DUGAS, Oscar, Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 519.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Dugas, Oscar, clerk of district court, was born at Paincourtville, Assumption
parish, La., Jan. 1, 1858; son of Kempton and Adeline (Blanchard) Dugas.  Both
were born in Assumption parish, La., where the father followed the vocation of
a planter and overseer of plantations throughout life.  The ancestors of the
Dugas family came from Canada and located in Louisiana at a very early date. 
The mother died in 1878 and the father in 1898, at the age of 64 years.  Oscar
Dugas was the second of 9 children born to his parents, these being, in order
of their birth, as follows:  Melanie, wife of Ulysses Landry, overseer of the
Diamond plantation;  Oscar, the subject of this sketch;  Elfrida, who became
Mrs. Daigle, and is now deceased;  Carmelite, now Mrs. Ernest Hernandez, of
Belle Alliance, Assumption parish;  Ida, deceased wife of Louis Landry, of
Napoleonville, La.;  Adele, wife of Arthur Boudreaux, ex-postmaster at
Thibodaux, La.;  Armantine, now Mrs. Myrtilo Kerne, of St. John Chapel,
Lafourche parish, La.;  Lydia, now Mrs. Eugene Larre, of St. James station,
St. James parish, La. ;  Kempton, with Dugas & LeBlanc, of Paincourtville, La. 
Oscar Dugas attended the public schools of the locality in which he was born,
and when he had finished the course of instruction at these, studied French
under Prof. J. M. Lescale.  When his education had been completed, he
established himself in mercantile business at Paincourtville.  This business
proved satisfactorily prosperous and he continued conducting the store until
Jan., 1884, when he became deputy clerk of district-court, under J. P. B.
Landry.  He remained as deputy under Mr. Landry during the succeeding 4 years,
when Clayburn Dugas became clerk, succeeding Landry.  Mr. Dugas remained as
deputy in the office 12 years under Clerk Clayburn Dugas, at the expiration of
which time, in the year 1900, he was elected to the office of district clerk
of court, and has remained incumbent of that position to this time.  Mr. Dugas
is affiliated with the Catholic church, his membership being at Napoleonville,
and is a member of Assumption Council, No. 1099, Knights of Columbus.  June
17, 1885, Mr. Dugas was married to Miss Marie Anna Theresa Pintado, daughter
of Eudaldo Pintado.  Mr. Pintado came originally from Spain, but later was an
officer in Cuba under the Spanish regime in that island, and located in
Louisiana at a still later date.  His wife was a Miss Eilers, born at Baden
Baden, Germany.  Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dugas, but both
of these are now deceased.