LABBE, Theobald J., St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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THEOBALD J. LABBE, ST. MARTINVILLE.--Mr. Labbe', a prominent young business
man of St. Martinville, was born in St. Martin parish, November 6, 1867.  His
father, Arthur Labbe, is a native of St. Martin parish.  He was born near St.
Martinville about 1845, where he has since made his home.  For many years he
has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising.  The mother of
our subject is a native of the Island of Martinique.  She came to Louisiana
while a child, where she was united in marriage with our subject's father in
1866.  They are the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters,
six of whom are living.

The subject of our sketch is the oldest of the family.  He received the best
educational advantages the schools of the parish afforded and entered the
State University of Baton Rouge, but on account of ill health he was compelled
to leave college before having completed his course of study.  After leaving
school he devoted himself to the study of pharmacy at the National Institute
of Pharmacy at Chicago.  Two years later he passed his examination before the
State Pharmaceutical Board of Alabama, there being no examining board of
pharmacy in Louisiana at that time.  He entered the drug business in
association with his father at about the time he began the study of pharmacy. 
The business, under the firm style of Labbe & Son, was continued for two
years; at the expiration of which our subject purchased his father's interest
and became the sole owner and proprietor of the business.  He has the leading
drug business of the place.  Mr. Labbe' has also taken a thorough course in
stenography, and hopes to be able to facilitate his business by its use.

He married, May 24, 1889, Miss Corinne Fleming, a native of St. Martin parish,
the daughter of August and Alice (Broussard) Fleming.

Both Mr. Labbe' and wife are members of the Catholic Church.  Mr. Labbe' is a
member of the Knights of Honor, and has  occupied the office of dictator of
the lodge.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
339-340.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.