1891 Biography - Alcide Veeder

ALCIDE VEEDER, CHARENTON. -- Alcide Veeder was born in St. Mary parish in 1851. He is the son of John and Felician (Ward) Veeder. John Veeder was a native of New York, and came to St. Mary parish when young. He was a bricklayer by occupation. He died in 1854. Felician Veeder is a native of St. Mary parish. She married a second time, Frederick Wolford.

Alcide Veeder is the only living member of a family of three children. He received his education in the public and private schools of his neighborhood, and has been working on his own account since sixteen years of age as a planter and cooper. His plantation consists of one hundred acres, and lies on the east side of the Teche, three-fourths of a mile above Charenton. Its principal products are sugar cane and rice. His carpenter shop is located on his plantation and gives employment to four men. In January, 1890, our subject entered into partnership with Hubert Delaye, in a general mercantile business, carrying an average stock of about five thousand dollars. He married, in 1871, Anna Minderman, a native of St. Mary parish, born in 1852, and daughter of Leander Minderman. They are the parents of seven children: John, Ida, Winifred, George, Ella, Lena and Aimie. Mr. Veeder and family are members of the Catholic church.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 387.