DOSSMANN, L. J., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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L. J. DOSSMANN, VILLE PLATTE.--L. J. Dossmann, Police Juror from Ward 7, is a
native of the parish, born May 29, 1862.  He is one of a family of seven
children born to Charles and Eleanor (Fontenot) Dossmann.  His father was a
native of France, and his mother of Louisiana.  Charles Dossman was for
several years engaged in the lumber business and followed steamboating for
some time.  He is now an active merchant of Dossmann, this parish.  Mrs.
Dossmann died in 1879.

L. J. Dossmann was reared and educated in St. Landry parish.  He was married,
in 1883, to Miss Octavie Dardeau, of St. Landry parish.  They are the parents
of three children, viz:  Charles A.,  Eva and  Lawrence.  Mr. Dossmann began
merchandising in 1888 on his plantation about one mile from Ville Platte, and
has an extensive business.  He carries a  stock of over $25,000 worth of
goods.  He also operates a grist mill and cotton gin.  He owns two hundred
acres of land, on which he raises corn and rice.  He was appointed a member of
the police jury in 1888 from the Seventh Ward, and is at present the incumbent
of that position.  He and his wife are members of the Catholic church.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
31-32.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.