BROWN, James B., Terrebonne then St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
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JAMES B. BROWN, LOUISA.--James B. Brown was born in Terrebonne parish,
Louisiana, February 8, 1857.  He is the son of Simon and Elmira (Stoufflet)
Brown.  He was educated in the common schools of the parish and afterward in
the University at Baton Rouge, where he was for a period of eighteen months
State cadet.  On leaving school he engaged as an overseer of a plantation and
served in this capacity for different parties at various times.  He was
engaged in 1887 as overseer of the Ivanhoe plantation south of Bayou Cypremort
and north of Cypremort branch railroad, owned by Mrs. E. D. Burguieres.  Upon
this place Mr. Brown resides with his family.  He was married in 1879 to Miss
Bridget Burguieres, a native of St. Mary parish and daughter of Ernest D.
Burguieres, of Lower Cypremort.  They are the parents of three children, viz
:
Robert L.,  Joseph Clifford and  James E., Jr.   Mrs. [sic] Brown stands high
as a planter and his success is due to the intelligent care which he pursues
in grow in cane. 

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
362-363.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.