Quintero, John Marshall

Submitted by Mike Miller

John Marshall Quintero, a native son of New Orleans, has practiced law in that city for over twenty years, having gained exceptional standing and success in his profession. He has his law offices in the Canal Commercial Bank Building.

He was born at New Orleans, March 7, 1871, son of Joseph Augustin and Eliza F. (Bournos) Quintero. His father was a distinguished Louisianan, and during the war between the states served in the Quitman Rifles and was commissioner to Mexico for the Confederate state government.

John Marshall Quintero was educated in the public schools and in Jesuit College, and as a young man gave some years of service to the postal department of the United States Government. Since 1902 he has practiced law and has been engaged in notarial work. In his profession he confines, his attention to civil practice. Since 1906 he has been vice-consul of Costa Rica at New Orleans. Mr. Quintero is a democrat. He is a member of the Elks, the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, carnival organizations, and the Catholic Church. He is unmarried.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 393, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.