BODIN, Dolze, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** DOLZE BODIN, BALDWIN.--Dolze Bodin was born in St. Mary parish, February 4, 1832. He is the son of Gregoire and Pelagie (LeBlanc) Bodin, natives of Acadia and Lafayette, respectively. Our subject was reared in St. Mary parish, attending schools in the neighborhood. At the age of fourteen he became an overseer and for three years was engaged in that business. He married Celeste Langlinay, a native of St. Mary parish, born August 10, 1834, and daughter of Alexander Langlinay. To this marriage five sons and three daughters have been born: Emma, Celestine, Jules O., John U., Esparie, Joseph B., Alexander and Gregoire. Our subject owns three hundred acres of land, one hundred and twenty-five of which are in cultivation, principally in corn, potatoes and sugar cane. On his place he has erected a four-foot, three-roller sugar mill. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 362. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.