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Bio: W. E. Hamilton, Bossier & Caddo Parish La
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W. E. Hamilton is the secretary and manager of the Shreveport Gas, Electric
Light & Power Company, the works of which were built a number of years ago,
but have only been operated by the present company a short time. Their
capital stock is $200,000, and the officers of the company are J. C.
Hamilton, president; John B. Jones, vice-president, and W. E. Hamilton,
secretary and treasurer. The latter was born in Bossier Parish, La.,
August 20, 1864, to W. E. and Virginia (Johnson) Hamilton, the former of
whom was born in Macon, Ga., and the latter in Virginia. The father came
to Louisiana with his parents when he was about twenty-one years of age,
and for many years was a resident of Bossier Parish, where he followed the
life of a merchant and planter, but after coming to Shreveport he followed
the former occupation principally, but gave considerable attention to
planting also. He became the owner and manager of the oil mill, and being
a man of enterprise and push he was identified with all the public
interests of the city. He died in 1888, and his wife during the yellow
fever epidemic of that dreaded disease. five of the eight children born to
them are living, their names being as follows: Mrs. Carrie Skannal of
Bossier Parish; Mrs. E. J. Bryan, of New Orleans; John C., W. E. and Katie
E. W. E. Hamilton was reared in Shreveport and received an education far
above the average for, besides attending school in Bossier Parish and
Shreveport, he was an attendant of Washington and Lee University of
Lexington, Va., and John Hopkins University of Baltimore, Md., taking a
special course in the last-named institution. He then returned home and
worked with his father on the plantation and in the oil mill, after which
he began clerking for Hicks & Howell, remaining with them for about one
year. He next became a member of the firm of Kerby & Hamilton, mercantile
brokers and coal dealers, continuing about one year, and at the same time
he was secretary and treasurer of the gas works and was also a partner in
the Shreveport Grocery Company. Finding that he had more business on hand
than he could properly attend to he disposed of his interest in the grocery
establishment and has since devoted his attention to his present business,
for which he seems to be peculiarly fitted, being methodical, painstaking
and conscientious. He has filled this position since April, 1888, and is a
gentleman possessed of fine executive ability, as the admirable manner in
which the city of Shreveport is lighted abundantly testifies. The plant
occupies half a block of ground and has six buildings with adjoining sheds.
Co gas is made and a large holder, with a capacity 20,000 feet is provided
and an additional holder will soon be in process of erection, which will
hold 30,000 cubic feet. The capacity of the work is 25,000 feet per day
and sixteen people are employed. Seven miles of mains are used for
distributing purposes, and the gas is of extra quality, never being less
than sixteen and one-half candle power. It is in general use in the city,
and gives the best of satisfaction. The company keep on hand, in a large
building set apart for the especial purpose, a large and select stock of
gas fixtures and fittings, where a force of experienced workmen are
employed. Their charges are moderate, and they also keep on hand a large
supply of coke, coal and tar, which they sell at reasonable rates. Their
electric light plant is an excellent one, the arc lights being th
eThompson-Houston system and the incandescent the Westinghouse system. The
capacity of the former is seventy-five arc lights of 200-candle power, and
650 incandescent lamps of sixteen-candle power. Nine miles of wire are
used on the former and ten miles on the latter circuit. The capacity of
both will be shortly enlarged. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Board of
Trade, is a director of the Y. M. C. A. and was president of same two
years; when the new building was erected, he acted on the committee for the
same. He is a director of the Shreveport Building Association, is a
stockholder in the First National Bank and is in some way identified with
nearly all the business interests of the city. He is quite well to do, and
besides owning some valuable city property, has planting interests. He was
married in March, 1889, to Miss Myrtle A. Jacobs.
Bio: Maj. J. L. Hargrove, Caddo & Claiborne Parish La
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Maj. J. L. Hargrove, attorney, Shreveport, La. Maj. Hargrove was born in
Covington County, Hollidays Creek District, Miss., on February 27, 1824,
and is one of the prominent legal practioners of Claiborne Parish. His
parents; Reuben M. and Elizabeth (Leggett) Hargrove, were natives of
Georgia and of English descent. The ancestors of both families emigrated
to the United States in the fifteenth century, with the pilgrims, and
settled in Massachusetts with Timoth Pickering, a noted character. The
Hargroves were relatives of the Pickering family. The Hargroves and
Leggetts settled in the same neighborhood, but later the Hargroves removed
to Fredericksburg and Richmond, Ba. There the grandfather of our subject
was born and reared. Reuben M. Hargrove was the youngest of his father's
family, and was born in Georgia. He was a mechanic and saddler. In 1816
or 1817 he moved to Covington County, Miss., and there his death occurred
about 1830. The mother died in Rankin County, Miss., in 1862. Their
family consisted of four children--one son and three daughters--Maj. J. L.
