CHACHERÉ, Theog., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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THEOG. CHACHERÉ M.D., OPELOUSAS.--Dr. Chacheré is a native of Louisiana, born
in St. Landry parish about six miles from his present home, December 9, 1835.
He is the son of Vailland and Heloise (Lavergne) Chacheré, both of whom are
natives of St. Landry.  The father is a son of Louis and Catharine Vauchere,
the former a native of France and the latter of Canada.

The subject of our sketch is one of a family of thirteen children, twelve of
whom lived to maturity.  He received the rudiments of his education in the
public schools, afterward attending school at Opelousas.  At the age of
twenty-two he began the study of medicine under Dr. D. Warren Brickell, and
afterward attended the New Orleans School of Medicine, receiving his degree in
1861.  In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate States service as a private, but
was subsequently promoted to Assistant Surgeon with the rank of Captain,
serving four years, until the close of the war.  He was in the second battle
of Manassas, the battles of Port Royal, Winchester, Fredericksburg and
Richmond, and in many of the minor engagements.  After the war he began the
practice of his profession in St. Landry parish, where he has built up a
lucrative practice, which he has centralized as much as possible, not desiring
to extend it over a great area on account of his health.  He married, in 1867,
Miss Mary Guidry, a native of Acadia parish and daughter of Placide and Euza
(McClelland) Guidry.  In 1874 Dr. Chacheré purchased the plantation upon which
he now resides, erecting thereon a palatial residence and otherwise improving
it.  Dr. Chacheré is one of the leading spirits of his section.  He
represented his parish in the Legislature in 1871 and 1872, and in this
capacity he was identified with the leading measures that came before that
body.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
13-14.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.