JOHN ABSHIRE, JR.
                 Abbeville,Vermilion Parish, LA




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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 277.


John Abshire, Jr., a prominent merchant of Ward 5, was born near
his present place of residence, August I7, 1843. He is the second
of a family of eight children, born to John Abshire.  John
Abshile, Sr., was a native of Vermilion parish, whose grandfather
was directly from England.
   The subject of this sketch received his education in the
schools of Vermilion parish and from private tutorage. When
seventeen years of age, in I86I, he joined the Confederate army,
enlisting in Fournet's Battalion. He was afterward transferred to
the Eighteenth Louisiana Infantry, in which he served until
the close of the war. He was in the battles of Bayou Lafourche,
Camp Bisland, Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. After the war Mr.
Abshire returned to Vermilion parish, and commenced farming and
stock raising, which has been his principal occupation since that
time. In 1879 he opened a mercantile business,which he still
conducts. He is the owner of twenty-five hundred acres of land, 
which he cultivates in cotton and corn. Mr. Abshire is a
successful business man. He was married September, 1865, to
Belzire Broussard. They are the parents of four children, three
of whom are living, to-wit: Joseph T., Olita and John Allison.
The other died in infancy. In politics Mr. Abshire adheres 
strictly to the principles of Democracy. He and family are
members of the Catholic church.