MOUTON, Alcide V., Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ALCIDE V. MOUTON, LAFAYETTE.--Alcide V. Mouton, a planter of Ward 3, was born in Lafayette parish January 5, 1849. He is the son of L. U. and C. (Dugas) Mouton. Both parents were natives of Louisiana of French descent. Our subject's grandparents were among the Acadian families who settled in Lafayette parish. Louis U. Mouton was born in 1813, and was reared and married in St. Martin parish. He was the father of twelve children. He died in 1877. Our subject's mother died March 25, 1890. Both were members of the Catholic church. Alcide V. Mouton received a fair education in the common schools of his locality and began life as a planter. He served in the Confederate States army the last year of the war, having enlisted in Company K, Second Louisiana Regiment. He was paroled at Alexandria. In 1869 Mr. Mouton married Miss Clemence Breaux, daughter of Rossemon Breaux, of Lafayette parish. They are the parents of ten children. Mr. Mouton owns a good farm about five miles north of Lafayette, which he cultivates in cotton and corn. He is an active member of the Farmers' Alliance. He and family are members of the Catholic church. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 243. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.