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Pierre Joseph Landry, captain of Company B in Meriam's Regiment of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812, was born on Jan. 9, 1770, in St. Servan, France, and died on Mar. 14, 1843, in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. He migrated to Iberville Parish in 1785 and became a very successful plantation owner and 19th century woodcarver. Among his many works housed in the Louisiana State Museum are his elaborate "Wheel of Life" and a "Bust of Himself." He was buried in Old St. Gabriel Church Cemetery in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, and his gravesite is lost.
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St. Gabriel, Louisiana · United States
