L. B. Buquoi, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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L. B. Buquoi,  Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
   L. B. Buquoi.  This thrifty planter and successful merchant was born
in the parish in which he is now residing December 9, 1854, the eldest
of a family of eleven children born to G. B. Buquoi and wife, both of
whom are natives of Louisiana, the former being a planter and carpenter.
L. B. Buquoi received very limited early advantages, the most of his
education being obtained at home by self application.  In 1878 he
engaged in business for himself as a iuerchant on Bayou Fordoche, where
he remained six years, his business being very profitable and
prosperous.  He started on the lowest round of the ladder, and gradually
advanced step by step and is now in affluent circumstances.  In 1887 he
removed to Pointe Coupee parish and opened up an excellent store under
the firm name of Stouaker & Buquoi, their stock, a general line,
amounting to between $5,000 and $6,000, their annual business amounting
to some $20. 000.  Mr. Buquoi also managed a sugar and cotton plantation
of 250 acres in which he has an interest, and although still a young man
he has shown himself to be a man of sound and practical views on all
matters and is an especially shrewd financier.  He was married in 1876
to Miss Bourgeois, a native of the parish and a daughter of P. P.
Bourgeois.  To Mr. and Mrs. Buquoi a family of six children have been
born, the following of whom are living: J. F., Wade Hampton, Charles
Dewey and Ida.  Mr. Buquoi has always been greatly interested in the
cause of education and has given his children good advantages thus far,
his daughter Ida being an attendant of the convent of Donaldsonville,
La.  Mr. Buquoi is a progressive and enterprising man and a useful and
worthy citizen.

From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p.
327.
Submitted by Mike Miller