Louis A. Menegaux received a thorough education and a military training in Girard College, Philadelphia, from which he was graduated with honor in 1885. He also spent a few months in a public school in West Hoboken, N. J. His father having died when he was only six weeks old, he was reared by his mother, a woman of great force of character and of a peculiarly sweet disposition, and to her able guidance he owes much of his success in life. On leaving college he spent a year in his native city learning the trade of plumber and gas and steam fitter, which he finished in Union Hill, Hudson County, with Albert Thourot. removing there in August, 1886. He remained with Mr. Thourot for about five years, mastering every detail of the business, and in 1891 he purchased the establishment and still conducts it. Mr. Menegaux is a man of recognized ability, and as a plumber has achieved eminent success. He has one of the finest and most complete establishments in his section of the state, and the many important contracts which he has executed attest his skill and enterprise. Few men of his age have gained the popularity and high reputation which he enjoys, and fewer still are better or more widely known.