Biography of 	HENRIQUES, Albert David, St. Thomas Island, then 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), pp. 199-200.  Edited 
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical 
Association.

Henriques, Albert David, distinguished criminal lawyer and a prominent 
citizen of New Orleans, was born on the Island of St. Thomas, Jan. 26, 
1842.  His parents were Jacob and Rachael (Desola) Henriques.  His father 
was a native of England and so was his paternal grandfather, but his 
paternal great-grandfather was born in Spain, and the name Henriques is of 
Spanish origin.  The mother of Mr. Henriques was born on the Island of 
St. Thomas and was of Holland parentage.  Mr. Henriques was sent to New 
Orleans to be educated in the year 1852.  In 1854 his father removed to 
this city.  In 1853, in order to escape the yellow fever then raging in 
New Orleans, he was sent to the city of New York where he attended a 
private school and later New York college.  In 1856 he returned to New 
Orleans and became a law student in the office of Judge J. B. Cotton.  
In 1860 he graduated in the law from the University of Louisiana, and in 
March, 1861, he was admitted before the suprenie court of, Louisiana to 
practice law, but he did not then begin the practice of law, for the Civil 
war came on, and in April, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a 
private in Company A, New Orleans cadets, which was commanded by Capt. 
Charles D. Dreux.  He served in the army for 4 years, 1 month and 1 day. 
During the first year, Mr. Henriques served in the infantry, and thereafter 
in the artillery, under Capt. Charles E. Fenner.  During the trying days of 
the reconstruction period following the Civil war, Mr. Henriques was active 
in regaining control of affairs from the "carpet-baggers," and by reason of 
his connection with an organized company at that time he has since borne 
among those who know him the title of captain.  Soon after the war, Capt. 
Henriques actively entered into the practice of law in New Orleans, and for 
a period of nearly a half-century he has been numbered among the leading 
lawyers of the New Orleans bar.  For more than 20 years he has made a 
specialty of the criminal law, and during this period has been connected 
with many of the most important criminal cases in New Orleans and other 
parts of the state.  He has won an enviable reputation as a criminal 
lawyer, being recognized as one of the ablest criminal lawyers of the 
South.  Mr. Henriques has never sought political preferment, and aside 
from being for 4 years assistant district attorney and for 2 years attorney 
for the collector of in heritance taxes, he has held no political position. 
In politics he has always been an ardent Democrat, and he is a communicant 
of the Episcopal church.  In 1868 Capt. Henriques and Margaretta Elodia 
Clark were united in marriage.  Mrs. Henriques was born in New Orleans, and 
her father was the late James S. Clark, who came from Kentucky to New 
Orleans, where he became a merchant.  He was a Confederate veteran and 
served with gallantry in the war of secession.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Henriques 
were born the following children:  James C. Henriques, a lawyer;  Nellie 
Frederica ;  Albert D., a lawyer;  Margaret B., and  Joseph.  The last 
named is deceased.