Grouchy, Alex, Jr.;  Orleans Parish; now East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
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Grouchy, Alex., Jr., mayor of Baton Rouge, president and general 
manager of the Istrouma hotel, was born in New Orleans March 23, 
1870, of French parents.  His father, Alex., and mother, Zoe (Dupuy) 
Grouchy, have a family of 4 children, of whom Mayor Grouchy is the 
eldest.  The others are Julia, Frank and Emma.  Since the age of 8 
the subject of this sketch has been a resident of the capital of 
Louisiana, when his father and mother removed from the Crescent City, 
where they had won deserved reputation the conduct of the restaurant 
business.  After receiving primary and grammar education in the 
schools of Baton Rouge, young Grouchy was sent to Spring Hill 
college, Alabama, where he studied for 3 years.  Leaving college, 
he began his business career in New Orleans as clerk in the employ 
of a lumber company, and next at the desk in the office of a firm 
of sugar merchants.  In 1893 he was united in wedlock to Miss 
Victoria Gass of Baton Rouge, and they took up their residence in 
that city the following year.  Mr. Grouchy established, and conducted 
with much success, the Capital and the Grouchy hotel, and in 1908 
became manager, and now is president and business head of the Istrouma, 
one of the finest and best-known establishments of its kind in that 
section of the state, and favorite headquarters of social and political 
gatherings.  Always taking lively interest in public affairs and in 
civic activities, Mr. Grouchy enjoys great popularity.  He was elected 
to the city council in 1910 and next received the votes of his fellow 
councilmen for the position of mayor, filling the unexpired term of 
Hon. Jules Roux.  In April, 1914, he was elected as the first mayor 
under the commission form of government.  Having joined the Order of 
Elks, Mr. Grouchy rose to the exalted office of district deputy for 
the state of Louisiana, during the year 1912; he also is a member of 
the Paternal Order of Eagles and of the Order of Red Men.  With his 
wife and 2 children Mr. Grouchy lives happily in Baton Rouge.  The 
eldest of their family is Hazel, a charming young girl of 19, and 
the younger, Cyrill, is 17 years of age.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, 
Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic 
Form (volume 3), p. 186.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.