1891 Biography - John T. Dunesnil

JOHN T. DUNESNIL, BALDWIN. -- John T. Dunesnil was born in St. Mary parish, January 7, 1834. He is the son of Theodore and Adele (Tenhold) Dunesnil, the former a native of France and the latter of Lafourche parish.

John T. Dunesnil was reared in St. Mary parish, and at the age of ten years he entered a private school and received a good education. He began business life as a planter, which he followed until 1886, when he engaged in the butcher business and followed it for four years. He then engaged in planting and merchandising for eight years and subsequently gave his whole attention to planting. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, one hundred and thirty being under cultivation. He was married twice. His first wife was Miss Emma Butand, a native of St. Mary parish and daughter of Alexander and Emma Butand, natives of France. They were the parents of nine children. His first wife died after having been married twenty-two years, and our subject married the following year Mrs. A. Bernard, a sister of his former wife, and six years subsequent to this he died.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, pages 365-366.