Florent Edouard Simon (or Edward Simon; May 26, 1799 – 1866) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from January 1, 1840, to March 19, 1846.[1][2]

Born in Tournai, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium,[3] he studied at the University of Louvain, and studied civil law at Brussels.[4] Following the annexation of Belgium to Holland,[3] Simon emigrated to London in 1817, and from there to Baltimore, where he went into the cotton business.[4] He moved to Louisiana, settling at St. Martinville.[4] There, he was encouraged to finish his legal studies by his friend Felix Grima, a judge of the state.[3]

After retirement from bench, became a sugar planter.[4] He was the first of five consecutive generations of Louisiana judges, and his great-grandson, James Dudley Simon, also served on the Louisiana Supreme Court.[5][3]

References

  1. ↑ "(Florent) Edouard Simon (1799 – 1866)". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "(Florent) Edouard Simon (1799 – 1866)". Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 117.
  5. ↑ "James Dudley Simon (1897 – 1982)". Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09.


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