VIDRINE, Aurelie, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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AURELIE VIDRINE, VILLE PLATTE.--Mr. Vidrine, a planter of ward 7, is a
native of Louisiana.  He was born in the parish in which he now resides,
February, 1843.  He is the son of H. N. Vidrine.  (For sketch of father
see biography elsewhere.)

The subject of this sketch was reared and received his education near
where he now resides.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Twelfth
Louisiana Infantry, and served until the close of the war.  After the
war he returned home and engaged in planting, which has been his
principal occupation all his life.  In 1871-72 he conducted a mercantile
business on his plantation.  In 1889 he erected a steam grist mill and
cotton gin, which he still operates.  He owns, in all, about three
hundred and fifty acres of land, the principal products of which are
cotton and corn.  His plantation is well improved, and is arranged in
modern style.

Mr. Vidrine was married in 1866 to Miss Zoe Fusilier, of St. Landry
parish.  Ten children have been born to them.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
p. 88.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.