the church at New Orleans visited the area occasionally. Madisonville had the first church in that section, then Covington, under the French priest, Father Jouanneault, who also opened an academy. Finally, a church was erected at Mandeville around 1850. After the French Revolution, the Cousin family, refugees, established themselves on extensive land holdings between Bonfouca and Mandeville. In 1852–1853, Madame Anatole Cousin, the former Camille Pichon, built a brick church for her family and the family slaves on the Cousin property on Bayou Bonfouca. She was the daughter of Genevieve Dubuisson and Francois Pichon. Evidently, the church was placed under the invocation of St. Genevieve in memory of her mother. In 1845, the nephew of Anatole Cousin had been ordained at New Orleans. This was Abbé Adrian Rouquette, the first native Creole vocation after the Louisiana Purchase. Uncle and nephew were almost of the same age, and as the uncle had the same literary tastes as his priest-nephew, Father Rouquette was a frequent visitor at the Cousin home in Bonfouca. So was his poet-brother, Dominique. After the Chapel of St. Genevieve was built, Father Rouquette often offered Mass there, as did also the priest stationed at Mandeville, Madisonville or Covington. Some away from the brick Chapel of St. Genevieve, Mrs. Cousin also erected a rectory in the convenience and comfort of the visiting priests. Among priests who officiated there were Father J. Outendriek until 1854, Father C. M. Dubuis, Father Lamy, Father C.M. Giraud in the early 1860s, then Father Lecozic. Between 1864 and 1872, it was Father Manoritta followed by Father Beges and Father Gratz. Indians attend services Among those who came for service at St. Genevieve's were the Choctaw Indians. Around the time that Mrs. Cousin built St. Genevieve Chapel, Abbé Rouquette moved from New Orleans to live and work among the Indians in the vicinity of the homes of his family. His work centered principally around Chinchuba and Bayou Lacombe, where he built small chapels. For ages the southern part of St. Tammany Parish on the lake shore to Pearl River had been the land of the Choctaws, and Bonfouca had been one of their meeting places. A distinguished visitor at St. Genevieve's in May 1867, was the great French Dominican, Father Pierre A. Chocarne, who crossed over from New Orleans to visit with the famous poet-priest, Father Rouquette. He offered Mass in St. Genevieve's chapel. Archbishop