MOUTON, J. E., Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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J. E. MOUTON, LAFAYETTE.--J. E. Mouton is a native of Lafayette parish, born
August 16, 1847.  He is the son of Jean S. and Celestine (Vanasseur) Mouton,
natives of Louisiana.  Jean S. Mouton was reared in Lafayette parish, where he
married and reared a family of six children, four of whom are now living, the
subject of this sketch being the eldest.  Jean Mouton died in 1863; his widow
survived him until 1883.  Both were members of the Catholic church.

J. E. Mouton was in the Confederate States service during the war.  He
enlisted in Squires' Battalion, 1863.  Mr. Mouton was educated in St. Charles
College, Grand Coteau, where he took a three years' course, having entered in
1860.  Since the war he has given his attention to farming.  He has a farm of
about two hundred acres, one hundred and forty-five of which he cultivates in
corn and cotton.  Mr. Mouton was married in 1871 to Miss Emerite Voorhies, a
native of Lafayette parish.  They are the parents of three sons and four
daughters, viz.:  Horace,  Gaston,  Arthur,  Idea,  Louise,  Carmen,  Ida. 
Mr. Mouton and family are members of the Catholic church.  He is a member of
the Knights of Honor at Lafayette.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 242. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.