Cullen Robert Liskow; Houston, TX., then Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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Cullen Robert Liskow.  A member of the legal profession of Calcasieu 
Parish who has made rapid strides in his profession and now occupies a 
position of preferment therein is Cullen Robert Liskow, whose 
headquarters are located at Lake Charles.  That he is counsel for the 
Union Sulphur Company at Houston, Texas, and Lake Charles, is 
sufficient evidence that he is a lawyer of broad and practical ability, 
thorough, determined, alert, versatile and resourceful.

Mr. Liskow was born at Houston, Texas, December 10, 1893, and is a 
son of Frederick William and Sarah (Sedgwick) Liskow, the latter of 
whom is deceased. Frederick W. Liskow is one of the prominent 
citizens of Elizabeth, Louisiana, where he is secretary of the Industrial 
Lumber Company, one of the large enterprises of that place.  Cullen R. 
Liskow attended the public schools of his native place, after leaving 
which he commenced the study of law in the office of Hon. A. P. Pujo, 
at Lake Charles.  He was admitted to the bar after an examination in 
1917, but his career, like those of other young men, was temporarily 
interrupted by the entrance of the United States into the World war, Mr. 
Liskow becoming regimental sergeant major, Judge Advocate General's 
Department, Headquarters, Thirty-ninth Division, with which he went 
to France with the American Expeditionary Forces.  On his return from 
abroad he became associated in practice with his former preceptor, 
Hon. A. P. Pujo, under the firm style of Pujo & Liskow, but this 
partnership was dissolved in November, 1921, Mr. Liskow at that time 
becoming counsel at Lake Charles, and Houston, Texas, for The Union 
Sulphur Company.  This position carries with it the active supervision 
of the intricate legal matters of the corporation, as well as the actual 
handling of a mass of details.  His mental strength keeps these matters 
well in hand, and he has also the reputation of being one of the capable 
general attorneys of Lake Charles, where he has built up an excellent 
clientele, maintaining offices in the Gordon Building.  In his private 
character he is sociable and approachable, and enjoys the 
companionship of his fellows, particularly in the Masonic fraternity, 
where he belongs to the Lodge, Chapter, Consistory and Mystic Shrine.  
Mr. Liskow is past post commander of the American Legion at Lake 
Charles, and belongs to several organizations of his profession.  At 
Lake Charles, Mr. Liskow was united in marriage with Miss Katherine 
Brainard West, of this place, daughter of George West.  Mr. West was 
formerly engaged in the insurance business at Lake Charles, but is now 
a banker of Long View, Washington.  Mr. and Mrs. Liskow have one 
son, George West.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 262, by Henry E. Chambers.  
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New 
York, 1925.