BAROUSSE, Homer, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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HOMER BAROUSSE, CHURCH POINT.--Homer Barousse, planter and merchant, living at
Church Point, in Acadia parish, Louisiana, was born in that parish September,
1850.  He is the son of John and Caroline (Fontenot) Barousse, the former a
native of France, the latter of Louisiana.  They were the parents of nine
children, three sons and six daughters, five of whom are now living: 
Euphrosine, wife of William McBride;  Homer, the subject;  Anise, wife of
Lucius David;  Edgar, and  Ora, wife of L. Franques.  Their father is one of
the old settlers of the country, having lived in the State for fifty-one
years.  He is one of Acadia's most highly respected citizens, and successful
planters and businessmen.  He is now associated with the subject in a
mercantile business at Church Point, where they carry a stock of ten thousand
dollars and do an annual business of fifty thousand dollars.  John Barousse
owns eight hundred acres of land, two hundred of which are in cultivation. 
During the war he was assessor of the southern part of St. Landry parish.

Homer Barousse obtained his education at Washington, Louisiana.  He was
married in 1869 to Emily Daigle, daughter of T. Daigle.  To them have been
born nine children, seven sons and two daughters:  Oscar,  Homer,  Maurice, 
Lorant,  Felix,  Bertrand,  Fernando,  Lydia and  Lelia.  Our subject was
elected police juror for his ward in 1887, and is still an incumbent of that
office.  He owns fourteen hundred acres of land in St. Landry and Acadia, two
hundred of which he cultivates.  Mr. Barousse is a man of good business
qualifications, and is highly respected and well known throughout this
section.  He and wife are members of the Catholic church.  He has been
chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of the parish of Acadia since
it was first organized, and he is also a member of the District Executive
Committee of St. Landry and Acadia.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
252-253.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.

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