ESTORGE, H. E., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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H. E. ESTORGE, OPELOUSAS.--H. E. Estorge, Deputy Clerk of the District Court,
was born in St. Landry parish, Louisiana, January 17, 1859.  He is the son of
G. E. and Augustine (Chanin) Estorge. G.E. Estorge, the father of our subject,
was born in St. Landry parish in 1823.  He was educated in France and
graduated from the school at Cahor.  After completing his education he
returned to America and became a successful merchant in Opelousas, where he
was engaged until the breaking out of the war.  He entered the Confederate
States army and served through the whole of the struggle.  Like many others of
those who fought for the "lost cause," he returned home broken in fortune.  He
accepted a position as book-keeper, and in this he was engaged at the time of
his death, in 1872.  The grandfather of H. E. Estorge, Jean Estorge, was a
native of France, and emigrated to America and located at Grand Coteau where
he was engaged in business at the time of his death, in 1836.  He was married
to Miss Marie Therese Cestellie, and their union resulted in the birth of five
children, of whom G. E. Estorge, the subject's father, was the oldest.  Our
subject's maternal grandfather, Gustave Chanin, was also a native of France.
He emigrated to America and located in Louisiana, where he was engaged in
business until his death, in 1870.  His wife, our subject's grandmother,
Phelonise Wyble, was a native of St. Landry parish, Louisiana.  She died in
1882.  The mother of our subject was the eldest child.

H. E. Estorge was educated in the local schools of St. Landry parish.  The
first business in which he engaged was that of a book-keeper.  Mr. Estorge's
sterling ability was recognized by the people of Opelousas, and in 1884 he was
elected a member of the town council, and was reëlected in 1886.  At the same
time he was elected mayor of the city of Opelousas  In this office Mr. Estorge
exhibited his excellent executive power and his administration as Mayor was a
satisfactory and popular one.  In 1888 he accepted a more remunerative
position as deputy clerk of the District Court.  He was made clerk of the
police jury of St. Landry parish in 1889, which position he now fills in
conjunction with the deputy clerkship.  Mr. Estorge is looked upon as a rising
man in St. Landry parish and the subject of future honor at the hands of the
people.  He was married January 23, 1879, to Miss M. A. Robin.  To them have
been born four children, viz:  Julia P.,  Mathilde C.,  Mary,  Nita.  He and
family are members of the Roman Catholic church.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
36-37.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.