Dupuy, Valiere P.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Valiere P. Dupuy, planter, Plaquemine, La. Milly plantation, four and a half miles from Plaquemine and now owned by Mr. Dupuy, was originally used in the culture of silk worms, but in 1833 was established as a sugar plantation. Paulin Dupuy, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Iberville parish, and his death occurred on Milly plantation in 1853, when about fifty years of age. He was a very successful planter and was on the high road to wealth and prominence when his death occurred. He was the owner of Milly plantation, which is one of the finest on the bayou. He was of French descent, his ancestors coming to Louisiana from Acadia. His wife and the mother of our subject, Victorine (Marionneaux) Dupuy, was born on the 22d of February, 1813, and died December 29, 1890. She was a woman of excellent judgment and unusual ability as a manager. After the death of her husband she took charge of the plantation until her son, Valiere, was old enough to take the responsibility upon his shoulders. Her death occurred on the 29th of December, 1890. Valiere P. Dupuy was born May 18, 1846, and was educated in Plaquemine. During the war he assumed charge of Milly plantation, and planting has been his principal occupation since, although in 1876 he commenced bee culture with one stand of Italian bees. Since then this has been increased to ninety-three stands, which in itself brings Mr. Dupuy in a snug little income. The plantation is one of the finest and most productive on the bayou, and shows that care and attention is given to its management. Mr. Dupuy is a member of the Catholic church. His grandfather was a planter on the Mississippi river on what is now Reliance plantation, and there lived and died. He was quite wealthy.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), p. 391. Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.