Continuation of tree (3rd child of Louis Francois Pitre/Angelle Bertrand); all known surname descendants:
6 Napoleon Louis Pitre b: 7 January 1815 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: 26 January 1877 Plaisance, St. Landry, LA
+ Louise Pitre b: 25 August 1821 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; m: 26 February 1838 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA [Joseph Francois/Sophie A. Fontenot]; d: 10 June 1885 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
7 Scolastie Pitre b: 11 December 1838 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA; d: Bef. 1840 Opelousas, St. Landry, LA
Notes for Napoleon Louis Pitre:
Census
- 1840 St. Landry, Louisiana: Nn. Ls. Pitre - males 1 (15-20), 1 (20-30), females 1 (15-20); slaves males 1 <10, 1 (10-24), females 3 <10, 1 (10-24). [Napoleon Louis Pitre 25, wife Louise Pitre 19, brother Francois Pitre 16]
- 1850 St. Landry, LA: Napoleon Pitre 36 planter ($500 real estate), wife Louise 28, Ernest 13, Louis Beaulieu 14.
- 1860 St. Landry, LA: Napoleon L. Pitre 44 planter ($1500 real estate, $9000 personal), wife Louise J. Pitre 38, Arneste Holly 22 laborer ($100 personal), Bob Slenthet 18 laborer.
- 1870
- 1880 St. Landry, LA: Widow Louisa Pitre 59 farmer, (nephew) Edgar Launey 37 farm laborer, wife (niece) Emelie 18 keeping house, grandniece Ida 2; Beauregard 18 farm laborer.
Civil War Service: Pitre, N. L., Pvt. Co. A, 2nd La. Reserve Corps. Roll of Prisoners of War, Paroled June 17, 1865, Washington, La. Res. St. Landry Par., La.
Notice of Administration, St. Landry Democrat, 17 August 1878: Probate Court, St. Landry Parish, #4030, Estate of Napoleon Louis Pitre: Louise Joseph Pitre applied to be appointed administrator of the estate.
Public Sale - Estate of Napoleon L. Pitre, St. Landry Democrat, 21 September 1878: 138 arpent plantation; 2 tracts of woodland situated in the Plaisance woods of 45 & 10 arpents; gentle stock, sheep, hogs, oxen, horses, mares, mules, farming implements, one buggy, one sugar mill & pans, household & kitchen furniture.
Back one generation to parents of Napoleon Louis Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Parishes of Acadia, Allen Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St Landry, St Martin, St Mary and Vermillion.
Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
Last updated: 18 January 2017.