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Charles Henri Cessac

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Charles Henri Cessac

Birth
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
18 Feb 1921 (aged 66)
Esther, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Esther, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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CESSAC, Charles, businessman, farmer, rancher. Born, July 14, 1854; son of Pierre Cady Cessac of Bordeaux, France, and Céleste Trahan of Washington, La. Reared in Vermilion Parish, La., in the area known as Little Egypt. Education: private tutoring. With brothers, Pierre, Jr., and Antoine, engaged in the coastal trade in their sailing vessel, The Three Brothers. Transported cattle, cotton, sugar, flour, corn, furs, lumber, hogs, and supplies for people living along the coast and along the bayous. Married Amanda Smith of Prairie Gregg, Vermilion Parish, December 24, 1881. Children: Henry, Maude, Joséphine, August, Terrance, Amy, Adonia, Alphonse, Odalie, Octavie, Joseph, Mary Zoë, Edmond, Julie, Alpha, Olivia, and Antoine. Made his home at such coastal locations as Belle Isle, Chênière au Tigre, and Campbell's Ferry. Farmed, ranched, and trapped at each of these locations. Died, Campbell's Ferry, Vermilion Parish, February 18, 1921; interred St. James Cemetery, Esther, La. A.S.H. Sources: Records kept by Zoë Cessac Sagrera; St. James Cemetery, Esther, La.; Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 33 vols. (1974-1984).
CESSAC, Charles, businessman, farmer, rancher. Born, July 14, 1854; son of Pierre Cady Cessac of Bordeaux, France, and Céleste Trahan of Washington, La. Reared in Vermilion Parish, La., in the area known as Little Egypt. Education: private tutoring. With brothers, Pierre, Jr., and Antoine, engaged in the coastal trade in their sailing vessel, The Three Brothers. Transported cattle, cotton, sugar, flour, corn, furs, lumber, hogs, and supplies for people living along the coast and along the bayous. Married Amanda Smith of Prairie Gregg, Vermilion Parish, December 24, 1881. Children: Henry, Maude, Joséphine, August, Terrance, Amy, Adonia, Alphonse, Odalie, Octavie, Joseph, Mary Zoë, Edmond, Julie, Alpha, Olivia, and Antoine. Made his home at such coastal locations as Belle Isle, Chênière au Tigre, and Campbell's Ferry. Farmed, ranched, and trapped at each of these locations. Died, Campbell's Ferry, Vermilion Parish, February 18, 1921; interred St. James Cemetery, Esther, La. A.S.H. Sources: Records kept by Zoë Cessac Sagrera; St. James Cemetery, Esther, La.; Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 33 vols. (1974-1984).


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