COCO, Philogene.  Moreauville,  Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Randy DeCuir




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Philogene Coco is a well-known planter residing near Moreauville, La., and
here first saw the light of day on March 11, 1841, his parents being Dominique
Coco and Caroline (Bordelon). He was reared in Avoyelles Parish, La., and in
his youth was an attendant of Lafargue High School23 of Marksville, after
which he took a two year's course in St. Joseph's College of Bardstown, Ky.,
where he received thorough training, and acquired an excellent knowledge of
the world of books. At the age of eighteen years, he began merchandising in
Moreauville, and in this business continued until 1861, when he enlisted in
Company G, First Louisiana Cavalry, and was a faithful servant of the
Confederate cause throughout the entire war, being in the Army of Tennessee,
and participating in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Shiloh,
Corinth, Crab Orchard, Ringgold, Richmond, Ky., and the majority of the other
battles in which his army was engaged. His company was disbanded near
Woodville, Miss., after which, he returned to Louisiana, and with a capital
stock of $500 he, in partnership with a brother, resumed merchandising. In
1866 he was married to Miss Eugenie C. Bordelon, a daughter of Leandre 
Bordelon, a native of Louisiana, and an extensive planter. In 1872 Mr. Coco
closed out his business and purchased the plantation on which he is now
residing, his time being since given to its successful operation. He has three
fine plantations aggregating about 1,500 acres, on the cultivated portion of
which, he raises some 300 bales of cotton per year. All the property of which
he is now the owner has been obtained by his own efforts, and he prides
himself upon the fact that what he has is entirely free from encumbrance.
He is the special agent for the Southern Cotton Oil Company in Avoyelles
Parish, and being public spirited is deeply interested in all enterprises for
the good of the parish. He is a man of fine physique, as are, in fact, the
most of the members of the Coco family, and he also possesses the sterling
principles for which the family are well known. He and his wife are the
parents of nine children   six sons and three daughters.