Terrebonne County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Daigle, Emile January 22, 1842 - June 14, 1913
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Emile Daigle, one of the active and influential businessmen of Houma, La., is a 
native of Terrebonne parish, and is a fine example of what can be accomplished 
by industry, strict attention to the call of duty and the exercise of sound 
judgment. Starting in life with practically no capital except a sound 
constitution and a determination to succeed, he has accumulated a goodly share 
of this world's goods, and he has the proud satisfaction of knowing that all he 
possess has been secured through his own efforts. For more than twenty-five 
years he has been engaged in the steamboat business on Bayou Terreobnne, 
transporting passengers and freight from the railroad terminal at Houma to the 
various plantations and settlements along the lower bayou, also to Grande 
Caillou and little Caillou bayous. Mr. Daigle is the owner of several steamboats 
and barges, all of which were built in his own plant at Houma, where he has a 
dry dock and well-equipped ship yard. Besides his steamboat business he is 
interested in oyster culture, being the owner of an oyster farm and part owner 
of the oyster factory at Sea Breeze, on the gulf coast. His private telephone 
line from his home to Sea Breeze, erected at his own expense, was the first 
telephone line in Houma. For several years Mr. Daigle was in partnership with H. 
C. Minor in the Lower Terrebonne refinery, and he is a stockholder in the 
Greenwood Planting and Manufacturing company, which owns about 500 acres on 
Bayou Black and has a daily capacity of 250 tons of cane, much of which is 
purchased from the small planters in the vicinity. He is also largely interested 
in the drayage and transfer business in Houma; is one of the directors of the 
Bank of Houma, and has served with credit as a member of the town council. As an 
evidence of his enterprise and public spirit he has at various times had Bayou 
Terrebonne dredged at his own expense, bringing a dredge boat all the way from 
New Orleans for that purpose, although others derived equal profit from the 
improved conditions attending the navigation of the bayou. Mr. Daigle is one of 
the largest real estate owners in Houma, owning about 200 houses, many of which 
are cozy and comfortable homes. He also owns practically all the buildings in 
the village of Daigleville, one mile below Houma, which village he laid out and 
it was named in his honor.

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