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==Background==

==Background==

One of at least five children of Edwin Darrol Mouton, Sr. (1882-1958), and the former Georgia McBride (1883-1969),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159494106/ashton-j_-mouton|title=Ashton J. Mouton, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref> Ashton Mouton was educated at Mount Carmel Elementary School and Cathedral High School in Lafayette. In 1939, he obtained a degree in business administration from Southwestern Louisiana Institute, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He married the former Stella Rosa Dupuis (1919-2015), the daughter of Dr. John Willis Dupuis, Sr.  (1890-1958), and the former Stella Theriot (1894-1990) of Youngsville in Lafayette Parish.  The couple had  five children: Stella Rose, Ashton  Mouton, Jr. (born 1947); twins Catherine Anne and Carolyn Anne (born 1953); and John Mouton. <ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-m/|title=Mouton, Ashton J.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref> The twins were remarkable in that they were the first pygopagus conjoined twins to be successfully separated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818902,00.html?promoid=googlep/|title=Prayer & Surgery|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|date=September 28, 1953}}</ref> There is also a namesake grandson, Ashton Mouton, III, of Lafayette (born 1983). After her husband's death Rosa remarried and became known as Rosa Gwin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159494236/rosa-mouton|title=Rosa Dupuis Mouton|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>

One of at least five children of Edwin Darrol Mouton, Sr. (1882-1958), and the former Georgia McBride (1883-1969),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159494106/ashton-j_-mouton|title=Ashton J. Mouton, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref> He was a grandson of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate General Alfred Mouton, who was killed at the battle of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish in 1864. Ashton Mouton was educated at Mount Carmel Elementary School and Cathedral High School in Lafayette. In 1939, he obtained a degree in business administration from Southwestern Louisiana Institute, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He married the former Stella Rosa Dupuis (1919-2015), the daughter of Dr. John Willis Dupuis, Sr.  (1890-1958), and the former Stella Theriot (1894-1990) of Youngsville in Lafayette Parish.  The couple had  five children: Stella Rose, Ashton  Mouton, Jr. (born 1947); twins Catherine Anne and Carolyn Anne (born 1953); and John Mouton. <ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-m/|title=Mouton, Ashton J.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref> The twins were remarkable in that they were the first pygopagus conjoined twins to be successfully separated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818902,00.html?promoid=googlep/|title=Prayer & Surgery|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|date=September 28, 1953}}</ref> There is also a namesake grandson, Ashton Mouton, III, of Lafayette (born 1983). After her husband's death Rosa remarried and became known as Rosa Gwin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159494236/rosa-mouton|title=Rosa Dupuis Mouton|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>

Mouton was a member of the American Legion, Mardi Gras Krewe of Gabriel, and the [[Roman Catholic]] Church and its men's organization, the [[Knights of Columbus]].<ref name=lahist/>

Mouton was a member of the American Legion, Mardi Gras Krewe of Gabriel, and the [[Roman Catholic]] Church and its men's organization, the [[Knights of Columbus]].<ref name=lahist/>