Judge Henry L. Daigre , Point Coupee & Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker

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Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

JUDGE HENRY L. DAIGRE, attorney at law, abstractor and land agent of
Alexandria, La.  The magnitude of the business in which Mr. Daigre is
engaged, and the activity of the market, has enlisted the services of many
of the most responsible men in this section, and among the number is Mr.
Daigre, of whom it is but just to say that his good name is above reproach,
and that he has won the confidence and esteem of all who know him.  His
life, like that of the truly self-made man, has been quite interesting, and
a few facts connected with his early career will not be out of place.  He
was born in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., December 23, 1832, to Louis and
Isabella (Jewell) Daigre, the former of whom was born in Parish, France,
about 1807, and the latter in Virginia, about 1812.  The father was
educated in his native city, and shortly after he left school and before he
arrived at years of maturity, he came to the United States and settled in
Louisiana, and the remainder of his life was devoted to planting.  The
maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a native German, and
both his parents were Catholics, his father dying in Louisiana, in 1839,
and his mother in 1852.  Judge Henry L. Daigre received his education in La
Grange College, Oldham County, Ky., and after leaving school he read law
with Alfred Hennen, of New Orleans.  He was admitted to the bar before the
Supreme Court of that city, in 1857, and practiced his profession until the
opening of the Rebellion, when he organized Company H.  Col. John Scott,
First Louisiana Cavalry, was assigned tot he Tennessee Department, and was
in many important and bloody battles, serving faithfully until the close of
the war, being mustered out as captain, although he had entered as second
lieutenant.  He received two quite severe wounds, one in the groin, and the
other in his right hand, but was unfitted for duty for about only two
months.  He was paroled at Baton Rouge, in the spring of 1865, and the
following year removed to Alexandria, where he has since resided.  He was
married in October, 1866, to Miss Sarah Corinne Ringgold, a daughter of
Jacob and Harmeline (Baillio) Ringgold, the father being a cousin of the
distinguished Maj. Ringgold, of Mexican War fame.  In 1871 Mr. Daigre was
appointed parish judge, to fill an unexpired term, and the following year
he was elected to this office, and has served six years.  Since that time,
however, he has devoted his attention exclusively to the practice of his
profession, coupled with real estate, and has met with well deserved
success.  He is a member of Oliver Lodge No. 84, of the A. F. & A. M., of
Alexandria, and he and his family, which consists of his wife and ten
children-six sons and four daughters-belong to the Catholic Church.