SUTHON, L. F., Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
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As a leading citizen of Terre Bonne parish, La., in its professional, business
and social life, lending eminent strength to her bar, tone to her finances and
grace to her society, L. F. Suthon, lawyer, Houma, La.. is second to none in
the city.  He is a native of the Creole state, born May 18, 1848, and during
the war he attended a high school in North Carolina, although on account of
this trouble between the North and South he did not finish his course.  In
1867 he started for broader fields of learning and was sent to Scotland, where
he attended the University of Edinburgh, from which he graduated with the
degree of A. M. in 1869.  He subsequently returned to America and accepted the
position of professor of Greek and Latin in Bellvue high school, in Virginia,
for one year.  After this he returned to Louisiana and with his highly
discip
lined mind entered vigorously into the study of law.  He attended one
course of lectures at Tulane university, and in 1871 was admitted to the bar
before the supreme court of Now Orleans.  After this he began looking for a
suitable place to locate, and finally, in 1875, settled permanently at Houma. 
His unquestionable talents as a lawyer soon won him an extensive practice,
which has been increasing up to the present time, and he is classed among the
leading lawyers of the state.  Careful in preparing his cases, ability to
present them in a concise but logical and forcible manner, a careful and
accurate adviser and an earnest and conscientious advocate, his success at the
bar has been achieved by improved opportunities, by untiring diligence, and by
close study and correct judgment of men and motives.  He is a republican in
his political views, but does not aspire to political positions.  Socially he
is a member of the Knights of Pythias organization.  His father was a native
of England and came to America at an early age.  His mother belonged to one of
the old and honored families of Louisiana.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 413-414. 
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.