DAVID, Lucius, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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LUCIUS DAVID, ST. LANDRY.--Lucius David, a son of J. B. and Elmire (Breaux)
David, is a native of Louisiana, as were his parents.  J. B. David was a
prominent citizen of St. Landry parish, and at different times filled the
position of justice of the peace, assessor, and was sheriff of the parish for
four years.  He died in 1867, his wife surviving him until 1868.  Both were
members of the Catholic church.

Young Lucius received an education such as the schools of his section
afforded, and at the early age of sixteen he enlisted in Company F, Eighth
Louisiana Infantry, and served during the war in the division which Stonewall
Jackson commanded.  He was in some of the most closely contested engagements
of the war, among which were first and second Manassas, and the battles around
Richmond.  He was severely wounded in the latter part of the war, from which
he was rendered unable for active service.

After the war he returned to his home in St. Landry parish, where he was in
the huckster business for about one year, and subsequently be began farming,
which business he has since continued.   He was married, in 1869, to Miss
Agnes Barousse.  Mr. David has for a number years served as justice of the
peace.  He is now president of the Farmers' Alliance at West Bellevue.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 31.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.