DURAND, O. J., St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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O. J. DURAND, ST. MARTINVILLE.--Mr. Durand is a successful planter of the
third ward of St. Martin parish.  He is a native of the parish born in 1846. 
His father, Charles J. Durand, is a native of France, but removed to Louisiana
when a young man, where he married and became a successful and extensive
planter.  He was twice married and became the father of twenty-four children. 
He died in 1876 at the age of sixty-two years.  Our subject's mother is a
native of St. Mary parish, born in 1832, and died in 1882.

O. J. Durand was reared and educated in St. Landry parish, and commenced
active business life at the age of eighteen,  as manager of his father's
plantation.  Planting has been Mr. Durand's chief occupation.  He now owns a
plantation of 430 acres, which is in a high state of cultivation and yields
him a handsome income.  It is generally conceded that Mr. Durand is one of the
most successful planters of this section.  He married in 1867 Miss Felicie
DeBlanc, a native of St. Martin parish.  They are the parents of thirteen
children, viz.:  Louise,  Gilbert,  Agnes,  Blanche,  Felicie,  Oscar, 
Albert,  Stella,  Osward,  Therese,  Eveline,  Corinne and  Marcel.  Mr.
Durand and family are Catholics.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 319. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.