Biography of 	GUMBEL, Henry E., Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 529.  Edited by
Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Gumbel, Henry Elias, son of Simon and Sophie  (Lengsfield) Gumbel, was born
in New Orleans, Sept. 3, 1869.  Simon Gumbel was born in Abbisheim,
Germany, and came to America when about 14 years old.  He kept a small
store in Pointe Coupée parish for a few years and then came to New Orleans
where he began business as a cotton commission merchant, which he continued
until his death in 1909.  With the characteristic business acumen of his
race, and by a broad and liberal policy in all his dealings, he succeeded
in acquiring a large fortune.  On arriving in this country from his native
land he was practically penniless, and through a long course of industrious
and intelligent application he built up a large business, which is still
being carried on by his son.  Henry E. Gumbel attended private school in
New Orleans and later went to the Pennsylvania Military academy at Chester,
Pa.  After leaving that institution he began as a clerk in the office of S.
Gumbel & Co., and afterwards became president of S. Gumbel & Co., Ltd.,
succeeding his father in this office.  Mr. Gumbel is also president of a
number of other corporations among which are  Lafayette Sugar Refining Co.,
of Lafayette; Eagle Bag Co., of New Orleans; Pelican and Amelia Cotton
Press Co., of New Orleans; Sea Food Co., of Biloxi, Miss.  He is
vice-president of the United States Irrigation & Rice Milling Co., and is a
director in several banks.  Mr. Gumbel's enterprises have always been
successfully and ably managed by him and his advice is often sought as to
the values of commercial property.  He is one of foremost of New Orleans
business men and can always be relied upon to uphold the best traditions of
the Crescent City's merchants.