Submitted by Mike Miller
Joseph E. Bargas, merchant,
Regina, La., a prosperous planter and merchant at Grosse Tete, also
postmaster at that place, was born July 21, 1857, to the union of
Joseph E. Sr., and Uersel (Hotord) Bargas, the father a native of
New Orleans and the mother of Grosse Tete country. Grand-father
Bargas, who was a native of Mexico, died in New Orleans. Joseph E.
Bargas Sr., came to Grosse Tete country, which was then the garden
spot of Louisiana, when but eighteen years of age and engaged as
clerk in a mercantile establishment at that place. He subsequently
embarked in business for himself and in connection carried on
planting, at which he was very successful. He held the office of
magistrate before, during and after the war, and was also notary
public for some time. His death occurred in Iberville parish in
1879, when forty eight years of age. His widow is still living and
resides at Grosse Tete. Mr. Bargas was married twice, three children
being the fruits of his first union and six of the last. Joseph E.
Bargas, the eldest child by the second union, secured a liberal
education in Iberville parish and when yet a young boy began
assisting his father in the store. He had a good preceptor and
became thoroughly familiar with all the details of the business, his
father being considered a first-class business man. Mr. Bargas was
appointed postmaster under Harrison and is discharging the duties of
that office in a satisfactory manner. He is the owner of 4,500 acres
of swamp and improved land (on which grows some of the best cypress
in the world), and a considerable portion of which is very
productive. In 1878 Mr. Bargas married Miss Mary Lelia Bush,
daughter of Joseph Alfred Bush of Iberville parish, and they are the
parents of two children, both daughters. Socially Mr. Bargas is a
member of the Knights of Pythias and the Catholic Knights of
America. Although young in years he is a wide-awake, enterprising
business man, and merits the success which has attended his efforts.
From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume
2, p. 261.
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