COCO, Ernest Baldwin, Longbridge, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Randy DeCuir




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E. B. Coco is a resident of Ward 8, of Avoyelles Parish, La., and is
successfully engaged in conducting a general mercantile establishment, five
miles northeast of Cottonport. He was born in this parish in 1856, to F. B.
Coco (see biography) and Sarah L. Baillio. E. B. Coco was reared in this
parish and finished his education at the Jesuit College, of Spring Hill, Ala.
After leaving school he was, for a short time, engaged on his father's
plantation, and subsequently clerked in an uncle's store, at Moreauville,
for some three years. In 1878 he engaged in the mercantile business at his
present stand, his patronage having become large and lucrative. His stock of
goods amounts to from $6,000 to $9,000, and his annual sales reach from
$20,000 to $25,000. In addition to this valuable establishment, he has a fine
plantation of 400 acres, which he operates himself. He was married in
1875, to Miss Angela Rabalais, a daughter of J. V. Rabalais, a native and
planter of Avoyelles Parish, La. By his excellent business ability and
foresight he has built up a trade, which is one of the largest and most
prosperous in the parish. Public spirited, liberal minded and generous in
disposition, he has won success and honor, and his future is full of promise.
To himself and wife five children have been born   three sons and two
daughters. He has established a post-office, and named it after his little
boy, Pearce.