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- LANDRY, Joseph, planter, commandant. Born, Acadie (Nova Scotia), 1752; son of Joseph Landry and Marie Josèphe Bourg.
Family exiled to Oxford, Talbot County, Md., during Acadian expulsion of 1755.
Came to Louisiana in mid-1760s with mother and three sisters; in 1769 owned land on the west bank of the Mississippi River, Cabahannocee.
Was a fusilier in Second Company of Acadians, January 15, 1770; lieutenant of militia, 1794; promoted to rank of major, 1804; served as ad interim commandant under Spanish commandant, Croquer, 1799-1803; commissioned first commandant under the American government by Governor W. C. C. Claiborne (q.v.), 1804; title changed to justice of the peace, 1805; elected to state legislative council, September 1805; elected to state senate, July 1812.
Owned New Hope (Home) Plantation where sugar and corn were major crops; owned retail sugar business.
Married (1) Isabel LeBlanc (d. 1777), daughter of Marie Magdalene Landry and Desiré LeBlanc, April 18, 1775; one son, Louis.
Married (2) Anne Bujol (d. 1816), daughter of Anne LeBlanc and Joseph Bujol, November 25, 1779.
Children: Carmélite, Céleste, Achille, Joseph, Ursin, Valéry, Mélanie, Arthémise, Trasimond (q.v.), Delphine and Marguerite.
Interred October 11, 1814. A mausoleum was dedicated to Joseph, Anne, and their descendants in the Church of the Ascension cemetery, May 1845. J.B.C.
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