being the only survivor. He was reared on a plantation in the Bayou State,
and attended the common schools of the country, completing his literary
education at Zion's Seminary of Mississippi. He then taught school for
several years, and in 1847 was elected clerk of the court of Covington
County, Miss., holding that position four years. In the same year he began
the study of law and attended law school at Jackson, Miss., being admitted
to the bar in 1852. He then began practicing at Williamsburg, Miss., and
there continued until 1858, when he removed to Brandon, Miss. In 1862 he
enlisted in Company B, Thirty-ninth Mississippi Infantry, and later was
transferred to Stockdale's cavalry. He was soon afterward commissioned
captain of Company G, Perrin's regiment, and served in that capacity until
the surrender. He was wounded at the battle of New Hope Church, Ga., in
May, 1864, by a gunshot through the right shoulder, and was rendered unfit
for duty, but although he retired he still retained his commission and pay
until paroled in 1865. In 1872 he came to Shreveport, La., and there he
has since been in the practice of his profession. He ranks among the able
lawyers and first class citizens of Caddo Parish. He was first married
January 20, 1848, to Miss Mary A. Lowe, by whom he has six children living:
Mrs. Rosa J. Humphrey, Hardy H., Mrs. Isella M. Gather, Zach B., Mrs. Mary
T. Moore and Mrs. Jennie M. Marshall. Mr. Hargrove was married, the second
time, on March 5, 1876, to Miss Narcissa Gardner, and they have no
children. He and wife are members in good standing in the Presbyterian
Church. Maj. Hargrove pays his attention strictly to his profession, and
he has a good practice. He has been a Master Mason since 1849, and is now
a Council Mason, being recorder of the council of his lodge.
Bio: John V. Hughes, Caddo, Claiborne & East Feliciana Parish La
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John V. Hughes. In all ages of the world, industry, perseverance and
energy where intelligently applied, have achieved a result which could only
have been gained by having one object in view, and improving every
opportunity to ultimately attain that object. Mr. Hughes is an example of
what can be accomplished when the spirit of determination is exercised in
connection with the every-day affairs of life, and is now the owner of
1,600 acres of fine river bottom land, of which about 900 acres are cleared
and on which he raised over 600 bales of cotton per year, and sufficient
grain to properly feed his stock. In connection with his plantation he
also conducts a store which brings him in a fair annual income. He was
born in Feliciana Parish, La., in 1826, to Samuel and Lucretia (Campbell)
Hughes, natives, respectively, of Kentucky and North Carolina, their
marriage taking place in East Feliciana Parish, but in 1836 removed to
Bowie County, Tex., where the father died prior to the war, his widow dying
during that period, she being a worthy member of the Methodist Church. The
father was a blacksmith. The subject of this sketch was the second of six
sons and five daughters, and although he received but little schooling in
his youth, he was naturally intelligent, and at the age of nineteen years
started out in life for himself. In 1849 he went to Claiborne Parish, La.,
to follow overseeing, and several years prior to the war followed that
occupation in the neighborhood of where he now lives. Upon the opening of
the Rebellion, being a Southern sympathizer, heart and soul, he joined
Company A, Twenty-fifth Louisiana Infantry, and served in the Army of the
Tennessee, and was in many hard-fought engagements in Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee. Although he was wounded three times, it was not seriously, and
after the war he returned to Caddo Parish, where he has since devoted his
time and attention to farming. All his property has been acquired since
the war, and as it is exceptionally fine and valuable, he deserves much
credit for his enterprise and pluck. He is the only one of the family in
Louisiana, is unmarried, and socially is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
Bio: V. Grosjean, Caddo & Orleans Parish La
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V. Grosjean, proprietor of The Caucassian, Shreveport, was born in New
Orleans, La., on April 27, 1844, and was educated in the public schools of
that city. On April 11, 1861, he enlisted in the Louisiana Guards, the
second company that left the State, and was connected with the famous
Chaley Dreux's battalion in Virginia. The company's term of enlistment
expired after the retreat from Yorktown to Richmond and ws disbanded, after
which members joined other companies. Mr. Grosjean, under special duty,
ran the blockade, entering New Orleans twice when it was in command of Gen.
