DAUTERIVE, B. D., St. Martin then Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
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B. D. DAUTERIVE, IBERIA PARISH.--Mr. Dauterive is a native of St. Martin
parish, born in 1833.  He is the son of A. B. and Celestine (Darby)
Dauterive, both of whom are natives of St. Martin parish.  The former was a
prominent planter, owning St. Rose de Lima plantation on Lake Dauterive (now
Fausse Point Lake), which is owned at present by Mr. Hoffman, of New Orleans,
and named by him Caroline plantation.  A. B. Dauterive was born in 1806, and
died at the age of sixty-one of yellow fever.  His widow is yet living, and
resides with her son, our subject, who is her only child.  The Dauterive
family is of French descent, the name being formerly spelled D'Hauterive, and
the old members of it were nobles in France and held various offices of honor. 
The Darby family is of English extraction, and descended, in America, from an
officer commanding a vessel that attacked New Orleans in the war of
1812.

The subject of this sketch received his early education in St. Charles
College, Grand Coteau, where he remained for five years.  He was then
sent to the military school at Drennon Springs, Ky., and here he remained two
years.  After leaving school, he engaged with his father in sugar planting, in
which he continued until the war.  At the beginning of the war he raised a
company of cavalry, known as the "Hussards of the Teche," of which he was
elected captain.  This company was attached to Fournett's battalion, and
served on the west side of the Mississippi River.  He was engaged in the
fights at Camp Bisland, Bayou Lafourche, and Mansfield, beside other smaller
engagements.  He served for three years, until the close of the war.  After
peace was declared he engaged in planting, receiving upon his father's death
his plantation.  He continued agriculture until 1875, when he purchased
property in Loreauville, disposed of his plantation, and engaged in
merchandising.  He has about fifty acres of land lying along the Bayou Teche,
near Loureauville.  In 1868 our subject was elected justice of the peace,
which position he held until 1872, when he resigned.

He married in 1858 Mathilde Lebeau, a native of St. Bernard parish, where she
was reared and educated.  She was the daughter of F. B Lebeau, a planter, and
president of the Lower Cotton Press.  They are the parents of eight children: 
J. G.,  L. G.,  Marie (wife of E. Ribec),  Noemis,  Alice,  Mathilde,  Rosa
and  Robert.  Their two oldest sons are married, and reside in Loreauville.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
p. 103.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.