SAVOY, Francois, Acadia Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** FRANCOIS SAVOY, CHURCH POINT, was born December, 1839, in Acadia parish, Louisiana. He is the son of Valcour and Eugenie (Rider) Savoy, who were also natives of Louisiana. Valcour Savoy reared a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters. Valcour Savoy died in 1842 and Mrs. Savoy afterward married Thomas H. McGee. To them one child was born. The subject of this sketch received a common school education in St. Landry, now Acadia, parish. He began life as a planter, and this, in connection with a mercantile business which he has conducted for several years past, he has been engaged to the present time. He owns quite a large tract of land in Acadia parish and his mercantile business is flourishing. Mr. Savoy has on his plantation a gin which he operates. He also buys and sells cotton and rice in a considerable amount. Mr. Savoy has served as member of the police jury from his ward when Acadia was a portion of St. Landry parish. In politics he is a democrat, though he takes no active part in political affairs. He and his wife are Catholics. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 272. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.