| Father Chevraux was born in the eastern part
of France January 22 1848. When a boy of six years his parents emigrated
to America and located in
the town of Louisville, Stark County, Ohio. Here he attended the local schools and subsequently the diocesan college at that place. He later entered St. Mary's seminary at Cleveland where he was graduated in 1874, and was ordained at South Bend Indiana by Bishop Gilmour. He was then stationed at the cathedral, Cleveland, for more than eleven years, and proved himself a priest of eminent qualities. In 1885, when the pastorate of St. Mary's, Norwalk, was made vacant by the death of Rev. Father Halley, Father Chevraux's appointment to the incumbency was eminently fitting and to his efforts may be ascribed the excellent parochial schools, conducted by the sisters of St. Joseph, and the erection on the corner of State and League Streets, Norwalk of St. Mary's one of the most handsome church edifices in northern Ohio. |
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