FONTNENON, O. B., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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O. B. FONTENON, VILLE PLATTE.--O. B. Fontenon, a planter residing in Ward 7 of
St. Landry parish, is a native of Louisiana.  He was born in St. Landry
parish, November 28, 1829, and is the son of Joseph and Genevieve Fontenon,
both natives of St. Landry parish.  Joseph Fontenon was a planter.  He served
in the war of 1812, and was one of the pioneers of St. Landry parish..  He
died in 1865.  His wife died about 1853.  Both were members of the Catholic
church.

O. B. Fontenon was reared and educated in St. Landry parish.  He has been a
planter all his life.  He has a plantation of six hundred acres, which he
cultivates principally in cotton and corn.

Mr. Fontenon was married, in 1848, to Miss Elodie Liton.  They became the
parents of three children, to wit:  Gustave,  Laura and  Enostine.  Mrs.
Fontenon died in 1857, and Mr. Fontenon married a second time, in 1858, Miss
Lilia B. Fontenot.  Their union has been blessed with seven children:
Thiogene,  Raimond,  Onoria,  Eugenie,  Lisa,  Gilbert and  Onazine.  Mr.
Fontenon and family are all members of the Catholic church.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
39-40.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.