, carpenter, near 
 Forest Grove plantation. Chaca¬ 
 houla postoffice. 
 
 Adrien Roussel, carpenter, near 
 Forest Grove plantation. Chaca¬ 
 houla postoffice. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 St. Lawrence ( atholic Church, 
 Father Cbastelle, rector. Chaca¬ 
 houla postoffice. 
 
 Clerks. 
 
 Albert M. Boudreaux, clerk with 
 F. E. Boudreaux, Chacahoula. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 Contractors. 
 
 F. E. Boudreaux, tie contractor 
 and dealer in handmade sbiugles. 
 Cbacahoula, 
 
 Desire Boudreaux, tie contractor; 
 two miles above Cbacahoula. 
 
 A. F. Thibodaux, tie contractor. 
 Cbacahoula. 
 
 Coopers. 
 
 G. G. Aucoin, cooper. Chaca- 
 boula. 
 
 Lovency Hebert, cooper. Chaca- 
 boula. 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 Myrtle Barrielleux, engineer on 
 Forest Grove plantation. Service, 
 3 years. Cbacahoula. 
 
 E. Tbiberville, engineer; Poverty 
 Flat refinery. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Felix Breaux, assistant engineer; 
 Poverty Flat refinery. Ellendale 
 postoflice. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 F. E. Boudreaux, dealer in dry 
 goods, notions, groceries, tobacco 
 and cigars. 20 miles from Houma, 
 Cbacahoula P. O. 
 
 A. F. Thibodaux, dealer in dry 
 goods and groceries, 20 miles from 
 Houma. Cbacahoula. 
 
 Desire Boudreaux, dealer in dry 
 goods and groceries, miles above 
 Cbacahoula. Cbacahoula P. O. 
 
 N. John, dealer in dry goods, gro¬ 
 ceries, tobacco and cigars. 14 
 miles from Houma. Cbacahoula 
 P. O. 
 
 McCollam and Ivocke, dealers in 
 dry goods, notions, groceries, to¬ 
 
 bacco and cigars. 13 miles from 
 Houma. Ellendale P. O. 
 
 Guillaume Melus, dealer in dry 
 goods, notions, groceries and to¬ 
 bacco. 10 miles from Houma. 
 Ellendale P. O. 
 
 Overseers and Managers. 
 
 Louis Bernard, overseer Forest 
 Grove plantation; in service four 
 years. Cbacahoula postoffiee. 
 
 P. F. Singleton, manager of Pov¬ 
 erty Flat plantation; service thir¬ 
 teen years. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 W. P. Burke, manager Cedar 
 Grove plantation; service three 
 years. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Charles E. Thomas, overseer Eu¬ 
 reka plantation, ten miles from 
 Houma. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Planters and Plantations. 
 
 Forest Grove plantation, Buford 
 & Bernard, proprietors; fifteen 
 miles from Houma. In cane 380 
 acres; corn 110. Cbacahoula. 
 
 Poverty Flat, Bull Run and Ce¬ 
 dar Grove plantations, McCollam 
 Bros, and R. W. Kocke, proprie¬ 
 tors; thirteen miles from Houma, 
 Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Postoffices. 
 
 Cbacahoula postoffice, twenty 
 miles from Houma, on main line 
 Southern Pacific It. R. N. F. Bou¬ 
 dreaux, postmaster. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Bergeron School, F. <T. Louviere, 
 principal. Cbacahoula P. O. 
 
 Cbacahoula Central School, Miss 
 Louise Aycock, principal. Chaca- 
 bonla P. O. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebofine. 
 
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 Cotte Rouge School, J. E. Guil- 
 lot, Jr., principal. Chacahoula 
 P. O. 
 
 Shingle Mill. 
 
 0. M.Boudreaux & Sons, Shingle 
 
 Mill, two miles above Chacahoula. 
 Chacahoula P. O. 
 
 Saloons. 
 
 Felix Boudreaux, dealer in fine 
 wines, liquors, tobacco and cigars. 
 Chacahoula P. O. 
 
 LITTLE BAYOU BLACK. 
 
 From Houma to Isle de Cuba Plantation, Twelve Miles. 
 
 Blacksmiths. 
 
