FUSELIER, Alfred, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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ALFRED FUSELIER, ST. MARTINVILLE.--Alfred Fuselier was born in St. Martin
parish, Louisiana, December 22, 1848.  He is thc son of Alcide Gabriel and
Auron (Gadenego) Fuselier.  The father was born in St. Martin parish,
Louisiana, in 1816, and is now a resident of this parish.  He has occupied
many official positions in the parish, and takes an active part in social and
political affairs.  The mother was born in Italy about 1828, and died in
Louisiana in 1855.  There have been born to them fourteen children, nine sons
and five daughters.  Of these nine are living, the oldest being fifty-two
years of age.

The subject of our sketch was reared in Louisiana, and educated at St. Charles
College, Grand Coteau.  He received a liberal education, which has fitted him
for a successful business life.  He entered the Confederate army in 1863,
enlisting as a private in the Eighth Louisiana Infantry, and with them served
until the close of the war; upon which event he returned to his home and
engaged in the sugar industry.

In 1884 he married Miss Eluido Béraud, a native of St. Martin parish, the
daughter of a prominent and highly respected planter of this parish.  Both of
her parents are dead.  The result of this marriage is three children:  Amelia, 
Loranzo and  Philomene.

Mr. Fuselier is deputy sheriff of St. Martin parish, and has performed the
duties of his office with the greatest vigilance.  He, as were his ancestors,
is of the Catholic religion.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
327-328.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.