LABOVE, Joseph T., St. Martin then Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
Section




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JOSEPH T. LABOVE, DEROUEN.--The subject of this sketch was born March
19, 1854, in St. Martin parish.   He is the son of Adolph Labove and
Poupan Labove, both natives of St. Martin parish:  They became the
parents of four sons and three daughters, viz.:  Alphonsene,  Pierre, 
Joseph (our subject),  Constance (deceased),  Eugene,  Eugenie, and 
Damonville.

J. T. Labove was reared in the parish of St. Martin, and received a
limited education.  His father being an invalid, caused by a stroke of
paralysis, our subject was compelled at the age of twelve years to begin
work for the support of his parents, accepting anything for which he
received a remuneration.  He continued work as a farm hand until 1862,
when he married Miss Pauline Robichaux, of Iberia parish.  For some time
after his marriage he was engaged in planting, and subsequently spent a
short while in Texas.  From an attack of sickness his health was
impaired, and he spent some time in Jefferson parish, on the gulf,
recuperating.  In 1887 he removed to Texas, where he remained for the
period of a year, during which time he engaged in farming; but being
convinced that Louisiana afforded better advantages for planting than
Texas, he returned to Iberia parish and is now engaged as manager of an
orange grove owned by Charles Walker, of Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. and Mrs. Labove are the parents of eight children, four sons and
four daughters, viz.:  Felician,  Lathilda,  Eugene,  Eugenia Ermine, 
Duchias,  Joseph, Jr., and  Clemence.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
pp. 121-122.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The
Gulf Publishing Company.