LOUIS LOUPE
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SURNAMES: REA
was born at Dover, Arkansas, May 5, 1850. His parents were
Samuel and Rachel Loupe. In 1855 they removed to Paris, France, where they
remained three years, when they returned to the United States and located in New
York city. In the spring of 1861 they came to Gilroy, where Mr. Loupe, Sr.,
carried on a mercantile business for more than twenty years. He died in
February, 1887, and his wife in 1884. Louis received his education at Gilroy,
and at McClure's Military Academy, in Oakland, where he graduated in 1867. Upon
his graduation he returned to Gilroy, and was engaged as a clerk for a few
months, when he went to Walla Walla, Washington Territory, and run a pack train
about three years. He then returned to Gilroy and embarked in the mercantile
business, which he carried on for many years. He has been engaged in the
real-estate business with Peter Donnelly since February, 1886, about the time
the title was quieted to the Las Animas Rancho. Mr. Loupe has been Councilman
two years; is a member of the Gilroy Volunteer Fire Department; a member of the
Legion of Honor; a Director. of the Gilroy Land and Trust Company; and at
present Mayor of the city of Gilroy. In politics he is a Democrat. He was
married, in July, 1881, to Emma Rea, daughter of Hon. Thomas Rea, and has three
children: Leon Rea, Mary Ann, and George Lester.
Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.
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