BOUDREAUX, John, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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JOHN BOUDREAUX, ST. LANDRY.--John Boudreaux, is a native of St. Landry parish,
and the son of Syphrian and Marie Boudreaux, both of whom are natives of
Louisiana.  The subject of our sketch had very limited educational facilities,
having only attended school a few months.  He has, however, by contact with
the business world, acquired a practical business education.  In November,
1872, he married Cedonia Pregen [sic], a native of St. Landry parish, and to
this union has been born ten children, of whom eight are now living:  Arthur,
James,  Paul,  Abraham,  Sara,  George,  John and  Blanche.  In 1873 our
subject purchased a small plantation of unimproved land, on which he erected a
good building and storehouse.  In 1887 he opened a family grocery store, and
in this he has been quite. successful.

Mr. Boudreaux has devoted himself chiefly to planting during the whole of his
lifetime, and is one of the successful planters of this section.  His elder
brothers were engaged in the Confederate States service during the war, one of
whom died while in service.  Mr. Boudreaux was too young at that time to serve
as soldier.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
10-11.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.