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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 298.



                       HON. ADRIEN NUNEZ
                         Abbeville, LA

Hon. Adrien Nunez was born in what is now Vermilion parish,
October 22, 1829.  He is the oldest son of a family of five
children born to Joseph and Mary (Loups) 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 Vermilion parish.
Since engaging in business he has given his chief attention to
planting and stock raising. Mr. Nunez has taken a prominent part
in public affairs, and was elected member of the Legislature from
Vermilion parish in 1851, serving for 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 I880 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 interest 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. Nubez has been remarkably
successful.  He owns fourteen thousand 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 Vermilion parish. They are the parents of four children:
Nellie, C. B., Maud and Olgar.