LANDRY, Alcee, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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ALCEE LANDRY, LAFAYETTE.--Alcee Landry is a native of Lafayette parish and was
reared and educated here, as was also his father, J. B. Landry. 

J. B. Landry was one of Lafayette's sterling citizens and a successful
planter.  He married early in life Miss Anna Landry, also a native of
Lafayette parish.  They spent their whole lives in this parish.  J. B. Landry
died in 1877.

The subject of this sketch has resided in this parish the whole of his life
and received such educational advantages as were obtained from the schools of
his locality.  He began life as a planter, in which he is at present
successfully engaged.  Mr. Landry is united in marriage with Miss Cora
Broussard.  He and wife are members of the Catholic church.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
235-236.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.