DEBAILLON, (Judge) C., St. Landry then Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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JUDGE C. DEBAILLON, LAFAYETTE.--One of the leading attorneys of this section
of Louisiana is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. 
Judge Debaillon was born in St. Landry parish, Louisiana.  Both paternal and
maternal grandparents were French Royalists, who fled from their native land
and came to America, settling near Opelousas, Louisiana, at which place many
of their descendants are still to be found.  Judge Debaillon's paternal
grandfather held a commission in the French marine; and when the Royalists
regained control he returned to his native land.  C. Debaillon was reared in
St. Landry parish, and received his literary education in St. Charles College,
Grand Coteau, graduating therefrom in 1863.  Subsequently he studied law under
Judge Eraste Mouton, and was admitted to the bar before the supreme court at
Opelousas, in 1870.  Judge Debaillon is a man of marked characteristics and
superior attainments, and he rose quickly to a distinguished place in the
Louisiana bar.  He was elected Judge of the Twenty fifth Judicial District in
1884, and was reëlected without opposition in 1888.  The pressure of his
practice caused him to resign this office in June, 1888.  Since that time he
has aimed rather to retire from than to increase his labors.  But his ability
as an attorney secures him a choice and remunerative practice unsolicited.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
217-218.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.