MAIGNAUD, V., FR., then Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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V. MAIGNAUD, MERMENTEAU.--V. Maignaud is a native of France, born 1831.  He is
the son of Louis and Mary (Dubos) Maignaud, both natives of France.  The
father was born in 1806, and the mother in 1811; and died in 1849 and 1880,
respectively.

The subject of this sketch was the second of a family of three brothers.  He
came to Louisiana in 1847, and for nineteen years was a resident of New
Orleans.  He was for a while engaged in the mercantile business, and later in
conducting a dairy and bakery.  In 1866 he came to what is now Acadia parish
as a dry goods and notion peddler.  In 1870 he engaged in the mercantile
business at this place, in which he has continued until the present time.  For
several years he operated a saw-mill in connection with his other business. 
In 1890 he became a partner in a rice mill.  Mr. Maignaud owns 1200 acres of
well improved land, which he cultivates principally in rice.  He was married
in New Orleans, in 1885, to Miss Caroline Hinn, of that city.  Eight children
have been born to this marriage, four sons and four daughters.  Mr. Maignaud
has served as post-master at Mermenteau for twenty years.  He is an energetic
and progressive citizen.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
269-270.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.

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