Hon. Adrien Nunez, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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The oldest son of a family of five children, Hon. Adrien Nunez, Abbeville, was born in what is
now Vermillion parish, October 22, 1829, to Joseph and Mary (Loupe) Nunez, both of whom were
natives of Louisiana.  His father was a large planter and stock dealer of Lafayette parish.  He
died in this parish in 1887, at the age of eighty-seven years.  The mother of our subject was
born in Lafayette parish in 1806, and died in 1874.  Of the five children born to them four are
now living.  The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of Vermillion
parish.  Since engaging in business he has given his chief attention to planting and
stockraising.  Mr. Nunez has taken a prominent part in public affairs, and was elected member
of the legislature from Vermillion parish in 1851, serving one term.  He was again elected in
1860 and reelected in 1862.  In 1874 he was elected to the lower house, and served until 1877.
In 1880 he was elected member of the state senate, and served four years.  His public services
have been marked by their conservatism, and the vigilance with which he has represented the
interests of his constituency.  Mr. Nunez enjoys an enviable popularity, and if he chooses to
accept them, he is looked upon as the subject of high future honors.  In a financial sense Mr.
Nunez has been remarkably successful.  He owns 14,000 acres of excellent land, bounded on the
south by the Gulf of Mexico, and on the west by Vermilion bayou.  Three hundred acres are in a
high state of cultivation, the principal products being rice, corn and cane. He also deals
extensively in a fine grade of stock, and has on his plantation a number of Durham cattle, and
a superior grade of horses, sheep and hogs.  Mr. Nunez was married in 1848 to Miss Olivia
Guidry, a native of St. Martin parish, born 1832, and daughter of Oliver Guidry.  To their
union have been born two sons and seven daughters, eight of whom are living.  His wife died in
1874.  Mr. Nunez, in 1876, married Miss Lillie Breaux, of Vermillion parish.  They are the
parents of four children: Nellie, C. B., Maud and Olgar.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 492-493.  Published by the
Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.