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J. Minos Simon
Joseph Minos Simon, Sr. (February 27, 1922 – March 11, 2004), was an American author, a lecturer, an aviator, a sportsman, and an Lawyer, attorney from Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, who was particularly known for his courtroom theatrics and demeanor. Early years and education J. Minos Simon was born to Amar Simon and the former Elvina Bouillion in the community of Nunez in western Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. He was reared in a poor family and spoke only French language, French as a child, but he learned to speak English in grade school. As was typical of early Cajun life, he worked in rice and cotton fields and traveled in horse-drawn buggies and wagons. When Simon was a fourth-grader, his parents moved to Kaplan, Louisiana, Kaplan. He graduated from Kaplan High School in 1939. After high school, he served for one year in the U.S. Marine Corps before being medically discharged. He attended both the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Louisiana State Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Vermilion Parish (french: Paroisse de Vermillion) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, created in 1844. The parish seat is Abbeville. Vermilion Parish is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area, and located in southern Acadiana. At the 2010 U.S. census, the population was 57,999; the 2019 American Community Survey estimated its population was 59,865. In the past several decades, much of the southern portion of the parish has been swept away by water erosion, especially after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005. History Indigenous peoples lived in the area for thousands of years, from different cultures. By historic times, the Chitimacha and Atakapa inhabited the area and were the American Indians encountered by Spanish and French explorers and settlers. The tribes' numbers were drastically reduced as a result of exposure to European diseases. French, Spanish, enslaved Africans, and French-Canadians from Acadia expelled after the Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |