BOYER, Alonzo Lucien, Moreauville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Randy DeCuir




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A. L. Boyer, merchant and planter, Moreauville, La. Mr. Boyer is one of those
enterprising and progressive citizens, who is not satisfied to pursue one
occupation through life, but branches out and tries his hand at other
enterprises. He is of foreign birth, having been born in Bordeaux, France, in
1839, and is a son of Jean Hyacinthe and Aime‚ (Joffrion) Boyer, the former a
native of France, and the latter of Louisiana. The father was a very extensive
planter of Avoyelles Parish, and was also very extensively engaged in
merchandising, doing a large exporting and importing business. He was one of
the prominent men of Louisiana at the time of his death, being at one time a
member of the Legislature, and also a member of the Constitutional
Convention of 1855, taking a prominent part in the convention. He died in
1856. Grandfather Boyer was an officer under Napoleon, and the family was very
prominent in France. A. L. Boyer emigrated with his parents to America when
nine years of age, settled with them in Louisiana, but afterward went to St.
Louis, where he completed his education. In 1856, after the death of his
father, he took charge of the business, but lost everything except the real
estate, by the war, being left almost penniless at the close of that memorable
struggle. He is at present doing a good business in merchandising, carrying a
full stock of goods and doing an annual business of about $30,000. Besides
this he is the owner of 840 acres of land, 200 of which are under 
cultivation. He was married in 1870, to Miss Julia Colomes, daughter of F.
Colomes, a native of France, but who is now a resident of Louisiana. Mr. Boyer
has been president of the police jury, and held other positions of trust in
the parish. He has the oldest existing firm in the parish. He is now
postmaster at Moreauville, and is a men held in the highest estimation by the
public.
He is the father of three children: Albin O.8, John H. and Aimee J.