HAAS, (Capt.) S., FR., then St. Landry Louisiana
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CAPTAIN S. HAAS, BAYOU CHICOT.--The subject of this sketch is a native of
France, born about the year 1836.  He is the son of Samuel and Harriet Haas,
who are natives of France.  There are few men in the history of St. Landry
parish whose life affords a better example of the self-made man than that of
Captain Haas.  He began life penniless, and whatever he has accomplished has
been directly attributable to his own efforts.  His educational facilities
were somewhat limited, though he has received in the higher school of
experience the training which has eminently fitted him for the responsible
part he has taken in business life.  Captain Haas was principally raised in
St. Landry parish, Louisiana.  Merchandising and farming have been his
principal occupation during his life.  He began merchandising before the war
at Bayou Chicot, St. Landry parish, Louisiana, with a stock of about $3000.
He now owns and controls hundreds of acres of land; in fact, he is one among
the largest land owners in this section of Louisiana, his possessions being
distributed over four parishes.  He conducts one among the largest mercantile
establishments in St. Landry parish.  When his adopted country called for help
to free herself from the wrongs imposed upon her, Captain Haas was not slow in
responding to that call.  At the beginning of the war he enlisted in Company
K, Third Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, of which company he afterward became
captain.  In this capacity he did gallant service.  In 1861 he was married to
Miss Martha A. Cole, a native of Louisiana, born in 1845.  She is a daughter
of John and Lavinia (Hudson) Cole.  Mrs. Haas father was a native of Kentucky,
and her mother of Louisiana.  Captain and Mrs. Haas are the parents of five
children, four sons and one daughter,  John A.,  Hattie, wife of Dr. W. D.
Haas;  Charles E., A. M. and  Leon S.

Captain Haas has for thirteen consecutive years served as a member of the
police jury from his ward.  He is an important factor in all proceedings, both
political and social, in this section.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
46047.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.