 Wallace LeBlanc, blacksmith, 
 Rebecca plantation. Minerva post- 
 office. Four years service. 
 
 Daniel Brady, blacksmith, South- 
 down plantation. Service two 
 years. Houma. 
 
 Frank Brady, blacksmith, South- 
 down plantation. Service two 
 months. Houma. 
 
 Gustave Belanger, blacksmith, 
 Crescent Farm. Service four 
 years. 
 
 Jim Thomas, blacksmith, Belle 
 Grove plantation. Ten years ser¬ 
 vice. 
 
 Taylor Nixon, blacksmith, Isle 
 de Cuba plantation. Service, 
 three years. Schriever. 
 
 Bookkeepers and Clerks. 
 
 Fred LeBlanc, manager South- 
 down store. Service, one year. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Louis An6, clerk, Southdown 
 
 store. Service nine months. Hou¬ 
 ma postolfice. 
 
 A. J. Livaudais, bookkeeper, 
 Southdown plantation. Service 
 nine months. Houma postoffice. 
 
 H. Angers, manager Crescent 
 Farm store. Service ten years. 
 Houma postotfice. 
 
 J. L. Toups, clerk, Crescent 
 Farm store. Service two years. 
 Houma. 
 
 Edmond Levy, clerk with Mayer 
 Levy. Service four mouths. El- 
 lendale P.O. 
 
 Sidney Bergeron, clerk with 
 Mayer Levy. Ellendale P. O. 
 
 T. E. Wright, manager Ardoyne 
 stoves. Service eight years. El¬ 
 lendale P. O. 
 
 J. C. Navarre, clerk with Ardoyne 
 store. Service one year. Ellen¬ 
 dale P. O. 
 
 Stanwood Duval, book keeper, 
 Ardoyne store. Ellendale P. O. 
 
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 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 R. A. Holt, clerk, with Kocke 
 and Prejean. Service six months. 
 Minerva P. O. 
 
 E. J. Braud, clerk with Gray and 
 May, Service nine months. Minerva 
 P. O. 
 
 B Block, clerk with Marcus 
 M. Levy. Service four months. 
 Schriever P. O. 
 
 Brick Manufacturer. 
 
 Lawson Bergeron, brick manu¬ 
 facturer, one mile from Houma 
 P. O. 
 
 Wirt Bergeron, brick mason and 
 sugar Boiler. Employed at Green¬ 
 wood plantation, 1896-97. Bayou 
 Black, Houma P. O. 
 
 Carpenters. 
 
 Edmond Quick, carpenter, South- 
 down plantation. Service 10 
 months. Houma postoffice. 
 
 J. W. Brown, carpenter, South 
 down plantation. Service 6 months. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 A. T. Mitchell, carpenter, Cres¬ 
 cent Farm plantation. Service 10 
 years. 
 
 Harrison LeBlanc, carpenter, 
 Crescent Farm. Service 3 years. 
 Houma postoffice, 
 
 A. F. Porche, carpenter and 
 blacksmith, Ellend de plantation- 
 Service 2 years. Ellendale post- 
 office. 
 
 Edwin Chatagnier, carpenter, 
 Belle Grove plantation. Service 
 20 years. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 C. B. Tucker, carpenter, Isle de 
 Cuba plantation. Service 1 year. 
 
 J. F. Daspit, carpenter. 12 miles 
 from Houma. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Coopers. 
 
 Joe Witiock, cooper, Southdown 
 plantation. Houma postoffice. Ser¬ 
 vice 16 years. 
 
 Casimer Witrock, cooper, South- 
 down plantation. Service 10 
 years. Houma. 
 
 Major Witrock, cooper, South- 
 down plantation. Service 8 years. 
 
 C. F. Ledet, cooper, Crescent 
 farm. Service 13 years. 
 
 Sirnis Ledet, cooper, Crescent 
 Farm plantation. Service 10 
 years. Houma. 
 
 A. F. Chauvin, cooper, Ardoyne 
 plantation. Service 16 years. 
 
 H. F. Chauvin, cooper, Ardoyne 
 plantation. Service 12 years 
 Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 R. A. Chauvin, cooper, Ardoyne 
 plantation. Service 16 years. 
 Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Sosthene Pointiff, cooper. Belle 
 Grove plantation. Service 20 
 years. 
 
