1891 Biography - Dolze Bodin

DOLZE BODIN, BALDWIN. – Dolze Bodin was born in St. Mary parish, February 4, 1832. He is the son of Gregoire and Pelagie (LeBlanc) Bodin, natives of Acadia and Lafayette, respectively.

Our subject was reared in St. Mary parish, attending schools in the neighborhood. At the age of fourteen he became an overseer and for three years was engaged in that business. He married Celeste Langlinay, a native of St. Mary parish, born August 10, 1834, and daughter of Alexander Langlinay. To this marriage five sons and three daughters have been born: Emma, Celestine, Jules O., John U., Esparie, Joseph B., Alexander and Gregoire. Our subject owns three hundred acres of land, one hundred and twenty-five of which are in cultivation, principally in corn, potatoes and sugar cane. On his place he has erected a four-foot, three-roller sugar mill.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 362.