DEBLANC, Leopold, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
Section
Date: 24 Oct 1998



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LEOPOLD DEBLANC, DEROUEN.--Mr. DeBlanc is a native of Iberia parish,
born January 31, 1853.  He is the son of Louis Cesar and Alix (Decuir)
DeBlanc, both natives of Louisiana.

Mr. DeBlanc received a liberal education in the private schools of
Iberia parish and in New Orleans.  After leaving school he was engaged
for a period of one year in the wholesale grocery of Louis Reder.  He
afterward became connected with DeBlanc & Beer in the commission
business as book-keeper.  Here he remained until 1872, when he returned
to Iberia parish and engaged in planting.  Mr. DeBlanc married, in 1879,
Miss Ida Mesteyer, of Iberia parish, daughter of Frederick and Thilomene
(Dugas) Mesteyer.  In his agricultural pursuits Mr. DeBlanc has
prospered, and is the possessor of five hundred acres of fertile land in
the fourth and seventh wards of this parish.  He plants a variety of
products, such as cotton, cane, potatoes and rice .  Mr. DeBlanc has
served as justice of peace for the seventh ward since 1874.  He is also
one of the commissioners appointed on drainage.  He and wife are the
parents of three sons and four daughters,  Paul,  Mary,  Allene, 
Frederick,  Thomas,  Felicie, and  Sophie.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
p. 106.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.