Butler. His mission was successful, but he had many narrow escapes,
especially the last time, when he was captured by Federal pickets, from
whom he made his escape however. After leaving New Orleans he reported for
duty at Vicksburg, where he joined the Fourth Louisiana Regiment, commanded
by Col. H. W. Allen, who was afterward governor of the State. He served
with his company and regiment in every engagement during the campaign in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. He was a private
during service, and declined promotion on several occasions. He was
captured on the retreat from Nashville and sent to Camp Chase, but was
exchanged on March 1, 1865. He then joined his command at Mobile, which
surrendered at Citronelle, Ala., to troops under Gen. E. R. S. Canby, May
4, 1865. There were then thirty-three members in the regiment, including
musicians, cooks and convalescents returned from the hospital. After the
war Mr. Grosjean engaged in commercial pursuits in New Orleans and also
edited and managed the Heptasoph, a newspaper devoted to the interests of a
benevolent association, which had a strong membership in several States
both North and South. He held the highest position of honor in the gift of
their order in the State. Mr. Grosjean was married, in Davenport, Iowa, on
March 7, 1872 and engaged successfully in agricultural pursuits. He was
connected on the editorial staff and had the management of the Shreveport
Standard, also the evening Democrat, and was employed on the Shreveport
Times in 1884. He became part owner and editor of that paper during the
heated campaign of 1887, but sold his interest in it in September, 1889.
After this he purchased the Caucassian, which has been under his management
ever since, and it may be said that there is not a better sheet published
in the South. He is president of the Benevolent Association of Confederate
Veterans, of which he was one of the organizers, and has taken a great
pride in it. He is an active member and worker in the order of K. of H.
and A. L. of H. and other organizations, and a more public-spirited citizen
than Mr. Grosjean can not be found in Shreveport. He is a thorough
newspaper man of literary attainments and ability.
Bio: Joseph Oscar Flores,, Desoto Parish Louisiana
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Joseph Oscar Flores has passed the uneventful life of a planter, having
steadily pursued the even tenor of his way," and is now classed among the
prosperous agriculturists of De Soto Parish . He was born in 1855, in the
house in which he now resides. His parents were Onafre and Mary. (Roblo)
Flores. The former was born in Texas, and the latter in De Soto Parish, La.,
and both died here in 1879. They were members of the Catholic Church. The
father was brought to De Soto Parish his parents when a boy, and here he spent
the rest of his life as a planter, his first location a woodland farm, on
which the subject sketch is now residing. Onafre Flores was of Spanish
lineage, and was one of the first settlers of this parish, where his
intelligence, talents and ability soon won him a widespread reputation and
numerous friends.
Joseph Oscar Flores was the ninth of ten children born to his parents, and on
the plantation on which he is now residing he was reared, his education being
received in the local common schools and at Mansfield. He was married in
1883, to Miss Sallie, daughter of Hamilton and Eliza Ann Sloan, who were born
and married in Alabama, from which State they removed to De Soto Parish, La,
at an early day. Mr. Sloan died here in August, 1861, and his widow in
February, 1890. He was a well to do planter. Mrs. Flores was born in
Mansfield, and her union with Mr. Flores has resulted in the birth of two
children.
Mr. Flores is the owner of 720 acres of land, with about 300 cleared, situated
about eight miles north east of Mansfield, which he inherited from the father.
He is a member of Lake Land Lodge, of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his
religious views is a Catholic, his wife being a presbyterian.
Bio: Capt. 0. L. Durham, Desoto Parish Louisiana
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Capt. 0. L. Durham has for forty-two years been a resident of De Soto Parish,
La., and during his residence here has become well known, and has won the
respect of all with whom he has come contact. He possesses excellent natural
abilities, and is deserving of a more extended sketch than the nature of this
work will permit; suffice it to say his life has been a success, both in
material affairs and in the esteem which has been accorded him among those
with whom he has so long made his home. He was born in Fairfield County, S.
C., April 23, 1817, and has been familiar with farming from his earliest
boyhood, as his father was a worthy tiller of the soil, and upon his removal
to ,this state he purchased and entered land upon which no improvements
whatever had been made. He began immediately to improve his land, and is now
the owner of at least 1,000 acres, of which 350 acres are cleared and devoted
to crops, the principal being cotton and corn. He also gives considerable
attention to the raising of stock, and every particular is considered a
thrifty and prosperous farmer. Upon his first removal from his native State,
he emigrated to Alabama (in 1839), but afterward came to Louisiana, and from
this enlisted, in 1862, in the Confederate army, going out as commander of the
Dixie Rebels, Twenty-seventh Louisiana Regiment. He was subsequently
transferred to the quartermaster's department, collecting food and horses for
his regiment, and continued thus to serve the cause he espoused until the
close of the war, being paroled at Shreveport.
