BROUSSARD, A. G., St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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A. G. BROUSSARD, BREAUX BRIDGE.--Mr. Broussard was born in St. Martin parish,
February 21, 1832.  He is the son of Z. and Carmelite (Martin) Broussard, both
of whom are natives of the parish.  Mr. Broussard received a liberal
education, having attended St. Charles College for a period of three years,
afterward completing his education in the West Military Institute, of
Kentucky.  Upon the completion of his literary studies, Mr. Broussard entered
the law department of the Tulane University, New Orleans, where he pursued a
course, and was admitted to the bar at St. Martinville.  He practised [sic]
his profession at St. Martinville for a period of three years, when, finding
plantation life more congenial to his taste, he retired from his profession,
and has since been engaged in planting and school teaching.

During the "late unpleasantness" he was in active service.  He entered the
army on the breaking out of the war as sergeant in the New Orleans Guards.  He
then volunteered in the regular service for three months, and engaged in the
battle of Shiloh; after which he had an attack of sickness, which so disabled
him as to unfit him for service, and he received his discharge and returned
home.

Mr. Broussard is united in marriage with Miss Cecile Mouton, daughter of
Edmund and Eulalie (Voorhies) Mouton, of Lafayette parish.  They are the
parents of ten children, seven of whom are living.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
.315-316  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.