1891 Biography - F. R. Habert

F. R. HABERT, FRANKLIN. – F. R. Habert is a native of St. Mary parish, born in Franklin, 1857. He is the son of Augustin and Adeline Habert, both natives of France. Augustin Habert became a merchant of Franklin, and died in France in 1871. His widow survived him until 1883. She was one of the pioneers of this parish.

F. R. Habert is the only child of his parents now living. He received his early education in Franklin, and in 1864 he went with his parents to France, where he remained until 1872. During that time he attended college. In 1873 he returned to France, and completed his studies in the Lyceum of Poitiers. He then returned to his native State and engaged is merchandising. In 1879 he married Miss Sidonie DelaHoussaye, of St. Mary parish. She is the daughter of Arthur DelaHoussaye, a merchant of Franklin. In 1880 he gave up his mercantile business and engaged in planting. His plantation, known as Central Park, is located on the west bank of Bayou Teche, four miles from Franklin. It consists of four hundred acres of land, two hundred of which he has put in cultivation since he owned it. He grows principally sugar cane and corn. He averages about three thousand pounds of sugar per acre, and uses a single mill and open kettle process. He raises eighteen barrels of corn per acre. His land is well improved, and all his buildings are first class. He is the father of six children, viz: Ren‚, Arthur, Adeline, Sidonie, Edouard and Lucie.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 368.