He was married in 1839 to Martha J. Haywood, by whom he has five children:
Osmund Ross (died in infancy), Robert H. (died 1856, leaving a widow and two
sons-Abner R. now married, and Judson, who died in 1886), Melissa C., Mary E.
and Emma V. all of whom are married. The mother died in 1880 and Mr. Durham
has never remarried. Both he and wife were members of long standing in the
Baptist Church, and Mr. Durham has for years been a member of the school
board, of which he has for years been president, and has helped to build
Keatchie College. He was one of the originators of is school, and has taken a
great interest in its welfare, and is also interested in all educational
institutions. He is chairman of the District Baptist Association, composed of
De Soto and Caddo Parishes, and although he has often been solicited to become
a candidate for a political office he has ways refused as he is not an office
seeker.
His parents, Robert W. and Molsey E. (Ross) Durham, were of English descent,
the former being a farmer South Carolina, in which State he died, he and his
wife having had a large family of children, four of whom are living. Both
the paternal and maternal grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War,
the former holding the rank of captain and dying in South Carolina. The
latter, whose name was Abner Ross, was reared in New Jersey, but afterward
moved to South Carolina, where he became a member of the State Legislature,
being a very prominent politician.
Bio: A. J. Du Bose, Sr., Desoto Parish Louisiana
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A. J. Du Bose, Sr., of Grand Cane, De Solo Parish, La., is a practical
farmer, one who believes that it is beneficial to have all his farming
operations conducted in a manner so thorough as to not slight one department
of labor more than another, and this idea is carried out very completely. He
is a native of Dallas County, Ala., where he was born January 25, 1824, his
parents, Isaac and Mary (Moss) Du Bose, being natives of Georgia, their
ancestors having been French Huguenots. The great-grandfather was born in
France and emigrated to the new world over 200 years ago. Isaac, the paternal
grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution, and died in Alabama in 1824,
after having followed the life of a farmer. To Isaac and Mary (Moss) Du Bose,
a family of eleven children were born, but only three are living at the
present date: A. S., Mrs. Johnson (of Alabama), and Mrs. Williams (of
Mansfield, La.).
After spending his youth and early manhood in Alabama A J. Du Bose removed to
Louisiana, this being about the year 1854, and purchased his present
plantation, which he increased to 1,200 acres prior the war, his slaves
numbering thirty. His present plantation, which is an excellent one,
comprises 480 acres with about 250 under cultivation, shows that he is thrifty
and persevering, and ever ready to adopt new and improved methods. The
principal products are cotton and corn, but vegetables of all kinds and
all sorts of grain can be raised in abundance.
He was married October 1, 1850 to Fannie C. Atkins, a native of Alabama, by
whom he has four children: Mary M. Durham, Martha E. Williams, A. J., Jr., and
Junius A. Four of his children are deceased: Thomas L., Fannie A., Sarah A.
and Frances A.
Mr. Du Bose is a member of the Baptist Church, and has been for the past fifty
years.
Bio: W. N. Cunningham, D. D. S., Desoto Parish Louisiana
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W. N.Cunningham, D. D. S., has practiced the profession of dentistry since
1860, and it can be truly said that there is no more popular, competent or
skillful dentist in this section of the country. He is a native of Pike
County Miss, his birth occurring on May 12 1836, and is a son of James F. and
Nancy (Ellzey), who were born in the Old North and Palmetto States,
respectively. The father removed with his parents to Tennessee and about
1880 to Mississippi. In the year 1842 he came to Louisiana from Texas, and
located in what is now De Soto Parish, where he has since devoted his
attention to planting and other pursuits, his property being situated about
twelve miles from Mansfield. He was twice married and the of this sketch is
the only survivor of his mothers children.
He came to Mansfield in 1844, is now the eldest male resident of the place,
hat time there were no houses here, except the old court-house, the town
having been organ 1843. He attended the common schools acquiring a good
practical education, and in 1857 began the study of dentistry, graduating from
of college dentistry in Baltimore, Md., in 1860. In April of the following
year he enlisted Company D, of the Second Louisiana Regiment Rifles, which was
the first company that left Soto Parish, and he was subsequently promoted to
the rank of lieutenant and still later was commissioned captain. He was
wounded at the second battle of Manassas by a minie ball passing through the
left leg just above the ankle. After recovering from this wound he was
transferred to the Conscription Department and was ordered to Sabine Parish,
where he served over a year as enrolling officer.
After the surrender he returned to Mansfield, resumed the practice of his
profession and has resided here ever since, building up a widespread
reputation as a capable and painstaking dentist. He has succeeded in
accumulating a considerable amount of this world's goods, and besides owning
his home in Mansfield he has considerable land heavily covered with timber.
