Biography of 	Lefevre, Louis F. Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller August 2001

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Louis F. Lefevre.  Among the well-known citizens of Amite, which pleasant city has 
been his chosen home for more than two decades, no one is more highly respected in 
civic and social life or held more trustworthy in business circles than Louis F. 
Lefevre, notary public and former chief deputy clerk of the court of Tangipahoa 
Parish, and assistant superintendent of education.

Mr. Lefevre was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21, 1867, a son of August and 
Henrietta (Gabriel) Lefevre.  Both parents spent their lives in the City of New Orleans.
The father was born there in 1830, engaged in business as a hat merchant, and died in 
1870. The mother was born in 1848, and died in her native city in 1873.  They were 
members of the Roman Catholic Church.  They had two sons:  Henry and  Louis F.  Henry 
Lefevre was born in September, 1865, and died at New Orleans in 1915.

Louis F. Lefevre was educated in the public schools of New Orleans and was graduated 
from St. Phillip High School in the class of 1885, and both he and his brother learned 
the printing trade an followed the same in New Orleans.  In the meanwhile Mr. Lefevre 
had also become an expert stenographer, and in 1902, after coming to Amite, he was 
appointed chief deputy clerk of the court Tangipahoa Parish and court stenographer, 
in which offices he continued until 1912, when he became assistant superintendent of 
education of Tangipahoa Parish, the duties of which office he performed with method 
and efficiency until he embarked in business for himself in 1915.  He continues to 
exercise his marked stenographic skill as a court reporter, and for some years has 
been a notary public, but perhaps the greater part of his the is given to the abstract 
business and to fire insurance risks, being the accredited agent in this parish of the 
National Surety Company.  His offices are conveniently situated on Oak Street, just 
opposite the courthouse.  Mr. Lefevre married, June 16, 1897, at Independence, Louisiana,
Miss Mary Belle Buck, who was born at Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.  They are 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  In political sentiment Mr. Lefevre 
has always been a democrat, as was his father.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 304-305, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by 
The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.