LEDOUX, V. D., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** V. D. LEDOUX, OPELOUSAS.--V. D. Ledoux, a planter living eight miles west of Opelousas, was born September, 1840. He is the son of Dalicourt and Eliza (McDaniel) Ledoux, both natives of St. Landry parish. Our subject's paternal grandfather was Eugene Ledoux, a native of Canada of French parentage. Mr. Ledoux is the eldest of a family of eight children. He was reared in St. Landry parish and received such an education as the schools of the parish afforded. In September, 1870, he married Elizabeth Boudreaux, and to them have been born five children, viz: Mary, wife of Thomas Fontenot; Joseph M., Eliza, (died August 4, 1881), Valsain, and Leopold D. >From 1870 to 1875 he operated in connection with his plantation a mercantile business, but finding that his plantation required his full attention he abandoned his store and has since given his full attention to the plantation. Both he and his wife are members of the Catholic church. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 57-58. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.