DEVILLIERS, Notley C., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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NOTLEY C. DEVILLIERS, NOTLEYVILLE.--Notley C. Devillers, a prominent citizen
and representative of an old and distinguished family, was born near where he
now resides, February 14, 1841.  He is the son of Antoine C. and Melicaire
(Bordelon) Devilliers, both of whom are natives of St. Landry parish.  Antoine
C. Devilliers died in 1863, at the age of fifty-five years; his wife survived
him until 1868, and died at the age of fifty years.

The subject of our sketch spent his school days in St. Landry, and received a
good classical education.  In September, 1861, he enlisted at Opelousas,
Louisiana, in Capt. L. H. Garland's company of the Eighteenth Louisiana
Infantry, in which he served until May, 1865, as an orderly in the ranks.  He
was at the battles of Pittsburg Landing and Camp Bisland.  At Natchitoches he
was taken prisoner and retained a short time at New Orleans, where he was
paroled.  At the close of the war Mr. Devilliers saw the necessity of going to
work, his estate having suffered heavily from the depredations of the war.
His father left him a patrimony of one hundred and fifty-six dollars, which he
expended for live stock.  Mr. Devilliers' practical management, economy and
enterprise, he has succeeded in accumulating a considerable amount of
property.  In 1881 he opened a store in the town of Notleyville, which was
named in his honor.  His plantation on Bayou Teche is one of the finest in
this section.  Mr. Devilliers was married, in 1865, to Miss Amyrithe
Devilliers, and they are the parents of seven living children.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
30-31.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.