Person:Aubert Talbot (3)

Hon. Aubert L. Talbot, Assumption Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller

Hon. Aubert L. Talbot. The monotony which often ensues from the continuous following of a single line of endeavor has never been a feature of the career of Hon. Aubert L. Talbot. A professional man by training, and district attorney of the Twenty-third Judicial District, comprised of Ascension and St. James parishes, this active citizen of Napoleonville is also a planter who carries on extensive operations. In each line of endeavor he has achieved the kind of success that is the mark of the man of ability, industry and resource.

Mr. Talbot was born in the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, April 29, 1886, and is a son of Myrtile and Niece (Boudreaux) Talbot. The Talbot family originated in England, whence they subsequently emigrated to France, in which country was born the great-grandfather of Aubert L. Talbot, Lewis T. Talbot. On coming to America he settled in Assumption Parish, where was born his son, Theophile Talbot, who followed planting all of his life in that parish. He married a Miss Boudreaux, also born there.

Myrtile Talbot was born in 1858, in the Parish of Assumption, where he has spent his entire career, having followed merchandising until his retirement in 1918. He is a democrat and a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Talbot married Miss Niece Boudreaux, who was born in the Parish of Assumption in 1860, and died there January 31, 1921, and to this union there were born the following children: Aubert L.; Aldwin, an assistant overseer on Elm Hall Plantation; Arthur C., assessor of Assumption Parish; and Dr. Edward J., a dental practitioner of Napoleonville.

Aubert L. Talbot was educated in the public and private schools of the Parish of Assumption, and in 1902 graduated from Holy Cross College, New Orleans. Following this he enrolled as a student at the Lafayette industrial School, which he attended during 1903 and 1904, graduating in the commercial and stenographic courses. In 1905 and 1906 he acted as stenographer of the Parish of Assumption, and while so engaged determined to take up the law as a profession, and, accordingly, in the fall of 1906, entered Tulane University, from the law department of which New Orleans institution he was graduated in May, 1908, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. After successfully passing an examination before the Supreme Court he was admitted to the bar, and at once commenced practice at Napoleonville, where his offices are now located in the Bank of Napoleonville Building. He has built up a large, representative and lucrative clientele, and is accounted one of the ablest members of the Southern Louisiana bar. A democrat in politics. Mr. Talbot has been before the public in several official capacities, in each of which he has displayed executive ability of a high order. For two years he was a member of the Town Council of Napoleonville, and in November, 1920, was elected district attorney of the judicial district of Louisiana including the parishes of Assumption, Ascension and St. James, and in November, 1924, was reelected to the office without opposition to serve for a period of six years. Mr. Talbot belongs to St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church of Napoleonville, of which he is a member of the Board of Trustees. He belongs also to Assumption Council No. 1099, K. of C., of which he is a past grand knight, and to Chief Justice Edward Douglas White Assembly of Thibodaux Louisiana, a fourth degree knight, and state advocate of the State Council of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Talbot belongs to the American Bar Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association. He is a director in the Bank of Assumption, and is president of the Charles Boudreaux Company, Ltd., which company operates a plantation of 1,200 acres in Assumption Parish. During the World war Mr. Talbot assisted in all the drives for Liberty Bonds, Red Cross, etc., and in addition to contributing generously to all funds, war organizations, etc., spent much time in making out questionnaires for the drafted men.

On September 29, 1909, at Napoleonville, Mr. Talbot was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Dugas, a daughter of Elphege and Clara (Phelps) Dugas, residents of Napoleonville, where Dr. Elphege Dugas practiced medicine for many years but is now living in comfortable retirement. To Mr. and Mrs. Talbot there have been born the following children: Lucile, who is a student in the Napoleonville High School; Elizabeth, Jane, Josephine and Thomas, who are attending grammar school; and George.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 348, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.

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3. ↑ Source (2).
4. ↑ Source (140).
5. ↑ Source (123).
6. ↑ Notes compiled by Betty Talbot Berniard.
7. ↑ St. Anne’s Catholic Church; Sponsors: Clairfait Talbot and Onezille Boudreau