 1804 - 1885 (80 years)
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| Name |
Alexandre MOUTON |
| Prefix |
Gov. |
| Born |
19 Nov 1804 |
Attakapas Landing, Assumption, Louisiana, USA  |
Address:
Bayou Carencro
Saint Martin Parish
Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
1821 |
- Studied law under Charles Antoine.
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| Occupation |
1825 |
| attorney |
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| Occupation |
1826 |
, , Louisiana, USA |
| representative in the State Legislature |
| Occupation |
Between 1831 and 1832 |
, , Louisiana, USA |
| Speaker of the House |
| Occupation |
Between Jan 1837 and 1 Mar 1842 |
, , Louisiana, USA |
| senator |
| Occupation |
Between 1843 and 1845 |
, , Louisiana, USA |
| governor |
 Census |
1850 |
, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
Mouton, Alexander 46 Farm $43,500
Gardner, Emma K. 30 (N.Y.)
Alfred 21
Mathilde 18
Odilde 16
Cecila 13
Anne Liza 6
Charles A. 4
Paul 2
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| Membership |
Jan 1852 |
| Southwestern Railroad Convention |
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| Membership |
1858 |
| Vigilance Committee for the Attakapas Country |
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| Census |
1860 |
, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
Alexandre Mouton 55
Emma 35 (Gardner) (From Columbia)
Cecilia 21
Lyisa 15
Charles 13
Paul 11
George 6
Marie 9
Rufus 3
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| Education |
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA |
| Georgetown College |
| Membership |
1860 |
Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA |
| National Convention held at Charleston |
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| Membership |
1861 |
| Secession Convention |
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| Buried |
Feb 1885 |
Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
Address:
Saint John's Cathedral Cemetery
Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana |
| Died |
12 Feb 1885 |
Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
| Membership |
1886 |
Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA |
| National Convention held in Cincinnati |
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| Person ID |
I1966 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
31 Mar 2014 |
| Father |
Jean MOUTON, b. 1755, Beaubassin, , , Acadia , d. Deceased |
| Mother |
Maria Martha BORDAT, b. 1768, Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, USA , d. Deceased |
| Married |
22 Jun 1783 |
Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, USA |
| Family ID |
F1024 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Celestine Zelia ROUSSEAU, b. Abt 1809, d. Bef 1842 (Age ~ 32 years) |
| Married |
1826 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. General Jean Jacques Alexandre Alfred MOUTON, b. 18 Feb 1829, , St. Landry, Louisiana, USA , d. 8 Apr 1864, Mansfield, De Soto, Louisiana, USA (Age 35 years) |
| | 2. Mathilde MOUTON, b. 1832, d. Deceased |
| | 3. Henriette Odieda MOUTON, b. 22 Mar 1834, d. 20 Dec 1912 (Age 78 years) |
| | 4. Cecilia MOUTON, b. 1839, d. Bef 1891 (Age 51 years) |
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| Last Modified |
6 Dec 2008 |
| Family ID |
F1035 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Emma K GARDNER, b. 1825, , , New York, USA , d. Aft 1860 (Age 36 years) |
| Married |
1842 |
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Anne Liza MOUTON, b. 1845, d. Deceased |
| | 2. Charles A MOUTON, b. 1847, d. Deceased |
| | 3. Paul MOUTON, b. 1849, d. Deceased |
| | 4. Marie MOUTON, b. 1851, d. Deceased |
| | 5. George MOUTON, b. 1854, d. Deceased |
| | 6. Rufus MOUTON, b. 1857, d. Deceased |
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| Last Modified |
6 Dec 2008 |
| Family ID |
F1036 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- ALEXANDER MOUTON.--The name that heads this sketch is well known, not only in Louisiana, but throughout the United States. Alexander Mouton was born November 19, 1804, in what was then Attakapas, on Bayou Carencro, which was the dividing line between Attakapas county and county of Opelousas, on the road now leading from the present town of Lafayette to Grand Coteau. He died February 12, 1885.
Mr. Mouton was the ninth Governor of the State of Louisiana, and the first Democrat to occupy the executive chair. He was a lineal descendant of an early Acadian family, and was proud of his origin. His mother, Marth
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