MARRERO, Frank G., M. D., Natchez, MS., then St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Marrero, Frank G., M. D., physician, of Covington, La., and long identified
with public affairs, was born at Natchez, Miss., Jan. 21, 1855.  He is the
5th son born to Bastian A. and Lydia Ami (Swayze) Marrero.  The father was
reared on a farm, educated in the common schools, and followed overseeing
for some years in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes.  While yet a young
man he went to Adams county, Miss., where he married Miss Phipps, who bore
him 1 child, a girl, both mother and child dying in less than 2 years.  He
engaged in merchandising at Natchez until 1855, when be moved to Concordia
parish, La., and followed cotton planting until 1862.  In that year he
moved to Franklin parish, later to Ouachita, and in 1867 to St. Bernard,
his native parish.  His parents were Spaniards, who settled in St. Bernard
many years ago and remained there until their death.  Lydia Ann Swayze died
in Concordia parish in 1857.  She was the eldest daughter of Louis H.
Swayze, a cotton planter of Adams county, Miss. Dr. Frank G. Marrero,
having acquired the necessary preliminary education, entered Tulane
university, from which he received the degree of M. D.  After some previous
experience in his professional work, he located in Covington in 1885.  By
close attention to his professional calling and being constantly on the
alert to improve himself in its manifold developments, he has acquired a
satisfactory and in every way desirable practice.  As a democrat, he has
taken a lively interest in all local questions of importance.  His standing
in the community where he lives may be judged by the fact that he has been
mayor of the city of Covington for 3 terms.  His religious affiliations are
with the Catholic church.  April 30, 1884, Dr. Marrero married Miss Adeline
Ames, daughter of Charles P. and Harriet (Moore) Ames, of New York.  To
their union 1 son, Edward Frank, was born Dec. 10, 1885.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, pp.
781-782.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by Century
Historical Association.