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Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin; published in 1891; page 286.



                          GUS GODCHAUX
                         Abbeville, LA

Gus Godchaux, a prosperous merchant and planter, was born at
Franklin, Louisiana, October 17, 1853. He is the son of David and
Brunet (Block) Godchaux, both natives of France.  They moved
to St. Mary parish, Louisiana, in the the forties, where they
reared a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters; the
subject of this sketch being the only one of the children now
living. His father has for  many years been engaged in mercantile
business at Franklin, where he and his wife still reside.
Gus Godchaux engaged as a clerk in a store at the age of
fifteen years, in which capacity he worked for several years in
New Orleans, Morgan City, and other places. At the age of
twenty-three years he opened a mercantile business in Abbeville
and has here been engaged since that time. He has prospered and
owns a considerable amount of property in Vermilion parish. He
has four hundred and ninety acres of land near Abbeville, and is
the possessor of twenty three town lots, some of which are
improved. His mercantile business is large and under Mr.
Godchaux's judicious management is constantly increasing. He
is a large shipper of cotton, cotton seed and sugar. He is a
member of the Masonic Order and K. of H., and has held high
offices in both lodges of which he is a member.