PROFILE OF DR. V.O. SCHAYOT PLAQUEMINES PARISH LOUISIANA
Submitted by: Gladys Stovall Armstrong 
From "The Protector 23 June 1900"



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DR. V.O. Schayot 
(Health Officer) 
born in 1869 at Pointe-ala- Hache, son of Charles Schayot, a well known 
prominent merchant of Plaquemines , and was born in Alsace, (Strasburg) 
Germany. Dr. Schayot received his early education under his brother and 
at public schools. He entered Slan...laus College in 1884, but the death 
of his Mother compelled him to leave without his degree. In 1887 he became 
a student of Tulane University. He received his first instructions in Latin 
at the home of his brother and later under a private teacher, His school 
career occupied a period of 10 years.

Being a lover of nature, in 1888 he turned to medicine. He was matriculated 
at Tulane Medical Department University of Louisiana and took his first 
course during the session of 1888-89. He entered his second and third year 
at the same institution. Fro, 1892 - 96, he was the health officer of 
Plaquemines Parish and served as Coroner for four years thereafter. Since 
graduation, Pointe-ala-Hache has been his home.