BROUSSARD, A. Cleophas, Vermilion then Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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A. CLEOPHAS BROUSSARD, LAFAYETTE.--A. Cleophas Broussard, planter and butcher,
living in Ward 3, is a native of Vermilion parish, born September 25, 1846. 
He is the son of Edward T. and B. (Broussard) Broussard, both natives of
Louisiana.  His grandparents were natives of Acadia.  The father of our
subject was a planter and stock raiser, and dealt very heavily in cattle.  He
was also a large slave owner before the war.  He married our subject's mother
in St. Martin parish, and became the father of fifteen children, four of whom
are now living.  Mr. Broussard and wife died of yellow fever the same year in
Vermilion parish.  They were both members of the Catholic church.

The subject of this sketch received a good business education at St. Charles
College, Grand Coteau.  In 1864 he enlisted in the Confederate States army and
served for eight months until the close of the war.  After this he returned
home and engaged in farming, which occupation he has followed since.  In
December, 1887, he turned his attention to the butcher business, in which he
has continued until the present time.  He owns a plantation of one hundred and
seventy-five acres of land, ninety of which he cultivates, the principal
products being cotton, corn and sweet potatoes.  His plantation is situated
near Lafayette, and is well improved.  At present he and his brother-in-law
are preparing a race track with a view of having the parish fair there in the
near future.  The track is two-thirds of a mile in circumference.

Mr. Broussard married, in 1872, Miss Arsene Guidry, a native of Lafayette
parish.  They are the parents of twelve children, four sons and eight
daughters, of whom eight are now living.  Mr. Broussard and family are
Catholics.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p.
206. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.