Guinle, H. [Heppolite] B.

Submitted by Mike Miller

The Guinle Manufacturing company, limited, New Orleans, La. This well-known company is one of the largest and most successful of its kind, and has a reputation, not only in the South, but all over the United States. The company was established by H. B. Guinle in 1878 for the purpose of manufacturing sausage and mustard, and in 1884, in connection with this they took up the manufacture of all kinds of pickles, spices, chow-chow, oils, etc. January 7, 1892, a stock company was organized, with a capital of $100,000 and H. B. Guinle as president, to whom the chief success of the company is attributed. The business was started on a very small scale, but now ranks among the most extensive of its kind in the United States. H. B. Guinle., the efficient president, was born in France in 1847 and there educated. He learned the shoemaker's trade in his native country, came to New Orleans January 23, 1867, worked at his trade two years when he became a butcher. This business he has since followed, in connection with his other, and occupied five stalls in Poydras Market, New Orleans, La. He attributes his success in life to industry and hard work. The factory now occupies 127 feet including from 122 to 138 Dryades street, this city, and when it was first opened only occupied twenty-four feet on one side of the present building, which alone shows the enormous increase of the business. Mr. Guinle was married in 1869 to Miss Matie Ozun of Francs, and the union has been blessed with one daughter and four sons, all living. The family are members of the Catholic church and Mr. Guinle is a member of the French Benevolent society. In 1874 he was made lieutenant of a militia, on the memorable 14th of September. He came to New Orleans without a dollar but is now worth many thousands.

The Guinle Manufacturing company is the successor of the Crescent Steam Sausage, Mustard Factory and Pickle Works of New Orleans, and on the 8th of January, 1892, was organized into a joint stock company, with a capital stock of $100,000. The business was founded in 1878 by H. B. Guinle, who manufactured mustard and sausage, but developed into a pickle, catsup and salad oil manufactory as well.

Mr. Guinle was born in the south of France in 1847 and on the 28d of January, 1867, emigrated to America, and for two years thereafter worked at his trade of shoemaker. Subsequently he followed the calling of a butcher for some years, but discontinued it to engage in his present occupation. He is now doing an annual business of about $50,000, and is president of the joint stock company, Jules Dejan being vice-president, and Joseph Faust secretary and treasurer. Mr. Guinle was married to Miss Mattie Ozun, and their union has resulted in the birth of five children: Theresa, John, Hipolyte, Jule J., and Felix. Joseph Faust, the secretary and treasurer of the firm, was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1857, but at the age of six years he was brought South by his parents who settled in New Orleans.

They were Joseph and Mary Agnes (Faby) Faust, the former of whom was a manufacturer of wooden ware, a native of Philadelphia, Penn., and a German by descent. He died in 1875. The mother's birth occurred in Covington, Ky., and she is still living in the enjoyment of good health. She bore her husband four daughters and two sons, Joseph Faust being their eldest child. He was educated in New Orleans and for some years was a "knight of the grip-sack." He was afterward in the mail service of the United States for some time, then resigned to enter mercantile life, which received his attention until 1889, when he became connected with the Guinle Manufacturing company as bookkeeper, becoming a member of the firm when it was organized into a stock company. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Coomrage, a native of Chicago, Ill., and by her is the father of six children: William, Laura, Arthur, Bertha, Joseph, and Robert. Politically he is a republican.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), pp. 454-455. Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.