MARTIN, Sidney, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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SIDNEY MARTIN, LAFAYETTE.--Sidney Martin, planter, was born in St. Martin
parish, Louisiana, 1855.  He is the son of Valerien and Angeline (Mouton)
Martin, both of whom are natives of Louisiana.  His father is a planter,
living in St. Martin parish.  The subject of this sketch is one of a family of
seven children;  Auguste,  Edmond,  Emile,  Alfred,  Elodie,  Ismine and 
Angele.

Sidney Martin has been engaged in planting since starting in business for
himself.  He was married in 1875 to Miss Zilia Mouton, a native of Louisiana,
born in 1857, and daughter of General Mouton.  To this union have been born
five children, three sons and two daughters:  Sosthene,  Luc,  Henry,  Bertha,
and Lucie.  Mr. Martin has a good plantation of two hundred acres of land,
with ninety acres under cultivation, on which he raises principally corn,
cotton and sweet potatoes.  The place is well improved, and has on it a fine
orchard.  Mr. Martin is a systematic, progressive planter, and is considered
one of the most successful business men in his neighborhood.  He gives special
attention to breeding a superior grade of stock, and now has on his plantation
some fine specimens.  Both he and wife are members of the Catholic church.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 244. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.