Caffery, John M. (1877-1958). Papers, 1817-1960
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence from his business years and personal correspondence. Also included are financial records, leases, newspaper clippings, photographs of family, publications, documents of his son Clegg going through Infantry Training School, diaries, journals, notebooks, and other miscellaneous materials.
Dates
- 1817-1960
Creator
Biographical / Historical
John Murphy Caffery was born on Bethia Plantation near Franklin, Louisiana on 14 September 1877, and was the son of Senator Donelson Caffery and Bethia Richardson. He attended private schools in Franklin before enrolling at Hunt College in Port Gibson, Mississippi. He then enlisted in the United States Naval Academy (class of 1901) and served in the Navy until 1907. He married Mary Temperance Frere (1884-1958) on 26 October 1901. They had 5 children. Caffery died 31 January 1958 in Franklin and is buried in Franklin Cemetery.
Caffery was a politician and a businessman. He entered the oil business in Jennings, Louisiana after leaving the Navy. He returned to Franklin in 1910 and became manager of Columbia Sugar Company and later a vice president of the St. Mary Bank and Trust Company. He was a member of the State Senate, representing St. Mary and Vermilion parishes from 1928-1932. He also served on the St. Mary Parish Police Jury, the Democratic State Central Committee, and the board of commissioners of the Franklin Drainage District.
Extent
8 Linear Feet (8 feet of materials contained in 6 five-inch boxes and 5 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- 1. How to Make Ice Cream and Geletine, Mrs. Temple Little Blue Book No.1181 2. Problems of Birth Control and Over-Population, A Guide To Malthusianism, John S. Gambs, Little Blue Book No. 372 3. Prayer in the Market Place, a collection from Good Business, 1950
- Title
- John M. Caffery Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 10/02/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu