CHAPPUIS, Philip J., Lafourche then Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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PHILIP J. CHAPPUIS, CROWLEY.-- is a native of Lafourche parish, born September
26, 1865.  He is the son of Julius and Josephine (Toups) Chappuis.  The former
was born in Lafourche parish in 1836, and the latter in the same parish in
1846.  Julius Chappuis was a wealthy planter of this parish.

The subject of this sketch was the eldest. of  three children.  He was
educated at Thibodeaux college, Louisiana, from which institution he graduated
in 1883.  He then read law under L. P. Caillouet, of Thibodeaux, and was
admitted to the bar before the supreme court at Opelousas, July 9, 1887.  Mr.
Chappuis has practiced in Crowley since that time, and judging from his
present popularity as an attorney, the future holds much in store for him.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 259. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.

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