FRUGE, ULYSSE 
                        Lake Charles, LA



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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 150.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

Ulysse Fruge, Lake Charles - Mr. Fruge is a native of Louisiana, born August 7,
1842.  He is the son of Lastie and Arsene (Fudilier) Fruge, both natives of
Louisiana, the former born in 1805, and the latter in 1811.  Lastie Fruge was a
prosperous stock dealer and planter.  He married in St.
Landry parish in 1826.  To this union sixteen children were born, eight sons and
eight daughters, of whom six are now living, viz: Lastie, H.L., Clara, wife of
Andrew Jackson; Mary, wife of H.L. Harold; Ultimer, wife of John Dunavent.  The
father died in 1882, and the nother in 1853.

The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native parish.  He
began life as a planter, to which he has given hos attention since that time. 
He was married in 1867 to Miss Emilie Corbello, a native of Louisiana.  They are
the parents of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters.  During the late
war Mr. Fruge served in Company F, Eight Louisiana Regiment. In
which he enlisted in the beginning.  He was in the battles of Port Royal, First
Manassas, Charleston, Middletown, Winchester, Port Republic, Seven Days' Flight
around Richmond, and the battle at Fredericksburg.  He was captured on the
Rappahannock and was taken prisoner to Point Lookout, where he was confined for
four months, when he was exchanged.  He then returned to Richmond, where he was
granted a furlough for sixty days.  He returned home, and
before the expiration of the furlough the war closed.  Mr. Fruge has benn quite
successful as a planter.  His place consists of two hundred acres, well
cultivated and under good improvement.