DECUIR, A. J., Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
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A. J. DECUIR, NEW IBERIA.--A. J. Decuir was born in Iberia parish in
1847.  He is the son of F. A. Decuir and Alfoncine Broussard, both
natives of Iberia parish.  A. J. Decuir is the oldest of a family of
seven children.  He received his education at St. Charles College, Grand
Coteau, and was attending school there at the breaking out of the war. 
He was a member of the Reserve Corps of Louisiana, and was not engaged
in active service during the war.  Mr. Decuir began active life in the
mercantile business, in which he was engaged in New Orleans until 1867,
at which time he moved to Jeannerette, where he was engaged in business
until 1870.  From 1870 to 1876 he was engaged in merchandising in St.
Mary parish.  In 1876 he began the operation of a saw-mill in New
Iberia.  He does an extensive business and employs in his mill about
forty hands.  Mr. Decuir was married, in 1870, to Miss Aurelia Pecot, of
St. Mary parish.  They are the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom
are living.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
pp. 103-104.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The
Gulf Publishing Company.