BUQUOI, Joseph F., M. D., Pointe Coup e then St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Buquoi, Joseph Felicien, M. D., of Covington, St. Tammany parish, was born
March 12, 1879, in Pointe Coup e parish, La., and is a son of L. Buquoi,
native of Pointe Coup e, who died at the age of 48, and of Helen Bourgeois,
of St. James parish.  After having attended St. Stanislaus college, Bay St.
Louis, Miss., and having selected medicine as his profession, Dr. Buquoi
matriculated in the medical department of Tulane university, New Orleans,
from which he received the degree of M. D.  Succeeding this, he took a
post-graduate course at the New York polyclinic.  He began his professional
career at Lutcher, where he remained for 5 years.  Though strongly
supporting the democratic party, the doctor has never accepted any public
office.  In religion, he is a Catholic.  He is a member of the State and
Parish Medical societies, and of the Knights of Columbus.  June 25, 1903,
Dr. Buquoi married Miss Mabel Comeaux, daughter of Capt. E. J. Comeaux, the
widely known steamboatman of St. James parish, and his wife, Zulma Tircuit
Comeaux. Dr. and Mrs. Buquoi have 4 children: Fabian Edward, 9 years of
age; Earl Andrew, Mildred Cecelia and Francis Harold.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, p. 718.
Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.