He was first married in 1868 to Miss Julia D. Holman, by whom he had two
children: Julia and Margaret. His next marriage took place in 1882, his wife
being Mrs. H. P. McDonald, who has borne him one child, Susie B. The Doctor
is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
Bio: J. H. Cowley, Desoto Parish Louisiana
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J. H. Cowley, is deserving the success which has attended his efforts
throughout life, for it has en his aim to be honest and upright, and he has
wronged no one but aided many. He has always been industrious and thrifty,
and is acknowledged be a representative of the wealthy agriculturists of this
parish, for he is the owner of an immense amount of real estate, a
considerable portion of which is under cultivation, being devoted to the
culture of cotton, of which he is a very successful raiser. In every branch
of his business he has shown himself to be shrewd and far seeing, and a
manager he has not his superior throughout this section. A native of Pickens
County, Ala.,born in the month of October, 1834, he is a son of James and
Susan (Russell) Cowley, who were born on Blue Grass soil in South Carolina,
respectively, their emigration to Louisiana taking place in December, 1847.
They located near the present site of Grand Cane, where the father purchased a
large tract of unimproved land, building thereon a primitive log cabin of that
day. On this farm he made his home, being actively engaged in clearing the
same of forest trees and cane brake, til his death, which occurred in April,
1888, his widow and four children still surviving him, J. H. Cowley being
one of the latter. He was but a small boy upon his removal to this State, but
he well remembers many interesting incidents connected with their journey and
the appearance of this country during many of the first years of settlement
here. Although be had acquired considerable knowledge of the three R's, prior
to leaving Alabama, be attended school after coming to this State, and
while aiding and assisting his father on the home plantation he acquired a
fund of useful knowledge, connected with work which afterward stood him in
good stead. In March, 1862, he enlisted in Creole In and served until the
final surrender, after which he returned to his plantation. He was married in
1857 to Sarah Saunders, and she as himself has been a member of the Baptist Y
since 1854.
Bio: C. C. Chatham, Desoto Parish Louisiana
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C. C. Chatham, editor of the Logansport News and postmaster of the town, was
born in Abbeville, District, S. C., October 10, 1852, being a son of John W..
and N. S. Chatham, who were also natives of the Palmetto State. The mother
died when the subject of this sketch was an infant, and her husband afterward
moved to Texas, in 1857, settling in Harrison County. He was a school teacher
while in South Carolina, and continued to follow this calling until the
opening of the war. After the cessation of hostilities he embarked in the
mercantile business at Carthage, Tex., but recently retired from the active
duties of life. After the death of his first wife he married again. He was a
member of the Baptist Church, a Mason, and during the war served as an officer
in a Texas regiment, a considerable portion of the time being spent in the
commissary department west of the Mississippi River.
C. C. Chatham graduated from the University of Kentucky, in 1873, and after
this institution he spent two years in travel-the drug firm of Jacob Merrill,
of St. Louis, hereafter to West Texas, where he was engaged in the stock
business for six years. At the end of this time he returned to Carthage, and
after remaining near there until 1884, he went to Keactchie and taught in the
college of that place two years, at the end of which time he came to
Logansport, and was recently appointed postmaster, in connection with which he
has been editing the Logansport News since January, 1890. It is an ably
edited, breezy newspaper, and already has circulation approximating ],000.
His paper is established in the interests of the Democratic party, which he
has long been a member, and at all times some interesting and valuable
information can gleaned from its columns.
He, was married in 1886 to Miss Penny M. Cummins, a teacher in Keatchie
College. Mrs. Chatham is a member of the Baptist Church, and has borne her
husband two children, the second of which only is living.
Bio: J. W. Chaffin, Desoto & Natchitoches Parish Louisiana
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J.W. CHAFFIN
General Merchant
Wagner's Hill, Grand Cane P. 0., La.
The general mercantile trade is of primary significance, and foremost among
those engaged in it here is Mr. J. W. Chaffin. This gentleman was born in
Jones County, Ga., in 1856, and was the third of five children-three sons and
two daughters born to Jephtha J. and Susan A. (Middlebrook) Chaffin, both
natives also of Georgia, where they resided until about 1860. They then
removed to De Soto Parish and there Mrs. Chaffin was killed by a falling tree,
about the breaking out of the war. Mr. Chaffin died in March, 1888; he was a
member of the Masonic fraternity and a mechanic by trade.
J. W. Chaffin was reared, from about the age of four years, in De Soto Parish,
La., and received a practical education in the country schools. When about
fifteen years of age (1871) he began clerking, where he is now in business,
with John Wagner, who afterward became his father-in-law. He continued to
clerk for Mr. Wagner until the latter's death in 1878, when he purchased
one-half interest and is now the sole owner.
