May This Plaque Forever Honor
Judge Émile Edouard (Edward) Simon
1824~1914
A Native of St. Martinville, Simon studied
law at Harvard under the Honorable Joseph
Story and Simon Greenleaf, earning his degree
in 1846. As 14th Judicial Distric Judge from
1853 to 1865, Simon was to become the second
of four generations of judges. While Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow was writing his epic
poem Evangeline and teaching at Harvard,
Simon was a student there. Family tradition
holds that Simon told Longfellow about the
establishment of Acadian exiles here in 1765
and described for him the geography and local
color of the Teche country. May this plaque
forever honor our distinguished native son!
Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.