Auguste Genevieve Valentin D'Avezac was born in May, 1780 near Aux Cayes on the island of Santo Domingo, now Haiti, but then a territory of France.
By the end of March 1844, a rebel army composed of peasants and farmers began to muster near the city of Les Cayes on the southwest peninsula.
Francois C. Antoine Simon was born on 10 October 1843 in Les Cayes, Haiti, and died either on 10 January or 10 March 1923 in Les Cayes.
His first assignment was to the Cathedral of Les Cayes, was instructed to become a chaplain for Haitian immigrants in the Bahamas, ministering from the Benedictine priory of St. Francis in Nassau.
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