DR. NICHOLAS DESCOMPS LABADIE was born in Sandwich, Canada West, now the Province of Ontario on December 5, 1802. He was the youngest of twenty-three children born to Antoine Louis Descomps Labadie and his wife Charlotte Barthe Reaume. Nicholas received his preliminary education in Detroit and soon after sought to enter the priesthood. In 1829 he decided that his temperament was not that of a priest, and began studying medicine.
He first practiced medicine in the summer of 1830 and by December of that year he had traveled to Nacodoches, Texas where he presented letters of invitation to Commandante Jose de las Piedras. Soon after he found his way to Anahuac, Texas with a stock of medicine. Dr. Labadie was appointed surgeon of the Mexican Garrison. But he soon found himself on the other side of an uprising, that had begun about the time of his arrival. He opened a store with Charles Wilcox and was present at one of the first outcry's for independence made by this new land called Texas.

On March 6, 1836, the Dr. found himself in the Texas Army and during the Battle of San Jacinto he held the title of Assistant Surgeon. In 1831 he married Mary Norment of Mississippi and a year later they moved to a plantation on Lake Charlotte in Liberty County. His wife died November 5, 1839 of yellow fever and was buried on Lake Charlotte, being survived by the following children. Sarah, Charlotte and Mary Cecelia Labadie. The Dr. established a Drug Store and practiced medicine for a time in Galveston. During the Civil War the Dr. answered the call of the South and aided in determining the health and eligibility of potential soldiers.

In 1840 Nicholas married Mrs. Agnes D. Revira of New York City. Agnes Labadie succumbed to yellow fever in 1843 or 1844. There was one child born of this marriage, and his name was Joseph.

Dr. Labadie died in Galveston March 13, 1867, and was buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery, Galveston, Texas. He had married a third time and his new wife Miss Julia Seymour of Guildord, Connecticut, returned home where she died in 1888.