Biography of 	MOISE, Leonard C., Orleans  Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller August 1998

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Moise, Leonard Compton, of Covington, St. Tammany parish, was born at 
New Orleans, June 8, 1862; son of Theo. S. and Mathilde (Vaughn) Moise; 
the former died at the age of 76 and the latter when 72 years of age.  
After studying at the Christian Brothers' college, Bay St. Louis, 
Miss., and next at Spring Hill college, near Mobile, Ala., Mr. Moise 
took up the practice of law.  He was attorney of the town of Houma, and 
district attorney of Terrebonne parish.  For the past 9 years he has 
been a resident of Covington, where he is engaged in the practice of 
law.  Mr. Moise is a member of the St. Tammany bar, and of the supreme 
court bar of the state.

He married, Feb. 17, 1887, Miss Regina Mouton, daughter of Onesime and
Mathilde (Dugas) Mouton, of Louisiana, and niece of the late ex-Gov.
Mouton, of Louisiana.  Mr. and Mrs. Moise have 8 children.  The eldest 
is Marie Lucille, now Mrs. Bernard Dauterive, 25 years of age; mother 
of Vaughn, and Bernard Dauterive; the other children are:  Leonard 
Sidney, Robert Vaughn,  Rock Compton,  Thomas Garland,  Anthony 
Kenneth,  Joseph Russell and  Rita Louise.  In religion, Mr. Moise is a 
Catholic, and in politics a democrat.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3,
pp. 729-730.  Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by 
Century Historical Association.