 Ernest Pointiff, cooper, Belle 
 Grove plantation. Service 10 
 years. 
 
 Arthur Babin, cooper, Rebecca 
 plantation. Service 4 years. 
 Minerva postoffice. 
 
 Elphage Babin, cooper, Magno¬ 
 lia plantation. Service 10 years. 
 Minerva postoffice. 
 
 Adam Boudreaux, cooper, Isle 
 de Cuba plantation. Service 2 
 years. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 45 
 
 Engineers. 
 
 J. Plascencia, chief engineer 
 Southdown Refinery. Service 15 
 months. Houma postoflice. 
 
 A. 0. Butcher, assistant engineer 
 Southdown Refinery. Service 3 
 years. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Geo. Davis, engineer Southdown 
 Refinery. Service 18 years. Hou 
 ma postoffice. 
 
 David Hillier, engineer, South- 
 down Refinery. Service 18 years- 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 Engineers and Machinists. 
 
 G. H. Moate, machinist and en¬ 
 gineer. Southdown Refinery. Ser¬ 
 vice 2 years. Houma postoffice. 
 
 J. B. Bateman, chief engineer 
 Crescent Farm. Service 1 year. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 L. Y. Daunis, assistant engineer 
 Crescent Farm. In service 10 
 years. Thibodaux postoffice. 
 
 Am6de About, assistant engi¬ 
 neer Crescent Farm. Service 10 
 years. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Oscar Toups, chief engineer Ar- 
 doyne plantation. Service 3 years. 
 Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Wallace Darce, assistant en¬ 
 gineer Ardoyne plantation. Ellen¬ 
 dale postoffice. 
 
 Thos Cogan, engineer Belle 
 Grove plantation. Service one 
 year. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Marcellus Daunis, assistant en¬ 
 gineer Belle Grove plantation. 
 Service three years. 
 
 Willie LeBlanc, engineer Re¬ 
 
 becca plantation. Service one year. 
 Minerva postoffiee. 
 
 Henry Labit, engineer Magnolia 
 plantation. Minerva postoffice. 
 
 A. Concienne, chief engineer, Isle 
 de Cuba plantation. Service two 
 years. Schriever postoffice. 
 
 F Boudreaux, assistant engineer 
 Isle de Cuba plantation. Service 
 two years. Schriever postoffiee. 
 
 Merchants. 
 
 Southdown store, H. C. Minor, 
 proprietor; dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries and general merchandise. 
 Houma postoffiee. 
 
 Crescent Farm store, C. A. Toups, 
 proprietor; dealer in dry goods, gro¬ 
 ceries and general merchandise; 
 five miles from Houma. Houma 
 postoffiee. 
 
 Meyer Levy, dealer in dry goods, 
 groceries and general merchandise; 
 seven and a half miles from 
 Houma. Ellendale postoffiee. 
 
 Ardoyne store, Shaffer Bros, pro¬ 
 prietors; dealers in dry goods, gro¬ 
 ceries and general merchandise; 
 seven and a half miles from Houma. 
 Ellendale postoffiee . 
 
 Belle Grove Store, J. M. Mc¬ 
 Bride, proprietor; dealer in dry 
 goods and groceries; nine miles 
 from Houma. Ellendale postoffiee. 
 
 Rebecca store, Kocke & Prejean, 
 proprietors, dealers in dry goods, 
 groceries and general merchandise. 
 Eleven miles from Houma. Houma 
 postoffiee. 
 
 Gray & May, dealers in dry 
 goods, groceries and general mer- 
 
46 
 
 Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 cliandise. Twelve miles from Hou¬ 
 ma. Minerva postoffice. 
 
 Isle tie Cuba store, Marcus M. 
 Levy, proprietor, dealer in general 
 merchandise and plantation sup¬ 
 plies. Twelve miles from Houma. 
 Schriever postoffice. 
 
 Officers—Second Ward. 
 
 C. C. Ellis, Justice of the Peace. 
 
 A. F. Cbauvin, Justice of the 
 Peace, Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Constables, Edgar LeBlanc, Sid¬ 
 ney Bergeron. 
 
 Overseers and Managers. 
 
