History of Bayou Goula, (Iberville Parish) Louisiana United States of America

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Paul Octave H?bert, governor of Louisiana, was born in Bayou Goula, Herville parish, La., Nov. 12, 1818. He was graduated at the Jesuit college, St. James parish, in 1836, and at the U.S. military academy in 1840; was assistant professor of engineering at the academy, 1841-42; and engineer in improving the western passes of the mouth of the Mississippi river, 1843-45. He resigned from the army in 1845 and was chief engineer of the state of Louisiana, 1845-47. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 14th U.S. volunteer infantry in the Mexican war, and was brevetted colonel for bravery at the battle of Molino del Rey. He was U.S. commissioner to the Paris exposition, 1851; was a member of the Louisiana constitutional convention of 1852 and governor of the state of Louisiana, 1853-56. He was one of the five brigadier-generals in the provisional Confederate army appointed in 1861. He commanded the district of Louisiana, and the trans-Mississippi and Texas departments. After the war he was state engineer of Louisiana and was made commissioner of engineers for the Mississippi levee in 1873. He died in New Orleans, La., Aug. 29, 1880.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Bayou Goula, (Iberville Parish) Louisiana

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