DIMITRY, D. A., Orleans then Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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D. A. DIMITRY, CARENCRO.--Dracos A. Dimitry, railroad and express agent at
Carencro station, is a native of Louisiana, born in New Orleans in 1859.  He
is the son of M. D. and Caroline (Powers) Dimity, natives of New Orleans,
Louisiana, and Waltham, Mass., respectively.  M. D. Dimitry was a principal of
the New Orleans Female Academy for a number of years.  He afterward became
assistant superintendent of the Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific Railroad
Company, which position he filled for some time.  He was a member of the Seven
Wise Men and of the I. O. O. F.  He died in 1873; his widow still survives him
and now resides in New Orleans.  Mr. and Mrs. Dimitry were the parents of
fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters.  Three sons and two
daughters are now living, viz.:  Theodore J.,  Alexander J.,  Mary C., wife of
J. T. Block;  Clino S., wife of Capt. J. Gale.

The subject of this sketch received his education at the Lusher High School,
New Orleans, Louisiana.  He was married in that city in 1882, to Miss Lizzie
Ruth, a native of Washington, D. C., daughter of Capt. Fenwick Ruth.  Capt.
Ruth was a soldier in the Mexican war, and there obtained his title of
captain.  To Mr. Dimitry and wife have been born four children, two of whom
are living, viz.: Dracos and Lizzie.  Our subject has been connected with the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company for fourteen years, acting as agent and day
operator.  He formerly had charge of the Southern Pacific signal station at
Shell Island, for eight years, and in 1888 took charge of his present
position.   He is a member of the American Legion of Honor, St. Mary's
Council, 1161.  He and family are members of the Catholic church.  Mr. Dimitry
has always been a staunch democrat.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 218. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.