P. F. BOUIS, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Printing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890



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P. F. BOUIS

P. F. Bouis, one of the foremost and most successful business men in
Natchitoches, was born in this city on may 18, 1836, and is the son of P. V.
and Emelie (Chamard) Bouis.  The father was born in France and crossed the
ocean to America in 1835, and located at Natchitoches.  His death occurred in
that city in 1837, when only thirty five years of age.  The mother was born in
this parish in 1815 and is still a resident of Natchitoches.

P. F. Bouis, the youngest of three children born to his parents, two of whom
are now living, was reared and educated in this city.  When but twelve years
of age he started out to fight his way in life, and had made quite a beginning
when the war broke out.  In 1861 he joined Company C. Second Louisiana
Cavalry, and served until the close of the war.  The same year he was married
to Miss Mary H. Hartman, a native of Natchitoches, born in 1847, and the
fruits of this union have been five children; Edward, Louis V., Stella, Oscar,
and Leo.

In 1866 Mr. Bouis entered the employ of Mr. J. A. Ducournau, and with him has
since continued, a period of twenty four years.  He is Mr. Ducournau's chief
clerk, and is a gentleman of unusual good business acumen.  He is a Democrat
in his political preferences, and is a representative of one of the old
families of the parish.