CLAIRVILLE LANDRY, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Lou Landry Written by Edmund C. Landry, D.D.S. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** In the census of 1860, Clairville Landry was living on a large tract of land, 3 mi. East of the present site of Morse, LA. This was before the formation of Acadia Parish. After the Civil War, he returned to Vermilion Parish. In the census of 1880, he was living at La Chenier au Tigre with his second wife, Arsine LeBlanc, widow of Boudin. His youngest sons by his first wife, Eraste ( 13 yrs of age) and Ophelias (9 yrs of age) were living with Clairville and Arsine. In the Civil War, he was Pvt. in Co. H, 18th La Inf. He enlisted Oct 10, 1862 at Camp Pratt (New Iberia). He was present on rolls for Jan. & Feb. 1863 and May & June 1863. Then he was missing in action June 26, 1863. He was on register of Prisoners of war dated April 27, 1863; captured at Bayou Teche, La. On April 14, 1863, he was sent to New Orleans to be exchanged for Federal prisoners ( these dates are apparently in error, or improper sequence). In January and February , he was present on rolls for Co. E. Cons., 8th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion, La Inf. In 1862, the Yellow Jacket Battalion was commanded by Col. V. Fournet and 1st Lt. Arthur Simon. Later, this battalion was consolidated with the 18th LA. Inf. In 1864, Arthur Simon was promoted Capt. to Maj. of Co. K of the 18th reg. and was with Gen. E. Kirby Smith at the time of his surrender. The Gros Isle Cemetery, 3 mi. S. E. of Abbeville is on property which once belonged to Clairville. Whether his father, Onezime owned this (and Joseph, Onezime's father) is not known. As a C. S. A. Rebel, Clairville could not obtain a land grant from the Federal Gov. after the Civil War. Perhaps he purchased it after selling property E. of Morse. Also, the property "6 mi. N. of Abbeville", birthplace of John, Madeline, Joseph, Saul Landry, grandchildren, and where Grandfather Euphemon (son of Clairville) and Grandmother Marcilliene Frederick Landry died, was not the property of Euphemon. Perhaps it was Frederick property. Or property of a Landry cousin. Anyway, Euphemon either inherited, or bought, from Clairville some of the Gros Isle Property. Sometime before 1870, Euphemon, in a fight and in self-defense, killed ( with a "hoss pistil" from his boot) a man who was either his twin, Eupemie's "boy friend" or some man who had insulted her. This must have seriously affected Grandpa Euphemon's life. Euphemie married Antoine Sanchez in 1870. Euphemon did not marry until 1881. When Grandma Marcillienne died in 1903 ( daughter, Aunt Madeleine married at age 16 in 1906) the family was broke up. My father John was the 16 and "on his own". Uncle Joe and Uncle Saul were "farmed" out to their godparents. However, as early as December 1881, Euphemon (two months after his marriage) sold most of his property at Gras Isle to Antonine Sanchez, his brother-in-law, husband if his dear twin , Euphemie. Later, after his wife died in 1903, Euphemon moved in with his sister and Sanchez. There was some sort of trouble between Euphemon and Sanchez. Probably "bad blood" . At least " hot tempers". The result was, supposedly, that Euphemon exchanged another portion of his propery for a horse and saddle and "took off", living part tiime with my family and other relatives. The reason the story above is mentioned is that because the property once belonged to Clairville and that Euphemon sold to Sanchez for a few dollars, is today worth perhaps more than a million, There are producing wells on adjoining property. That property still belongs to Euphemie Landry and Antoine Sanchez descendants today.