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State of Service: ESP
Qualifying Service: Patrotic Service
Michel Prudhomme was born 23 Jun 1739 at Strasbourg, Alsace, France.
He married Marie Snaider in 1775, and they had a son named Michel, who was baptized on 11 June 1780 .
Michel later married Marie Catherine Raiter in 1790 and they had the following known children:
Marie Louise was born in about 1776 and married Andre Nerault
Julienne
Louise
Michel served as a fusilier in the Opelousas Militia. His service in the Opelousas Militia Roll from 8 June 1777 is referenced on page 247 of Churchill’s Spanish Records. In this capacity, Prudhomme served under Spanish Governor Bernardo de Galvez in the Battles of Fort Bute and Baton Rouge. He also donated the land on which the Saint Landry Parish Catholica church was built and its Cemetery, which had 31 known Patriots interred.
The Patriot died on 19 Aug 1817 in Opelousas and was buried beneath the floor of St. Landry Catholic Church.
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DAR RC # 764576
SAR RC # 162547 was approved on Dec 16, 2010
For details, see: SW Louisiana Rec Vol II, pgs 741-2; Michel, widr. of 2nd wife Mary...children from 1st marriage: Marie Louise m. Andre Neraut, succ. dated Nov 1817; and, SW Louisiana Rec Vol I, pg 467; Michel m. Catherine Raiter