BERNARD, Louis, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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LOUIS BERNARD, ST. MARTINVILLE.--Mr. Bernard was born in St. Martin parish in
1821.  He is the son of Francois and Constance (Leblanc) Bernard.  Both were
natives of St. Martin parish.  Francois Bernard was a wealthy and influential
planter and owned a large amount of land in the parish.  The subject of this
sketch received a good business education and began life as a planter, in
which business he is still engaged.  He now owns and operates a valuable
plantation in St. Martin parish of four hundred acres of land.  He is one of
St. Martin's most successful planters.

Mr. Bernard has been married five times, and is the father of nine children. 
He and family are members of the Catholic church.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 310. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.