Biography of R. M. Filhiol, Ouachita, Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), p. 414.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.



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B. M. Filhiol of Logtown, La., is a native of this state and was born in
Monroe, La. His father, John B. Filhiol, was born in the town of Monroe in
1815.  Our subject was reared and educated in Ouachita parish, La, and
succeeded his father in 1885 in the operation of his beautiful plantation
on the Ouachita river.  He has also a large interest in other lands and in
a number of co-operations in the state.  He is a very active politician and
takes a great interest in all things that tend to the upbuilding of the
community and the state in which he lives.  His greatest pride is in his
large mercantile and planting business, which he has operated very
successfully for some time.

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