Biography of 	Generally, Joseph Edward; Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller February 1998

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Generelly, Joseph Edward, a criminal lawyer of an enviable reputation, 
is a native son of Louisiana, born in the city of New Orleans on the 
29th day of Dec., 1874, the son of Laurent E. and Denise (Villere) 
Generelly.  His father was born in New Orleans, in which city he died 
Oct. 23, 1909, at the age of 58 years.  He was a son of Fleury and 
Elizabeth (Monsier) Generelly, his father also being a native of New 
Orleans, and his father, Fleury Generelly, was born in France and was a 
soldier of the French army, serving in the defense of Saint Domingo 
against the British, taken as a prisoner of war to Charleston, S. C., 
where he was subsequently released.  He located in New Orleans and 
became the progenitor of his family in America.  The father of Joseph 
Edward Generelly was, for the greater part of his life, a federal 
government employee, the last 15 years being in the auditor's office 
in the custom house at New Orleans.  His wife was a daughter of Denis 
Villere, a member of the distinguished Villere family of Louisiana, 
which furnished the second governor of the state.  Laurent E. Generelly 
and wife had 2 sons and 6 daughters, all of whom were born and reared 
in New Orleans.  Joseph Edward Generelly graduated from Jesuits College 
in 1890, and then while holding a clerical position attended lectures 
in law at evenings in the law school of Tulane university, from which 
he graduated in 1895, since when he has successfully practiced law in 
New Orleans, making a specialty of the criminal law and winning the 
reputation of an able criminal lawyer.  Mr. Generelly lias found time 
from the practice of his profession for political and public service.  
From 1898 to 1900 he served as assistant district attorney; from 1900 
to 1902, and again from 1908 to 1912, as attorney for the New Orleans 
city board of health; was elected to the house of representatives in 
1908 and reelected in 1912, and has served with distinction in the 
legislature where he became the floor leader of the regular Democrats.  
Mr. Generelly is a member of the Roman Catholic church, also of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  In 1897 he married Miss Elise 
Sarpy, the daughter of Dr. Emile Sarpy of New Orleans.  Mr. Generelly 
has forged his way to the front in his profession, holds a high rank 
as a criminal lawyer and member of the Louisiana state bar, and by his 
public service attained to rank among the leading men of his state.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, 
Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic 
Form (volume 3), p. 177.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.