Dufour, H. Generes

Submitted by Mike Miller

Dufour, H. Generes, well known attorney of the Crescent City, was born in the city of New Orleans, La., Dec. 17, 1877; son of Elmore Dufour. He was reared and educated in the city of his nativity, where he graduated in engineering from Tulane university in the year 1896. Two years later he took the degree of LL. B. from the law school of the same institution, and shortly thereafter began practice as an attorney in the city of New Orleans. During the first 2 years of his professional practice he was associated with the late Branch K. Miller, but after the death of Mr. Miller, became an office associate of Judge Eugene Saunders, continuing this arrangement during 3 years. Mr. Dufour filled the important office of assistant U. S. district attorney under the late William W. Howe, 5 years. He is counsel for the board of liquidation of the New Orleans city debt, and is associated with his brother, William C., under the firm name of Dufour & Dufour. He affiliates with the democratic party and is a member of the Catholic church. In 1912 Mr. Dufour was married to Miss Edith Libby, daughter of the late J. W. Libby, long a prominent sugar planter and resident of New Orleans.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 800. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.