1891 Biography - R. Hauf

R. HAUF, GLENCOE. -- R. Hauf, a successful merchant of Glencoe, St. Mary parish, was born in Germany, February 26, 1844. He is the son of Isidore and Rachael (Levy) Hauf, both natives of Germany.

R. Hauf was reared and educated in Germany, and at the age of seventeen years he emigrated to America, locating at New Orleans, where he entered business as a clerk, in which capacity he served for a period of five years. He then went to Glencoe and engaged in a general mercantile business. Since that time he has been very successful and his business has rapidly increased. He is now sole proprietor of the store in which he carries a stock of three hundred thousand dollars, and does an annual business amounting to about twenty-five thousand dollars. He owns ten acres of land, upon which he has built tenement houses. He was married in 1870, to Miss Lena Seligman, born October 3, 1847, a native of Germany, and daughter of Gustave Seligman. To this union was born a daughter, Annie. Mr. Hauf has taken an active part in social affairs, at the same time giving strict attention to business. He has been justice of the peace of the second ward of St. Mary parish since 1888, and in 1880 was appointed member of the parish school board. He is also a member of the Democratic Parish Committee.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 369.