DUPUIS, A., Jr., St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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A. DUPUIS, JR., ARNAUDVILLE.--Mr. Dupuis was born in St. Martin parish,
September 21, 1847.  He is the son of A. Dupuis, Sr.  His parents were both
natives of Louisiana, and his father a successful planter.

A. Dupuis, Jr., was reared in the parish in which he was born and now resides. 
He attended the public schools, from which he received a good education. 
Early in life he engaged in farming, to which he has given his full attention
since.  He now owns a good plantation of one hundred and sixty acres of land,
upon which he raises corn and cotton chiefly.  He also conducts a flourishing
mercantile business in connection with his plantation.  Mr. Dupuis served for
three years as post-master of Leonville, and is the captain of the Breaux
Bridge militia.  Mr. Dupuis is united in marriage with Miss Emilise Cormier, a
native of St. Landry parish, and daughter of Z. Cormier.  They are the parents
of five children, viz. : Adolphena,  Adolph,  Celeine,  Leonce and  Eugenie.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 320. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.