LASTIE REON
                Lake Charles, Calcasieu Par., LA


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 191.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore


LASTIE REON, Lake Charles.-Lastie Reon, a planter residing in Ward 4, is a
native of Lake Charles, born 1826. He is the son of Louis and Artemie (Ryan)
Reon, natives of Louisiana. Louis Reon was a planter in this parish.
The subject of this sketch is one of a family of six children, two sons and four
daughters. The father died in 1836, and the mother in 1865. Lastie Reon was
reared in his native parish and began life as a planter. He was a soldier in
the late war, and enlisted in 1863 in the cavalry service, and served until the
close of the war. Returning to his home he resumed planting and stock raising,
in which he has continued. His farm consists of two hundred acres of
land; the principal products are corn and sweet, potatoes. Mr. Reon was married
in Calcasieu parish in 1845 to Miss Adelilie Benwal. Six children were born to
this union, four of whom are living. Mrs. Reon died in 1857, and our
subject married again, Mss Zemma Le Bleu. They were the parents of five
children, three of whom are living. His second wife died in 1873, and in 1875 he
married Mrs. Leona Miller. They are the parents of four children.