HALPHEN, James O., St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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JAMES O. HALPHEN, ST. MARTINVILLE--James O. Halphen was born October 7, 1858. 
He is the son of Michael and Fanny D. (De La Croix) Halphen, both natives of
Louisiana.  Michael Halphen was born and reared in Natchitoches parish,
Louisiana, where he resided until the time of his death.

The subject of this sketch is one of a family of seven children, four sons and
three daughters, four of whom are living, to wit:  Zalina, wife of Albert
Gillaud;  James O., the subject,  Dussnan and  Zoe.

James O. Halphen was educated in Paris, France.  At the age of eighteen years
he accepted a position as steamboat clerk.  This he followed for some time,
and since then he has been engaged in various occupations.  At the present
time he is deputy sheriff of St. Martin parish.  Mr. Halphen possesses
superior business qualities, and has made a success of whatever he has
undertaken.  He was married, March, 1859, to Mary Zalina Chretien, of St. Mary
parish, a daughter of D. and Ruth Chretien.  Mrs. Halphen died May 1, 1881,
having become the mother of ten children, seven sons and three daughters,
seven of whom are living;  Francis,  Ferdinand,  Joseph O.,  Robert Albert, 
Mary Teresa,  Fanny and  Nolie.  Those deceased are,  Andrew,  Achille and 
Zaline.  Mr. Halphen married a second time, Miss Harmonia Fuise, of New
Orleans.  They are the parents of two children; a son, Garbriel, and a
daughter, Louise.  Mr. Halphen and family are Catholics.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 335. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.