Valiere P. Dupuy, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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Valiere P. Dupuy, planter, Plaquemine, La.  Milly plantation, four and a half miles from
Plaquemine and now owned by Mr. Dupuy, was originally used in the culture of silk worms, but in
1833 was established as a sugar plantation.  Paulin Dupuy, father of the subject of this
sketch, was born in Iberville parish, and his death occurred on Milly plantation in 1853, when
about fifty years of age.  He was a very successful planter and was on the high road to wealth
and prominence when his death occurred.  He was the owner of Milly plantation, which is one of
the finest on the bayou.  He was of French descent, his ancestors coming to Louisiana from
Acadia.  His wife and the mother of our subject, Victorine (Marionneaux) Dupuy, was born on the
22d of February, 1813, and died December 29, 1890.  She was a woman of excellent judgment and
unusual ability as a manager.  After the death of her husband she took charge of the plantation
until her son, Valiere, was old enough to take the responsibility upon his shoulders.  Her
death occurred on the 29th of December, 1890.  Valiere P. Dupuy was born May 18, 1846, and was
educated in Plaquemine.  During the war he assumed charge of Milly plantation, and planting has
been his principal occupation since, although in 1876 he commenced bee culture with one stand
of Italian bees.  Since then this has been increased to ninety-three stands, which in itself
brings Mr. Dupuy in a snug little income.  The plantation is one of the finest and most
productive on the bayou, and shows that care and attention is given to its management.  Mr.
Dupuy is a member of the Catholic church.  His grandfather was a planter on the Mississippi
river on what is now Reliance plantation, and there lived and died.  He was quite wealthy.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), p. 391.  Published by the
Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.