Ernest L. Monnot, Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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 Ernest L. Monnot 
          Assumption Parish, Louisiana 
    Ernest L. Monnot, a prosperous planter of Assumption parish, La.,
was born in the state of Louisiana in April, 1840, and is the son of
Charles C. and Josephine (Bourgeois) Monnot.  The father was a native of
France and was a physician by profession.  He immigrated to this country
in 1822 and practiced his profession successfully until his death, which
occurred in 1847.  The mother survived until 1878.  They had three
children born to them--two sons and one daughter--the daughter died in
infancy.  Ernest L. was reared in Assumption parish and received his
education there.  In 1861 he abandoned his private interests to enlist
in the confederate army.  He joined the Donaldsonville artillery,
serving with this company until the surrender at Appomattox in April,
1865.  In 1869 Mr. Monnot was married to Miss Lelia Lockett, of
Virginia, a daughter of James S. And Mary (Clark) Lockett.  Three
children have been born of this union, all daughters.  The eldest,
Heloise M., married J. N. Thibaut, a planter of this parish.  Mr. Monnot
has spent the greater portion of his life in the community in which he
now lives.  He has devoted all his time to agriculture, and has one of
the best plantations in the parish, well improved with substantial
buildings and modern conveniences.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, pp.
262. 
Submitted by Mike Miller