Albert R. Viguerie, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

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Albert R. Viguerie.  Louisiana has long been time supreme sugar section of

the United States. and Terrebonne Parish, within her borders, is one of her

main commercial assets because of large production.  Notable progress has

been made in production methods since early days in the industry, and

probably no business combination along this line has adopted and profitably

utilized more of these than time Terrebonne Sugar Company, which owns

and operates thousands of acres of land, including Presque Isle, Sarah and

Lacache plantations in this county.



Albert R. Viguerie, president and manager of the Terrebonne Sugar

Company, a man of practical knowledge and experience in this industry,

was born on Point Farm plantation, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, August

31, 1871, son of Francois and Georgianna (Metcalf) Viguerie
, time former

of whom was born near Bordeaux, France, and the latter in Maryland.  Of

their five children Albert R. was the second in order of birth, the others

being:  Laura, who is the wife of Benjamin W. Davis, a merchant at Las

Cruces, New Mexico;  Arthur C., who is manager of Point Farm plantation

and resides there;  Emma, who died at the age of twenty-five years; and 

Clara, who makes her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado.



Francois Viguerie grew to time age of twenty years in the home of his

parents in France and was carefully educated, having collegiate advantages. 

After Coming to the United States he spent several years in the mercantile

business in New Orleans before Coming to Terrebonne Parish, where he

established Point Farm plantation and operated it until his death, at that

time having 500 acres under cultivation, his total acreage aggregating

2,000 acres.  In political Sentiment he was a democrat, but never unduly

active, and all his life was a faithful member of the Roman Catholic Church.



Albert R. Viguerie attended both private and public Schools in his native

parish.  He remained on the home Plantation and assisted his father in its

management as the oldest son and subsequently succeeded him as manager. 

In 1912 he became president and manager of the Terrebonne Sugar

Company, organize
d in that year, and this corporation now owns and

operates having its own sugar refinery, Presque' Isle, Sarah and Lacache

plantations, situated fifteen miles south of Houma, Louisiana.  Of these

plantations of 6,500 acres 2,000 acres are now under cultivation.  Mr.

Viguerie has additional business interests, an important one being

membership on the directing board of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company

of Houma.



Mr. Viguerie married at Houma, Louisiana, July 12, 1899, .Miss Irene

Bascle, daughter of Felix A. and Ada (Lester) Bascle, who make their

home with Mr. and Mrs. Viguerie, Mr. Bascle being a retired merchant. 

Three children have been born to this marriage:  Willard, who is a student

in the commerce and accounting department, Tulane University; and 

Eugene and  Mary Irene, both of whom are students in the Houma High

School.  The family belongs to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church at

Montegut, Louisiana.



In political life Mr. Viguerie is a democrat and takes an active part in public

affairs as occasion demands.  During the World war he was a member of

the Council of Defense of Terrebonne Parish, and served ably and

patriotically in other capacities.  Since 1900 he has been president of the

Terrebonne Parish School Board, and has given much time and thought to

advancing the educational interes
ts of this section.  In a business way he is

interested in numerous trade organizations, and fraternally belongs to the

Maccabees and the Elks, both at Houma, where there are flourishing

lodges of these orders.  Mr. Viguerie is numbered with the able and

far-sighted business men of Terrebonne Parish.



A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 27, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published

by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.