BROUSSARD, Cimile, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
Section
Date: 21 Oct 1998



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C. BROUSSARD, PATOUTVILLE.--Cimile Broussard was born May 20, 1838, in
Iberia parish.  He is the son of Raphael and Susan (Prance) Broussard.

The subject of this sketch was reared in Iberia parish and attended the
public schools of the place.  He was engaged with his father on his own
plantation until he was twenty-one,
when, the war having just begun, he enlisted in the Confederate service
and served its whole duration.  Returning home, he engaged in planting
in Iberia parish.  Two years later he
was married to Miss Lezima Savoy, daughter of Emile and Palmalee
(Bourell) Savoy, of this parish.  Mr. Broussard has given his whole
attention to planting, and has been fairly
successful.  He has a small, fertile plantation, upon which he raises
chiefly cotton, cane and corn.  Mr. Broussard is a leader in local
affairs and takes active interest in
politics.  He has been a member of the Police Jury since 1888 from the
second ward, having been appointed by Gov. Nicholls.  His family
consists of eleven children, five sons and
six daughters.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
p. 94.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.