1891 Biography - W. H. Cary

W. H. CARY, MERMENTEAU. -- W. H. Cary, in partnership with J. J. Bibbins, operates one of the largest rice plantations in Louisiana. The product of their plantation in 1889 was thirty-five hundred barrels of rice. The plantation consists of four hundred and fifty acres of land, one hundred and fifty of which are under cultivation. Mr. Cary is a native of Louisiana, born in St. Mary parish in 1843. He is the son of J. B. and Eleanor (Gordy) Cary. J. B. Cary was a native of New York. He removed to Louisiana early in life, where he worked at the carpenter trade. He married our subject's mother in St. Mary parish, and they were the parents of eight children, of whom W. H. is the third in order of birth. Only three of the family are living, viz.: W. H., R. E. and J. B. The father died in 1855, and the mother in 1887. Both were members of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Cary is an enterprising young business man, and has made a good start in life. His farm is a model one and well improved; he has on it a small orange grove, besides other fruit trees. His partner, Mr. Bibbins, is a young man of high standing in business and social circles. He was born in Ohio, in 1854, and is the son of J. J. and Mary (Fish) Bibbins, of New York. J. J. is the second of a family of three children born to them. He removed to Louisiana in 1870, and owns one hundred and sixty acres of land at this place, which he has since well improved. By trade he is a carpenter, but devotes most of his time to planting.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, pages 254-257.