ORY, Placide, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
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Ory, Placide, of Lions, was born in St. John the Baptist parish, Jan. 29,
1853, and is a son of Lezin and Melanie (Cambre) Ory, both of whom were
natives of that vicinity, as were the paternal grandparents, John Louis and
Mattias (Cambre) Ory.  The maternal grandparents, John Louis and Marie
Louise (Streck) Chauff, were natives of Germany.  The ancestors of the Ory
family in Louisiana came originally from Lorraine, France.  Placide was the
sixth of 8 children born to his parents, for further data concerning whom
see reference to Lezin Ory, first-born of the parents, elsewhere in this
work.  Placide Ory received his education at private schools in the
vicinity of his birthplace.  At a very early age he began work as assistant
to his brothers about the plantation, and some years later joined with them
in the purchase of lands in St. John parish, since which time the Ory
brothers have been increasingly large producers of sugar cane.  Their
investments have been uniformly fortunate, and their management of a high
order, so that their land holdings have increased from time to time.  They
are now owners of Idaho, Ingleside, Woodlawn, San Francisco, Union, Ricker,
and other smaller plantations, embracing about 5,000 acres of fine land,
all of which is in cultivation, producing sugar cane and corn chiefly.
They also own and operate 2 modern sugar mills representing an investment
near half a million dollars.  Politically, Placide Ory is an independent.
In church affiliations he is a Catholic.  June 8, 1881, Mr. Ory was married
to Adore Chauff, daughter of Thomas and Cleonie (Mailliet) Chauff, of
Ascension parish, and 4 children have been born to their union, as follow:
Thomas F., now engaged in planting and mercantile business in St. John
parish;  George E. and  Joseph F., engaged in planting at Baker, La.;
Dora, wife of Dr. F. A. Keller, D. D. S., and living at Garyville, La.  Mr.
Ory has an attractive plantation home at Lions and enjoys the good opinion
of the people among whom he has labored from childhood to middle life.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, p. 693.
Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

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