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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 282.


                         ADAM BOUDREAU
                         Abbeville, LA.

Adam Boudreau was born at Royville, Lafayette parish, Louisiana,
April 27, 1862. He is the son of Joseph and Marie Eulalie (Nunez)
Boudreau, both natives of Louisiana.  Joseph Boudreau died in
1888, at the age of seventy-one years. In his younger dales he
gave his attension to planting, and later in life engaged in
merchandising; but the chief business in which he engaged during
the whole of his life was stock raising, in which he was
abundantly successful. He removed from Royville, Lafayette
parish, to Vermilion in 1888, and to Abbeville in 1882. He was
a heavy loser by the war, but before his death had accumulated
quite a fortune. He was active in the manipulation of party
affairs and was always a staunch democrat.  During the late war
he was in the Confederate States service, and was detailed
to duty on board a steamboat plying on the Teche and Vermilion
Bayous. He was twice married, first to Miss Marie S. Bourke, of
Lafayette parish; she died, and he afterward parried the mother
of our subject, who is the only surviving member of a family of
five children born to this union.  Adam Boudreau received his
education in the schools of Royville and Lafayette. He
subsequently pursued a course of book-keeping at Soule's Busi-
ness College, New Orleans. He was engaged with his father in
business until the time of the latter's death; since which time
he has conducted a business on his own account. That Mr. Boudreau
is a business man of high qualifications, it; attested by the
success which has attended his business undertakings.  He was
married in 1882 to Miss Farzalie Mouton, daughter of Onezime
Mouton, of Vermilion parish. To this union have been born five
children, four sons and a daughter. Mr. Boudreau and family are
members of the Catholic church. In politics he is a conservative
democrat.