MARRERO, Frank G., M. D., Natchez, MS., then St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be Reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any Other organization or persons. Persons or organizations Desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent Of the contributor, or the legal representative of the Submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with Proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Marrero, Frank G., M. D., physician, of Covington, La., and long identified with public affairs, was born at Natchez, Miss., Jan. 21, 1855. He is the 5th son born to Bastian A. and Lydia Ami (Swayze) Marrero. The father was reared on a farm, educated in the common schools, and followed overseeing for some years in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. While yet a young man he went to Adams county, Miss., where he married Miss Phipps, who bore him 1 child, a girl, both mother and child dying in less than 2 years. He engaged in merchandising at Natchez until 1855, when be moved to Concordia parish, La., and followed cotton planting until 1862. In that year he moved to Franklin parish, later to Ouachita, and in 1867 to St. Bernard, his native parish. His parents were Spaniards, who settled in St. Bernard many years ago and remained there until their death. Lydia Ann Swayze died in Concordia parish in 1857. She was the eldest daughter of Louis H. Swayze, a cotton planter of Adams county, Miss. Dr. Frank G. Marrero, having acquired the necessary preliminary education, entered Tulane university, from which he received the degree of M. D. After some previous experience in his professional work, he located in Covington in 1885. By close attention to his professional calling and being constantly on the alert to improve himself in its manifold developments, he has acquired a satisfactory and in every way desirable practice. As a democrat, he has taken a lively interest in all local questions of importance. His standing in the community where he lives may be judged by the fact that he has been mayor of the city of Covington for 3 terms. His religious affiliations are with the Catholic church. April 30, 1884, Dr. Marrero married Miss Adeline Ames, daughter of Charles P. and Harriet (Moore) Ames, of New York. To their union 1 son, Edward Frank, was born Dec. 10, 1885. Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, pp. 781-782. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit. D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. ***************** MILLER, (Justice) Henry C., St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. Miller, (Justice), Henry Carlton, successively United States district attorney and justice of the supreme court of the state of Louisiana, was born at Covington, La., in the year 1828, son of Branch W. Miller, who was a lawyer of prominence and reporter of the Louisiana supreme court from 1831 to 1834, inclusive, in which latter year the father died. Henry Carlton Miller received such education as was common to young men of the South at that time. His primary instruction was received in private schools, but the advanced knowledge he gained as a young man was derived from careful private study and from extensive and intelligent reading a habit he retained until it is said reading had become second nature with him, and erudition a marked characteristic. After the completion of his earlier studies, Mr. Miller accepted a position as clerk in the postoffice. When nineteen years of age he began the study of law in the office of Elmore & King, one of the leading law firms of that time. Mr. Elmore, who later became Judge Elmore, was then attorney general of Louisiana. After the completion of his professional studies, and creditable passage of the required examination, Mr. Miller was admitted to the bar in the year 1851, and began the practice of law in the city of New Orleans. Three years later he entered into partnership with Thomas Hunton, and in 1858, when Hon. Thomas J. Semmes was elected attorney general of Louisiana, Mr. Miller was appointed to succeed him as United States district attorney, this being only 7 years from the time Mr. Miller had commenced the practice of law. He remained incumbent of that office until the state of Louisiana seceded from the Union, when he was appointed to the same position under the Confederacy. In this capacity, throughout the period of the Civil war, he was a part of the "Nomadic court," which moved from place to place as the Federal lines of conquest came too close for officer. Returning to New Orleans after the surrender. Mr. Miller practiced law alone until the summer of 1869, when he became associated with the firm of Lea, Finney & Miller, previously Bradford, Lea & Finney, and prior to that Benjamin, Bradford & Finney, eventually succeeding to the large legal practice of those firms, of which he finally became the only surviving member. During these years Mr. Miller was attorney for the Canal and Louisiana National banks, for the Citizens' bank during 25 years, and for the board of liquidation of the city debt from the time of creation of that board, being of counsel in almost every important case in which the city was involved up to the time of his appointment as a justice of the supreme court of Louisiana. He was attorney for a number of large corporations, and enjoyed the patronage of a very large general clientele, resulting in an extensive and important business, at once a test and a proof of superior legal abilities. In 1893, when Mr. Justice Parlange was appointed Federal judge for the eastern district of Louisiana, there were the usual number of candidates for the prospective vacancy on the supreme bench, but Gov. Foster went outside the field of aspirants and asked Mr. Miller to accept the appointment so soon as the U. S. senate should confirm Judge Parlange's nomination. At first Mr. Miller declined, but Gov. Foster pressed the matter, and the appointment was finally accepted, rather against the will of the appointee. After having served on the supreme bench with distinguished ability during a number of years, and while yet incumbent of that high office, Justice Miller died at his home in New Orleans at 11 :45 p. m., Saturday, March 4, 1899, after a brief illness. Justice Miller was twice married. His first wife was Miss Louisa Knox, a daughter of Thomas B. Knox, of St. Landry parish, La., and 3 children were born to this union, namely: Branch Knox Miller, who became a distinguished lawyer of the New Orleans bar, now deceased, and who is elsewhere referred to in this work; Grace, widow of Horatio W. Turner, and Annie, wife of Dr. A. W. de Roaldes. Some years after the death of his first wife, Judge Miller was married to Miss Laura Clement, a daughter of Dr. Charles Clement, of Iberville, La. This marriage was in the year 1866, and 4 children, as follow, were born to this union: Clement Miller, now deceased; Mrs. E. W. Hall, of Baltimore, Md., and the Misses Laura and Ethel Miller, of New Orleans. Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 799-800. Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. ************* MOISE, Leonard C., Orleans then St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be Reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any Other organization or persons. Persons or organizations Desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent Of the contributor, or the legal representative of the Submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with Proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Moise, Leonard Compton, of Covington, St. Tammany parish, was born at New Orleans, June 8, 1862; son of Theo. S. and Mathilde (Vaughn) Moise; the former died at the age of 76 and the latter when 72 years of age. After studying at the Christian Brothers' college, Bay St. Louis, Miss., and next at Spring Hill college, near Mobile, Ala., Mr. Moise took up the practice of law. He was attorney of the town of Houma, and district attorney of Terrebonne parish. For the past 9 years he has been a resident of Covington, where he is engaged in the practice of law. Mr. Moise is a member of the St. Tammany bar, and of the supreme court bar of the state. He married, Feb. 17, 1887, Miss Regina Mouton, daughter of Onesime and Mathilde (Dugas) Mouton, of Louisiana, and niece of the late ex-Gov. Mouton, of Louisiana. Mr. and Mrs. Moise have 8 children. The eldest is Marie Lucille, now Mrs. Bernard Dauterive, 25 years of age; mother of Vaughn, and Bernard Dauterive; the other children are: Leonard Sidney, Robert Vaughn, Rock Compton, Thomas Garland, Anthony Kenneth, Joseph Russell and Rita Louise. In religion, Mr. Moise is a Catholic, and in politics a democrat. Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, pp. 729-730. Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit. D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.