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Leon Godchaux
BornJune 10, 1824
Alsace-Lorraine, France
DiedMay 18, 1899
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Planter, businessman
Known forfounder of the Leon Godchaux Clothing Co. and Godchaux Sugars Inc., sugar cane farming and refining

Leon Godchaux (June 10, 1824 – May 18, 1899)[1][2] was a French-born American businessman, planter, sugar plantation owner and the founder of the Leon Godchaux Clothing Co. department store and Godchaux Sugars Inc.. He lived in Louisiana, where the "largest sugar plantations" were "the Calumet, and those owned by Leon Godchaux, 'The Sugar King of the South.'"[3]

  1. ^ The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer: Leon Godchaux May 20, 1899
  2. ^ "NOLA History: When Canal Street was "The Mall"". GoNOLA.com. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ Texas. State Dept. of Education, Texas school journal, Volume 25 (Texas Educational Journal Publishing Co., 1907), 3.

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