Cassius J. Meyer

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Prominent businessman and ex-Confederate soldier; brother of Congressman Adolph Meyer.

Received an appointment as midshipman from Mississippi Congressman General John J. McRae. When the war broke out, he returned to Louisiana to fight under the flag of the south. He served gallantly with such men as Senator Mallory of Florida and Clifton R. Breckinridge, formerly United States Minister to Prussia. Near the close of the war, Mr. Meyer was taken prisoner and sent to Johnson's Island, where he remained until the war ended.

After the war, he returned to Louisiana where he took up cotton planting in Concordia Parish. Later he moved to New Orleans and took up cotton pressing, before getting into the brokerage business.

First married to Miss Emma Forstall who died in 1885. She was the daughter of Harry Forstall, once a prominent resident of the Second District. Four children were born of this union, all of whom survived their father - Henry Meyer; Clifford P. Meyer, now a midshipman at the Naval Academy; Emile Meyer; and Mrs. (Dr.) Will H. Robin.

His second wife was Miss Olivia Olivier, daughter of Charles C. Olivier, who, together with five children survive him. They are: Miss Leda, Miss Olivia, Miss Eugenie, Miss Helen, and Miss Gretchen.

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