 M. H. Webb, manager, South- 
 down plantation. Service 12 years. 
 Houma postoffice. 
 
 W. W. Watkins, assistant mana¬ 
 ger Southdown plantation. Houma, 
 La, 
 
 Y. H. Kyle, manager Hollywood 
 plantation. 3 miles from Houma. 
 
 ✓ Houma postoffice. 
 
 B. F. Yinson, overseer Crescent 
 4 Farm. Service 2 years. Houma 
 
 postoffice. 
 
 Emile Levron, 1st assistant over¬ 
 seer Crescent Farm. Service 3 
 years. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Jules Levron, 2nd assistant 
 overseer, Crescent Farm. Houma 
 postoffice. 
 
 W. J. Stratton, overseer Ellen¬ 
 dale plantation. Service 4 years. 
 Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Philip Bergeron, assistant over¬ 
 seer. Service 3 years. 
 
 P. A. Druilhet, manager Ar- 
 
 doyne plantation. Service 4 years. 
 Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 E. Pointiff, assistant overseer 
 Ardoyue plantation. Service 2 
 years. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 E. Hawkins, overseer Belle 
 Grove plantation. Service 4 months. 
 Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 A. Levas, assistant overseer. 
 Service 4 years. Ellendale post- 
 office. 
 
 V. E. Prejean, overseer Bebecca 
 plantation. Minerva postoffice. 
 
 W. C. Thomas, manager Magno¬ 
 lia plantation. In service seven 
 years. Minerva postoffice, 
 
 J. R. Grinage, assistant overseer 
 Magnolia plantation. Service six 
 months. Minerva postoffice. 
 
 C. J. Lalande, manager Isle de 
 Cuba plantation. Service six 
 months. Schriever postoffice. 
 
 Jos. Gilbert, assistant overseer 
 Isle de Cuba plantation. Schriever 
 postoffice. 
 
 Postoffices. 
 
 Ellendale postoffice, seven and a 
 half miles from Houma. Stauwood 
 Duval, postmaster. 
 
 Minerva postoffice, twelve miles 
 from Houma. M. R. May, post, 
 master. 
 
 Planters and Plantations. 
 
 Southdown Plantation and Re¬ 
 finery. H. C. Minor, proprietor. 
 1 mile from Houma. Houma post- 
 office. 
 
 Holly Wood Plantation, H. C. 
 
Directory of the Parish of Terrebonne. 
 
 47 
 
 Minor proprietor. 3 miles from 
 Houma. 
 
 Crescent Farm Planting Asso¬ 
 ciation, 5 miles from Houma. Dr. 
 H. J. Sanders, manager. 
 
 Ellendale Plantation, McCollam 
 Bros., proprietors. 7 miles from 
 Houma. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Ardoyne Plantation, Shaffer 
 Bros., proprietor®, miles from 
 Houma. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Belle Grove Plantation, J. M. 
 McBride, proprietor. 9 miles from 
 Houma. Ellendale postoffice. 
 
 Rebecca Plantation, Kocke and 
 Prejean, lessees. 11 miles from 
 Houma. Minerva postoffice. 
 
 Magnolia Plantation, J. J. Shaf¬ 
 fer, proprietor. 12 miles from 
 Houma. Minerva postoffice. 
 
 Isle de Cuba Plantation. David 
 Levy, proprietor, 807 Common St., 
 New Orleans. 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
 Duncan Brown, superintendent 
 
 Southdown refinery, 331 Chartres 
 St., New Orleans. 
 
 Schools—Public. 
 
 Moise School, Mrs. E. W. Glenn, 
 principal. 
 
 Ellendale School, Arthur Kelly, 
 principal. 
 
 Point Barre School, I. Duplan 
 tier, principal. 
 
 Point au Chien, Edgar Lapelle, 
 principal. 
 
 Crescent School (col.), J. D. 
 Brown, principal. 
 
 Smith School, Miss Amy Tyson, 
 principal. 
 
 Sugar Makers. 
 
 Lawson Bergeron, sugar maker 
 Ardoyne refinery. Service one 
 year. Houma postoffice. 
 
 Wheelwright. 
 
 J. Miller, wheelwright South- 
 down plantation, 2609 Bienville 
 St., New Orleans. Present P. O. 
 Houma. 
 
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