CHAISSON, P. A., St. Martin then Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ P. A. CHIASSON, SCOTT.--P. A. Chiasson, planter and merchant, was born in Lafayette parish, April, 1853. He is the son of John B. and Eline (Begnaud) Chiasson, both natives of Louisiana. John B. Chiasson was a prosperous stock raiser and farmer in Lafayette parish. He died November 26, 1867; his wife survived until 1887. They reared a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters. P. A. Chiasson received the benefit of a good common school education in the schools of his locality. His parents removed to Texas when he was five years of age, returning to Lafayette after having resided there for seven years. With this exception, Mr. Chiasson has spent his whole life where he now resides. He began life as a planter, and subsequently added a general stock of merchandise, which business he now conducts. His plantation consists of four hundred acres, three hundred of which are under cultivation, the principal products being rice and cotton. Mr. Chiasson's mercantile business amounts to about eight thousand dollars annually. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Mary L., daughter of Leon and Melvina (Landry) Billeaud, of Lafayette parish. They are the parents of six children, viz.: Paul A., John L., Eli G., Joseph M., Mary L.; one died in infancy. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 215. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.