SIMON, Felix, St. Landry then Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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FELIX SIMON, MERMENTEAU.--Felix Simon, a merchant of Mermenteau, is a native
of St. Landry parish, Louisiana, born March 18, 1868.  He is the son of
Duplissis and Marcelite (Sellers) Simon, both natives of Louisiana.  His
father was a planter of St. Landry parish, and served as a private in the
Confederate States army during the whole of the war.  He died February 17,
1873.  To him and wife were born six children, five sons and one daughter.

The subject of this sketch received an ordinary education, and in 1887 engaged
in merchandising.  Previous to embarking in business for himself he had been
in the employ of A. Dupuis and Edward C. Fremeaux, merchants.  Mr. Simon has
been successful in his undertakings, and is a young gentleman of strict
business habits.  He owns a hundred arpents of land in Vermilion parish, and
three hundred acres in Calcasieu.  Mr. Simon was married, August 13, 1880, to
Miss  Duhon, a native of Louisiana, born in this parish March 27, 1873

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 272. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.

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