ANDRUS, C. B., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
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C. B. ANDRUS, OPELOUSAS.--C. B. Andrus, merchant and planter, was born in St.
Landry parish in 1842.  He is the son of Elisha and Mary A. (Hayes) Andrus.
Both were natives of Louisiana.  Elisha Andrus was a mechanic by occupation,
but after locating in St. Landry he became a cotton planter.  He occupied what
is known as Oak Plantation, which is now the home of our subject.  Mr. Andrus
died at the age of 70 years in 1882.  C. B. Andrus was one of a family of six
children and was educated at Charlottesville, Va.  At the breaking out of the
war he returned home and enlisted in Company F, Eighth Louisiana Regiment.  He
served under Stonewall Jackson.  He participated in the first battle of
Manassas, Stone Bridge, Harper's Ferry, seven days' fight around Richmond, and
at Gettysburg.  At the last place he was taken prisoner and confined in prison
at Fort Delaware.  He was detained there for fourteen months, suffering untold
hardships.  During this time he withstood a severe attack of small-pox.  He
was finally paroled and returned home to recuperate, during which time the war
closed.  After the war Mr. Andrus entered the mercantile business in
Opelousas, where he has since continued.  His plantation is a valuable one of
eight hundred acres, six hundred of which are under cultivation.  He was
married December 10, 1870, to Miss  Cecelia C. Garrigues, daughter of Judge
Adolph Garrigues, who was one of St. Landry's most prominent citizens, and the
son of Gen. Garrigues.  To them have been born four children, viz:  Adolph,
Anna,  Frances,  Marthe, all of whom have received the best educational and
social advantages.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 3.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.