MEQUEZ, Drozen, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
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DROZEN MEQUEZ, DEROUEN.--The subject of this sketch was born May 20,
1844, in Iberia parish, Louisiana.  He. is a son of Antoine and
Marguerite (Derouen) Mequez, of whom mention is made in the sketch of
Theomile Mequez.

Drozen Mequez was reared in Iberia parish, and educated in the public
schools of the place until he was fourteen years of age, when he began
work on a plantation.  He now owns five hundred acres of land, three
hundred of which are under cultivation, the chief products being corn
and cotton.  He has a large steam gin on his plantation, from which he
turns out about five hundred bales or cotton a year.

Mr. Mequez was married in 1867 to Miss Celestine LeBlanc, daughter of
Cemouet and Celeste (Dupre) LeBlanc, both natives of Lafourche parish. 
As a result of this union they are the parents of three sons and a
daughter, viz:  Odlas,  Cimouet,  Adolph,  Avina.  During the civil war
Mr. Mequez served in Company A, Fournet Battalion, for three years.  He
has since given his attention exclusively to planting, and has made a
success of his chosen calling.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
pp. 122-123.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The
Gulf Publishing Company.