DOMENGEAUX, A. F., FR., then St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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A. F. DOMENGEAUX, BREAUX BRIDGE.--Mr. Domengeaux is a merchant of Breaux
Bridge. He was born in 1855,. in St. Martin parish.  His parents were F.A. and
Julie (Guidry) Domengeaux, both being natives of the same parish.  A. F.
Domengeaux received his education in the public and private schools of this
parish.  He began business life at the age of seventeen as clerk in the store
of O. Broussard, Breaux Bridge, with whom and other mercantile firms he
remained for a period of four years, when he opened business for himself. 
Beginning with a small stock of merchandise, he has increased it by careful
management and business tact, until he now does one of the chief businesses of
the place.  His business amounts to about $20,000 annually.  He is an
extensive cotton buyer and shipper.  He also owns and operates a steam cotton
gin and grist mill.  Mr. Domengeaux has taken an active part in the political
affairs of St. Martin parish.  In 1884 he was elected clerk of the district
court, but he did not serve.  He has represented his party in the last three
gubernatorial conventions, and has been a member of numerous congressional and
judicial conventions.  He is a member of the Breaux Bridge Literary and
Dramatic Association, and the Breaux Bridge Turf Association, of which
organization he was first president and is now one of the directors.

Mr. Domengeaux was married, January 1, 1883, to Miss Edmie Ledoux, a native of
St. Martin parish.  They are the parents of three children,  Leta L.,  Louise
, and  Henry Clay.       

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
324-325.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.