COREIL, Theodore, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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THEODORE COREIL, VILLE PLATTE.--Theodore Coreil, a leading merchant and
citizen of Ville Platte, is a native of the parish where he now resides.  He
was born in 1852.  His father B. M. Coreil, was a native of France, and his
mother, H. J. Soileau Coreil, is a native of Louisiana, of French extraction.
B. M. Coreil was for many years a citizen of St. Landry parish.  He served as
mayor of Ville Platte for a period aggregating fifteen years.  He died in
1873.  Mrs. Coreil died in 1865.  Both were members of the Catholic church.

Theodore Coreil was married in St. Landry parish, November 25, 1873, to Miss
Mary D. Fontenot, of this parish.

He began the mercantile business in 1874 at this place.  He does a large
business.  He is a member of the town council and a progressive citizen.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 16.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.