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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 292.



                           L. LEOTAUD
                         Abbeville, LA
L. Leotaud was born in Harrison county, Texas, 1859. He is the
son of Anthony and Maudeline V. (Ruddy) Leotaud, the former a
native of Marseilles, France, and the latter of Germany. To them
were born five children, three sons and two daughters, of whom
our subject was the youngest. Anthony Leotaud was engaged in the
hotel business in Galveston up to the time of his death. In his
earlier days he had been captain of a vessel on the Gulf of
Mexico for a number of years. He died in Texas in 1871. His
wife died in 1860.  The subject of this sketch was reared
principally in Abbeville. At the age of thirteen years he became
a clerk in a store at Abbeville, Louisiana, and followed this
occupation for a number of years. He owns residence property in
Abbeville, and a drinking saloon, which gives him a good
income. Mr. Leotaud was married, in 1882, to Miss Louise Veazy,
of Abbeville, daughter of Theophile Veazy. They are the parents
of three children, two daughters and a son, viz: Lily, Anita ancl
Sidney.  Mr. Leotaud and wife are members of the Catholic church.