VICTORY LETOREY<\/b>, one of the most progressive and enterprising farmers in Tennessee, was born in New Orleans, January 26, 1839, being the eldest of five children born to\u00a0JOHN B. AND EUPHROSYNE (CONAND)<\/b>.\u00a0 The former was a native of Burgundy, France.\u00a0 He came to America a poor boy, but by energy and economy accumulated sufficent money to engage in sugar planting, in which business he accumulated a large fortune.\u00a0 In 1853, in order that he might properly educate his family, he moved to Paris, and from that time to his death, in 1875, France was his permanent residence.\u00a0 His wife is still living at the age of sixty-eight years.\u00a0 Victor, the subject of this sketch, received a liberal education.\u00a0 After completing a literary course, he served for about three years as sub-assistant to\u00a0PEDIGO<\/b>, the renowned chemist in the Government Laboratories, and also took a complete course in pharmacy.\u00a0 In 1866 he returned to New Orleans, and erected a seltzer water manufactory, which proved a decided success until competition drove him from the business.\u00a0 Meanwhile, he spent his summers with his family in Morgan County, and, being delighted with the climate and magnificent scenery, he decided to make it his permanent home.\u00a0 He purchased 100 acres of land about one and one-half miles east of Wartburg, to which he has since added 700 acres.\u00a0 It was entirely covered by a forest, and Mr. Letorey had had no experience whatever in farming, but in the short space of fifteen years he has converted this tract into one of the best improved farms in East Tennessee.\u00a0\u00a0 In doing this he has spared neither labor nor expense and has done a work on incalculable value to the agricultural interest of the State, and expecially of the Cumberland Plateau.\u00a0 He has devoted the greater portion of his time to experiments in grape culture and wine making, and has demonstrated that wines equal to the best in Europe can be made in this section.\u00a0 His experiments in the breeding of cattle have also proved of great value.\u00a0 On June 11, 1868, Mr. Letorey was united in marriage with\u00a0PAULINE DE BLIEUX,\u00a0<\/b>a native of New Orleans, and a descendant of one of the nobility of Sourthern France.\u00a0 To them have been born eight children, four of whom are living, they are\u00a0VICTOR JR<\/b>., born in 1873:\u00a0DENNIS<\/b>, born in 1876;\u00a0HONORENE<\/b>, born in 1878, and\u00a0OCTAVIUS<\/b>, born in 1880.<\/p>\n
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Transcribed by Julie Cromwell<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of from Twenty-Five to Thirty Counties of East Tennessee. Chicago: Goodspeed, 1887.<\/p>\n
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