ARENAS, Mathias, Cuba, then Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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MATHIAS ARENAS, Rayne.--
The subject of our sketch was born in Havana, in 1828.  He is the son of Catulo 
and Dolores (Orduna) Arenas.  To them were born thirteen children, Mathias being
the eldest.  Catulo Arenas emigrated to the United States with his family when 
Mathias was young.

Mathias Arenas during the war was a member of the State militia, but was never 
called out in active service.  In 1880, he established one of the first mercantile 
houses in Rayne, to which he has given his attention until very recently.  His 
business was the largest of the kind at the place. He was married in Louisiana, 1856, 
to Miss Leonar Martin.  They are the parents of two children, both daughters, Mrs. 
Anding being the elder.  Mr. Arenas is now retired from active business, his
circumstances being such as to render the worry of business unnecessary to one of 
his age.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 251-252.  Edited by
William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.

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