Ascension County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Cherbonnier, Ernest - April 12, 1837 - March 26, 1906
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CHERBONNIER, Ernest - (1837 - 1906)

ERNEST CHERBONNIER, planter, Central, La. Helvetia plantation, bordering on the 
Neta crevasse in St. James parish, La., and owned by Ernest Cherbonnier, is one 
of the finest on this side in the parish. It was one of two plantations not 
flooded during the late inundation. Mr. Cherbonnier was born in Ascension 
parish, La., April 12, 1837, and is the son of Victor Cherbonnier, who was a 
native of France. The latter was taken from college when but seventeen years of 
age, and was made to serve in the army of Napoleon I. He was in many 
engagements, the most prominent being Waterloo, was severely wounded and 
received medals for bravery, etc. He served in the cavalry, and was in the march 
to Moscow. Mr. Cherbonnier came to America when a young man of twenty-three or 
twenty-four, with the intention of making an honest living and a fortune. He 
first located in New Orleans, but later went to Natchitoches, where he was 
president of the college at that place. While there he met and married Miss 
Marie Therese, of New Orleans, and subsequently moved to Ascension parish, La., 
where he erected one of the largest saw mills in the state at that time. He had 
much confidence in his friends and thus lost a great deal of money, but still 
was a successful business man. His father was a coal miner in France. Mr. 
Cherbonnier always advocated the principles of democracy. He died in 1860 at the 
age of sixty-eight, and was interred in the cemetery at New Orleans. Mrs. 
Cherbonnier died in 1885, at the age of eighty-two years. To their union were 
born six children: Victor, Jr., the eldest son, went to California in 1849, and 
was drowned in San Francisco bay. Camille is with the oil works in Gretna, La., 
Cecelia, Ernest (subject), and two who died in early childhood. Ernest 
Cherbonnier was educated at Spring Hill college, taking a commercial course, and 
in 1857 he began clerking for a commission house, remaining with the same for 
some time. After this he was a sugar broker until 1876, when he went to La 
Fourche parish, and in 1883 he came to St. James parish, where he purchased 
Helvetia plantation in 1886. He has 960 acres fronting Neta crevasse, and a back 
tract of a section and a half. A great portion of Helvetia plantation is 
prepared for cultivation. Last season he made 570,000 pounds of sugar. During 
the late war he belonged to the Orleans guards, but went to France in 1862, and 
there remained until 1865. After returning he found himself without means and 
had to commence again. His brother Camille was in the Eighteenth Louisiana 
infantry, Captain _____ company, and was in active service all the time. On May 
28, 1861, Mr. Cherbonnier was married to Miss Arthemise Horang, of Jefferson 
parish, La. Like his father, he has always been a democrat in politics, and is 
opposed to all lottery schemes. He is a member of the Catholic church.


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