Biography of 	NAEF, Leonhard, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller November 1998

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New Orleans Elevator & Warehouse company.  This well-known house was 
the first large elevator built in New Orleans, La., in 1868, but since 
that time, three large floating elevators have been added and the 
business largely increased.  In the month of April, 1892, this company 
handled and loaded on foreign-going steamers over 3,250,000 bushels of 
grain, which about shows the average of the last season, while in 1890-
91 very little was done on account of crop failures on this side, and 
only 2,108,919 bushels of corn were shipped against 14,156,199 the year 
before.  Leonhard Naef is the manager, secretary and treasurer of this 
company and has been more or less connected with it since 1870, but had 
taken full charge in 1881.  He was born in Switzerland in 1847, coming 
to New Orleans in 1869, where he has always resided.  In 1881 Mr. Naef 
was a member of the city council for one term, when he served on 
streets, landings and various other committees; this was when Gen. W. 
J. Behan was mayor.  He was also connected with the large cotton and 
grain commission house of Engster & Co., one of the largest exporting 
houses at that time in New Orleans.  It was through energy and close 
application to business that he has worked his way to the prominent 
position he now holds, and a great part of the success of the elevator 
company is due to his business ability.  He was married in 1871 to Miss 
Eliz Klink, a native of Germany, who came to the United States in 1868, 
and this union has been blessed with sons and daughters.  Mr. Naef is a 
member of various societies and clubs of the city of New Orleans.  His
father is Jacob Naef, a resident of Switzerland and still residing 
there, being eighty years old; he was engaged in the hide and fur 
business as well as farming.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 273 .
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.