In 1877 his married with Miss Nellie Wagner was consummated and the fruits 0£
this union were four children, two sons and a daughter now living. Mrs.
Chaffin was born in De Soto Parish, and was the daughter of John and Cynthia
Wagner. The father was born in Philadelphia, and came to Louisiana when a
young man. He first engaged in overseeing near Alexandria, and from there
went to what is now DeSoto Parish at a very early day, and when it was
Natchitoches Parish. He made a fortune and the balance of his days
in this parish, his death occurring in 1878. He was a merchant for many
years, and was president of the police jury many years. He was of the Baptist
persuasion. He was married three times, and his first wife was the mother of
Mrs. Chaffin.
Aside from his mercantile business Mr. Chaffin is also the owner of a good
steam gin and grist-mill.
> **********
> WHAT IS A VET?
>
> Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a
> jagged scar, a certain look in the eye.
>
> Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone
> together,
> a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner
> steel:
> the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity.
>
> Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America
> safe
> wear no badge or emblem.
>
> You can't tell a vet just by looking.
>
>
> Just Who or What is a Vet?
>
> He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia
> sweating
> two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't
> run
> out
> of fuel.
>
> He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose
> overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the
> cosmic
> scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
>
> She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to
> sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
>
> He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or
> didn't
> come back AT ALL.
>
> He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but
> has
> saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang
> members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.
>
> He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals
> with a prosthetic hand.
>
> He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass
> him
> by.
>
> He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose
> presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the
> memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with
> them
> on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
>
> He is the Medic who crawled out underfire without any weapons and gave
> his life
> many times without fear of his own death to save his buddies.
>
> He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now
> and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and
> who
> wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when
> the
> nightmares come.
>
> He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who
> offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his
> country,
> and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice
> theirs.
>
> He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and
> he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of
> the
> finest, greatest nation ever known.
>
> He is the one sleeping in the alley that the nation turned against
> because
> they didn't like the war or the people he was trying to save their
> freedom and
> the nation has turned against him now.
>
> HE is the one in the nursing home passing the century mark who is the
> last of
> a breed that fought in the Great War but can't remember why the
> American
> Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars were founded.
>
> So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country,
> just
> lean over and say "Thank You." That's all most people need, and in
> most
> cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded
> or
> were awarded.
>
> Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU".
>
> Remember: November 11th is Veterans Day
> Formerly " Armistice Day" - in memory of the fallen from World War I.
>
> But
> now, not only to honor the dead of the military, but, to honor the
> surviors of
> the Wars to defend our freedoms and obtain freedom for others.
>
> GOD BLESS THEM ALL!!!
> ***********
Someone asked a few days ago about purchasing these volumes. Can't find
that request now, but the sender was named Whit and was from Houston. Just
want to let him know that many of the volumes are available at Clayton
Genealogy Library in Houston. I've excerpted from Volumes 1 through 10, but
don't recall which others are there.
Lynn Bagley King
Houston
History-Parish Boundaries, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Source: County-Parish Boundaries in Louisiana
Prepared by The Historical Records Survey
Division of Professional and Service Projects
Work Projects Administration
New Orleans, Louisiana; The Dept. of Archives
LA State University; October 1939
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La. A., 1844, 2nd session of 16th Legislature, #42
p.23. Approved March 11, 1844.
AN ACT to amend and Act entitled, "An Act creating
the parish of Franklin," approved on the first day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and
for other purposes.
Sec. 3. . . That the boundaries of the Parish of Franklin
shall be as follows: commencing at the mouth of Deer Creek,
thence up said Deer Creek to the Cut-off Bayou, thence up
the Cut-off Bayou to Bayou Mason, thence up Bayou Mason to
the east and west line dividing townships sixteen and
seventeen north, thence west on said line to Bayou Lafourche,
thence down said Bayou Lafourche to the northern boundary of
the Parish of Caldwell, thence east on the boundary line of
the Parish of Caldwell, to the middle of Boouf River, thence
down the channel of said Boouf River to the mouth of Deer
Creek, (the place of beginning.)
Bio: C. C. Chatham, Desoto Parish Louisiana
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
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C. C. Chatham, editor of the Logansport News and postmaster of the town, was
born in Abbeville, District, S. C., October 10, 1852, being a son of John W..
and N. S. Chatham, who were also natives of the Palmetto State. The mother
died when the subject of this sketch was an infant, and her husband afterward
moved to Texas, in 1857, settling in Harrison County. He was a school teacher
while in South Carolina, and continued to follow this calling until the
opening of the war. After the cessation of hostilities he embarked in the
mercantile business at Carthage, Tex., but recently retired from the active
duties of life. After the death of his first wife he married again. He was a
member of the Baptist Church, a Mason, and during the war served as an officer
in a Texas regiment, a considerable portion of the time being spent in the
commissary department west of the Mississippi River.
