HUBER, Zeno, GER., then Acadia Parish, Louisiana ---------------------------------------------------------- Submitted for the LA GenWeb by Mike Miller, Oct 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------- * ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ZENO HUBER, FABACHER.--Zeno Huber was born in 1836 in Germany. He is the son of Martin and Mary (Fromnerz) Huber, both natives of Germany, where they were reared, married and became the parents of three children, one son and two daughters, viz.: Caroline, Mary, and Zeno, the subject of this sketch. The father was a farmer and inn-keeper; he died 1846. Mrs. Huber afterward married Conrad Baumgarten, and to this union were born two children, Frederick and John. Mrs. Baumgarten and family removed to America in 1850, landing in New Orleans the 5th of November, having been ninety-six days in making the trip. In the yellow fever epidemic of 1853 the whole of the family died with the exception of the subject of this sketch. Remaining in New Orleans until 1870, he engaged in a grocery and retail liquor business. At this time he removed to his present place of residence, where he owns eight hundred acres of land, two hundred of which are under cultivation. Mr. Huber gives his principal attention to rice culture, though he also raises some corn and potatoes. He was one of the first to experiment in rice culture. Mr. Huber served as post-master at Fabacher from 1878 to 1889. With this exception he has given his attention exclusively to his plantation interests. He was married in 1860 to Mrs. Anna Mees Lote, widow of Martin Lote, a native of Germany. During the Civil War, Mr. Huber served for five months, 1861, in Company I, Col. Girard's regiment. Returning to New Orleans at the expiration of this time he did not again enter the service. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 264-265. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company. # # #