Early Years
Born near Opelousas, Louisiana, the son of Jacques Etienne Roman of Grenoble, France and Marie Louise Patin, Jacques Telesphore Roman and his family later moved to St. James Parish, Louisiana and engaged in the lucrative sugar trade.
As the Roman family achieved more and more prominence as leaders of society, their activities alternated between their sugar plantations in St. James Parish and elegant dwellings in New Orleans. Among the latter was the house now known as Madame John's Legacy on Rue Dumaine which was purchased by Jacques Etienne's widow for her and her bachelor sons shortly after her husband's death. From here Jacques Telesphore Roman began his courtship of Celina Pilie, whose very prominent family lived around the corner on Royal Street. They were married on June 14, 1834.
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