DURIO, Homer, St. Landry then Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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HOMER DURIO, CARENCRO.--Homer Durio was born in St. Landry parish, Louisiana,
August 16, 1863.  He is the son of A. L. Durio, whose sketch appears above.

The subject of this sketch is the third of a large family of children.  He
received his education in St. Landry parish, and in 1883 engaged with his
uncle, Adelin Durio, as a clerk at Carencro.  A year later he purchased the
business, and has since conducted it with good success.  His business of the
present year 1890, will amount to $35,000.  Mr. Durio was married, February
25, 1884, to Miss Irma Voorhies, of Lafayette parish.  They are the parents of
three children, all living, viz.:  Paul,  Frank,  Homer, Jr.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
220-223.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.