Lessin Simon Abshire
1842 - 1937 (94 years)-
Name Lessin Simon Abshire Nickname Lessin Born 24 Apr 1842 Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States 
Christened 15 Jun 1842 Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States Gender Male Buried 1937 Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States Died 2 Mar 1937 Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States Person ID I2438 OGrady Family Tree Last Modified 16 Dec 2020
Father Jean Jacob Abshire, b. About July 1824, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States , d. 31 Dec 1912, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States (Age ~ 88 years) Relationship Birth Mother Marie Euranie Simon, b. 6 Jan 1815, Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States , d. 28 Jan 1890, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States (Age 75 years) Relationship Birth Family ID F4227 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Azelie Simon Last Modified 6 May 2020 Family ID F957 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103306813/lessin-simon-abshire
- Company D (Brand's, Gibson's, Bruce's)
ABSHIRE, Lessin. Pvt. Enlisted in Company D, 20 Oct 62, no place given. Probably a conscript. Present to Apr 63. Absent 30 Jun-Dec 63, paroled, AWOL since fall of Vicksburg, went to LA. Jan-Feb 64, "Deserted at Vicksburg--after the fall of the city--Went to West La."
No further record in Booth.
Booth, LA Confed. Soldiers, 1:23: Lessin Absheir.
CSRC, Index: Lessin Abshier.
Lessier, Abshire, (Lessin Abshire)
Pvt. Co. D,
1st La. Hvy. Arty.
Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War,
Captured and paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863.
Buried: Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery, Kaplan, LA.
(Also known as Kaplan Cemetery)
His UCV grave marker lists him as Lessin ABSHIRE.