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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

LOUIS KEENER MENARD.
    Louis Keener Menard, making his home in De Witt, now occupies the bench of
the county court of Arkansas county and his judicial record has been
characterized by the utmost faithfulness to duty and by strict fairness and
impartiality in his rulings. He had previously practiced law in De Witt and
Arkansas county numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred on
a farm, in the year 1876. His father, N. B. Menard, was born at the same place
and was a son of Frank and Lucille (Nady) Menard. The old homestead farm was
likewise the birthplace of the grandfather, having been secured as a family home
by the great-grandfather, Julian Menard, who was the first of the family to
locate in the southwest. The Menards originally came from the southern part of
Illinois and were of French-Canadian extraction, being among the first of the
early French settlers here. The Nadys were pure French, the grandmother who in
her maidenhood was Lucille Nady, having been born in France, whence she came to
the new world and was married in Arkansas county to Frank Menard. Here they
reared their family, which included N. B. Menard, whose youthful days were spent
on the old homestead farm and who early took up the occupation of farming as a
life work. Having reached years of maturity, he married Ellen Thompson, a
daughter of Zachariah Thompson, who came to this state from New Orleans and
settled on a tract of land in Arkansas county. His wife bore the maiden name of
Abigail Freeman. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Menard were born five
children: W. T., who is now a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church,
engaged in preaching at Lake Village; N. B., who is a railroad operator; J. G.,
who is in the merchant marine service; M. L., who has departed this life; and
Louis Keener.

    The last named completed his literary education in Hendrix College and
afterward took up the study of law. At length he was qualified for admission to
the bar and, having successfully passed the required examination, he entered
upon active practice in De Witt. Here he was engaged in the work of the
profession as a lawyer before the courts until 1920, when he was elected county
judge and is now sitting upon the bench. In early manhood he taught school at
Hendrix Academy, at Mena, Arkansas, being thus engaged while laying the
foundation for his later success as an attorney. His course on the bench is in
harmony with his record as a man and lawyer, being characterized by a masterful
grasp of every question presented for solution and by marked fidelity to duty at
all times.

    Mr. Menard was united in marriage to Miss Mary Nicholson, a daughter of
Charles Nicholson of St. Charles, Arkansas. Judge Menard belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church and he stanchly endorses all those forces which make
for the uplift of the individual, the betterment of the community and which
promote respect for law and order in every way.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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