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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 279.


                        LASTIE BROUSSARD
                         Abbeville, LA

Lastie Broussard, attorney at law, was born in Vermilion parish,
December 15, 1838. He is the son of Augustine A. and Marie
Coralie Broussard, both natives of Lafayette parish, and both of
Acadian ancestry. To them were born eleven children, five sons
and six daughters, only five of whom are now living, viz: the
subject of this sketch, Numa A., a resident of Vermilion parish;
Marie Estelle, wife of Thogene Thibodeaux; Hortense, wife of
Dolze Le Blanc, and Emma Broussard, wife of Adolphe Le Blanc.
Augustin A. Broussard was a farmer and stock raiser; he was also
for a number of years police juror. He died in 1885, on his farm
in Vermilion parish. His wife still survives him, being now
about seventy-eight years of age.  The subject of this sketch
began life for himself at the age of twenty-one, as a clerk in a
drug store, after which he was made deputy sheriff for a period
of two years. He was also assessor and parish treasurer for
three years. Later he held the position of justice of the peace,
and mayor of Abbeville, and for twenty-three years he was clerk
oil the court. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar, and has been
engaged in the practice of his profession since 1888. In 1889
he entered in partnership with Walter A. White, and he is now
one of the leading attorneys of Abbeville. He was married in 1861
to Miss Perpetue Mayard. To them have been born fifteen children,
six sons and nine daughters.   viz: Odile and Odelia, twins;
Odalie, deceased; Olive, Ophelia, deceased; Lastie  Odelin,
Oliver, Octavia, Ovide, Onesia, Olita, Otto, Otis, Omea,
deceased, and  Opta.  Mr. Broussard owns twenty-five hundred
acres of land in Vermilion parish, two hundred of which are under
cultivation: the principal products being cane, corn, and rice.
He also owns a considerable amount of property in Abbeville,
Louisiana. Mr. Brousard and wife are members of the Catholic 
church.