BROUSSARD, Valsin, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
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VALSIN, BROUSSARD, BROUSSARDVILLE.--Valsin Broussard, a prosperous sugar
planter of Lafayette parish, is a native of Louisiana, born 1826.

He is one of Lafayette's old landmarks who still survive.  He is the father of
the little town of Broussardville, and was its first post-master.  In local
public affairs, Mr. Broussard has always been prominent, though he does not
claim to be a politician.  In a business sense, as well as otherwise, Mr.
Broussard's life has been a success.  He has always given his chief attention
to planting and merchandising; and now owns and controls four hundred acres of
fine land in Lafayette, besides large tracts in other parishes.  For the past
twenty years he has conducted a flourishing mercantile business.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 205. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.