Louis A. Snaer (? - 1917) was a state legislator in Louisiana. [1] He served as an officer in the Louisiana Native Guard. [2] [3] He was Creole.
Snaer was seriously wounded in the American Civil War. He was honored for bravery. He was a Republican after the war. He had a wife Maria and three children. He died in California. [4]
He was documented in the House as "of Iberia". [5] He served two terms in the House. [6] Other offices held by Snaer include school board director. [7] [8]
He was a storekeeper at the New Orleans Custom House. [9] In 1866 he testified he saw police firing into the Mechanics Institute and at African Americans trying to escape and found them in his store where goods were missing. [10] He and Samuel Walefield were the proprietors of the Iberia Banner newspaper. [11]
Sosthene L. Snaer represented Saint Martin Parish at the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1868. [12] Samuel Snaer was a musician and composer in New Orleans.
Lerome Snaer is one of his descendants. [13]
Louis A. Snaer (? - 1917) was a state legislator in Louisiana. [1] He served as an officer in the Louisiana Native Guard. [2] [3] He was Creole.
Snaer was seriously wounded in the American Civil War. He was honored for bravery. He was a Republican after the war. He had a wife Maria and three children. He died in California. [4]
He was documented in the House as "of Iberia". [5] He served two terms in the House. [6] Other offices held by Snaer include school board director. [7] [8]
He was a storekeeper at the New Orleans Custom House. [9] In 1866 he testified he saw police firing into the Mechanics Institute and at African Americans trying to escape and found them in his store where goods were missing. [10] He and Samuel Walefield were the proprietors of the Iberia Banner newspaper. [11]
Sosthene L. Snaer represented Saint Martin Parish at the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1868. [12] Samuel Snaer was a musician and composer in New Orleans.
Lerome Snaer is one of his descendants. [13]