ROUSSEAU, J., St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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J. ROUSSEAU BREAUX BRIDGE.--Mr. Rousseau is a merchant of this place, born in
1847.  His parents, Jules and Felician (Martin) Rousseau, are both natives of
St. Martin parish, Louisiana.  Our subject is the eldest of two sons born to
this union.  He received his education at St. Charles College, which he
entered at the age of twelve years, and remained until 1864, when he left
school and enlisted in the Seventh Louisiana Cavalry, remaining until the
close of the war.  After the war he engaged as a clerk in St. Martin parish
for about two years, when he removed to New Orleans and was employed in a
wholesale shoe store for a similar period.  Returning to St. Martin parish he
opened a store in partnership with M. Boudier, in which business he was
engaged for about six years.  From 1874 to 188o he was engaged in the sugar
industry.  In 1880 he again engaged in merchandising, in which he has
prospered.  Mr. Rousseau married, February 12, 1877, Miss Clemence Buillard, a
native of St. Martin parish.  They are the parents of seven children, four
boys and three girls, viz:  Joseph Jules,  Gaston Laurent,  Henry Gabriel, 
Joseph,  Jean Martin,  Marie,  Anna and  Agnes.  Mr. Rousseau, in 1884, was
appointed parish treasurer, which office he still holds  He is treasurer of
the Breaux Bridge Turf Association, also treasurer and secretary of the
Literary and Dramatic Association.  He is secretary of the local branch of the
Columbus, Georgia, Building and Loan Association.  He and family are
Catholics.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
345-346.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.