C. C. Chatham graduated from the University of Kentucky, in 1873, and after
this institution he spent two years in travel-the drug firm of Jacob Merrill,
of St. Louis, hereafter to West Texas, where he was engaged in the stock
business for six years. At the end of this time he returned to Carthage, and
after remaining near there until 1884, he went to Keactchie and taught in the
college of that place two years, at the end of which time he came to
Logansport, and was recently appointed postmaster, in connection with which he
has been editing the Logansport News since January, 1890. It is an ably
edited, breezy newspaper, and already has circulation approximating ],000.
His paper is established in the interests of the Democratic party, which he
has long been a member, and at all times some interesting and valuable
information can gleaned from its columns.
He, was married in 1886 to Miss Penny M. Cummins, a teacher in Keatchie
College. Mrs. Chatham is a member of the Baptist Church, and has borne her
husband '0 children, the second of which only is living.
Bio: J. H. Cowley, Desoto Parish Louisiana
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The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
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J. H. Cowley, is deserving the success which has attended his efforts
throughout life, for it has en his aim to be honest and upright, and he has
wronged no one but aided many. He has always been industrious and thrifty,
and is acknowledged be a representative of the wealthy agriculturists of this
parish, for he is the owner of an immense amount of real estate, a
considerable portion of which is under cultivation, being devoted to the
culture of cotton, of which he is a very successful raiser. In every branch
of his business he has shown himself to be shrewd and far seeing, and a
manager he has not his superior throughout this section. A native of Pickens
County, Ala.,born in the month of October, 1834, he is a son of James and
Susan (Russell) Cowley, who were born on Blue Grass soil in South Carolina,
respectively, their emigration to Louisiana taking place in December, 1847.
They located near the present site of Grand Cane, where the father purchased a
large tract of unimproved land, building thereon a primitive log cabin of that
day. On this farm he made his home, being actively engaged in clearing the
same of forest trees and cane brake, til his death, which occurred in April,
1888, his widow and four children still surviving him, J. H. Cowley being
one of the latter. He was but a small boy upon his removal to this State, but
he well remembers many interesting incidents connected with their journey and
the appearance of this country during many of the first years of settlement
here. Although be had acquired considerable knowledge of the three R's, prior
to leaving Alabama, be attended school after coming to this State, and
while aiding and assisting his father on the home plantation he acquired a
fund of useful knowledge, connected with work which afterward stood him in
good stead. In March, 1862, he enlisted in Creole In and served until the
final surrender, after which he returned to his plantation. He was married in
1857 to Sarah Saunders, and she as himself has been a member of the Baptist
Church since 1854
Bio: W. L. Dickson, M. D., Bossier, Caddo & East Feliciana Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
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W. L. Dickson, M. D., is one of the leading physicians of Caddo Parish, and
is especially well known at Rush Point, and that vicinity. He is a
prominent representative of one of the oldest families of Louisiana, his
grandfather, Michael Dickson, having been born near Macon, Ga., but moved
to East Feliciana Parish at a very early day, and in 1855 came to Bossier
Parish. He had some money left him, and by using it judiciously, he became
one of the wealthiest men in the State, owning 10,000 acres of some of the
most valuable and fertile land in Louisiana, being also the owner of real
estate in Arkansas. At his death in 1865 he was sixty-nine years of age.
His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Palmer, a native of South Carolina,
was brought by her father, Adam D. Palmer, to Louisiana when a child, where
she met and married Mr. Dickson. Her father was also very wealthy, and she
and her husband were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
Nine of the children born to them grew to maturity, and Michael A., the
father of the subject of this sketch, who was the eldest, was educated in
the Centenary College of Jackson, La., graduating from the same. In 1862
he joined the Confederate army. He controlled and managed the property
belonging to his father for some years prior to the latter's death, and
continued so to do until his father's death. He was married in 1853, to
Miss Mattie Lipscomb, a daughter of William Lipscomb, of East Feliciana
Parish, she being still alive, and a resident of Shreveport. Mr. Dickson
was a Democrat, a Royal Arch Mason, and his wife is an earnest member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. To them were born five children,
four living: Dr. W. L., Michael A. (a planter of Lafayette County, Ark.),
S. A. (a graduate in medicine of the university of Louisiana, at New
Orleans, but gave up this calling to enter a drug store in Shreveport), and
J. O. (who is a partner in the firm of Dickson & Dickson, at Rush Point).
A daughter named Annie died when an infant. The father of these children
passed from life in 1870, when just in the prime of life, being forty-one
or forty-two years of age. Dr. W. L. Dickson attended Centenary College,
of Jackson, La., until he was in his senior year, then left school to
represent his mother in the settling up of his grandfather's estate. In
1877 he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. T. G. Ford at Charity
Hospital, Shreveport, La., and from 1879 until the spring of 1881 he
attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York City, graduating
from the same in the spring of the latter year, after which he located on
Rush Point, his plantation and brothers' land amounting to 1,500 acres.
