Beloni Simon (1797 - 1836)

Born 13 Oct 1797 in St. Martinville, Spanish Louisiana

Ancestors

Husband of Pelagie (Boudreaux) Simon — married before 1819 in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1836 at age 38 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Beloni Simon is a descendant of an Acadian

Private Beloni Simon served in the Spanish Louisiana Militia in the War of 1812
Service started:
Unit(s): Captain DeClouet's Regiment
Service ended:

Beloni Simon, a son of Jean Baptiste Simon and Marie Madeleine Aucoin, was born October 13, 1797 in St. Martinville, Attakapas, Spanish colonial Louisiana.^[1] He was a first generation Creole: born in Louisiana of French parents.

Beloni was 15 when the U.S. declared war on England in 1812. Two years later the U.S. was not faring well in the war when England decided to crush the upstart republic by taking control of the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Like many of his friends and neighbors, Beloni descended from French Acadian settlers who had been forced out of their homes by the British. They were not going to see that happen again. Beloni and practically every man of age in Louisiana joined the militia. Beloni enlisted as a private with Captain DeClouet's Regiment, which saw action at the Battle of New Orleans from December, 1814 through January 8, 1815.^[2]

The war officially ended (for the second time) in March of 1815. Beloni went home to St. Martinville, and on July 8, 1817 he married Pelagie Boudreaux.^[3][4]

Known children of the marriage:

1. Beloni Simon (1819-1819)^[5]
2. Alexandre Simon (1822)^[6]
3. Azema Simon (1826) ^[7][8]
4. Clemence Simon (1828)^[9]
5. Simon Simon (1830)^[10]
6. Zulma Simon (1834)^[11]

Three years later, in 1820, he was counted on the census in St. Martin Parish as a farmer, age 16-25 (he was 23); with a female age 16-23 (Pelagie was 20), and no children. Nearby were the farms of his parents and all of his brothers.^[12]

Beloni Simon died at age 39 in Lafayette, Louisiana, on April 25, 1836. ^{[citation needed]} Four children born of the marriage were named as heirs in his succession, dated 21 November 1838.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Hébert, Donald J., Southwest Louisiana Records, 1740-1900, CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Pub. Div., 2001). Citing original record found at St. Martin de Tours Church records: vol. 5, #46:

   SIMON, Beloni (Jean Baptiste - of near Rennes in Bretagne, France & Magdeleine OCOIN - of Belle Isle en Mer, France) b. 13 Ot. 1797, bt. 13 May 1798 Pats: Rene SIMON & Bastianne MOUIE [MONNIER] - of Brittany, France & Alexandre OCOIN & Elizabeth DUON - of Acadia; Spons: Joseph DUON & Elizabeth OCOIN. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.5, #46).

2. ↑ "Index to Louisiana Soldiers During the War of 1812," compiled by John Bennett Pierson (Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, at URL http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/state/military/war1812/index.txt)
3. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4ZH-MQH : 4 December 2014), Belloni Simon and Pelagie Boudreaux, 08 Jul 1817; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 6,010,599.
4. ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD:

   SIMON, Belony - native of this parish (minor son of Jean Baptiste - inhabitant at Vermillion & Magdeleine AUCOIN) m. 8 July 1817 Pelagie BOUDREAUX - native of this parish (minor daughter of Joseph BOUDROT - inhabitant at Vermillion & Isabelle Apolline TRAHAN. Wits: Joseph Fortune PENNE, Francois LAPOUJADE, Paul HECAUD, Jean MONTET, Charles SIMON, Joseph BOUDROT fil s, F. CARMOUCHE. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI"]; original record found at St. Martin de Tours Church, St. Martinville, La., vol. 6, #47.

5. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5N-TW3Z : 14 January 2020), Beloni Simon in entry for Beloni Simon, 1819.
6. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5F-VMW2 : 14 January 2020), Beloni Simon in entry for Alexandre Simon, 1822.
7. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWGF-1Q7 : 8 December 2014), Azema Simon, 06 Dec 1826; citing Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 6,010,599.
8. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZS-21Q : 14 January 2020), Zenon Simon in entry for Henrion Trahan, 1842.
9. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5N-TW6Z : 14 January 2020), Belony Simon in entry for Clemine Simon, 1828.
10. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSRT-JZZM : 14 January 2020), Simon Simon, 1830.
11. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS51-HH6Z : 14 January 2020), Belony Simon in entry for Zulma Simon, 1834.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLW-P8K : 16 July 2015), B Simon, 1820.
13. ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD:

    SIMON, Belonie m. Pelagie BOUDREAUX Heirs: Alexandre; Azema; Clemence; Zulma. Succ. dated 21 Nov. 1838 (Laf. Ct. Hse.: Succ. # 357)