DROUET, Louis N., Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
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LOUIS N. DROUET, NEW IBERIA.--Louis N. Drouet was born in Jefferson
parish, February 19, 1860.  He is the son of John L. and Marie A.
(Trouard) Drouet, both natives of Jefferson parish, born 1824 and 1830,
respectively.  They were married August 2, 1846, and to this union were
born six sons and seven daughters, viz.:  Pierre August,  Felicite Nais
(deceased),  Joseph Prosper,  Mary Adele,  Louis Numa (our subject), 
Louis Ferdinand,  Joseph Frank (deceased),  Mary Pauline,  Mary Leocadie
(deceased),  Joseph (deceased),  Mary (deceased),  Jeanne Mary,  Sophie. 
John L. Drouet died January 10, 1889.

The subject of this sketch was reared and educated chiefly in Iberia
parish.  After leaving school he assisted his father in running the
plantation and subsequently he was engaged in the Lhote Sash
Manufacturing Company of New Orleans for a period of five years, when he
returned to Iberia parish and engaged with his father in his plantation
and mercantile business.  Since the death of his father he and his elder
brother have assumed charge of the business and operate it successfully.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
p. 105.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.