1892 Biography - H. H. Filhiol

H. H. Filhiol of Sinope, La., was born in the town of Monroe, in 1845. His father, John B. Filhiol, also a native of Monroe, La., was born in 1815, and received his education in the common schools. He was a merchant, planter and navigator. He began merchandising at Monroe, La., in 1841, an later at Logtown in 1865, and there established quite a reputation as a salesman. He was married in 1841 to Miss Nancy St. Clair Bellew, who bore him three children. The eldest son, Grammont, was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville during the Civil war. The subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, and R. M. the youngest. H. H. Filhiol, received his education in the common schools of this place, in and around Monroe, and enlisted in Company I, of the Fourth Louisiana cavalry in 1863 and served in the confederate army for two years. He is an active politician and is identified with many of the prominent local interests. He is an extensive planter on the Ouachita river, in the southern part of Ouachita parish, his principal crops being cotton and corn. He and his family are members of the Catholic church. He was married in 1875 to Miss Louisa A. Farrand, a native of Louisiana, who was born in 1850. They have had six children, all of whom are living except one who died in infancy. John B., the eldest, was born in 1876; Joseph Roland in 1880; Alfred F. in 1882; Estelle N. and Mary L. (twins) were born in the year 1887.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, published in 1892, volume 1, pages 413-414.