Julius Freyhan (1830-1904) was born in Breslau, Germany. He emigrated in 1851 and settled in Louisiana. He married Sarah Wolf (1853-1932), daughter of Jacob Wolf and Johanna Levy, 3 May 1876 in New Orleans, Louisiana. They had five children. Includes Friedman, Odenheimer, Seidel, Sidney and related families.
Anne Butler (1944-), who also writes as Anne Butler Hamilton, is a native of St. Francisville and operates a bed and breakfast at the Butler Greenwood Plantation, which has been in her family since the 1790s. Motivated by her love of culture, she has reached a wide audience through articles published in the Los Angeles Times, Country Woman, New Orleans Magazine, and Country Road. She is also the author of Pelican's Audubon Plantation Country Cookbook, Bayou Plantation Country Cookbook, Acadian Plantation Country Cookbook, The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana, and her memoir, Weep for the Living.