His practice is large, and the success which has attended his efforts is
fully deserved, for he is deeply enamored of his profession, and gives
every case that comes under his care the utmost attention and study. he is
a Democrat, his first presidential vote being cast for Hancock and English,
and socially he is a member of the K. P., Dixie Lodge No. 32.
Bio: Dr. H. C. Coty, DeSoto & Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
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Dr. H. C. Coty, physician and surgeon, Shreveport, La. This young but very
successful physician and surgeon owes his nativity to this parish, his
birth occurring in Shreveport in July, 1859, and is the son of Thomas D.
and Mary (McDonald) Coty, the father a native of the Old Dominion, and the
mother of Louisiana. The parents came to Louisiana in 1859, settled in
Shreveport, but later moved to De Soto Parish, where the father held a
number of local offices. later they returned to Shreveport, and are now
residing on their plantation near that city. Their family consisted of
four children: Mrs. George Dickson, Richard, Thomas D., Jr., and our
subject. Dr. H. C. Coty, the eldest of this family, was reared at
Shreveport and Mansfield, and educated at Keatchie, La. When seventeen
years of age he went to Shreveport Charity Hospital, and studied medicine.
In 1880 he graduated at the University of Louisville, medical department,
and immediately began practicing at Shreveport, where he has since
continued. He is vice-president of Shreveport Medical Society, and has
served two terms as a member of the board of health; also served his second
term as coroner and parish physician. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity and the A. O. U. W. The Doctor was married in 1880, to Miss
Emma Worthy, a native of Clinton, La., and one child is the result of this
union, Mabel. Mrs. Coty is a member of the Baptist Church. The Doctor is
fast extending his reputation, and has a liberal share of public favor, the
best proof of his skill and care.
Bio: Capt. Marcus A. Bonner, Claiborne & Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
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Marcus A. Bonner is a prosperous planter of Caddo Parish, La., but was
born in Morgan County, Ga., in 1833, being a son of Capt. Thomas S. and
Martha (Cleveland) Bonner, the former of whom was born in Virginia, in
1811 and the latter in North Carolina, it is supposed. Their marriage
was celebrated in Morgan County, Ga., and in that State the father
passed from life about 1874, his wife dying some two years later, both
having been earnest and consistent members of the Missionary Baptist
Church from youth up. Mr. Bonner was a well-known planter, and being a
man of undeniable intelligence and a prominent politician he was elected
to represent Morgan County in the State Legislature of Georgia about
1833 or 1834. He was a captain in one of the Indian Wars and inherited
Welsh and Scotch blood from his ancestors. John Cleveland, the
mother's father, was born and spent his life in North Carolina, and his
father was Gen. William Cleveland, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Marcus A. Bonner was the seventh of eight sons who lived to be grown,
there being twelve sons in the family, and only three of them are living
at the present time. He was educated in Musser University of Georgia,
and in 1859 came to Claiborne Parish La., and in 1860 was married to
Miss Araminta L., a daughter of Joseph H. and Mary Jeter, who were born
in Virginia and North Caroling, and died in La Grange, Tenn., and Texas,
respectively. Mrs. Bonner war born in Tennessee and died in Louisiana
in 1865 after having borne two children, both of whom are deceased. His
marriage to his second wife took place in 1866, she being Miss Mary G.,
a sister of his first wife, but she, too, passed from life in 1873,
having borne two children, a son now living. Mr. Bonner was married to
his present wife in 1880, she being Mrs. Sarah C. Bates, a daughter of
Joseph Beaird, whose sketch appears on another page of this work. She
was born in Caddo Parish, but received the principal part of her
education in Baton Rouge. In 1864 Mr. Bonner joined Company D,
Twenty-eighth Louisiana Infantry, but was soon after discharged and
placed in the quartermaster's department with headquarters at Homer,
serving faithfully until the close of the war. In 1872 he removed to
Dallas County, Tex., and after being a resident of that State for seven
years he returned to Louisiana, and has since been a resident of his
present excellent farm. He is the owner of 716 acres of land in two
tracts, and has about 225 acres under cultivation, located four miles
below Bayou La Chute. Mr. Bonner was the postmaster at Homer at the
breaking our of the war.