Henry Mooney, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 309.  Edited by Alc
e Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Mooney, Henry, lawyer, was born at Hammond, La., Nov. 2, 1874, and is a son
of the late Henry Clay Mooney and Harriet V. A. Waterman.  He was educated
in private and public schools at Hammond, and Tulane university, New
Orleans, graduating from the law department of Tulane in the class of '98.
He recruited a company for service in the Spanish-American war, and this
company being consolidated with Co. C. of the seventh battalion, afterwards
Co. F., second Louisiana volunteers, he was commissioned a first
lieutenant, serving in this country and in Cuba until his regiment was
mustered out of service at the close of the war.  In January 1900 he was
appointed assistant district attorney for the parish of Orleans, resigning
that office March 1, 1908 to take up the geneal pratice of law.  He was
elected and served as a member of the state constitutional convention of
1913.  In politics, he is an unswerving democrat.  Following the teachings
of a devoutly religious mother, Mr. Mooney is a member of the Episcopal
church and deeply interested in its work.  In Nov. 1905, he married Miss
Clara Keppler, daughter of Christian L. Keppler of New Orleans, and they
rejoice in 3 splendid children, 2 daughters and a son.

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